Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-03-17
For the Planter.
TO THE PUBLIC.

The wdy the Liberty AdrOcdte does things.
1t came out against all the post-mas-
ters-called them, "piratical cruisers OF
Amos" AMI accused them of the meanest
sort of theft, violation of their oaths, and
breach of trust and confidence--in short,
they were accused of all that is disgrace
full; being one OF the postmasters, and re-
siding where this charge was made, it be-
came my duty t. contradict it; BECAUSE |
dared to state tue troth, the Advocate
hauled me before the pubic--used my
character in the toughest manner; in an
article in which, il sustained by truth, or
believed by the readers of the Adyoc-te,
and the community at large, would damn
me forever. "Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neighbour" is the d.
vine I'M melton, which the Advocate does
not obey; it says, | am "a man whose
highest ambition is, to be considered able
to tel bigger lies, and mere of them, With
longer face than any one else; and who
by long application and perseverance has
acquired the art and richly merits the APP
pelat:Un Of the MdnchauScn Amite."
The writer knew, when he wrote the a.
bove quotation, that it was lie; it could
not be trlly said of anv man, not even of
the writer, who in the face of trath, in TIE
comm nitg in which he and | both reside.
and who know US, could come out and
say that Icing is a mans highest ambition
shame where is thy blush? A man ambi-
tious to be considered the greatest liar!
| What inlatuatiUn can act SO, as to cause a
man to forget his dignity so far. When
called on to prove this, too, the Advocate
says: "We shall treat with silent contempt
any thing coming from this striker of A.
mos" What will any candid man say q
the Advocate, when he considers this mat
ter! The editor takes advantage of his
position as the conductor ola public Jour
nal, behind which he stands, believing
himself secure, and stabs private charac-
ter, Should not the press be the guardian
and mt the assassin of private character!
But when called On to prove the charges.
what is the language used? 1t is this !:
1--WE shall treat with silent contempt any
lh'ng Coming from the striker of Amos
Why, when tr II demands expression, be
silent? Why be loud in blighting charac-
ter by false assertion, and when called on
tor proof, be silent? Why was not the Ad-
vocate silent at tirst9 Why, when the
dark business of SANDER and detracton
was doing, be loud, and when proof is cal
led for, be silent? The Advocate pub
llshed the hints and suggestions of a mlr-
bid imagination, and when called ON TO
state the facts, it is silent! | called for
the author of the hints, it is silent! |
called for the proof of the assertion in
these words, used by the Advocate, "we
are co-wcrkers with nine-tenths of the ad-
mInistratIon, in bringing the officers of A
mos into disrepute." | pronounced that
false, AMI called for proof. bat the Adyo-
cate is SILENT! The Advocate made me
say, what | never said or thought, that is
''that any one who would 60 into the post
Office at jackson, Mi, would find cart
load Of Advocates" That is untrue, and
called OH the Advocate for the proof: it
is silent! Is not this stranger This ST.
lence must be understood as an acknowl.
edgement on the part of the Advocate.
This foolish, spunky paper is at length
ashamed of itself, and we'll it may, for
those who first brought it into existence
bear testim ,ny against it-contradictng
it in all the important statements it has
made concerning me, which | intend ia
publish, to let the public see, not only the
Icing and shameful perverton of truth,
but the shameless atfrontery which char
acterises its whole course. | am not as
we'll practiced in the use of the pen as
some connected with the Advocate, but
all powerful truth is on my side, which re-
qures no varnishing-it must prevail.
With one more remark, | will dismiss
the Advocate for this week; and that is
that we found the two points on which the