The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-05-11
FOrtss H'oolriils Repa,5iioar
&" Thou shalt not bear false
witness against thy neigh
Dor. .,,-BIBLE.

| 4 uC Nlof1Nttti " VIC oooNN NohiHihhe-
by your correspondent, q Tiinsothy.H ren.
ders it necessary for me TO make brief
rejoinder; which ] shall endeavor TO do
in becoming and ehristainspi To
answer BiIlingsgaie by Billingsgate.
or, slander by recriminatiou, is not my
purpose, 1t is perfectly clear 10 my
mind that, Timothy, is grossly mistaken
in the statements which he makes. or
that he is maliguanily intent upon per
rerling the truth Charity would con,
clude the former to be the case. and
sIiIlit Is difficult 10 come 10 this con
cusion; as am ever accessible, and
the faculty are known to be willing TO
correct any errors upon the part of The
students; or redress any grievances
endured by the citizens.
Timothy, brings Ave specific charges
against the students Of Centenary Col
lege. ~.
lst. That they are notorious for
'fonsorising long-tailed horses and
that this is evident from the number of
"mane.less and taiI.less horses in and
about Jackson" Now, what will your
readers think, when | assure them.
that. have heard Of but one piece Of
mischief of this kind, about Jackson,
during the present session of the Coll
lege, and that not even sus picion Of
guilt rests upon solitary student Ger.
tain il is. that there is no proof what.
ever, that students were engaged 10 il.
have been much about Jackson and
in the vicinity. have seen many horses
but not one of the "mane.less and tail
less" animals, Timothy describes.
| 3D. The students are charged
with girdling some beautiful tree, in
front of the Southern lnstitne The
treeswere girded, but so far as have
been able to ascertain, there is not the
least evidence that the injury was done
by the students.
Sd. They are charged with "hurn-
| ing the poor mans gates" have
proof from two respectable witnesses,
that this piece OF mischief was not
done by students.
9Th. They are charged with taking
''the parsons buggy The persons
that took the buggy were not students,
they themselves exculpate the students
and testify that no student was emong
\ them.
/ Lastly, they arc charged with "law'
lessly smashing in the windows OF a
citizen in open day." know not, TO
what the gentleman refers; for II any
such act has been committed by stu
sents in open day. / have not heard Of
Eit. One student was charged with
committing similar act late at night
and he was Immediately dismissed
from the College.
| After making these specific charges,
your correspondent, makes the follows
ing sweeping denunciation.
"a congregation of youths without
masters. with no respect to the laws oi
decent society. umblushing violators o.
moral feeling, &C. Now | pronounce
this denunciation false in letter, and
false in spirit, without foundation in
fact, aud without the least semblanct
OF truth TO justify its author in making
it. Ihave been in Colleges since 1884
and have made myself familiar will
the history Of Colleges generally, and
defyTimothy or any other man 10 poin
to more orderly, studious and gentle
manly assembly of students than thoss
now connected with Centenry College
i There is no INSTRUMENTATION The
faculty are not imbeciles. IL student,
violate law they are punished. II il
true we do not claim to be perfect. =
What human Institute is perfect!
But considering our large number
more than two hundred, have enteret
this session--there is less mischief dom
here, than in any College with whicl
am acquainted. A feeling of mutua
love and confidence exists between th'
| faculty and students. The Colleg'
was never more prosperous. AS
strong evidence OF the moral worth 0
the students, ] must be permitted 4
call attention to the fact that, all o
nearly all of the officers of a flourishinl
division of the Sons OF Temperance, II
this place, are students.
Indeed, DIR. Editor, have no fear
4 in regard to the success of Censenar.
, College. With ia large number ofhigh
! minded, honorable, and intellectual
young men; with faculty harmoniou
! and faithful and a community thorough
lily Identified with The College, j. mus
continne . bright and successful ca
reer, =. = .,s
4 In conclusion. snffer me to beg you
Mr.. Editor. to come and see us, becom
! acquainted with the faculty and stu
| dents, and ] venture to assert that yo
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