The Arkansas advocate., 1835-07-24
TO THE PUBLIC.

" OV aifAHe recently been Informed,
 a through the medium of the press, of tho atfocities which have been perpetrated by
 ia~fess mob, n Nieksburg, ifl the State of
 siississipRl. lou have been informed that i've men were hnng thers.. 4 .i =. -, :. mock trial, and you have been called mon r, approve ei this foul and execrable mi,fder and even urged on to the commission sof sirg,iz lar fearful crimes. Deeming 1t right that you should be more fulIy informed os the cir cumstances attending the murder, we bec your patience while we submit T few rc. marks. Mr. North, who waa one uf the vic- tims to the fury olthe mnititude, was re- sf5tStatbii5 aiId iioilest pitizeH--marrIed---and not gambler. His only crime was that in a country where all men gamble, he permit ted cards to be played in his house, the only way in which public house in that town could be supported. Mr. Hallam, the bar keeper, was the son ofa wealthy man liginp near Memphis, an honorable, upright man, and good citizen, and who, probably, never gainbled to the amount of dollar in yicks- burg. An attack was made on the house of North, because, as was his duty as the keep- CT el nahli he: lis i,Fsl tied ilis p,1ests to remain there, until pleased to depart. Tn defending his house from attack, and his nro- perty, if not his life. from sacrifice. n man among the mob was killed. His bIood-the blood of a man outlawing hmselfbv riot and violence, was dreadfully avenged bT fhe mur der of five human beings
 Our principal object in bespeakinr your at- tentlon to this transaction, is to make few passing observations on the manner in which the is#Es has noticed this tiepiorabie event. It was to be expected that Q man who hopes to recommend himself to patronage by hy- pocritlcai and eantng assumption of piety-- one himself as harmless as U sucking dove. and who would be thought not even to know the Jack of spades from the ace of haarts--or to De acqaalnted With tho length Of mile race traek--shonld make | great outery assainst gain',ling ai'st u these concerned iit the commission of that enormous sin. But. us we are credibly informed, even those of you who know him best, were not prepared for such etfnsions as the following That i,,. Fscan scarcely refrain from winkinp at the transaction --that ssa single transaction may be overlooked '--that ssthere is but ONE thinr he regrets in the business, which is tho accn- mutation of gamblers in this town'' Could his plety, and the milk of human kindness of which he IS composed, see nothing to regret Ill the murder of five men without judge or jury!
 but the last clause of his editorial article on the subject Is the most reprehensibe.-- He calls loudly upon this people to awake. III other words, to follow the example of the mob n Nieksburg. We cannot sufficiently express our disgust at the being, insignificant though he IS, who would endeavor to stir up the people, with so horrid a scene before his eyes. Who, we would ask, made Iins di- rector, to ineite the people of Arkansas to deeds of violence and outrage! Isa printers boy, scarce out of his apprenticeship, with out talents, edaeatieff, Or coiniiiof seuse. 10 torsake the pap and sugar which is the pro- per aliment for Ais mind and begin to lar, blood and urge others to shed its Or is it the part of even his senior of the Gazette, who. seems as virulent against us the impotent cur of the Times.
 We have come here among you, bearing ourselves as gentlemen. We insult no man I've outrage not the aecd order af af tic town i've disturb not the peace of your society. If the laws arc against us, we are amenable to them--we oppose not their execution, and hold ourselves accountable to them in every way. That many men under the gsiige of spoafs0ten are thieves and rascals, we we'll know-but the garb of the land speculator, the merchant, and of every other class, also conceals many of the same wretches. When the people cfthe country see fit no longer to patronise us, we shall be forced to depart.-- When society and public sentiment are against us, we shall go our way, It is not, however, py an npstart ignoramus--a con- ceIted coxcomD--and q hypocritical, love stricken s1mpleton, that we are to be com- manded to go out from among you. He calls himself public watch dog-but iap dog would be the more proper term. He says that he is the sentinel to guard the rights of the people--but when such animals as he are stationed at the outposts, God save the main army. SpOR ITS M NN -
 Litte .Roch, July 24, 1885, l6-1t-paid.