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

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certificate #mHfHf my Reputation. iu.
1850 lHa Circumstance afmaI FL.
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.mniffl go u suing iaaf humber DI
meu iH one county, enlisted .lfta.
portion uI i.n poudHIln asa.nst ma.
I6 mci. their faueuf Was tl Uhtimt
after ] had commenced lho above
.Hlis,thAi could noi attend court tn
.ibal county M security. nor even rass
.ihe streets free bl insult cod menace
u attended at lhe Court House M
|Cpleeei.Io iu MARCH, 1857 Gtthcfe
Twas no court th8l term, i1r the want
|uf q Judge. ! behold with Indivna.
.iiou The efforts of my enemies AGAINST
.mc 90 ihal term, and then resolved
|ihat that community should never pass
.on any matieroi controversy Of mine.
$50 az the iaII term / pctiti5ued the
court for d change Of venue, for /
discovered that my enemies were So
numerous, and so violent and cIamor-
Gus, that a jury living in that commu.
Unity, even could | avoid getting bitter
enemies on the jury, (which believe
would have been impossible,) would
not, through fear, have dared to give
la verdict in my iayor-whcrclorc,
', sought a change Of venue, even in q
, case Of assgmPSii, and prayed to be
i delivered from that community.
have some noble friends in Yalobusha
, county, but only 4 few Of them have
had the moral courage to manifest
r their feelings; and situated as they
are, | do not blame them. Self pres
, ervation is the first law of nature
Because have been fool. do no
expect others to be as great ones; 70
! could | call back four years of IN,
:. life, the wealth Of the southern coun
: try could not induce me to oppos
7 myself to the vengeance of a comblna
\ ton Of villains.
= | obtained change Of venue, on
+, was sent into Choctaw county; bu
:. court ia that county commencing tn
"a next week after court il Yalobush;
!, there was not sufficient time to sun
!, mon witnesses in distant counties, Ic
=, that term-so | was forced to groa
: under my accommodating load Of slande
III and outrage for another six month";
w. But the time has dragged out-and
oram now in ChOctaW county to me-
-. MY accuserS.
~ On Thursday, the 9TH Of April, 1873
-, so in tie town Of Greensborough, Che
NJ taw county, Mississippi, had the e
%. quisite pleasure of meeting my a
cusers in a court of Justice, bcto
to Judge Clifton, Il talented and dlgnlh
VIC judicial officer, who presided on the G
~ ~, casion. The firm and decisive ma
~, -, Iner in which the Judge olhciated
On shat term, met the highest appro'
IIa ton of his fellow citizens, and h
II. given him a place in their atectlc
60 that time cannot obGtcrate. We CO
+ imenced the investigation; and all
wa Anna Ness and Matthew Clanton we
, ,"l sworn and Cross examined, Giant
a ~, was SO badly wound up, and convict
~ Of perjury out Of his own mouth IN
many places, that Sammy Marsh,
Inns high priest that otficiated on the oc
49,, "n sion. and who represented the d;
IN y" - -conspirators on that day, endcavo
o w., to enter nolie prosequi, and there
~ prevent any further development
tbo the base conspira " that had been
". IN tered into against my life and char
''' ter. But the Judge over-ruIed
= - motion, and the investigation
~. ceeded. As each witness came
. "', ward, was sworn, and cross eXamn
Wv Jo some new corruption was untolde
Wv u; the all-searching e-e of truth; an
= ~; ~ the scrutiny progressed, public in
..1, nation arose to an incredible her
" i.oI The investigation lasted nearly
49,; w. DAYS. and the argument was concll
n a,J after dark on Friday evening, the
" "m5 The Jury. in a few minutes aiter
. "nu ceiving the charge from the Judge
"oll- turned verdict Of not guilty.
I T"s verdict was received by Z iuge
'"e'. crceation Of citizens, with a shol
=. Of applause that seemed to rend
~ 81 heavens. The people of Greer
v es' :. rou1hiIluminated their town, and
II" II; :, naded all night. In fact. public i
81" 5 10 nation was so much excited that
, ot.,gi all my friends could do to pre-
.n n,'. =. Canton and all his party from
:. 81 ~ ~ tarred and fcathered by an lndl9
~, community.
n the and carried to Jackson, to attend u
| pre- prcmc Court, aud there ondeavol
mn Mt. have his sentence reversed, ana sem
-, - 80 tho Circuit Court for new t