Southern patriot. (Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1849-09-12

lime allowed and the succession Of
our speeches. 7'0'' u
As to being Col. Featherstop's a.
CENT? am such only so far as any
democrat would be who should see
y 70 reply to you. | propose TO ac.
company you (by request of Col. T.
ana al other democratic fliends) that
mere may certainly be some one Of
our party to meet you at YOUR various
appointments; my agency goes no
luTLher' nor do ! desire that il sbould
HOW Tar Col. F. may adopt what
or other Democrats may saw IN tbe
canvass It will be easy 10 learn bv a
direct application 10 him. For INV.
sell | shall take the Democratic no.
Sl'lons; as understand them. and |
presume the candidate ofour partybe
oecupl es substantially the same
ground. You have believe discussed
with him before the canvass.
Very sincerely your friend.
w. 7. BARRY.
With this correspondence for our
only data we retract not oge SYLLABLE.
oil our first article but with the ex.
PLANTATION given us by that honorable
genileman,& the letter Of explanation
from Mr.. Barry (Which is appended
70 this article) our structures were
100 severe, and we would scom to
DO Mr. Harris the injustice to Withhold
his explanation from our readers.
twill be seen by Mr.. Barry's LET.
ter Of the lst Inst after the publica.
ton of our article that Mr.. Harris
"deelined alierHoimgr with Barry
but was willing to continue :beir
discussions upon the same terms as
at at Nashvill.
We now call the attention of the
reader TO the last sentence of Mr. Har
MSS and Col. rs agreement, Ito witt
"Mr Harris DECLINING TO CANVASS
with Mr. w T. s. Barry for reasons
suggested by the annexed correspond. !
ence. 1t will be readily perceived
hat there is material varience in
he two statements. Mr.. Harris ac.
irming over his own signature the
act as we stated it-that he declined /
'anvassing with Mr. Barry. But we
10 not question the correctness oil
he last statement.
Our next assertion was that he
eased to recognise Barry as the
representative of the party and spoke
our and "A half hours at Co.
1mbus to prevent his reply.
The denial ofthis assertion places
S IN quite a delicate position. In
communication which we had before
S at the time Of writing our first arti. t
Ie, from Mr.. James Whitfield ven c
rable old gentleman of unimpeach- !
bic integrity we find the following 7
ords. 81 was informed by several O
entlemen that VIM. l.. Harris in his b
beech at the Court House Yesterday .
/. four and a hulfhours length anon :
IT other subterfuges to enable him b
escape the scratching lash of VIM. b
Bgrry," &c &c. This is our au- b
ority for that assertion. Mr. Harris's y
iplanation is, that he did not know 2
at Barry intended replying to him, p
it'll after he had spoken an hour and o
half and when he was apprized " ',
it, it required three hours more y
me 10 do himself justice . :,
TIE last of our chrges to which Mr. Il
arris demurs is that he canvassed g
Col. Featherstons absence two Re
iunties. q
Mr. Harris explanation is that "
hen he left Columbus on Sunday b
Orning he was ignorant of the a.
tuation of Col. rs family and ex- ?,
icted to meet him in Noxubee.- n
e cannot see that this alters the hi
Sc or even paliates his filling the
'polntments in Col F. absence He ca
lew in Noxubee that Col F was alb. -
ut, and he knew in Lowndes tbe -
trnHanr, 50 81