Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-05-11
To ne Freemen OF the County OF
LOWndeS.
NELLOW CITITENS-I M

H4AE-Asl+Nh I'll Us. NS.--l must BEG your
3 PARDON Tor taking the liberty OF blending
va one communication, a erase and impoUant
matter, with an oPqroo.ous newspaper warfare,
that perceive 10 have been cauitd on, with an
reienung bitterness, by a scri6lsr DARKER | lake
IT, over the itsnrd signature of John w. Byrn,
Who IN hls wrath, has made some very extfaor-
binary efforts to give ne, What he no doubt,
would call a lashng.
Tie first exercises all # biS legal learning, dir
" vii, and rXhaustS, his lalia vocabulary, IN crit
lcl>mS, then IN peUe'>iou> next a manly comics.
son of the facts charg'd over the ie,gned sigma.
uhre Of BrutuS,' but no, without an effort Ia
modify or soften the CRIME next he permits his
ptulihc imagmatou. 10 burst the letters of slave
~, aud ht high the banner Of victory, winch was
but victory iana>ucally achieved, or rather, It
vas bul dream Of victory, that vanished helnJe
the n>lng >nR, Next be becomes a. teroclous
a ten year old vmdcine sraool hoy, some
tunes gets towards hI> p'eo,ptur aid ragng h.
calls hun oid HaRHts, ~ some other hard mime.
Now ! would suy tn thls Nr. --, over
he teignrd Signature at JOHN W. Byrn, If this Lc
the >"rl oi hsbug YOU give Your enemies, and
Ihr encouragement va give Your Trends be ali.
As YEA have caused the SAID John W. Byn,
!
I" give h'> eighteen friends, who have invited hun
I" become candldute--l for one. >lr, nov apply
t'f slIuaIon among your eUsaitS, for YOU Ger.
ia'nly treat them much better than YOU do your
t7ehds You, ,r. hav, caused your MASTER j.
! W. Bym, m the hour of Danger 10 escape through
a hole IA The wall. and leave his friends To receive
tn weight OF he vengeance o." Blunls," that
was designed eNrlu>lteI, l,r such, a. Had acted
">tflket,' by Cunnngly cl,cHuueerng with gen.
irmen inl a solicitation, by which means the vote
aud Wiiucucc al the uu,u>pecung cl,lzeu would
be considered pledged. appeal To- every n,cli.
gent man who has read the arri.le alluded 10 over
the signature of Hfutu,,' aud euqui,e there's
IN ihal article elhe an eNpr ,sion or allu>luu. cal
culaled, or designed, 10 place those Is ud,e du-
ais IN diNpa,agn2 attitude, cdher "a pusatc, or
public men bui lhts auu winter well thought
IN ui more capable ct beating weight. than n
aforesaid mt,Isf, j. W. Il. or his real "stn
Hers,' aud therefore most numerically placed
them in ronl woul warning Is this TO those
ready to become prosobtes 10 the faith of the
Burn party.
1t Is now clearly to be seen that the lceder Of
that parry, has the same Use for the friendship Of
his parllsans, as had The hungry monkey Tor the
from among the hot embers.
Nothing SAID by Brutus' has been denied;
we therefore take it all for granted The charge
OF The proposition To sch ,he fees due IN SAID
| othce' together with the office, thus Offering to
place out oi his hands the only chance to show
lenlly toward, people be claims to be the eycu-
s've trend Of. The charge Of being not the
CANDIDATE Of the Wing, the Democratic, State
Rights, on Democratic State Rights patty, buI
the candidate exclusively Of the Burn Partl a
party whose principles not only nlract the pfucl.
| pies Of all political parties, but likewise the rules
| OF all good order, moraitith freedom Of opinion,
| truth, justice, and humqnHy The Statement,
likewise, made by Brulus concerning the dis
crepancy between the letter Of invitation and lts
Suhjolned reply, not only proves the discrepancy
itself, but It Is likewise admitted, with feeble
| attempt to modify it. The statement likewise
made, that some were not citizens. and a strong
| probability existed that others Of the subscribers
would not support the SAID candidate Of the Burn
Party Is all alike admitted The fact must be
remembered, that this letter was gotten up and
| signed "a long Time ago" when, perhaps, no
other cand date was expected, or the abuses Of
| his administration not known, and sheriff being
needed, he was considered preferable to Squire
| No Body.
But i IS gfavely charged upon me Of having
been guilty Of putting myself over feigned SIG.
nature. Nothing i SAID over the signature re.
terred to- that would no, have said on a stump,
or would not here repeat, bat fer want Of The
ability suffi emily to condcnSe what have here
to say. But whilst am On the puff subject,
would beg leave to Introduce 10 the public those
"dGndy strikers" who have. by cunning, cleo.
tinnreflng, &c. obtained those lr,rcr$ spokrn Of
by this unknown author over the frlgned sigma
ture pt John W. Byrn." aud SAID To be now IN
! the pc .sesSi n Of the ed tors Of the Demo-
craft You. gentle reader, unque>tlonah, sup
| pose thlSe strikers to be- ether some unstIspert.
| ing friend that has been deluded INTO the suppor,
! of this man, or else 1t Is member of the cIaR--
! but you have not yet guessed. Then, Uafdg
Striker, uuma-k your,elt-you must be known
to the publIc--lhen stand forth in the full attire.
person and principle, Of your sycophantc repEe
sentative, Johu w Byrn, the candidate (soliciIed)
of the Burn pary.
The foregoing information was given me. on
the 4lh INST. at Mr. McGowen's, IN presence IF al
least 50 individuals, by gentleman whose in.
tegnty and vcraclly will scarce be called IN oues
| ton ny tne man WI can 80 ldr dfDi~e ms naRr
as 10 write letters to individuals. cor4ting solict.s
ntnns FROM them, M "A manner 10 obf1ln such 50.
hcliatlon ON paper that be may avall hn-oI' ,1fI
such position 10 putt hlmseh N ihepnbIc jooE
mails. | cannol. for such an ndv,dsfH have 50
strong feeling A. tbal 81 contempt, can only
pity the crcaIufs,tpr h~ wrecked con4coace Is TOO
| feeble 10 bear ny conirupt
Ii Is. indeed, 4 great melortunc that there are
50 many individuals in every conmunfy, Who
mistake "eiersr Jeiiow for a good officer With
out once stopping 10 enquire what is necessary 10
constitute " cisrsr ttilotr." They seem not id
be.aware Of the fact, that i requires the yfricst