Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-08-14
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Hodges, J. F. Williams, M. Waltk6A, W. |
D. Anis, and E. B. Drake:
GENTLEMEN The Southern Argus Ofthe
Oath ulthas Just come into my hands. In it find
a card to which each of your names is Suspended
denying the truth of statement attributed to |
me by the editor of the Woodville Republican,
in relation to having loaned you asum ofmoney
as Trustees of the Female College at Colun-
bus &c. In replying to your card, do not do |
so gentlemen as an apolOgist, but to tell you
in plain terms, that you have done me wrong.
The fact is, that this is matter with which
properly you had nothing to do, and you have
acted in it witha precipitance which ought not
to have been expected from those of your un.
derstanding and high character. A moments
reflection ought to have suggested to you the
Propnety Of waiting long enough to give me
time to avow or deny the statements attributed
to me. Ifyou had done so it would have super
seeded the necessity of your appearing before
the public. presume by this time you have
seen my public statement which was published
in the "SPRIT OF KosKIUsKo,'' on the 18th
Of July, and written several days before that
time, and Immediately after the article in the
WoodviIle Republican was seen by me, in
which all the statements made in your card,
so far as it regards the facts of yours and my
supposed transaction in relation to the loaning
of money are fully affirmed by myself It is
not necessary for me here to recapitulate what
have said inthat public address in explanation
of this matter, and will refer yourselves and
the public to that address. 1t may however
be proper IN me to give you statement more
in detail than what have there done. men
toned in my public address that highlYwor-
thy citizen of Columbus who had been enga-
ged in erecting asbuilding for Female Semi
nary come to me with several other gentlemen
who'professed to be surlties, to borrow the sum
of five thousand dollars &c. To give names,
Mr.. Maer is the gentleman who wished to Dor
row the money, and some whose nunes.I find
appended to that card, are those who profered
to become the sureties. As is well known by
those to whom refer, did agree to loan the
money, but afterwards being informed of the
probability of getting inv olved in law suit
thereby, made objections to letting the money
90, in consequence of which, other arrange
ments were made. In my Woodville address
did not make mention of trustees, but named
the individuals expressly who called upon me,
and in fact, had always regarded the enter
prize as one of Mr.. Maer's own, and that the
building before that time belonged to him en-
tirely, and that the other gentlemen were his
friends and not trustees and not until saw
your card did know anything about yourbeing
6 IL, hi,
ter simply amounts to this, that II nv public
address kmerely mentioned an incidental fact,
that after my default occurred, did agree to
loan a gentleman under peculiar circumstances
sum of money, and which l acknowledge to
have been an act in me officially wrong, but
admitted that under similar circumstances /
should do the same thing again: and mention
ed this circumstance in explanation of my ad-
mission that the Office of Receiver of Public
| Monies was one which was not calculated to
fill, aud / mentioned the fact that these gentle
men were Wings, to shew how little had
been influenced IN the whole affair by partisan
feelings. But a little perversion from the truth,
BY reckless fellow who has no regard what
ever for truth, as is the case with the editor of
the Woodville Republican, makes quite DIFF
ferent matter, and every body knows how
much an insignificant circumstance may have
Importance to It, by little false coloring,
and placing it IN juxtaposit1on with other cir
cumstances, which properly have no connection
with it.
You say gentlemen that sit would certainly
greatly alleviate the weight of public censure
| 7f(0woulo shew that my default to the amount
of $4,000 could be placed to the credltof (my)
| GENEROUS and benevolent feelings IN the course
of female education" In this do not exactly
agree with you. am better satisfied that the
cause ofmy failure is just such an one as it is,
than to be able to attribute it to cause Of THAT
kind. I think this Pbarisdical kind of benev.
olence is about as contemplate as the with.
Holding OF aGssS Of that kind altogether and
lifrIa had any claim to an act o. thai
character, The world should know nothing. a
bout it from me at least. / can satisfy any one
who win take the trouble. and whose curiosity
may induce him in a respectful manner TO Wisl
ito iri,,i !:seif uP5:, this snbject that bu
r. Pearls failure, lshod,1 never 2ase gos
ten into this difficulty. And as TO the dllncuiL
II have gotten into, o account Of that failure, J
haupens to be the case some whose names
ges sttachedt TO that card, have displayed q
more sagacity ii keeping out Of i than ! ol'
myself Il know that i is not often the cas-
that man N En1lottul 85ts 1tacil " q 81 ~
sympathies Of others, but did calculate nor
II the friendly relation which had heretofore ez
isted between several whose names are q
: tsched u that card. andmyselt that you woul
4 not have passed Judgement withontso 1uc
I, AZ giving me a hearings but You have not cnl
done 50, but YOU have placed yourselves ID Ii
remarkable attitude Of becoming kind 81 ~
I dervriters iof the coElectEess Of that who
Z YOU could not have possibly known to Be co
y rect 81 the time you done 50. wish tooe d
4 tnctl1 i1dsTs I'd and win explain: You etai
d h tie loafth paragraph Of that card, that q
J. statement made 81 he IS iutterly untrue.
llo7zyou aid hot know e. the inae what stat
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Y whether & was true untrue Won ns
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