The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-08-15

did not satisfactorily answer the question
"How do you KNOW she is Of bad char.
acter?" l have read in certain Book,
0! that Pharaseism which strains ut q
gnat and swallows camel; but never
before saw it so fully illustrated.
If did not have reason to believe this
man had lost all shame-at the same
time, he lost all reg,rd for TRUTH would
ask about his feelings when he penned
that forged account Of his sufferiugs in
Lancaster Jail. AS there are hundreds of
living witnesses, l thought he would have
been afraid to have ventured such com
plete fabrication. But he is SO hardened,
he can do any thing. lie speaks Of a
device for his family coat-of arms.
would suggest one far more appropriate
than that he proposes-itis is this: On the
first side, mean looking man with the
cross-bar Of store door, drawn, and
sneaking up behind an unsuspecting man,
to strike. On the other siie-the Sheriff
dragging disgusting convict before the
Court to receive sentence, and these words
emin'ting from the lips of Judge Butler ::
You arc no part Of u gentleman"
L. o. d, speaks of "tho opinion Of
'nany Of his friends" Why, sir, when
they are all put together, they are not
many. lie is so incorrigibly bad, he has
no friends And the true reason he does
not seek TO satiate his vindicitive resent,
nent by an appeal to physical weapons,
is, he is afraid. He is apprehensive ]
might not prove LILLE 'Ceakly Davis,
and Fallstaff:like, sagcly concludes pra,
dence is the better part Of pdior. But
the wicked flee when no man pursueth
He need not be afraid; have soilcd my
pen with him, but will not my hands.
Unlike this man, have never carried nor
used, either bowie or revolver, and never
expect to be found in such lastarJy ha,
biments. Nature has given me all the
advantage | need over him -
"What strongc breastplate than heart un,
| tainted,
Thrice is he armed, who hath his quarrel just /;
And he but naked, tho locked up in steel
| Whose. conscience with injustice is corrupted
Whenever criminal is arranged, in
Lancaster, I. 0. b. is all sympathy, and
ready to lend, in any way, a aheligSg hand
to assis, him out of the difiieafs5.. This
can only be accounted for on Rsson's
principle:- 49, &A
"A felow feeling makes him wonderous kind" "
Why is this man.withess,, in so many
cases Is it the result of1his officious
and meddlesome habit, and desire to get
n feel Or, is it, when man wants any.
thing proved in Court, he knows where
to find the witnessi Or; Is there some
other reason
Your correspondent was so far run, 70,
something to say, he drags in tlfSsAnfor.
tuuate man that is now suffering tho sen
tence Of the law. BY this, he has n par.
ticular Object in view; but. he viii fail a.
signally in this, as his yother low, eou.
temptible tricks. At our last regular
Court, as soon rs Col. Price was sworn
and directed TO the foreman's chair, n man
stepped up to Inc and whispered /" Craige
will be cleared knew it the moment
saw THAT jury iLpaneled. | have been
III this Court, years, and I kno,p it is no
place to receive law and Justice" Who
was that man, and what did he naeon
thought the last clause was certainly
correct, and that is bereasouyou are no,
now in tue penitentiaTy, for life :. or, have
escaped passing through the hands Of Col.
Halle or some of lis predecessors.
Sincesa demand has been made on me
in refefetre 10 my writing, l answer
From various periodicals in and out oi
the State, | have received urgent solicita.
tons to contribute to their pages. To q
part Of which, l. have consented. My ar.
ticles are extensively tranferrcd to other
publications but who does the eouring,n
can not tell. In reference to the article
in question, l cannot speak particularly, as
| did not see it in the Newberry or Chcs
ter papers. But if there is anything de,
cent or scholarlike nit, will venture, "a
clear T. o. b. of its paternity. lie sepe.
times dabbles in jingling rhymes, bat III.
subjects are conGIed to himself or some
member Of his family and, therefore, SC
excessively offensive to good taste, that he
is rarely, " ever, read out Of the family
circle. II George Wilherspoon wishes tc
know my opinion or my aetings, n refe
renee to. any subject, and viii say so,
will communicate freely and without re
serve. have no secrets. have no
said nor done suy ibsB< that am
ashamed TO owp. o. AFRAID "a avow; bu
he cannot approsss. ms lbsebgh such
loathsome medium al 81 &. sH. He com