The Yazoo City Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 183?-1840, 1840-04-17


The mannerand formof tliatslandcr which
is now il the ribald mouth of every federal
Tory insfhe country.
We are SO fortunate as 10 have now before
US the scioio Gazette Of JANUARY 20, 1896
published in Chilocofhe, which is both the
scene where the story is laid, and the resi-
dence Of lis author.
III the Gazette Of that dale, we find the
following communication, which, we are as
slfred, was written BY Major General james
+. Worthington, son OF Gov W0rihingion,
and commandcrof the division Of The Ohio
militia
"THE PETTICOAT sLANDER.n
s'As citizen Of Chilocothe. and resi-
dent here during the whole Of the late war,
/ feel called upon 10 notice this miserable
fabrication, which am informed MaIOrlA Al
len Of this place has given currency TO in. a
public speech at Columbus do ibis, be-
cause il carries acharge Of gross indelicacg|
against the ladies of our village, and for no
other purpose whatever.
$50 long as that report was confined To-
the columna Of few color presses. it pass
ed among the thousand and one lies they
daily issue, and which, like the French As
.signats, are debased and rendered uncuHent
BY their mnltitndinous number-was not
believed, scarcely noticed any where. The
public kaoW them.
a'Tis their vocation, HaII.'
But IFS new form is likely TO attract more
attention as uttered bY a citizen OF our town,
a man of acknowledged talent. and who has
recently filled q high public station: AL
though II can gain no credence here, most
false and erroneous impression may be pro-
duced abroad, highly derogatOry to the la
dies o. this place, the true barometer ofits
moral elevation
ssIn order to sustain my own recollectIons,
j have inquired Of a number of the oldest
and most respected residents Of our town, Of
both sores, and Of all political parties, as to
the truth Of this report, (which will not
sully my paper BY copying;) and have uni
fotnIy received the reply that it is entirely
false and unfounded.
81 do not pretend to decide n0tC what
degree Of blame attaches 70 MIR. Allen as
the ciTculator of this SANDER upon our mo-
theirs and sisters. That will depend upon
the fact whether he will have the manliness
after due inquiry to make his recantation as
public as he has made this libel. lcall up
on him to do so, otherwise he must stand in
the uuenviabIe light Of wilful slanderer of
Dun VILLAGE
Mr.. Allen never had tue "nianliness' to
make the recantatioh called for, and there
fore he stands branded before the whole
country Dy the highly respectable authority
of Gen. Worthington, as s'Wilful slanderern
of the village Of Chilicothe and its fair ladies'.
But this is not all. In the same paper
we find the following card.
ssro MAJOR ALLEN.
"Sir; / publish you as a liar and a scouH-
drel, for having stated ina public assembly,
lat Columbus, on the 9Th of January, 1886,
that the ladies' of Chlicotho voted Gen. Har-
rison apetticoat, as a reward forhis military
prowess.
w. S. Mummy"
Mr.. Murphy was a Brigadier General of
the Ohio militia, and Major Allen was an Of
ficer subordinate TO him, and considering
Mr.. Aliens military position and the respecs
liability Of Gen. Murphy, one would have
supposed that if Major Allen had not felt
the Justice Of the publication, or that if he
possessed particle ofpfide or a spark Of hon
or, he would either have resented the charge
or have relieved himself from the odlum Of
such brand, IL possible, By making pub
EIic recantation. His silence was the admls-
sion otis truth.