The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1853-11-09
Strike lOW--.Iss your Nature.

Editor of the Independent:
Now that the election is over l wish to
answer an article which appeared in late
number of the 'Southcrn Advocate" head
ed I" A Question Of Morality" in which the
editor, after his usual hourishes about being
free from malice and intentional misrepresen-
tation, goes on gratu'tously to say without
actually calling names, that certain man
holding Office in this Parish, and now then)
a candidate for election, IN pam worvisswind.
led "a poor man out Of his property with
hard-hearted exactions, with the opnnivance
of the legal statutes, which should not be
paramount to the laws of monthly" and
" that its publicity is not made toinjure him
maliciously." In his usual lofty language
the said editor discards all personal insinua-
tons, SO that it was hard at first to guess at
whom his shafts were aimed. In the strength
of his morality he further says, that appeals
will not be made to him in vain,' now in the
name of old "Minos" and all the judges,
when were you, T. W. Graves, constituted
Court Of Appeals' Who made your moral
|ity paramount to that of the law! How
happens it, that the undeserving go to you for
Justice! Is it because you fraternize with
them!
How long since has truth invaded your
sanctuary When ,cere you erer free tro"s
malice and loic insinuations? When did
you ever rise above mean consideration g.
And you "never interfere in the private re-
lations Of men, and cheerfully invM vindi-
cation in your paper without cost !" Then
here is a true statement Of the facts Of tho
case, which you have SO knowingly and will
fully misrepresented. The property was sold
to David Barland, portion being paid in
hand--the vendor, w. E. Gaulden, reserving
a motgage, as usual, to secure the balance of
the payments. Several years had elapsed,
notwithstanding the notes were all due, NTH
sut any tender Of payment from the purcha-
ser, when the mortgage was closed. The
vendor to secure his notes, in the absence Of
other purchasers, bought in the property
every step being legal and in compliance
with propriety. Mr.. G. then offered to let
the original purchaser have the property back
by complying with the first bargain, and
being paid what was justly due him, and I
am informed that it has ever since remained
open for the poor sick man David Barland
, to accept.
Now sir, oh most Just man, T. W. Graves,
az "you who Aave made it rule Of conduct
not to ;nterfers IN the pirate relations Of
: men, and intend to adhere to that rule" pray
tell us, with all your innocence and manifold
: virtues to back your veracity, who acted
] most properly, Mr. Gauldcn, who complied
at-:Al---~sy iss~i ..AanisitA and oHared every
fair facility to the "poor sick man" d. Bar
land--or your intormer9 who comes up,
/ rather think, with a spice of malice in his
: soul, just in time to make use of your ever
ready paper and its low abuse to injure Mr..
Gaulden on the eve Of theelection, and after
wards deny the charges when it is too lato
to serve the really injured manor you, sir,
j, who lent your services to injure Mr.. Gaulden!
: Are you quite sure you have no malice at
: bottom Did you never have little diff
: Guilty with Mr.. G.; are yon sure you don't
! hate him just little. When you voluntari-
lily penned the article, did You not have some
: flint, very flint misgivings that as usual,
you were making false statements. To travel
back to Harrisonburg little, did you think
it "a question Of morality" when you refused
j to pay your washerwoman, because after hav-
: ing given her permission to use one Of your
+ old ragged shirts to patch up the others. re-
fused to pay her, for not producing the said
ragged shirt after being so appropriated /! i
But ! suppose you make a distinction be-
: tween the law and "a question Of morality"
!, Since it is principle Of your nature to make
such nice distinctions, and it can't well DO
helped, you surely must have imbibed it with
your Wisdom and early piety-which is just
|, like you.
, "Oh! wad some power the ginic gle u
To Gee oursels q ithers see u.s."
G. C. WATERS. -
Trinity, November 9th, 1853.
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