The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-15
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ductioa appeared in the last number Of tn
Southern Advocate, over the signature o
L. Poor Swamper," which if suffered to pas
unno;iced might lead to the inference. tina
its assertions are not to be controverted.-
From its singular perversion Of facts, thu
article savors SO strongly Of Dr.. Graves, tht
editor Of the Advocate, that Notwithstanding
its signature, We are constrained to conSign
the authorship to his te.ment;n7 brain, for no
one within the whole range Of our acquain-
lance possesses such curious turn Of mind
and peculiar mode of expression. ,Heis just
the man whose subtlety
g. could distinguish and divide
A hair twixt south End southwest ide."
And as reasons are as "plenty rs blackber-
ries," and can be advanced, pro or con, upon
almost any subject Of dispute with every
plausible appearance Of probability,
"He d undertake to prove, by force
Ofargumcnt u mans no horse.
And when he happeuI to break of,
In the middle Of his speech Or cough
H had hrri words to show why,
And till what rules he did it BY,
In whici. bis pats we're 80 accomplisht
That right or wrong he ne'er was nonpluA."
All Doctor, with all due respect to your
gray hairs, gr;zzlcd not with age, but rather
from sin and trouble to others. Another
quotation won't harm you, and might do you
good; perhaps, too, you will not think It
misarp'icd-for
e. folly as it grows in years
The more ext ayagant appears.
For who but you could be poss'est
With so much igno:anc. and beast,
That neither all mems scOrn and hate,
Nor being laughed and pointed at
Nor brayd 20 often in motar
Can teach you who!esoane aenae and nurture,
But, (lke reprobae,) what course
Sewers used. grow worse ard wose"
Therefore Doctor, since you possess the
credit Of the authorship Of the article in
question. we will address ourselves pointe,lly
at you Your wisdom has assigned FIVE rea-
ons for the doubtful necessity Of cutting
loose the swanps from the hills OF Catallou-
lathe first and chief one being, in your
opinion. diversity IF interest: aud having
exhausted all your argument upon the sub
ject, not peg is left upon which to hang
even reasonable doubt! Now for "ur part,
we can draw no just conclusions favorable to
the proposed measure from your remarks
and we contend, on the other hand, that
there is no actual diversity Of interest, iu;,s-
much as the people Of the hills are engaged
in the same occupations generally as those
Of the swa,nps: both are interested in OBJ
tanning fair, remunera.ivc prices for their
labor and products: both make cotton and
corn, and certainly they do not conflict to-
6s'Ast ID lta sals FrfSts t rs i i
better informed dear Doctor,-g;yc us bet
ter argument, before you impose any loag,r
upon our crcduli,y. 1is true, the necessities
of the swamps require levees, but this is the
only thing that We do not require in common
with them. We need all the others that
you, at least, have enumerated in your heroic
attempt at philippe against tl,e pine-hlIs
and its people. The laws Of the State rcgu-
late the levce systems, and the people Of the
hills have not yet interfered Q disturb, in apy
measure, the civil arrangements. We are
sure, at lest, that no degree Of ccnsure can
bc attached to these hills In reference to
the charge Of bridges being neglected in the
swamps and the contrary in the hills, We
have to say, that it u trse some chcap. COM.
mon bridges have been occasionally made
across creeks in the hills, but it is known to
the Police Jury, (which honorable body you
have SO frequently coinplimented with the
title Of geese,
So met in consultation
70 can't and quack upon the motion,
that still larger appropriations have been
made for like purposes ID the swamps; Is
for instance, for bridges across Big Bayou
and Bcn's Bayou and others; see Police =
ports. This, therefore, plainly shows int
you have, as ususl, exaggerated or ut least
the facts, which does not mend The
matter. bat rather makes it still more odioss
IN the estimation Of just men. 1t has been
wyiesen by . 1aunous man. that be who ttr-
M the truth y even i6oss eaiIty ~ sdasts
deception to falsehood, than he who tells 4 !
lie direct. Bat perhaps yos 60 upon lie
principle IN the advocate, that
a
/" The world i naturally averia
70 ~ ne truth 4 sees a. he1r4
But swallows n0usense and ! lie,
With grvediness and eiuttouy,
Yoa stste, secondly, that the awamps
pay nearly al the taxes." Yss ssar,yg
Yoa aaved your distance By al4ping IN that
a,nbiguosn word allowing yoSrsef plenty