Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-07-18
For the Liberty Advocate,

"Ithink myself happy King AgriPpa, Jeca'se
/ shall anSwer for myself this day Gctoretse,
touching all the things uhereof AN accuse o.
the .Je,os." Paul.
Mr.. FoRsYTHE Every writer who doe not
sign his proper name to his production, tthef
assumes name corresponding to the chaacter
of his writings, or one by which he is wiling to
be known in the Republic of Letters Isee mi
the last number of the Advocate proucton
called "Libertad " In rejecting on thu Kind Of
literature contained in that piece and III hero OF
the Romance, thought it might be named alter
the character of the loork And this stpposltlon
afforded no small qualification. Greece had her
Homer, who wrote an Idad; Rome her virgil, who
wrote an En- al; Italy her Tas,o, Fho wrote
Jer1Sdlema France hers Voltairg who wrote
Ia Henriai; and Portugal her Canoens, who
wrote LuSiad.-And last, and leat, Old Amite
has produced her Epic Genius wlo has perpe-
Itrated The Libeftad" This asst poem, IS
written in prose- yet, has its fctions, its cpl
sodes, its history, its machinery and Its close
| In reading it, one would think the Author to
be Of Laurens Sterne's breed OF dogs, when
entertained mortal hate against Parsons, and
would bark at them from the time then were
Puppies.
The first charge preferred against me by your
correspondent is that OF dupIlcity, for stating
what he allows to be true-what sis known
to the inhabitants Of Libertr-and generally be
Iheved." And this charge is key to his de
sign in all the rest. Any person who will care.
fully peruse the piece will be convinced that the
Author is all along trying to nculaate the idea
that am acting under the influence of another
He has converted circumstances perfectly in
Inocent in themselves, into momentous faults in
me, and makes me continually the cats.p1o OF
dune, or crutch, of opposite cliques and parties
Like the Spider, he sucks poison from the fair
est flowers.
i have understood since the appearance of the
l"Libertad, )" that it is whispered about pretty
generally that | am under the influence of the
/, Rev. Mr. McLain, and wrote the piece of the
) I27th, at his suggestion or request. Gentlemen,
liz you have such an impression, IL is an err
} roneous one. simply. but honestly stated
in that piece, tie motive that influenced me tt
4 write it. highly esteem Mr.. McLain as gen
7 tleman and christian, but nothing has ever oc
Cured in our intercourse together, except the
usual courteses, between Ministers Of different
{ but friendly denominations We have never had
: conversation together, but once that | remem
0 ber, except at our accidental meetings. The
conversation | allude to, took place but a
+ short time Since We met accidentally then
c at the Post Office Mr.. NJ wished to speak tc
}, me of an affair which had no relation to any in
d dividual in this community, nor to Mr. BIZ
e school. | hope Mr.. NJ. will forgive me fol
II bringing up his name, and that the necessity o
3, doing Il, will plead my pardon with the public
Is The rancorous abuse which ''Lhertad," has
1t heapei on me, and the false statements he has
z" madeaga,nst me for publishing few plain truth,
Is I-"generaly be,ieyed --she plainly on which
v side "dupIicity, \ may be found. Why, afte,
o. making the Acknowledgements Of Mr.. B's quail
fiations as d teacher, has he predicted the down
yliai Of all that support him and that .'degrada
G ten awaits all the old supporters Of schools il
rs Liberty! lie acknowledges Mr.B's merits anc
:, GAINS on the public-yet hnrls his pos nee
d darts OF malice and falsehood at any person thai
3 VIII publicly relate the fact Is this ''consisten
y ICY" Oh! duplicty, where are thy bounds !!
tie charges me with being 'aware that was
Ipnnging dart in Mr.. BIS BOSOM" in teaching
) a school in Liberty last summer did not seeE
that schonl-l did not try to make it up--l die
not agree to accept it but on condition that il
should not interfere with the interests OF eitbel
1 Of the then existing schools Is my worthy anc
I amable successor aware" of plugging dart al
the bosom Of another teacherWf a Female Acad
) envy! Deep nidmy would await the black
hearted puppy that would make the assertion
4 ana yet our circumstances are similar. Would
any one pretend that Mr.. Marshal! IS now n
ware OF 'plunging dart into Mr.. BIS bosom.
Iet, the circumstances are rood deal the same
/ Ills charge against me, for subscribing to i
school mile out Of town--of evlncing everv de
sire Tor its prosperity, and afterward shooting
arrows at the teacher, is wholly without foun,
dation.
His next charge, if | understand what J.,
means by AJAX lebanon" is also base fab.
rcaton.
his charging me with saying that was made
a ''cats-paw" last summer in teaching a school
IN Liberty has escaped my memory. The CHARGE
sustained, would initiate against other ner
sons, who, believe are free from blame.
Connected with this charge are the words
After strangely winding up his school" Thi,
depression was intended TO bolster up the chic
lpolnt aimed at in the drift of his whole niece
Wy school was taken up for five months, 8,
y this time taught four months and half nm !,