马克·吐温/MarkTwain
AfewmonthsagoIwasnominatedforGovernorofthegreatstateofNewYork, , , andthatwas—, , therewasamuddyundercurrentofdiscomfort "riling" thedeepsofmyhappiness, andthatwas—: Youhaveneverdoneonesinglethinginallyourlifetobeashamedof——, andthenseeifyouarewillingtoloweryourselftotheirlevelandenterapubliccanvasswiththem.
Itwasmyverythought! , afterall, Icouldnotrecede.
Iwasfullycommitted, andmustgoonwiththefight.
AsIwaslookinglistlesslyoverthepapersatbreakfastIcameacrossthisparagraph, andImaytrulysayIneverwassoconfoundedbefore.
PERJURY.—Perhaps, , hewillcondescendtoexplainhowhecametobeconvictedofperjurybythirty-fourwitnessesinWakawak, CochinChina, in1863, theintentofwhichperjurybeingtorobapoornativewidowandherhelplessfamilyofameagerplantainpatch, theironlystayandsupportintheirbereavementanddesolation.
, aswellastothegreatpeoplewhosesuffragesheasks, ?
IthoughtIshouldburstwithamazement! Suchacruel, heartlesscharge! IneverhadseenCochinChina! IneverhadheardofWakawak! Ididn'tknowaplantain-patchfromakangaroo! —nothingmore:
SIGNIFICANT.—, itwillbeobserved, issuggestivelysilentabouttheCochinChinaperjury.
[Mem.—Duringtherestofthecampaignthispaperneverreferredtomeinanyotherwaythanas "theinfamousperjurerTwain".]
Nextcamethe "Gazette", withthis:
