The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-02

IinpIlcate fncs and continue to cxclalms
 with measured pathos, at Dsy cruelty, in dragging this affair before the public,
 when in truth, your nephep introduced
 it, and avows that his object vas to ins- Plfcote me as the ssinstigatorg' gave
 statement of facts then, in relation 10 that occurrence, not for the purpose of
 lnculpatiag you, but 10 exculpatemyself. lou haseeot denied | tatefsiontI made
 upon the subject, but have labored hard so 10 explain them, as to exenerate year- self and duplicate me. It will afford me pleasure to find you succeed in tie iiormerPaFt of your object, 1t will bc ny
 care you shall not in the latter. But
 before l again touch this subject, per nit me to declare, that in what l for neEliy said, :! lad nc idea Of sroas;ns
 such morbid sensibilities. had heard
 that your Excellency had attended q
 large party the evening of the day on which you learnt he was seriously
 wounded. knew of no generous bursts
 of sympathy which marked your con
 duct towards him, during his long suf- fering or confinement in Hampstead
 county. But if had so known, pains
 ful as the duty might be, should not
 have hesitatcd to defend, when calum-
 niated in relation to that transactions
 Had you, sir, in relation to this subject, so painful 10 you. confined yourself to
 your own exemption from ccnsuse, it
 would have afforded me pleasure to dis
 miss 1t forever; but you have adopted the same course as your nephew, and labor to duplicate me, in the same ratio that you exonerate yourself. Let us
 then refer to tue subject again, if you will have it so.
 l In my first publication. charged that l you had written series ofnumbers over the signature of "Justicc," the sole ob- ject of which seemed to be, high wrought eulogiums upon youyself; that in one of those numbers, you, for q mo-
 ment, turned aside from the contempla-
 ton of your own greatness, and entered
 lntoa personal alteration witatwo gem
 tienleh of high responsibility, and
 grossly, by name, abused them; that one
 of them demanded the asHhor, asaa soHy aaephezc scos givepaap; thata duel ensued;
 that the quarrel was yours; and that no
 previous misunderstanding existed be-
 tween them. To prove your authorship,
 cited judge Sam (. Roaiie, 5. F S. $ A At l. torney; and for every other fact, sprattc,s evidence exists. Your Excellency c5udes this branch of the subject, by single sentence, in which you say---ss On the | and trust the affair is no longer re-
 membered on either side, Tho doubt.1 norshall lyourimpertinent renew the contest.n This is your yeply
 to. the first ssaflair." In this sweeping
 defence, you charge me with imperti-
 nent interference. Indeed! And do you really believe when charged as the
 ssinstigator'' of Maj. Popes death, first by your nephew and since by yourself,
 that l should in mere compIacency 10 your ExcclIency, or any other, with-
 hold narrative of facts conducting io
 proVe my innocence, because perchance.
 l might revive painful recollccfions, or
 that in such vindication, would coa- fine myself to such point of time as my
 columniator would please to designate2
 Has yourself or nephew set me the ex- ample in relation to my unfortunate conflict with MT. Conway2 But once
 for all, shall not hesitate to call on any man, by name, when the facts to be
 developed would vindicate me from slouf' aspefsion. As well might an individual complain of being summoned
 as a witness in an unpleasant legal con- troversy.. Jregret so to place any gen. tleman, but in discharge of a high and
 stern duty, minor considerations should yield. The assertion that you and tsat
 gentleman met as friends, and that l shall not disturb your present hoynso7sy, 1 is truly bold one--and to me, who yon
 hnow have heard one of your anaicatig
 conversations, somewhat extraordinary.
 But whether he has had the magnanim- iity to forgive you or not-truth is immu-
 table, and every thing l said on that subject $ true.
 In relation to the last melancholy af.
 fair with NIT. Noland, your nephew, MT. Trotter, will have it that instigut- cd the fight, because the first offensive publication which led to the conflict
 publis! M " hat ttttsiss!!
 fwas outof the 1errltory, and scarcely on SD saking terms with the gentleman that wrote it-and never had an inter-