Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-09-05

ihoSe nuiuhtrs ~ dtcttuR y ~ Atc F,uANsi /
which VIC ma, EEL called upon 10 make IN this Dis
eoSs.on. we diSavow al intention, 0hjostiy. topre
iudre The directory, end reject personally upon /
them or anv other inlivtduaL-Ouf ehlect 81 much /
higher one-tn palnt oat ihe.tfu interests ol be
State In shnw bow they have been disfegarled, hlw
they might have BEEN aal stu may b, subsCfved."
YET discaSsnn commenced ard eoal,nuel 10 this |
spiut, gave uiicuec 10 Ranneis. lis Overlooking /
and ,yrann,cal spirit could Hoi toefste ang differ /
cnee OF opinion, ~ matter how mta'v eNpfvssed /
tie regarded the bankas private windlaA which he /
had right 10 plumber at discrellea without being |
called 10 account by any onV. When had pub. !
tshed i've numbers, al IN the most dSpassmuaie !
spr.t, was day passing duwn street, whcn Ron
nrlS remarked, To highly Respectable eenlleman /
" there goes a man shall be obliged 10 kill lie IS \
gentleman. and a man OF talents, but the course |
he i, pursuing towards his bank Wili fuin s ercd,L"
or wonlS TO that purpor This threat wss conmu- |
noated 10 IRE ny aholher person. ! confess tet
Indignant Of this spirit, this unwa ,sahlahle attempt !
to browbeat, oyerawe, ard sife investigation. |
wrote another ntmber which was severe inlen. |
ded il 10 be so hul il contained charges which !
The report of the Legislature did not establish ID be
true aud more than nerited
Il did not apply more tn Rnnncls Than to others, !
nor have ever Sngied him Ont as the object urany
particular eensufe, IN any article that J have ever
written, have never been The a1thor at an anon
NLuuS COnlflthCAloN NUN W utlNCtoigt
nor with the single article already mentioned, have
written any hing which could be construed into
personalities It's not for personal reflections that
he is pursuing me, but for having exposed the policy
and conduct of The hank He is one Of those ignor
ant, iIbelal boors To differ with whom is 10 commit
| an objectionable offence. lie i not pursuing me
now TO indicate his honor but for blond aud revenge
lie enl drunk inNicksburg and swore that he would
| Kill me alter his challenge WAS accepted, and made
! the ahi' public contrary u our terms, lie made
| the same threat In Columbus and las been c0nlInu.
ally mixing tbat threat for more uan a year. lie
had nothidg to 6ght me Tor but 10 stop discussion,
and 10 have effected that he should have come to
| The scratch more Than year since. II is known 10
many men In Jackson, that he has frequently, with
| ua wear, threatened 10 challenge me- and ther ex.
| cused himself inr moi Javin1 done an alie waited
until his popularity, credit, and character were
gone until be found he could hot gel the authority
10 exchange The State bunde IGr Union money and
| until his career Of Bank swIndng WAS brought To nm
| end he thenswenl mapping about thu streets with
his head downl,r hcafy a week, and finally seq. a
challenge Nat 10 preserve his honor, lof he Is in
| capable Of such sentiment, but to glut his ven
geance wlth my ccnlh and being disappointed in
lhla, before am recovered ON his bullet, he is a.
gain On my track, with the same object, baylng like
u hundlound-- not because have tonched hls hon.
or, but because have l,slled him in his career Of
pelf. ignorant. brutal hesotted, and sunken as he
is, did recognize him, because located as we are
upon the sntskrls Of ciyalion,hc might be thought
stu TO have some fictitious claims 10 be tolerated
ameal Gehltinrn was fully awuro Of the sactl.
fee made N mcetEga man ruined IN prospects,
without standing end wlbtad los, oil character Iur
even common honesty. ! bad every thing to lose
and .io'hlng 10 gain 10 have hIi him would have
afforded NE neitltf more tatsacli0n honor, or ad.
vantage Than 10 have shot The most ordinary SwliIe
But still Bank fognes Bre ~ manner tolerated here
YET touch t;asses with turn, but | Aink the
time Is al haHu Whch they viii b. ranked with COM
! mon leohs. th
| trust have becoming respect for public op,n.
| ion hui confess ! should hold ii in Contempt If
my reputation could be affected by charges prcfned
by such charactcr had no other evidence bu,
| my own vemcly 10 oppose 10 IT, Every man Of
sense knows tnat had pursued different line Of
conduct towards the Bank cont have stood high
90 the lat Of it's avonlcs ! had onlg to have re-
quesied The layors which this creature says Serc
denied me 10 have had them conferred OF the time,
lad il bern even cupjrolurcd TINT my views we're
friendly. ,,llod ! been base enough to have sold
inyscl, IBIS Il lhuw Runnels, bad scrblrF az lie Ia
wogld have set down overjoycd and tried 81 least 10
have written deed. Had consulted my ease, ur
my interests, We never should have q0arreltd. /
acted ! trust, from higher motives. i certainly iJ-
lowed my own nclnan0n, and ask neither favor nor
| sympathy from the public on that account. Ia look
lng bgrk calmly upon The whole matter, the only
thing that reproach myself lur u.s. that did not de-
noance The unparalleled sttecity Of the Bank with
more severity. lony wander OF my moderation.
] an. quite wiling that tie question oiour relative
hearing un The Geld should be lelt 10 those who VII.
messed II. Runnes and one or two OF Ills strikers
Fare nll who have been either mean Or base enough
Ito question mine | can say, wllh truth, that did
not come on the ground under the influence Of IL
| q1or that did not 81 trembling ~ ms canuge
while the pftlinnates we've bclng settled, nor re-.
! quest q latae man, WIG had sat down on nv car
rage steps, 10 remove, 80 that be might not see my
trepl1ation. Did not keep The business waiting
mid pitcher could b. sent iot ,that might take
Big drink at The start did not, after INV antagonist
4 had fired, pull mp and take long and deliberate ain
to infect only ncsh wound and then leave my
stand saving By G-d,l have kifed him any how
These arc things ! did not do There are others
which val not do. viii not print broker down
bIackgaarj, who has shown himself rs 10 all sense
Of honn:, and unworthy The laws olchlys,rs, to
charge me falsely with writing articles against him
and drug me by coarse md vulgar abuse Bnd jc-
nuncall"n between him and he real authors, under
the shallow prctence that they are unworthy oi his
notice, when, IN fact, they are greatly lis snperIors
N pom, oil edueal'on, good condrc,, honorable cha
racler, and public estimation Hunnels may put on
as many airs as he plseses, he knows perfectly well
that The bearing oiGen Price md James ;. Fall, is
more genterlanly than that Of bis own lliat they
are men Of more intelligence, and wbatls still more,
they stand higher 10 public estimation One thing
~ certain, they cAhno stand wofse unless they are
convicted Of Positive crime. At ali eFents, sm not
10 be hunte.l down for other mens productions, up
ona yszuc conjecture thai they are niue.
am informed that since Kuunels put his card to
press, that he has stated the Mississippi Springs,
that his Object IN making he publication, was 10
force ne to challenge him that he might draw ne
up in his ewn way and kill me. Sach is'lhe object
and such the motive Of the man who pretends 10 be
seeking The yiudicatioa Of his honor. Us such a
course worthy any man Of honorable feelings Are
tley the sentmcnis ofapy human being, but The
black hearted, boodihrsly assassin sppesl %
all fueu OF honorable sentiment and heightened eei-
r,rntrE ......l.l -. be enlLrnnd