Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-07-21

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to publish falsely, that man has chang
cd his name is SiHhder'(D "OuT
humble name has been written and pub
lshcd in Pennsylvania more than one
hundred and lihy thousand times. and
we dctg M. Pearce or any other man
to show that il was ever spelled IN any
other way than Lnleli,'" &c I'VE
ask Mr.. Pierce quietly TO produce his
proof, or take back the slander. " this
is noI done, or if the crime is repeated
we shat hold him and his publisher fe
gdlly responsible So much Tor the
teXt;and now for the commentary.
The reader will observe how marvel
Iously coaSiatentis the much agrived ~ri
ter OF The above extracts! In the com
pass Of five lines he has probably wrtI
ten, and cerlalnIy caused our name to
be published in two dIffrrrn, ways
"Peerce" and "Pierce;" and, in another
part OF The same paper from which we
make the foregoing quotations, we are
wickedly 4 maiicioas'y called "Johnny."
Now we feel miserably snre under this
fOrturing use o(our "humble name = and
who will blame US, il we no d the mon
ste " no so used it, and his associate IN
"rhe crime" ''Iegally responsiblr"-
Our dander'8 up, and no nomisiake. Shall
wo not punish the VIlIanous Iibellers
with al least forty suits? We shall
think of it. And now let us look inro
the history OF the dire ofence OF which
the author uf our text wnrnrS so pienus
Ily. Before his name had ever soil. d
lhe ink Of our pen, and b"Irre II had
ever been seen in our edHnrlsl roiumnS
this very coas:apm bu' sadly iEjmfd
editor made PHI I'll and, IN has psrrma
Qon doubtless, n very witty attempt It"
nun upon oar uana. We, according T."
his wit. had 'pea cpd." Sc. Subsp
qurnlly, ~o Iouk up the 2 Nv" so chit
yaIrnusy thrown dowa tons by cor
"a 'ant knight. We wrote him down
"LMIe," according TO he Pcnnsyl'No1a
he cries crartn We are 70 he held
"Irgsly responsible" Tor ghts rank al
ferce, (ursoolh! That is a game, Alo,-
70, that Iwocan play a.. No'hHG h"s
hcrn published in this paper au'ul ""V
"chnoge" Of your name. For aughr We
know, you may have always Spelled II
as YOU have in the above text, and we
have written nothing TO the contrary
Our oruhographv Of your name is. and
has heretofore been, governed by the
Pennsylvania pronunciation Of that
name --as we unde rslaRdu. Permit US.
therefore, if you please, TO use our own
system Of orlhogrOphy, and If we should
in future spell 1t "Liule," you will IN
dcrstand us as using the word in the
MpsrIaiire degree. But, Il you will not
allow US to spell it "Lille," and are
resolved TO sue US for so doing, then we
sha take the liberty, as now, OF WrilOg
you dOwn-ASS This explanation, we
trust, will he deemed and taken by YOU
as he amende honorable for any injus
ice we may have done YOU II you are
slII unsalI>6cd, why. then, &c nothing
else wi do,) sue; and vou will probably
find it about as profitable as your Effort
to speculate in The painting of The Court
house
The idea Of hoding us and the "pub-
Usher legally responsible" has posSlbg
been suggested 10 you by the Court
house Junrn- clique Of rfi'e holders
who have long chprbhed a mortal an i
palhy towards the Fee Prpss: and. as
yon are understood to have been ,ni'iar
ed into the secrets of he Juu,o. At would
probaby afford oil o sou great caus"
of triumph, it sou Conld prnSrrarc rhrs
paper, even at the exppuse Of a Libel
suit + such is not NoOr mnliVe, lhrN
,urn away gour malice from III" pub
Usher" As the sold hero" once SAID,
81 take the responsibility" and, Ne II
writer of rQual clns,ica emi"'pre, said
before him, Ne me GdSnm qm feci.
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