Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-08
From the Barnwell Sentinel.
JOHN J0LLIFFE ATT HOME.

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so much has already been said and written,
has arrived in Cincinnati, and for the graft.
fcation of majority of our readers, we
give place to his letter., addressed to the
editors of the Cincinnati Gazette, who will,
we presume, have much to say on the sub.
ject hereafter. Believing tia duty we owe
our readers, to keep them posted up on all
matters, is our reason for giving place to
this boasting abolitionist's epistle; and from
the fact that many have not had an oppor.
tunity of seeing it. We trust, however, in
doing so, to wound the feeling of no one,
not even JolIiffe; but this paper is published
for the benefit of its readers, and we hesi.
tate not to lay this uery .faHering letter be.
fore them, aud in doing SO are performing
that which we deem our right and duty.
| Such letters will do we'll enough for Ohio
newspapers to publish, and aBoltionists to
crow over, he having led his friends in that
dark region to suppose that so far from his
being molested here, he was called by sever:
al gentlemen and treated with marked civil.
ty aud respect, even. after he had said to
them, to use his own words: g | am an abo:
litionist to the. very core of my heart
Such letters. we say, will do for Ohio aboh-
zionist to crow over-he was not molested,
but actually welcomed into our midst, yea,
patted on the back. Well done, good aad
faithful Jollife. You have done your duty;
that which few of your Ohio brethren would
have undertaken; but the day may not be
your personal attention in our midst; it so,
come on, we are not Hindoos, Turks nor
Barbarans, as the National Era would have
US, we only insisted on a neat coat of "tar
and feathers" and that you should be rode
out of the village on rail, so soon as you
landed amongst US, for we are people who
detest abolitionists as we do the Devil
You, John Jollife, have misre presented us.
if you say you were called on by gentlemen
and treated with civility and respect, after
you had said you were an abolitionist. 1t
is true, you were called on'by gentlemen,
and their business was to inform you that
you must leave, so soon as you finished your
business, which you took good care to do.
Had you remained here as long as you did
in Williston, you would have less cause to
boast.
Now, this is the first time we have heard
that he was called on by gentlemen and
treated with such marked civility and respect,
and we are Inclined to think, had he not
left as soon as he did, ne would have been
treated in manner he could not have taken
such pride 10 boasting Of We are inform
ed that Mr.. Mxson locked the door of the
room, spoken of; Mr. .Jollife, has written
the editors of the Gazette that he locked the
door on Capt. Walker and Mr.. John Nixon,
and that the latter gentlemen seemeda little
alarmed" We were not present, and as to
this part Of his letter, can say nothing.
Jolliffe has endeavored to make it appear
that we are all clever set of aboltionists,
that we did not modest but actually cared
for and respected him. 1t is true, many
persons were in favor Of sending you where
you came from, but from sympathy alone,
you were allowed few short hours amongst
US, and thus escaped the coat and rail.
"The whole outcry was raised against
me, | believed, by heirs and debtors of Elijah
Willis" You are very wrong, unless three
-fourths Of the people Of Barnwell District
are heirs and debtors. 1t is true that he
remained in Williston until Monday morn
ing, but he was not permitted to tarry in
our midst any longer than be could possibly
get through with bis business, which, per.
haps, was not more than .twenty.four hours,
and now, that he is out Of harms way, he
can boast, and is welcome so to do. We
here close, by referring our readers to the
letter, which will speak for itself.