Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-16
For the Hicksburg Sentinel.
MIDDLETON, MISS, or "WILDs OF CARROLL"
Doctor Hdgdn:;-

Doctor Hdgdn:-
Sir: After the unceremonious manner in which
you have presented to the public, and especially
after your subsequent challenge and threat you should
not be surprised if claim your attention, and that of
your readers to very few words in vndication of
the position first assumed towards you, and fame
has not even commenced monument to my name
on any account, you will bear with me- while pre-
mise that | am neither list-factor inancier,
but cotton planter, here in these wids," and that
have interest which is not common to the prOdu-
GERS of the country and though may not be as far
above suspicion the Editor of the Sentinel, my
sympathies altogether the side of that portion
near my ons Word from me about or cv
ton until your letter, you will strike my
name from your list - This is awful!
rty of nanciers the honesty of istfactors; nor
shall object TO your calling things by their proper
Names but still assert that paragraphs appear IN
almost every number of the Sentinel, to which no
paralle can be found in the writings of any respect
able author on fact fiction, any civilized country
on the face of the Globe for which no good reason
can be given and which serve no purpose but to
show the vitiated taste of him who pens them, and
they are repusive to every respectable circle IN the
land But as you say, the " Stat RGtaone uoIuntd
Il had the good luck to find friend who translated
these words,) is not the prerogative of ordinary
minds,' single specification will answer better
purpose than a volume of my objections to IT. Here
it is The Devil has coiled up his tan ana taken
at the fnancers and swndling hstfactors, before n
makes his breakfast off the rotten scoundrels TIL
Devil loves tainted meat and he is waiting till Sam
Peters, Hodge, Minturn, Yoke and their beautiful
!, coadutors, Oaky, Burke Byrne and the Whoic trlo
of hst-actors get into state of inCipien decomposi
ton before he takes them off to the south corner
He'll and cooks them for his lmps and Devils
we hope he viii haste the Williams well before he mas
tcates their corrupt carcasses Bee oennei OF ~ot
e July, l641, page I'd, column lst
c. borrih ln IN OK
&c sound here in the wds of Carroll county, that 81
II rous argument against them could not fail to exc
" the pity or disgust of all who heard It, and if Doct
Hagan felt any of the responsibilities OF citizen
OF in any of his relations, 1t would De lmpossio
for him. even him. to read the monstrous extract wit
of out blush Had the Doctor taken his degrees IN
- fish market he never could have given better eS
dence than this of his proficiency in loathsome VI
y, garity and noisOme profanity but Tor o0Jectll
Id privately to the patronage OF such eus1On WlthO
Il, some hope of Improvement, am dragged before t
av public accused of stgmatizing his course as pub
h journalist. and dismissed like calprit, with tire;
az that if HE ever hears one word from me about barb
al rism or civilization until answer his letter, he
he strike nv name from his list! Your readers WI
hope pardon me for troubling them so much, VII
IL assure them did not intend to notice the public
ton of my first letter to you, nor your long serm
~ on the various subjects for which>it served you
is text but when saw that you had published my lit
q of the 18th of july with the bravo
of appended to it, and especially when observed Il
rn some particular friend had copied it into paper nea
home, felt that owed it to myself, at least to
- prise you that had not abandoned the view taken
your in my first communication. In doing til
wish it distinctly understood, that am disposed
;ed wash my hands of the whole affair. In fact
be not certain but that you have learned to compos
tx your doses for the body politc from your expere
= in medicine, and it may be way to remove an
md will be rejected together. If this Is the case Doc
would like to beg YOUR PARDON before we part
interrupting you at all for if this be the fact SO
of yo,r prescriptions will never suffer by comps
son with Lobelia itself.
Before we part finally, feel sofcitous TO say
u. do hope if you fall in the stream and be dro'
ed you will not be, like the old mans wife, TO
Sincerely,
to w. Y. COLLINS
80 And now, Mr.. Editor, you will observe Doctor
gan has not published this letter, although mar