Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-09-05
no THE PUBLIC.
lExPOsED.

KAI1b $780,
rxvJ,E last number Of the" True issue
nnblished 10 Jackson, contains .
S.,d!, preCeringlsundry charges against
.,.oc ,ioned ii. q. Runnels. Whoever
.' 'he author of this production, il
H., he admitted, that he has personaled
~ some skill the ferociiy, coasss vol
.,y law abuse, and Infamous talsehpod
."ieib distinguish that renowned bully. A
inter- imitation could not well have been
R,nnels supposes that he hasnreceived
.;a,es At nv hands in certain publica-
n. and without taking means 10 ascer-
Il ne facts, or appealing 10 the laws Of
r,alr. resorts 10 the blackguard's medr-
y. 4 controversy, in ME newspapers.
'ooc honorable men, there is but one
.a.a IN relation 10 such conduct, md
i, DISGRACE. 1t neither redresses the
plo,ea party, nor rcachesthc one assalled
Whatever may be my contempt for the
|b,racler and standing Of Runncls, and
|oweyer low and degraded he may be in
ublic estimation, a proper respect for the
Ipialons Of men prompts me TO answer his
bsrgcs His card il a tissue Of false
cod from beginning 10 end. His first
aemeni is
The public are aware Of the system
i, course Of slaAder which has been
|rcod against me in The Mississippian for
b last twelve or eighteen months. 1t i
1 we'll Known, also, that Volney L. How
N has been and is now the real owner Of
bat press, and that he has the entire con-
4 ,oI Of its editorial department."
This statement is false. ] am Not the
Iwaer Of the Mississippian, having dispo.
! ed Of my entire property therein more
han wear since, as can be established
by The evidence in DIR. Gwinn's posses,
on al this time. 1t is equally false that
asve "lhc entire control Of the editorial
Eepartmcnl" Of that paper. And, 50 Tar
b KNOW, Gen. Prize is the sole Editor,
bad the sole author Of its editorials, aud
Exercises absolute control over its seni-
h.ns. Within the last eight months |
bae written but Two articles for the Mis-
(Sippian --one in relation 10 general pol
lies and the other in relation 70 the Union
! aux in the absence Of Gen. Price, which
aunnei' made The preteXt 10 lasIen quar-
! upon me, and which led to our meet.
b.
The mex. assertion of Runnels il, that
editorial article which appeared ia the
dumhus Dem 1cra' shortly after the du-
based upon the correspondence between
in and myself, "was dictaied, if moi
ruen" by me. This statement is false,
i DR.. Wilson Of this place, aud others ri
oIumhns, will testify. Several ground.
IS rmors were circulating in Columbus
relation 10 The canso OF the duel a,
pOg Others, that | had made an. outra-
Pous personal attack upon Ruanels, be-
fuse he had changed his politics aud had
Rrced him to challenge. was urged BY
y friends to give up the correspondence,
lllhe article which led 10 it ser publica
ion, ia order that these false reports
gh be counieractcd. | did SO. had
bhng to do with editorial remarks They
ere such as the sense Of the Il iitor dicta-
d neither did, nor had any right IL
lertere with them. The correspondence
eiween Runnels aid myself is before
p public. So far as | was concerned il
as conclatory AMI so intended to be.
O'h'ng was further from my intention
Pan personal reflection, when l peuncd
Pe article to which he took exceptions,
pa stated The fact in my reply to him
Is Tor tho public TO Judge whether this
las insulting. His Wanting boast thai
whipped" me in the meeting, is the
pnllilloa OF a bully, and such as no man
assessing the least sense Of proprisiy
s0nor, or chiyalrous feeling, would indulge
y will excite no other feeling ia any
pave mans breast than that Of unultera.
: contempt.
me assertion Of Runnels that | have
ID that attacked him through The eli.
pms Of the Mirsissippian, and that | in-
nued 70 continue doing so until forced
N 10 hight me, and that had rather fighI
y lnau any man living, is equally false,
: no respectable person can be produce
VINO ever heard me utter such scnti
aue statement Of Runnels, thntI have
asu up the cod Soldier,na newspaper
csnlIy established in this CITY, b. j. S.
-, Esq, with view 10 abuse him: and
~ am the author Of its ar,icles, il u
y Us me source from whence il pro
HI; J' !, has not the slightest foundation
NV uol know that such paper was con,
~ ana''d until saw Ihe prospectus
aue confined in Columbus, nor have j
y S"'s'ed any editorials ior ii. ANY one
~ !, Y cnpa0le of Judging Of style, vii
l, ma' ! could no, be the aull,er of III.
l'oIlaIs in the MIssissippiun and he OIL
'iuier. IL ha ef,n,,o,.,,i ~. III. ..ts