Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-12-27
TO THE PUBLIC.
THNHE mean, pitifl and conten


lures Of Jno. nj. Brown and Sam'l IL.
Baughn, will, l hope, be deemed by my
friends and an impartial communIty,a sui
6clent excuse for thus oblrudlng my PR
vate wrongs upon their attention, without
fortune, without family relations and de-
pendant upon my own eyertlons and con-
duct for the means Of support and charac.
ter. cannot, in justice to myself and
friends, allow any man or set OF men,
whatever may be their wealth, influence
or connections, to SANDER and asperse me
without repelling their foul aud villainous
lmputations. TWAS my misfortune a, one
period, TO regard them as honest, impartial
and honorable men; their necessities, how.
ever, has no doubt induced them TO swerve
from the paths which honest men delight
to treal, and can imagine but one cause
for their Jealous defence of Robert Fisher
and abuse of me. which is the probability
Of their being JOINT partcipators in the
spols. They are not" disposed to expose
my conduct" Their christian charity
exceeds mine, for their pitiful prevarica-
tons and shuflling course, their sncaking
evasions and palpaole mis-statements, shall
be laid before Ahls community, and hold
myself responsible for the consequences.
As to exposures, come on, sirs-l defy
you to prove a single statement calculated
to derogate from my character as a man Of
honor and honesty. None of your dark
Institutions; make your charges distinctly
and prove them, either directly, circum.
or infereniially. | dare you to
the trial. None, save the dishonest scoun-
drels, with whom you are associated, eau
be found base enough 10 aid you. You
say you have found nothing TO induce you
to suspect Fishers "honor, integrity or
honesty"-did lie not tel! a plain, pa pable
ard direct lie, in relation TO the amount Of
a loan obtained by Braton & Fisher, Of
The Mississippi Union Bank, and did not
prove it upon him by the letter of the
cashier of thu tank! Yet YOU have found
nothing TO induce you to suspect, &c. lie
who will lie will -; you recollect the
Old proverb. You say that you have a
deed of trust upon goods, books, and ac.
counts of Robert Fisher in addition to
personal security, and feel that the credit
ors of Robert Fisher are amply secure,
&c. Pray where is your deed of trust, |
fad no such instrument on record, and you
must be aware that whatever instrument
yau may have Is utterly worthless. .,
but quoth you, Mr. Fisher is a man Of
honesty, houor and integrity Fudge
who says he believes it, save yourselves
can you find any man who says he be-
lieves you think so?
You say that Mr.. Fisher is liable for all
the debts Of the firm of Bratton s. Fisher,
and il the effects Of the firm cannot pay
the debts, he will be compelled to do it cut
OF his individual means.
These fellows talk about his individual
means as gravely as it he were worth
something. 1t would occupy more time
and space than feel at leasure to devote
to such trio of scoundrels to give full
detail of the manner in which they have
managed the business thus far.
The credit and reputation of my deceas-
ed brother, John w. Bratton, always i'm
neasurably superior to that of the infamous
with whom most unfortunately he
became associated in business, procured
for the firm a heavy stock of goods, with
ample means at the time of dissolution TO
pay every debt contracted by the firm;
his misplaced confidence in the men Sc,
lected by the referees as supervisory COM
missioners, has placed the matter in mex
plicable confusion, and rendered 1t morally
certain that the pockets Of the creditors of
Bratton Il Fisher will be picked, with the
knowledge, advice and consent of the said
commissioners. if not for their joint benefit,
at least for the benefit Of Fisher. The old
adage that i" birds Of feather flock TO-
gether," induces me in addition ia various
reasons which could and would give The
public, if this communication was no,
already s'laboured" TO much greater length
than anticipated when | commenced.
One word to the community, and | have
done-I have been resident of this town
for three years. came here quite a
youth, poor and friendless stranger: for
the greater portion of this time, endea-
vored with zeal and fidelity TO advance the
interests of my employers-an unjust and
dishonest combination of scoundrels are
endeavoring to defraud me out of nv wages,
as believe they are the creditors of Brat.
ton d Fisher. l yet remain as poor as
when came amongst you--if my charac
ter hahiis and indnstr,. dasexras