Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-09

lot na1 tnere been q lew families MUIR
/ dcred by the ilmdcd blacks, could Sam
my, with all his penetration, tell where
the matter would have ended, OF who
could have protected his propertyF
Are the people Of Madison county
willing that | should be charged before
the world with having influenced them
to violate the laws of their country, and
substituting in its stead the strong arm of
power and summary punishment ON
their fellow citizens, and fellow be-
ings, without'a inst cause? Or, will they
not say that they acted from their own
Judgment, and a sense of propriety, ai-
ter examining the testimony before
them? Are they willing that the blood
of every villain that they felt it to be
= their duty to dispatch in a summary man
: ncr should be raised up in Judgment
+ against me, merely because warned
\ them that danger was in the land! The
+ object Of my warning was TO prevent the
!. necessity of bloodshcd and run--to ar
! rest the operations of the combined in
i Aucnce Of fanatics and Williams; aud il
my fellow citizens prevented the good
! intentions of the warning, | am not re
;, sponSiblc for their misdeeds. addressed
. myselfto rational bcings--l did not WORT
on mere machines. Yet, fellow citizens
there arc a few vile spirits among you, VIII,
{ bavo NOT tho Damn cra va cnaul in yptt
"a presence; while in ncighboring State
c. they deny your having had any just caus
n of alarm, and attribute all the oXcitcmcr
Mt and apprehension Of danger to me, an
a. seem 10 forget the mass Of testimon
as have laid before the world. Gambler
ms frequently in travelling assume the cha
NJ acter of Mississippi planters, and Will
er wearing their borrowed plumes, indulg
rn their malignant spleen towards me, al
an the proceedings cf the people Of Mad
od son county, But what most shane
- the devil, ! heard one of these being
:" in New York, whilst railing again
he the people Of Mississippi and Modis'
ID county, Justify the citizens of Wick
-rk burg for hanging the gamblers at tn
ed place. This same being was telling
by company of gentlemen that | was Il
OF respected by the better part OF socie
EN-. in Madison county, Mississippi As
ac- the truth of his assertion, | refer it 10
the Judgment of the public. ! have had
no. fullest assurance of being held in
for highest esteem by an overwhelming n
"a ioritv of the citizens Of Madison coun
tn ! have had the strongest manifestation
~ respect shown me by her best citizens
"a. 90 home, and by all her representatives
al'2 the floor of;he State Legislature--as "
5h'' rs may other counties in the State, "
TWO have shown themselves equally magn
ded imous; but alIude to Madison cou
9Th. particularly, because it was the thea
re- Of action. and her citizens had the
. re- opportunity II Judge of my mel
The and of the correctness Of my exp
con- ton.
+ of know that Mississippi statesmen h
tho said that it was better that my chara
sbo- should sink, and be believed an i'm
.oro ter. than that the commercial INTERIOR
az of the State with her sister States, ana
'u'7 land of aboIitionsm, should receive
wa. shock by publicly acknowledging
vent truth--that private character and n'
eng was not to be put in competition
nant the public good--that it was better
private virtue and merit should
= G. than that northern and eastern car
u - lists should lose confidence in the
L,o,, tatons of the Statc--that | had done
ioJ thing more than was bound to do,
go therefore was not entitled to any
I;hor cial notice or attention from the 5
athor But, fellow citizens, these men were
n,on, the representatives Of Madison CO..
Kim ever expect to be satisfied with the
GI,b Of my country, when that will has
,i,, public By expressed. But ever G
al TO enjoy my own opinion and put
:, 80 w., express my feelings and sentiment
''o' tramnelcd and unconquerci by the