The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-06-13
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Mr.. EDITOR: +:

For the Ledger.1
Mr.. EpIroR:
Your correspondent at. o. B." will
doubtless feel much better since his stom-
ach was relieved Of that mass Of foul and
heterogeneous matter. He j, chivsl-
rous knight, and 30 anxious to break n
lance with any foe, that he will espouse
the cause Of any-even the uninjured and
uninsu!ted. Lancaster and the bar are
intimate and have always been on terms
Of the greatest friendship. (Can your
correspondent say that And taking
the liberty this friendship and intimacy
tolerates, he submitted few suggestions.
The Bar, it is presumed, knew the writer,
and received them in the kind and familiar
spirit with which they were offered. But
the eouaDimity Of this gallant knight is
disturbed by noise from madam "Ru-
nIor,"-he mounts his noble charger
the goose quil-and flies to the field Of
martial strife, (where he does not expect
any blood will be spilled J and for VIII atl
TO resent an instlt anil repair an injury
that were never given or received.
This "T. o. b." is extremely brave.
He is not afraid Of that responsibility"
that "mouth piece dodge" He would
never be guilty of pursuing a weak and
helpless foe, and abusing him-nor
"dojgr" an interview with one Of equal
strength and preparation with himself
nor attack in the rear, with unlawful
weapons, a gentleman quietly attending
to hia own business. Such courage as he
possesses could not s,oop to such things.
He seems awfully afraid he will die in
his accustomed! and .ne-i.ed obscurity :
and TO rescJe his name from oblivion, he
will seek quarrel where there has been
no provocs,ion, with the hope some gen.
tlemnn msy kick him into notice. But
he may rest quiet, Lancaster" will not
DO it.
Perhaps he may have another object
in view. lie may expect to be caught in
some "scrape," ard wishes TO proptiata
the Bar, that they may assist him in es-
Gaping justice without the usual fee. Stop,
II. o. b." stop. The Bar are n little too
old to lie caught with that kind Of bait.
When Lancaster real the second
sentence Of this refiued and erudi,e COIN
munication, he asked = gentleman pres
ent If he thought it possible, the author
felt so mucl, interest in the matter, and
had not seen II for more than month.
The gentleman smiled. shook his head, |,
and replied, II dont know about that"
Another gentleman expressed the same
sentiment. hmi ~fter reading to the end
Of the first column, he was convinced that
it h I'D not been read at all. Thus placing
himself in the same pred'cament with
Tom Paine, when he wrote q TRADE
against the New Testament. The vulgar
intidel had never read the book he at
tempted to answer. II he did read il, he
10 guilty Of 4 palpable falsehood. He
says that Lancaster" denied the Bar the
title "gentiemen." Lancaster checrfully
accorded to them, that which facts will
not suffer TO he conceded TO the writer in
question.
T.. o. B. pours fourth very dolefuI
lamentation over the "uHkindn>ss" Of Lam
caster. Lancaster has seen some Of the
world; and met with many strange and
novel sights; bit he never before caught
satan reproyiog sin. Come, IT. o. b."
let US put your kind-hearted and sweet.
natured production under your 100 hors g
power cotton press, and subject il to a
squeezing" process; and If you can ex-
press a particle Of kindness, it will be SO
small that it will rattle in tobacco seed.
Lancaster asks only truth and justice.
He wants kindness OF mercy from man.
If he did, he would never 60 to this man;
for the very good reason, il is not there
and never was. Wo be to the i'll fated
wight who has need Of his mercy. His
tenderest mercies would 10 ndescribat,Iy
cruel.
Suppose. Mr Editor, you saw a man
acting in way that would operate pre-
judicially to q cause you hold dear, and
you would respectfully and kindly, bot
firmly, demonstrate and 4 because
am angered at him, and has it in my
power, cut off the source which supplies
his family with the comforts Of life; which,
| ask, gives him tho "unkiadest eatf"
alt is hoped IT. o. BIS" "friend," will
"liIate" little more on the duties Of hus.
bands to their wives and fathers 10 their
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