Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-09-05

communication against him or the directo.
~ nor with the single article already men.
TONED. have wriiieh any thing which
could Ia constructed into personalities. II
a III, for personal reflections that he ia
pursuiog me, but for having exposed the
|poIicy and conduct Of the bank. He is
one oftbosc ignorant, Liberal Doors, to
differ with whom is 10 commit an unpar-
ldonoble offence. He is not pursuing me
now to yindicaie bis honor, but for blood
and revenge. He got drunk in Vicksburg
and swore that be would kill me after his
challenge was accepted, and made the
affair public, contrary TO our terms. He
made the same threat IN Columbus, ard
has been continually making that threat
for more Than year. He had nothing ID
| f;ob, me for but to stop discussion, and to
have affected that, he should have come
10 The scraih more than year since. II
tis known 10 many men in Jackson, that
he has frequently within year, threaten:
ed 10 challenge me, and then excused
himself for not having done 50. lie wait
ed until his popularity, credit, and char.
acter were gone, until he found he could
moi get the authority cfexchange the State
bonds for Union money, and until his ca
recr Of Bank swindling was brought to an
end he then went moping about the
streets with his head down for nearly d
week, and fioaIly sent challenge Not
TO preserve bis honor, FOR ne Is incapable
of such sentiment, but TO glut his ven
qeance with my death and being dlsap
pointed in this. before lam recovered IRON
his bullet, he is again on my track, WIN
The same object baying like bloodhound
no, because have touched his honor
but because have jostled him IN his ca
reer OF pelf. Ignorant, brutal, besotted,
and sunken as he is, i did recognize him,
because located as we are upon the out,
skirts Of civilization, he might be thought
still to have some Fictitious claims 70 be
tolerated among gentlemen. l was fully
aware Of the sacrifice lmade in meetinga
man ruined in prospects without standing
and who had lost all character for even
common honesty. had every thing to
lose and nothing TO gain. To have hit him
would have offered me neither more salts:
faction, honor, or advantage than to have
shot the most ordinary swine. But still
Bank rogues are in manner tolerated
here yet--we touch glasses with them
but think the time is at hand when they
will be ranked with common felIons.
| trust i have becoming respect for
public opinion; but confess ! should
hold il in contempt, ifmy reputation could
be affected by charges preferred by such
a character, had no other evidence but
my own veracity 10 oppose 10 il. Every
man Of sense knows, that had | pursued
= a--,-,' i''-r r. 'nnndqcl towards the Bank
could have stood high on the ISL OF IT'S
favoriies. had only 10 have requested
the favors which this creature says were
denied me TO have had them conferred at
the time, had il been even coniectured that
my views were friendly. Eiad been
base enough 70 have sold myself, this
fellow Runnels, bad scrIbler as he is.
would have set down overjcyed, and tried
at least to have written deed, Had
consulted my ease, or my interests, we
never should have quarreled. acted, |
trust, from higher motives. certainly
followed my own inclinaiion, and ask
neither favor nor sympathy from the pub
lie on that account. la looking back
calmly upon the whole matter, the ONLY
thing that ] reproach my self FOR is, ,ha, /
did not denounce The unprecedented atroci-
~ Of the Bank with more severely.
only wonder at my moderation.
am quite willing that the question Of
our relative bearing on the field should be
left to those who witnessed III Runnels
and one or two of His strikers are all who
have been either mean Or base enough ID
question mine. ] can say, with truth, that
l did not come on the ground pnder The
influence Of liquor; that / did hot sill trem.
bling il my carriage while the preliminn-
RES were being settled, nor request a lame
man, who had sat down on my carriage
steps, 10 remove, SO that be might not see
my irepidation. | did not keep The busi-
ness waiting until q piihar could be sent
Tor, thai ! might take big drink al The
start. didnOt, after my antaronist had
fired pull UP and take long and deliberate
aim TO intlici only flesh Wound, and then
leave my stand saying, "By Cd, have
killed him any how
These are things did not do. There arc
Others which will not al. IwillDo per.
limit broken down blarkgusrd, Who has
shown himself lost 10 ali sense Of honor
and unworthy the lave Of chiyalry, 10
charge me falsely with wriiing articles
against him, and draw mo bv coarse and
vulgar abuse and denunciation, between
\ him and lha rnays aaAlhe.rn ,,ssd.r thn xhal.