The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 18, 1855, Image 2
waru't particular as about the prices, the
way I naturally hauled in tlie pewter was
enough to send a thrill of joy to tbe heart
of a dying Christian 1 When I was felicitatin'
ntyseK on tbe luck which followed
advertising, I received a letter from my
first customer, wanting to know ift had
sold his corn yet, and if so to let him
know, so as he could draw on me for the
tin.
"As this plantation was away in the
interior, I wrote to him that it woro't sold
yet, and there was no telling when it would
be, as money was ee orful tight, and more
corn in the market than there was any
<letnand for. This shut liim up for a
month or two, when along camo another
letter, which I answered as before.
"I didn't hear from him again nigh on
to eight months, whjn ho writ mo a sassy
letter, stating that he was hard up, and
must have the money; that I must sell
the corn off at any price, deduct my commission
and let him know what the balance
was, so that he could draw on me
for the amount
This letter took me all of a heap, as I
bad been putting off the settling with all
my correspondents, with the intention of
making a slide.?However, thinks I, I'll
give this Puke a small sight, out of a fellar
feelin*. lor I've known what it !s to h<>
hard up myself. The Puke's corn came,
even at the price nt which I sold it, to
475, and I thought, seeing as how I was
doing a pretty tall business, that it was
nothing more than fair that be should
have a part of the pewter; so I set down,
made a statement of the account, and sent
it to bim. The dockyment run thus:
For Boatage. 125 00
Cartage, 12 00
Wheelage, 12 50
Storage, 90 00
Batage, 30 00
? Statage, 45 00
314 50
?
Leaving, as you perceive, a balance
in your favor of $191 50
You can draw on me for that sum.
Hoping that you will honor mo with still
further consignments, 1 remain, sir, your's
sincerely, Sam Swintok.
"On this statement of accounts," continued
Sam, " the feller's hair must have
riz orful, for he sat down and rit right
under the items, this sentence:
"You infernal villain 1 put in 'Stealage*
and keep the whole of i*. 1"
Fit for a Lawyer.
An old lady walked into a lawyer's
office, lately, when, the following conversation
took place.
"'Squire, I called to see if you would
like to take this boy, and make a lawyer
of him." " The boy appears rather young
madam. How old is be?"
" Seven years, sir."
ne ? too young,decidedly too young.
Have you no older boys!"
"Ob, yea, sir I have several; but we have
concluded to make farmers of the others.
I told my man I thought this little leilow
would make a first rate lawyer, and
so I called to see if you would take him!"
" No madam; he is too young yet to
commence the study of a profession. But
why do you think this boy so much better
calculated for a lawyer than your othea
sons? What are his peculiar qualifications?"
" Why, do you see, sir, he is just seven
years old to day. When he was only
five, he would lie like the devil; when he
got to basix, he was sassy and impudent
as any critter could be; and now he will
steal everything he can lay his hands on.
Now, if he's not fit for a lawyer, I would
like to know what else he will have to
learnT
"Pretty well educated, I should think."
The Troublesome Neighbor.
A few years ago, a poor mechanic of a
very quarrelsome disposition, settled near
a Christian farmer, whnae frienda nanresaed
to him their sympathy in the annoyance
he was likely to receive.
"Never mind," said the good man,uI have
never yet quarrelled with a neighbor, and
I am too old to begin now."
Some six months passed, and then began
series of petty annoyances, which the
farmer bore uncomplainingly; but this only
irritated his neighbor the more, until meeting
the farmer one day: he poured opoa
him a torrent of inanlt and abuse.
' Friend," said the farmer gently, "no
man under the influence of passion ean
reason clearly; come to me calmly, and we
wiil discuss your grievances."
The angry man raised his clsnched hand
to strike him, but was restrained by some
unseen influence, and both went on their
way.
About a weak after, the mechanic waa
passing the farmer's house with a load of
grslb. It was at the foot of a hill, and the
lend wae heavy. He coaxed, threatened,
aad but his oiao, but all to no purpose.
He nut leave Ms load4 or ask aid of the
mb he had Injured. Prmatij ho saw the
haw mbitah hi* mm froaa a load of hay
With kindly words* the fawr proffered
kiteadttMNa, haw bha aihlf to (Jm mm
MrfttMot waitiag fbr Ikioka, depar*
tad a? be oum.
Hat* wao a aiaapta eat, Vat nightj in Ha
WhiBii. The wehaete wash?mblad1ae>
knowledfad tho parity and power of that
' aeffgoo i>?at could -bear ami forbear.'and
has doe* that ttaae MW willingly provokI
ad Ma ?fctd> -4'A
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THE LEDGEI
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WEDNESDA"JULY 18, I
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Court Week.
The extra session of the Court of
, nion Pleas, commenced its session Ik
Monday last, Judge Mlxrok presi
I here have not been as many pe
present as at our regular terms. TVe
of no case of any great importance,
time seems to be pretty much occi
with land cases. We presume the j
er part of the week will be occupied.
Our country friends give us very fa
ble accounts of the corn crop, but
has been too much rain for cottou.
have every reason to believe that a I
crop of corn will be made than has
io the last eight or ten years.
Our Next Governor.
Notwithstanding the political anii
ty entertained, by many in the Stat<
wards the gentleman whose nanr.
mention in connection with the Gob
toral chair, we honestly think South
olina would not regret her choice, i
be elected to preside over her desi
lor the next term. We nominate
Hon. B. F. PERKY as our next G
nor.
No man in the State has done moi
the State. Men may cry out against
mid treason may be echoed far and
but there is no treason in Major P
e would much rather sea a sen
good common sense union man, G
nor of the State, than some hothei
rabid secessionist, who would secede
the Union at any and all buzzards.
We are satisfied, from the past ji
life of Major Perry, that when our f
ancos from our northern brethren be
too burdensome, he would be one <
first to seek redress in some way. I
papers, and broken down politicians,
much pleasure in villifying and ab
him, and for what! Because he
honest man I Because, forsooth, h
elares hit opinions openly and fearl
he is stigmatised as an enemy to 8
Righta I Many public men io South
olina coincide in the opinions of I
Major Perry, but are afraid to ei
these opinions. This fear is occasion
the erroneous views inculcated it
minds of the public by prejudiced i
papers.
Death of E. J. Henry, Esq.
We learn with osueh regret by the
Unboiy Expreesef the 10th inet., ti
Jonas Hanrv tk.
Journal, departed this life on Sunday I
' iag Icat, after a lingering lltaeaa of m
' weeka. The deceaaed wan nock k
' by all wHo knew him, for hie many i
qualitiea and amiable dwpoeiltoo. We
> pathian with hie asmerooe fHnuda in
loan of ao preraiaieg and oeefal ? aoi
lot*.
??
Cotton in Charioaton 1? worth fro
*. * 0m
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\ Know-Nothingiim?Abolitionism?J
\ Southern Confederacy
* The people ot the South have had an
pie time to digest the principles of th
platform laid down l>y the Know-Nothic
convention, recently assembled in Pliili
delphia. Doubtless, a great nutnbe
those whose proclivities favored each <
the two great national parties have b
4 come prosolytes to the cause of the ne
party, influenced by this very platfornr'?
We confess, the principles laid down I
( the convention appear to bo just and cqu
? table. If any measure could concilial
r the South, it looks reasouable that tl
Pr promises of the Know Nothing pari
would.
' For several reasons we place no reliant
in tho promises of this party. If the poli
ical affinities of i iueteen twentieths of tl
people of the North could be correctly a
85?, certained, it would bo found that tin
were ultra abolitionists. It is no use
feather our eyes by adroit, cunningly d
,)y Qf vised promises; tho Nortliorn people a
and opposed to the institution of slavery, ar
t tho even those who have sought and four
homes in the South, arc, with a few exec
tions. more or less infected with the san
feeling. A Northern man with Southei
principles can hardly be relied upon, an
. if this be so, bow can wo rely upon tl
of , , , .,
promises of those who are residents
Northern soil, and more especially, win
we consider that all promises of a like n:
xtcn- ture hitherto made, have been unscrup
pre- lously violated)
111 in The origin of the Know Nothing par
must should caution us and arouse our susj
that c'ons* *ny one t',e South, #v
ir j-j. hear of a party of Norliern birth, favorit
;c0C(j the perpetuity of Slavery. Did ar
one ever hear of a party originating
i-ntch the North, but that it did net most hcai
( -five ily oppose ill It is a notorious fact, th
tceed Northern papers, to ensure their succcj
are as loud in their promises to oppo
dlnrs 9]avery, as Southern jouruals are to upho
?mes. difference as regards the puri
j. or honesty of these promises, from opp
sing sections, is, at the South we are pr
lapcr our own guaranteed right, wher
as, at the North, it evinces a vindictiv
it the meddlesome interference. While tlie co
a list tontion exists between the two sections (
rst of the subject of slavery, no conciliatory
, and friendly feeling can exist, and the result
this contention must result either in tl
abolition of slavery, or tho dissolution
LCt the Union.
ollars k?* reflecting mind trace the cau
ifford *b's soct>i>nal bickering to its sour<
let it go baok to the first adoption of ll
-?? Federal constitution to the present perio
and let it examine into the primary ca
Corn- sea of our contentions. Slavery is tl
!re on cause! The casual reader or obsorv
uling, cannot fail to see that the subject of slav
irsons ry has been directly and indirectly tl
hear bono of contention. The North has us
The moans, evasive means to eradicate slave
apied from the Union, and has hitherto fail*
front- It is true she has gained some conquer
by a dishonest course of action, but so fi
vora- the South has resisted, aud now the c
there max approaches, when she must make
We most manly resistance, or else give up t
ictter rights we have so long been coutondii
been ^or*
The last subterfuge of the North is t
creation of the Know-Nothing party.We
understand from tho name, that th<
nosi* recognise the tenhets of neither of the tv
** to* great national parties, and are told th<
e wc labor to act as a common brotherhood
erna" maintaining, and conforming to the pr
^ar* visions of tho Constitution. We dou
( )10 not, but as this party first originated
Limes tjje North, WJI9 anotlier attempt, by e
1 tbo dcavoring to blind the eyes of Souther
over* ers, to carry out their own long cheri*
ed views of ultimately destroying the i
**/or stitution of slavery. First, then, we p
b',n? no faith in it, from the consideration of
neftr? origin. In the second place, wo look u
ori7* on tho designs of the party aa the subU
8ib,c* fuge to bribe and corrupt us. Ry the
oycr* designs we have particular reference
their vindicative animosity to foreign*
^ronri and the Roman Catholic Church. Tl
poliey of the North is to form one gr<
>ublic National Party. This can only be accoi
l""' pltshed by securing tbe approbation a
come co-operation of the whole country. Tii
^ l^e and again have the North found that th
can effect nothing indvidually of the
1 selves, but if they oan bring into the Us
u,,n8 a common qoeetion,upon which the Nor
ie an , East and Weal can nnite, their si
8 der cess would be achieved, hence, have th
***'/? ranted and dilated upon the evils and o
ruption* of tbe Roman Catholic Chun
1 ^*r* and more particularly upon the growi
Maior greatneaa and importance foreigner! i
[press jmgumjng in the United States. Th
^7 have endeavored (and in part ancceaaful!
1 l*,e to impress upon the mind* of Southern*
news- foreigner! who seek homes in <
country, are enemies to onr governme
are rank abolitionist*; that if some chr
is not put to their influence, our count
will become corrupt; that in the end c
' that rtlifjpo0 w'" denied us; the Pope i
morn* be our sovereign, and all such nonsense,
rrsrai We believe the Know-Nothing party
rlored the North care nothing about foreign
flaence. The North baa before eeen tl
7*^ the first Native American party poaaeai
some influence, and they have raabib
S**an" aad inculcated this doctrine, merely
. briny about that unity they so mnoh <
m 10 1 sire.* We do mraatle siwiw ?>>? nr>n,l>
[of I hoot who Mcfted from die ooa?<Ntfi
? frfr *
L at ibe North; webePeve they were honest
men. Those of the North who have ad*
' lteted to the party, the party which gives
ie couuLenance to slavery, an institution they
g are so cnthusastically opposed to, are disa
hv/nest and uncrupulousmen. TheKnowNothings
of tho North very well knew,that
of even if the proscription of foreigners, one
0- of its fundamental principles, were rigidly
w adhered to, it would do them no injury.?
- It would be the means of giving them
y greater claim to the newly acquired terrii
torial Slates. It would in plain terms, be
tho means of settling those States by
,e men of tho North; men of their abolition
y principles. Another consideration?tho
Know-Nothing pnrty is identified with
:e whigery. Examine closely into tho nintter,
and it will l?? seen what elements
10 wcro brought into their creed to ensure
s" their success. Previous to the organiza?y
lion of this society, the Whig party existed
only in name; tho result of the Presi0
dential election of 1852 completely annire
hilaled the party. With the view of securing
the co operation of a large number
of adherents, the new partyembraoed some
P" of the political tenh??ts of the Whig part}',
10 adopted tho principles of the Native An
mcrican party, and to give themselves a
'J still greater influence, they profess to l?e in
10 favor of African slavery. Cannot any
?f Southern man see, that as slavery has
JH been the subject which has so particularly
a" engrossed attention, that the ultimate obu
ject was by these cunningly devised tricks
to give strength to their Abolition patty?
^ Does knownothingism favor the present
M* Administration? If any of the members
er do. tlier?- must hn nut "(
, ? ?. -
'=> for every Whig paper opposes President
Pierce and his Cabinet, and every Whig
at paper supports the Know Nothing party.
Wo would like to know what has so
suddenly awakened the tniuds of Atnericans
to the gross enormities of foreigners
sC and the Roman Catholic Church. Why
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is it that the matter has slept so longl?
^ It i6 true, as we have remarked, the party
has existed some years, and acquired
0 some influence, but the understanding
u* mind knows thnt the formation of the old
e? American party, owed its origin to perso
n" nal animosity between local associations.
>n The tire companies of Philadelphia first
or gave rise to that order. As observed, the
Know Nothing Party found It was a subject
upon which all could unite. They
01 would prejudice you against the present
Administrlion, they give a falso interpre56
tat ion to the advice of Washington and
:e? Jctlerson, in order to increase tlfe nuiner10
ical strength of the American party, aud
Whig party, for, by the increase of these
u" parties, they ad4 to their own strength.
Our limits wilf not permit us to enlarge
er on this particular part of our subject, but
we will consider what will probable be
the result. As we before said, it will
lead cither to the abolition of slavery or
*7 the disolution of tbc Union.
>d.
In the consideration of the abolition of
slavery, the subject is such a momentous
jj* one?the necessity for slave labor at the
South, tbo very imposibility of clearing
|]e our country of the institution, the vast a
,g mount of inonoy invested in this propcitv,
and so forth, that we will pass it by.
he In fact, human reason can hardly devis?
a plan, by which we could eradicate it.?
Py If in the course of time the institution be
,0 abolished in the present aspect of Htl'airs,
By the Union would be dissolve 1 a long periin
od before.
o- It is thought by many, that adisolibt
lion of the Union would be to our beneat
tit, this inay or may not be. At all events,
n- we would rather remain a united confedn
eracy, as long as we }>os?ib!y can. We
h? believe the growth and progress of our
n- country would be inucli retarded. We
ut believe our comfort, economy, our bappi
its ness as a nation would be seriously atfecp
ted. "In union there is sticngth," as the
n- Uuited States, we are the most nowerful
km nation on the globe, divide our forces, end
to we become on an equality with other
>rs powers, therefore would be r?sort to dishe
olution as the last and only expedient.
'nt The South possesses a great advantage
,n confined exclusively to herself. In uo
other section can our great staples cotton
ne and rice be cultivated. In the event of
disolution, the North would l>e as depen
m* dent upon us for these products as they
ue are now, on the other hand, although at
present our manufactured goods are all
1,0 purchased at tho North, iu the event of a
e7 division, we would see the necessity of do
or" ingour own manufacturing, and no doubt
but as a manufacturing people the South
n8 would soon equal the North, The advo,re
cates of a Southern confederacy, contend,
cy that disolution is the beet thing for us,that
iy) our patriotism would be aroused, and we
** would turn our attention to thoae matters
>,,r which are at present neglected. All this
n,'? may be so, and yet we would dread to see
^ it only as a last resort. By a glance at
lr7 the map, it will be seen that not more
than one fourth, or at any rate, one third
of the union would oomprise the Southern
confederacy, surrounding us would be
nations opposed to ue, and our oldbrethren
would hs ib? lm ?<?? ???<1
iAt l?*t us. The metier b a serious one end
**J demand* careful consideration. What
ed
to would be lite float reealt, time only ean
show. As a Union we are sale a* a neid
tbn, bat as a 8outhern confederacy we
on won Id not be safe,
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Where " Bam" got hi? Heme.
The following from the Yorkvi'lo Citi- te
mm may serve to elucidate tbo mysterious L
origin of ".Sum." !
" Mr. Editor:?Will you be kind enough d<
in your next issue, to inform me bow the ''I
Know Nothings come by the name of a'
"Sam." This question is often asked and in
never answered in my neighborhood. If if
you can give the information desired, it si
will oblige, A Subrckiiikk. tc
The Know Nothings claim to be Native a
American in their origin; and as there is
but one genuine Native whoso cognomen p<
is Sam," we suppose it is from him they li
derive this euphonious appellation. We I
refer to Sam Scott, the Catawba Indian, ai
who loves Split ^kull whiskey as ardently ti
as his offspring the Know Nothii gs, pre- hi
tend to love their country. 01
The Charleston Mercury. ^
We fully agree with the Newberry
Minor, in the following opinion of this CJ
staunch southern Journal. The Mercury ol
is, without doubt, onfe of the most ably ai
conducted journals in the United States, ;c
"The Charleston Mercury,in beginning 0|
a new volume, has commenced a change
in its business department. Hereafter the
cash will he required from all new sub- Cl
scribers from the country. This is, no ,r
doubt, the best policy for the press gene- h
rally, and wo are glad to see the loading ?,
papers of the Slate adopting it.
fhe Charleston Mercury deserves well
the patronage of a Southern community. c<
It is of the right stamp in politics; a 11
faithful observer of the course of events, cl
and a fearless and able defender of South y
ern Rights and interests. If the whole ^
South were animated by tho tone ami
spirit which pervades its columns, it would
not he long before the spirit of fanaticism n
would bo rolled back from her borders n
into the caverns of darkness whence it f(
came.
Sheriff's Election in Charleston. 11
Col. John E. Carkw has been elected a
Sheriff of Charleston, by a majority of J-'
about f 00 votes, over his opponent, Col. "
Kaunnpcnux. Col. C. had the support of r<
tlio American Party, his opponent being l'
a Roman Catholic, trpeaking of the elcc- 1
tion the Charleston Standard, of the
12th, says:
When the result wns known, quite a
large party assembled belore the ofHco of
the Evening Mews, and raising Col. Can* a
ninghum, the senior editor, aloft, with the p
folds of tho star-spangled banner about |(
his shoulder*, they called upon him for a (
s|>eech. lie congratulated his party upon
success, but sold theni they must show, "
bv their conduct, that they were worthy s
of it, and that it expressly become them j
to indulge in no unseemly demonstration*.
With this little show of exultation, all
fueling seemed to subside, and in the boat "
humor possible, every person went about b
his business. An exhibition of fireworks
was expected in tlio Citadel Green, in lion- ,,
or of the occasion, but the evening was so
unfavorable it was not attempted.
The political force of this result will 1
hardly be estimated properly. It will i
doubtless be regarded as a triumph of tho ?
American Order ; but it would be hardly
safe to say that they alone had carried the
election. There were nearly 1,000 more v
vote* cast for Col. Carew than is claimed ?
by the party. Rut it may be taken as n
an evideece of the fact, that with the
Know nothings on one side, and the foreign
vote upon the other, the conservative
vote of tho city is at present with tho Int- 1
tor; and to this extent, at least, it may be *1
taken as a tost of the American sentiment t
of the district. t
COMMUNICATIONS. :
Far the Laneaster Ledger. _
Mr. Editor:
Having been at home but littlo for the
last three weens, and during that time
having suffered a very sore domestic af- ^
diction, 1 have had hut little tiino and no
inclination to respond to tho coininunica>
tion of "Lancaster" which appeared in your
paper of June 13th last. And now feel
that reluctanco to examining this matter, ^
that a man should always feel, when about ^
to handle a nasty thing. Rut be assured ^
did I not hope to make an impression,
that may do somo good to a vicious,
obtrusive troublesome citizen, I would now
. ., i
lu? Sllotll
Now to the comtnuuicntiou of the
13lb. WIihI a splutter ! The flutter of
pigecne shows where the shot struck. I
fired into a dirty rough, expecting to pepper
some dirty fallew, when lo! somebody
ww sorely sprinkled, who uses every
means an uncandid man can use to induce
the belief he is somebody else. Now
Mr. "Lancaster," who, most probably,
came bore bat a few years since, and have
arrogantly assumed to yourselfthe name of
the district, "and must needs b)a lawgiver
in Isreal to day," if you are conscious
of having acted otherwise than discreditably,
why those vile subterfuges to hide
your real qsma and calling with which
your dirty communication abounds? At
ter yon had written your communication
of the 18th ; or to speak figuratively, after
you were delivered of that loathsome
compound of low personal a I hiss, sneak
ing subterfuge, dirty insinuation, pnlpaple
disregard of truth, mental imbecility and (
pilAre malignity, did yon feel ashamed *
of the nasty thing, or eackle over it, lis a
silly ban over her recently laid egg f Do
tell us, did you feel like a clergyman, or a
blackguard! Poor Hi tie fellow, you must '
hare been badly hurt, surely no animal,
not even the skunk himself could pour
forth such a sfaiWo of fiJth from a slight
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That "Lancaster" "has always been on and
rms of tbe greatest friendship" with the poali
ancasier I)nr', that the Bar received his land
ande'rous attack en their character as A
jcetit men in the Spirit of kindness; that tlae
'. 0. B.' ever pursued a helpless foe, or ??I^
.Inched any one intbe rear,or dodged tiny
iter view or conflict that a gentleman . 0f al
light engage in. When "Lancaster" in- pap]
miates, or asserts any one of these things, ^ricl
? use his own language, "he it guilty of p-wl
palpable falsehood," Taj|(
You kick any body Into notico you tellij
oor gump-hend ! Tis true I may liavo nGT(
red to but little purpose in this life. But gggu
have long since acquired a reputation, him,
nd been raised to places of public distinc- The
on, as the freewill offering of men to i(
igb in the literary world, wLicb puts it j
at of the question that you can either
ive mo any thing or take any thing froin gon|
ic. Lancaster would have you to be* w|jC
eve ho does not know T. O. B. that he
innot tell whether T. O. B. is married ono
r single, that he has shot a "bow drawn rRg(
t a venture"and yet with an air of pharisa- Rn(j
al hypocrisy assumes to have a knowledge
f my religious habits, religious knowl.
lge, the moral influence I am ex- j)RV
rting on society, nnd finally denies to Gf a
ic a auflicietii acquaintance with the con
ill 11a (n /In I nrrr.ino *?!*? /w\ho?!???Iao -
,v,v uv?m iiaiaiv num. VVIIOHVUICO
Jown-right profanity" and horrid And vou
ivolling blasphemy.'' In this opinion Lan- onc,
lister differs widely from nn intelligent j,pM
lan, and an elder of long standing in the ^j,x
hurch, who on hearing T.O.B.'s answer to gjro
onrfirstcoinmunication rend,declared that gre,
T.O.B. was not a member of the church tQ
o understood the duties of a christian Wrts
lighty well." Partiality for me did not
'arp that man's judgement, friendship jn,p
>r me is not among his failings. me
Now if "Lancaster" as lie declares, docs tjerj
ot know me, has shot a "bow drawn at |ent
venture," cannot say whether I am mar- ^ w
ied or single; from whence comes the ^
isinuation and direct charge of want ol jaj|
eligion tf'c. on the part of T. O. 1) I To fort
liis there is but one answer, it emies
pom the cess pool of his own bad CUp
eait, where among other disgusting
liings, palpable disregard for truth has
xcd its strong hold. ,ultj
Tom Paine'a Book to which Lancaster
limbs, 1 have never read, and never excct
to read. From the dirty specimen of
tv vulgar personal abuse, with which ffoj
Lancaster" has presented us, it would bo jy ?
0 great stretch of the imagination to pro (nij
nme. that he had made the vulgar inli- ]^|r
els coirse book bis |>ocket companion, jmv
?r a coarse and disgusting liook it must for
e, if half be true I have beard ill regard jJ4;r
5 '* pat
Thank heaven I am not responsible to (he
Lancaster" for my religious opinion*, regious
habits or religious knowledge.? fani
tut to that Being of Beings v ho spoke
ne into existence, lias tints far conducted c|tn
ne with unerring band, through the stor <Jov
uy vicissitudes of a bard life, and now, flt.g
1 ben the frosts of nearly an half century hed
re gathering over my bead, lias left in nag
ay tiosoin an unextinguished ray i?f hope wol
bat "Lancaster" can neither give nor take je|
way. In the nnme of the C eator of all ^er
bings, may that ray, yet rise "a cloud by ^n(
lay and a pillar of tire by night" to guide
ity weary feet, through the desert of life, CJ|l
o a home in a better world beyond the
pave. There, in the namo of bint, who ^
sine to save a lost world, may I meet all wj(
ny fellow mortals, for I fully ladieve, that ju
he Omnipotence that can prepare tne fur
uch a home, can purify and prepare even
he uiif.?rtuna':o creature"Lancaster" hiin- m(J
elf, where little is given little is requited ter
ind nothing is impossible with Oinnipo- tur
?nce. rwjl
When you penned that unequivocal, * ?
indoniable, inexcusable, wanton falsehood eai
if falsehood's, in which you charge me cat
villi making an attack or onslaught oa blc
he cler gy of Lancaster District, did no cev
tlush of shame suffuse your downcast Ces
ace I For if the moral nualiiiMi deter. ?.:
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nine the pysical appearance of the man, pUi
is you have maintained, you must be an "L
indcrlooking fellow. cxt
In iny first communication, with the (be
tvowed object of correcting a rumor which of
lad gone abroad, charging a minister of he
he gospel, with being the author of the cat
ilanderous, cruel and wanton personal del
mirages I have been treating and by oil
say of protecting the purity of the cler- hoi
(yinan'e character from so grave a charge oec
>r so foul a blotch, in subetanoe here ie I r
what is maintained?that no man into tio
whose soul had hcen infused that lienevo his
ence which said "father forgive them dir
hey know not whsffltifc^o," could com- roc
nit a wanton cnMH^mal outrage; in I
?uld indulge in a veu^OT levity when rc* ed
mking and endeavoring to correet grave eoi
ind revolting enormities; could maintain eai
it any connexion' or under any c* flit
annstanoas, that the word of Ood would be
tare no more binding influence OQ hit eai
nind and cooed Mice than Georgia Soenea I act
>r the interior novel Horse Shoe Kobineon; | <p?
;ouid go oni of hi* way to eatrh a pretty j ?ir
jirl and kiae Iter twice ; could perpetrate I the
iint otber dingMing thrite kitting i?d<4- in
eacy. And nil thin, trhen In the net of or
ttbakittg, (1 ueer hie own languge) "alto- of <
jetlier uncalled for" "downright prolhnl- dir
y" ' horrid end rewriting blaepkeeny and M
ow and diaguettag vulgarity," which, had u?
wen (meticed "hi preeente of ladta, of yu
leccnt, and higl.ly ?*efeetaUe WWh* ?W
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Wk ' & '
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under h? own by men high in
lion, nod in the high places of lb? k'
. \ J
nd this is what you call an attack on
clergy of this district!! Wby Mr.
ncastcr" even yonr gump beaded imlity,
cannot be plead, in extenuation
n incorrect statement so clear and pal'
le. My poor little fellow your shallow
c to ei/gage the clergy of Lancaster
eict in your defence, will be of no aThe
clergy of Lancaster are an in
gent body of men, they are good be>lent
men, they will pity you, but rdat
red tbey will never stretch fortli their
ds to pull you out of a dirty "scrape. *
y had nothing to do in getting you in*
now maintain, that no person qualit
to be a minister of that Divine Pof>ge,
who came to save a lost world|
spoke as never man spake,who went a1
t doing good and teaching men to lord
another,could havecoramiltod the out1
m, with which I have charged you;
which you have not even attempted id K
trove, and moat certainly no man qua!*
I to be a minuter of tVe gospel, could;
e dreamed, even in the troubled tleeff
burning fever, of writing your filthy
imunication of the 13tl? June last*
' by your low vulgarian) 4'totber house1'
moan Lancaster jail, I auttver I was
p, for two weeks, an inmate of that
se. In my younger day, when my
>d was hot and my hand somewhat
ng, I had a contest with a man of
it physical streugth. He complained
the constituted authorities that ha
badly beaten. I plead guilty to tbo
rge, and was sentenced to two weeks
risonment. But the Judge led it with
to say wheu it would suit inc to un50
the sentence; which was equiva.
to saying, apply to the governor aud
ill be remitted. This I would not do.
the end of two weeks I repaired to the
, found one of the debtors rooms cornably
furnishod for my reception, which
Judge had told the 8herifif I could ocy.
The door remained open, my friends
ted me daily, the little girls of the viL
3, for the reason that I had done them
I their mothers some kindness, filled
room with flow.-rs, which they visited
ly, and watered with their own hands,
m morn till eve the tnerry laugh and
ic step of innocent childhood was raroibient
from my room. Such was my
trisontr.ent?what do you think of it,
, " Lancaster." By the wry, prisons
c none of the terrors for me they have
bad nun, who are troubled with appreisiona
that through a prison they may
s to some scene of infamy, in which
y may be the " observed of all observ"
Two objects should appear on a
lily coat of arms of mine, wore 1 to de!>
such a thing. One, a beardless youth
ined to a floor, the blood trickling
mi bis leg as the cold iron entered the
h; the other, the same youth with clubI
gun, dashing through the wild carpi
of a desperate fight. The former
uld represent my grandfather, iu Cain1
jail, a prisoner lo Cornwall!*?the lathis
bearing through many a bard
ght battle of the revolution.
When Lancas ter, in hit first communw
ion, introduced the idea of the estimate
1 ladies would place on the beauties of
1 Judge's face, under circumstances
>r? litf Miiilil not if l^m I.. -Ca- I
hia cruel boeom that vibrate* to a
ling of human sympathy, hav? exclud*
from his raind the image of a wretched
>ther and her gri?f-overwbelroed daugh?,
whose tear-galled eyea were often
ncd imploringly on that Judges face,
L to estimate hie beauty, but to disoover
olren of tbet benevolence which * Lanier's"
heart has naver felt, and his bend
i never understand. Over the eold- - '
oded cruelty that could have introdnI
such an iden under soch eircumstao*
I thought I detected a shade of sotno
ng?how shell 1 designate it?well,
t it down disgusting levity. But when
aucasier" went far out of his wuy to
ch a pretty girl aud kisa her twice, I
ind that shade fast ri|>ening iato colore
less questionable character ; and when
perjietrawd that other ^altogether onled
for," inexcusable, thrice kissing inicacy,
I had no doubt that among
?cr disgusting things that had found n
me in his bed heart, was want of fc
>cjr m thought had fee'ing. m?t vbw
and tha p?r*graph in kb oomnMDN*'
n of J una 13ih, ia which kumealt* ?*
favorita lopb of woman aliWUihig, m
ty thing, waiting to araMjfraliag o# *
xleaty or common dneaik^ptood awO
bold raliaf to arary diacarhing aya, dtaU
with tha blaak ichor thai caa ooly
i from a rory bad heart. From whence
na tha dirty iaainnation la thb ntat
by paragraph I M Lancaster dacbaew
doe* not know T. O. M>, eea*aqwe*?tlr<
i know nothing about bb priaata ahaaav.
I caa aaa bwt own nnawaa b thar
Mtios, till Ihi womiw a?p acta lb1
to* of fry rtopncuMo My, wad tW
mgUu amI ftekaga of * hm4 bwh iw
ill A AflltkA /> lift ? lanl A #K I* (A! t
MH ?BUfC ClrwvMrlt P
MYMW to ftl> lk? riativ*
ctogymnn, b<tv?l yi?M tbkw?fi
1J paf.g?j4#4 t ffeiak not,
In n pnpw, Abnaqtmit u JKiivn Ml.,
ilonthn Jn-Os of4w{m}f?l pubttedoeMf'V
off* mmm exptnnaikw i ,
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