Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-06
49,. u DRlA,
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY & -,

As Duff Green has chosen, in hi, mr.,
Wednesday, in report Ct the Trial Of IT,.
Piltman, 30 impugh our Conduct, and Nal
our motives, we shall be excused for ssv,,,
few words on the subject. Green as,e,,.
Mr.. Pinman had resided from his .nfaDe,
Alexandria, and had been the publisbrr -, =
Alexandria Herald. As the sd,oca,, ~ ~
election OF Gen. Jackson, he frequen,lv -.
In contac. with the editors Of the Pber;, y
zette-who seized upon The case to d,noa's
him as an assassin.
To make short work oft, Green, in hi, :,
ragraph, has told TWO barefaced lies. Il. Pr
man nsvey ,oas, 10 our knowledge, the advoe,.
OF the election Of Gen. Jackson, and neve, cav.
in contact with US as such; and I'd, We NV.
did, on that account, or any other accom-, 4
nounce him as an assassin. We are inform.
tina, Gen Jackson was pit,man's las, choi,,
but wha, il il had been otherwise? We vovp
not have oppressed the man, OR injured him,
any poin, Of view, for the wealth OF the Irdt,.
although we have been, in time, sorely .lart,
ed by him. We. always thought of hin, n
Slerne did Of the Ay-"Go, poor devil vi,
should / hurt thee! there is room enough. IN
wide world both for you and me-" To tho,
who know us-to our fellow town.men-v
need not give this assurance. To show, ho.
ever, what confidence is to be placed 10 Gn,n,
assertions, we txtraci the article in which b
SAYS we denounced Pitman an assassin:
BLAcK.HEARTED VILLIANy.-An attempt WI
made on Monday night, between the hours d
| 9 and 10 o'clock, to assassinate Mr.. John Corr
one of our most respectable and quie, eiiun,
and gentleman # numerous family. Gor,
from his STORE TO his dwelling, he was sudt,t
| " intercepted BY villain, who mmedi.,.t
shot Rim Nth pistol, and retrealed. ThosE
severely wounded, we are happy 10 slslt Ia
he is out Of all danger, and doing WI Il. A p,t
ter by the name Of Henry Piltmsn is posilis
" asserted by Mr.. Corse to have commrs
the act, and warrant has accordingly ka
issued for his apprehension. At another i'm.
Here is plain and simple statement offeu
eyery ole Of which were proved on the trial
with tho simple remark, that the gentlemn
shot at positively declared ?it'n'an to hm
committed the act. This is no more Than d
done in every recital Of such case. Are a'
mouths to be shut when . man is suspeelsdd
a crime; and are editors to lie denounced, H.
cause, for the purposes OF public justice, the
publish the name alone of the suspected! kIi
be recolIected, too, Inat Mr.. Corse gave hi
information 10 one Of the editors Of this paFi
under the most solemn circumstances, and o.
man can say that he is violent or perseculuI
in hi. disposition, and that his belief was no
founded in the honest and actual concepliad
his own senses. But 10 show further wha, wr
our feelings in this case, and that We were di'
posed to act fairly and impart:ally, the wT
next day after the above was published, The H.
lowing appeared in our paper:
We have before US a communication iroa
Mr.. Henry Pitiman relative to the attemptd
assassination Of Mr.. Corse. He says we; ha':
treated MIN cruelty, denies the commission d
the act, expresses Willingness to submit !:
the most rigid examination, pledges himsi
to visit the town during the present week H
that purpose and promises the most ineot's''
ti5le proofs that he was cat no time in Al.1as'
d,ia on Monday
With this plain recital, we are done with ID:
subject.
A. To Counsellor Green's >sided repoTsc
the trial, we have nothing TO say. We are "'
~ now that we did no, publish, as we ln'end'o
our notes. He should not have forgotten, nov
ever, to mention, that the subject oil bis 's'
marks was never acquitted by IN Al.xand''
jury.
We do not know that il is necessary again"
RI fer IN Mr. Prentice of The New ENGLAND Nc