Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-08
PREPARATION TO PRACTICE : -
MI9SIa9IPPT law III

PREPARATION TO PRACTICE -
MISSISSIPPI. III
we met young Eastern friend oror.
udyS since IN shop purchasing brace "a = lew
t ,n' and looking keenly AT large Bow Ps
"hu' on earth are you about, said ,vo mile
Peaceaole, demure acquaintance, who ny " our
lore hed handled such weapon, 0wSver be-
replied, 81 have finished Burlem,on; ~, he
hent' Blackstone, &c. in Maine. sna coke,
now about TO emigrate to practice i ~ l Am
slPpl"-N Y. Advertiser q Erpre,,' :" "ssis.
however the above may have been iOto,,
wne!her as slur Upon the character Of NIUE.
SlpPl' or as rebuke to the misguiIea ',.ssls'
ments OF many Northern and Eastern STERN sent SENT
men who adventure to Mississippi Cor gentle
pose OF a livelihood, the disclosurc ' .ne Par'
Makes cannot be well overlooked ir "nlcn
as the truth is closely touched. The bias'nuch
nlsSlSSlPpl thus far, concIusively SHOW. Of
nearly all Of the cases Of violence and ~ mat
ton OF law, arising from the use of deadI 'rac'
ons, attach among Emigrants. The ~eaP'
are tar behind their adopted brethren " ~
catalogue of violence, blood .tbiro,in', !" Inc
crime Our courts ofrecord stand nndo,,; an ana
evidence ofthe fact. O'Oenlaoe
Inns eastern FRIEND oftbe Ed,o,
prepared himself for the practice ~ ~ Ino nad
and honorable profession, must gu hohored
o"''oueu that MS cery ertenSiUe co,,rso ~
Iaw'readlnng would be Of little avail unio o.
seconded BY powder and ball. WIZ Ala Ga'T 10
thus calculate? The truth is, some ~ 'o u,a nc
given to our state false character-anJ ,IS
prevalence OF the opinion that all social a '"s
PolIlIcal right are here protected alone t'4
implements OF death, is in some degree ero:
sable. e'O' 0@cu'
we nave known some very timd men ns,,
rally, on ENGRAVING hither to procure I,s, suOb
an out-ht as that described in the article ouo,sS
ABOVE. They were the very last men 10 d.
sire bght-had rather in the home Of tbe;,
nativity shrink from an adversary, than ,ats
him to the fieId-but these disciples Of all ,r~.
courage forsooth, on reaching this cemetrv lana
raise most potent crest upon suspicious lipbt
as air." and from not knowing the characier
OIL the people among whom they have cast
their LOT, and being different in proper notions
OF honor and courege, they have forced hem.
selreS and their friends into difficulties tina,
ought never 10 have existed.-Upon the mos,
meagre grounds for complaint that their homo,
had been aSsailed, or their good name in anv
way aspersed, such individuals have disnraced
themselves In the estimation OF all thoughtful
men at home, and aided to the utmost Of thei,
discretion to atfix lasting stain upon the name
Of Mississippi.
II an enumeration were made of all the ca.
'es OF outrage and crime, committed in the
State oil Mississippi, since her existence as a
state, 1t would be found that not one tenth O!
he whole number could be laid at the door Of
hose born and raised within her limits. False
lotions have been circulated in our Northern
and Eastern States Of the character ofSoutberr
society, that have tended at once to mislead the
inexperienced Of their population, and to black.
IN the character Of ours. We all admit, and de.
1reclate the fact that offences against the laws
rave here been high-handed and frequent Blu,
What else can be anticipated when Emigrants
rom even the land of "steady habits" adven.
ure among US TO "practice," in the manner
md with the munitions which this tyro in law
md in fight had adopted? His remark does
n truth open out the cause Of cur alleged Mis-.
1SStppi 6arbariy. The feelings and the TEN.
YER which lead to the evils laid to our charge
re not characteristic Of our people, nor YET do
We claim exemption from the frailies Of hu
nan nature. Those of our citizens who have
Jrown up with our institutions, and have
trough their whole lives experienced the ope.
alton of our constitution and laws, are
aw-ablding people," and for enthusiasts in
heir alIances-devotedness in their strug.
lies, and steadastness in their ambition, will
compare with any other people on the Earth
Grand Gulf Wing.