Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-24

"Ju'J " evasion ana a false ass,,
ton OF dignity for their idol, an cals,,,
ted to keep M the deception ana :,
this false statement on the world az,
Finding many good men conteutss -
misled by him IN this way, deemed;
duty 1 owed to the cause Of t,n,h
justice, to notify the General AID -
President and Directors ofthe N,st.%
Bank, to meet me at said bank or -
goth inst and test this matter. The.
ceding correspondence and the fa;ia'
to attend certainly speak volumes o. -.
subject; yet as truth ought to be ~.
e,ful, and [ have confidence il ca ~"
much longer be borne down bv dis
litary bubble and the party spirit i !.
produced in this atmosphere, | shall
sert its claims regardless Of all edito,;.
threats or street mobs, such as have be-,
presented to our view. have the 70,
ISOLATION of believing thar no brave II
honorable man ever did or ever vn|
countenance either, these thing, can on
ly be encouraged by desparadoes. apdl
acted out by the dregs Of society. TIL
shall not deter me from exposing tb,n
and looking down with contempt on III
who can be awed 10 this way, from II.
support OF truth and justice.
These Editors are made to say M,
General jackson is too elevated to DEW
what ! say. Ipresume those who ha,.
carefully attended to both our moi,
characters through lie, will not be Dis.
posed to think should suffer by CON.
parlson for integrity and truth, with d,
General; if | should, certainly am ysv
much mistaken in the life we each hs,,
lived. OF this the public are to Jude.
and not those willing Editors. But d
wave all doubt as to the evidence will
now introduce the General himself, and
see what he said about six months after
the date ofihe purchase OF those ne grOs,
from Epperson, at time when he was
not interested, as at present. TO the a.
mount of 100000 in cash, and the frs.
honor in the gift of the people at time
when to win race, and cattle chick.
en-, and succeeded in a combat, were
very desirable things. That he then
cody and deliberately wrote down the
following with bis owe hand, / confident.
ly say he dare not deny
"A. Jackson's proportion of cash lor
negroes bought of Richard Epperson
$929, AS"
Joseph Coleman was TO pay similar
sum as therein stipulated, which washa
proportion. | am told their great inqu.
~ OF late has been, how came to know
this fact, and yet they dare not say. it
does not exist. They ought to knoR,
and do know, that was, two years ago,
appointed in court to examine Joseph
Coleman's papers, and that every DAP
meet gentlemen in the streets of Nash.
vile, whose self respect, whose love Of
truth and Justice, will not permit them
to acqGiesce in the denial of truth Or
support OF falsehood, for any consldera-
ton whatever, more particularly when
threats are resorted to, and street mobs
parsded for that purpose.-Sucb con.
duct cannot fail to rouse the soul OF a
moral upright man to action
A. ERWIN.
Backing Oat!-The last CoIum.
bia Is. c. Telescope. which has been
one of the blazing firebrands Of South
Carolina, to summon the "clans to the
gathering" has moderate d its tone, and
now most pstheticaliy deplores the idea
of civil war and dlsuDion! How is this
Has Cooper lost his influence? Do
McDuffie and Hamilton see the pre-
ciplce on which they trod? Or, are
they alarmed at the omInous silence
which their reasonable proposition met
with from their Jackson fr lends 10