The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-25
TO THE SWEARING EDITOR

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 Advocate of the 11th inst. I was not sur prlsed at your ranting and ribaldry-I ex- fpected both. ] knew very well that you would answer the charges, or rather at tempt to divert the public mind from the subject, by the most violent and vindictiye abuse of myself. But, as l told you in my former remarks, the people will require something more sohd-something more tangiJle-than the low and vulgar black- gardism you have called to your aid, to parry the accusations urged against yon. You have presented yourself before them in the character of an honest and honora- ble man-yonr claims to both have been questioned, and you must sustain yourself, by proof of the most incontestible kind :, or withdraw from the position you now oc- cupy before the public.
 You say I have challenged you to ap- again challenge you-yea, call upon you in the name of the People of Arkansas. to psoee that you have not, within late years, committed direct and corrupt PER- JURY. You then proceed to remark, that !" if the accusations were to come from a responsible and respectable source, you might be induced to take some such mo- tice of them" What a pdtyal ceme of! What a subterfuge!! " Responsible and respectable source". Where I am un- known, sir, this may avail you some thing ]; but 1t will not do to talk to the people of Pulaski, (many of whom have known me from my boy-hood or to those with whom I am acquainted elsewhere, about respec- fabtiuy! Be assured, sir, 1t will recoil upon yourself. l have never, as you haue, been guilty of any thing to forfeit the re- spect and regard of my fellow -citizens and l proudly defy you, or any other man, to lay your finger on single act of my life, which should subject me to the disre- spect or condemnation of the pubhc.- Your charge of want of RESPONSIBILITY, is really good one! l had always thought that MONEY, or the amount of damages were objects of minor consideration in a islander suit--a uerdict being ali the plain tiff. or aggfieged party," if you please, required at the hands of a jury, with da- images sufficient to throw the costs of suit upon tho defcndant-but with you it seems to be ottlerwise-MoNEy (the only God you worship) appears to be the. oa,ly and se!e object; and if l possessed fat purse, doubt not, (as you have given me to under stand, } you would aAack it--in some ioay. But, to cut the matter short, am willing to acknowledge, if it will afford you any qualification, that l have nothing to spare, by way of damages, to heai and patch ug such thread bare character as your own. You again have the presumption to talk of your prioote character and of the war fare waged against it; but never, con jure you, presume to speak of 1t more, un- til you have, by the most incontestible ee- idence, shownthe solemn accusations made against you, to be destitute of truth. Far be II from me to wage war upon the char acter of any man, who has really and in fact a character to lose but when man who has no character of his own, under the assumed garb of truth, hurls his " helIish' darts at the "private charcter'' of every man, who dares to think and act in opposi. ton to The Party, for the purpose ofdrae.- ging them to his own degrade ed level, it is then high time to expose that man, in all his deformity before the public, that they may know what eredence to place in his assertions.
 l am sincere when l assure you, that I feel more of pity than contempt at your past aberrations. You have forced --you have driven me to the stand have taken and will not desert it, until have satis- fled the public of your guilt. have not, nor will say any thing, that is not sus- ceptible of the strongest proof. In the event of legal investigation, l shall call upon your warmest and best friends to substantiate the chargcs--Colonel Ashley would be prominent and very important witness.
 As you express a doubt as to the person who is addressing you, the Voter of Put iaski or the Editor of the Advocate, per- nit me to undeceiye you, by hereafter paying my respects to you, on this subject,