Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-09

,n'sht DC prepared to vindicate himself. il
WY reason for thus acting was, that upon n
my arrival here | found that your mis-. t.
statement concerning him and others were
cong mischief. But before my leaving
Coiumous you must have received letter
from nm threatening to call you to ac-
count Tor your conduct while there.
lou lnslnuate that had employed Mr. II
Caihoun to do what had not manliness
OF soul TO do" myself. When you made
mat statement, you proved TO all acquain-
led with me that you were ignorant ofthe
character ofthe man with whom YOU had
10 deal for it is well known that have,
before this, taken more formidable villains
than you by the throat, and held them Up
before the public, saying to all around, be-
hold what | have caught
In your article, you speak of PIesby. |
lerlal investigation. How can you, Dun
can Macaulay the {: notorious" bring
+ about such an Investigation What right
have you 10 call upon the Presbytery of
North Alabama 10 investigate any matter
} IN which you are concerned =? You are
!. no member of shat body,and you knolc you
never can be. Pray, be so good as to an
: tighten the public upon the subject. Do
II make the attempt, that they may see what
q mise rable shifter you are. Well do you
c know that before such an investigation as
IS you promise can be had, you must go else
e where and perform the herculean task OF
J. removing charges of which you already
5; stand convicted, and which are ola deep
IS or die than those brought against you by
a. Mr. Calhoun. You will perceive from what
to have Just stated, that have gotten upor
your trail. 1t is very Shiny, Duncan =
w it has a number of windngs, and reache
L. very far but the track is very plain, ant
re in a short time you will havea vivid illus
IS, tration of it before your eyes. couI
ne now give you names. and circumstance
IN. which would dumfound you--but have pt
.rt tence you will get the whole in a yer
nd short time.
ok Ifyou. sir, can make good the statemel
nv in your school advertisement, that you al
his in very deed "a Presbyterian clergyman
nts and in good standing, respect for that Ell
to inently useful and respectable church W
IN constrain me 10 submit to full and {;
ha, investigation, by them or others, ofany
ms. legations yon have brought or may brI
no, against me. will, also, in such circu
.om stances, in a becoming manner, meet q
NC structures YOU have made or may ma
mi. upon me or my conduct in relation to
!, il Calhoun, or any body else, either dur
that the late debate or elsewhere.
Tbis But if upon the investigation whlt
can, am resolved to have, it shall appear
cave Duncan Macaulay is NOT "a cIergyr
tho ofthe Presbyterian Church" bat that
:. ot concealment and deception he enters
ron the sacred desk, where he has no rgt
oex- he seen:--If it shall appear that his pre-
oncb sions to be q competent stenographer,
:, :, all q hoax III ii shall appear that
H. statement that there was but one ger
man in Columbus is falsehood -
re q, ns shall appear that when he stated that
I;roc ofthe elders oflhe Cumberland Prest
,b;ne Ran Church there, is an avowed mhd
= thai a calumny If it shall appear that h
7er a warded the worthy pastor ofthe CAur
60 oil Florence for his kindness and attenhc
: IN. detraction:-If it shall appear that
- 70 about TO leave my family, when on his
- tho from Columbus to Florence, he rec
,brow their hospitality by a base but imPote
,. Tho tempt to shake their confidence IN II
nth sent head thus 10 SOW the seeds OF dl
,unote and misery among those who never
an in. ded him:--lf it shall appear that ~
n Of. Macauly has long, and in many
Soin,,s been notorious for scattering fret
doroe and death in the families and comm
=, nro. to which he obtained access 5" an
cor or those who do him the most KIND
,,o,,sa are the most certain victims of his
~ zach nlv:--lf it shall appear, that IN or
in This destroy the influence OF statemeI
obablv might be made to his disadvantage
';n;stro. oniy gentleman in the ne'ghborhoo
knew his true character and hlStor
ho ror. can Macaulav did secretly accuse
.bo i'm. countrvman of crimes of dark dy
yors in represented him as deposed from
-. tho istry in his native land, when at III
i rron, time the person in question had IN
1b, ef session, and can produce, an NO
= ,rrn. disuission, and warm Iecomme
,onr If from the very Presbytry by who
10 mod can MacauIy stated he was dePo
- tb, eides n host Of other testimonials
:. hocore hest sources, by which he can D
> V ,nots fom his late location in Tuscumb
" al DAVIS Of his boy hood IF it shall
W. road that Duncan Macaulay Is himself
10 fonr sed minister; that IN the RECORD
,hono. Church of which he was once
. ~" a. be stands convicted of CRIME al
, oannot hood:--Ifit shall appear that "stol
Ia -" not have been found in his possession
a.. G,u f mr The thief" he and the public W
, aocnIiar me if pay no notice to wnat
Pc, Pgcp 'bor mi, NAV say or write concerning n
nlGn ,nGy of, NV friends, seeing that nothl
Is So base for so vile a creature; ~
sa e fr'' IN the hands of one who will sit
r ilo"e c. orb;s career to the bottem. Un
''I I ,' nm done. cannot stoop further TO
oIus fnoers with what He may say
- Rut 1t is duty owe to soccer
: nv humble acknowledgements
IAN ting the bland manners ana
+. 1e41. add of one who hailed from
nv, land and city, and who PalmeSd
SI.as.ed 10 on me for gentleman, to lniu'
~, and introduce him to the hosPl'aoile e
9a ,, ,a ug nectinp citizens of North Ala
tnSt P1 aaI n permitting his mis- stateme
nat M ZINC ST nv ears against the admenlll