The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-02-24
Mr.. Peirpsint's Letter.
y,,.uoSr, Va, Feb. 2i' 1860,

D :, the barbour JefteTsonian,
:.s,au,, iss scurulous notice OF
y 'ns .V'i :, rour paper of February l. 1860
ny .s,s !, one of the sseuues through %nien
,nA'p"s ,sople of this country get their laioF-
~, .,a.soD Iaeem it due TO myself end 'aspuO-
so 70 gi.si, passing notice for 'as MORN .,
w. = - The public. texcuse the poslisheF Of
~ ,.Iossrson;an'' from all authorship OF me
.-.;c,s although published under the editorial
head. Ifyou win go to Barbour ana ASA wv
roo,,e who, by common consent, is the nieS"
80 - man n the county, they viii tell YOU
tsa. man wrote the article. BY tins 'eS' 90
,,., s,n fiul out the suther. If am ni's,,
~, .bo, attribute the authorship 10 'N'
rrOug psrsoa--end desire to give no 01,As'
to any man, who has the confidence anu :
t.en Of the people Of Barbour county pr , :,
;s,;ch. that stupid, ignorant, unserup"'Ou'
writer's for public journals should DC eSpoS'0'
and tha. the people should know 'ne Uu'n.- :,
,p,,, ft,ere ia systpYnati'' effort On On" A.,
.,a ,sada-s Of the democratic P"Ey -
South TO RIDE or r.l;a tue country ~ -.
the slave interest over-f'de e'7'i! - ~.
canuo. be tls y y ~ g (;
: 6 ~ 40 H.. 90
maintain With all the seriousness osths rssliJI
ties Of life and death the white nAs'i =. 40
cozntrv who holds no slsres, has inter'sss y
the country, that are paramoupttG ne sl'.sss
holders interest. further mdpta;n, may
there is no clash between the two iH'eFtS.s
when eandidly understood. But acre Is W
difference, the white man in the oo0''' : .ii0'
est,candid and d;fTereutial /" ms op''en saw
holding neishbOr's oFnio1s. lilo w0rSs Tor
hi, dali, bread he,,ls not that time aud iels'
are. for st,eue;g to public affairs that his
,ysa,b,v n;erbsor. bas. When the poor labor
.;cc man las down TO sleephis work stops;
no, so vin his opulsnt s!syeholdins neigh
Dor. as,sp or awake his property is increasing
AL the dne. lie becomes opalent, proud and
bapsbty. Mr.~, Jeaersonl, whose name the
Barbour man ;laeesas the BEAD OF MS paper
aud suppose iEoaght to be good su'noriiyG
saxs-"The parent storms the child look on,
ra,ches ;,e lineamsp,s of wrath pats on TIE
same ain in the circle OF smaller sls7es, gives
= loose ren to the worst Of his passions and
Tins nu:sed, eaacatrd, and daily exercised IN
tvrsnnv. cannot but be stamped by It's odiOus
peculiarhies. See Jeiierson's poSes on VIZ
GINA, piSe lGs, published in lS0o. Soft IS
what Vi. jefferson observed tebe social evil
thas bec.ir,e u national evil. The Slave owners
ct ap cary Gay grasped the law making pow;
sr in Virginia and other Southern States
They have sy Oppressive laws denied the free
waite lssorins man equal representailon---
wits they opgress him with taxes, END excerpt
their AVA slave property from 'as';!0n 70 a
great extent. The party Mo tas assumed
this arrogant, overtearing attitude, calls i'seii
the democratic party; and The lea}efs q t''is
Sss;y .:gsl,aS if-iks, IS &c, hsfs So ser
Nj; ~ ~ frrs g'nion, saaalinring
rpon :, al the woe and ruin that iaay follow
Min such ingenuity have these leaders man
AIRED this matter, not by appeaIing to the
inig1aen, Of E.eu. but to their passions and Sec.
t;oaa! prid,, that any nau Who attempts even
20 ccmolsiu O. his oppression, is tainted with
urIy names: and if plain man Ike myself
,1sres 70 opca his month in public or write
down his expressions on paper they PUBLISH
him to The worliGs an infamous man, sympa-
thizIng with Infamous scsous. Modest men
shrink from such infamous notorietg, for the
same reason tbat man runs from l. polecat.
In this way hundreds aHa thousands Of honest,
sincere men are intimidated, and shrink from
expressing and acting out their true sentiments
Il is easy 10 float in the popular current, to
-enjo,- he Ss...les ona!ent, and powerful,
if oppose them" Thus IS oppression P i''i'''
ogated; thus are the arrogant and insolent kept
10 power Norris, my whole nature reEolts
against this state of things. lneyer could be-
a sycophant or demagOgue. All mr. educa-
Ron, associations, feeling, and a!lmy instincts
rent against it, am pleading for my own
hnoiSSiahty-tor that or my fellows, and for
iay eounY. And if don't unmask this by
pocriticai, back democracy that is expressing
Northwestern Virginia, and seeking the de-
struction of the country. it viii be because the
papers shat their columns against ne, and the.
people refuse to hear me, God being my helper
Now shall pay my respects 20 the Barbour
JSaersouiaa," with all the Difference due the
writer therein. The second thing ne attempts
e states falsshood; he conveys the :dea that
of sOuihe=a sroperey By ts-.isisstirr- enact.
ments. DON'T say that &c wilfully tod what
he knew & be fslse, ier | doubt if he had a (
statue befTe him whether he could tell the
diherenceletween a law to punish, foc kid
mapping, md one legalizing stealing slaves
lie then s'ys in reference to the John Brown
iaid-''Tfe shock shook Virginia to its GEN.
tss.' What shake was there iHs did
shck his ere flashed" ''That every siuew
became lik. steel braces" IA deep settled