Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1864-11-09

good business man, and makes
no prctonsious to being a mighty man
Of valor.' s. G. Clay isa quiet, or
derly man, uOpretending, and although
not over forty years of age" has never
avoided or evaded any State or Coufed.
crate law Mr.. andeyeuder is an
honest, bard working man, who has two
sons in the army, doing their duty, and
he himself has just returned from ser,
vice in my company. Col Clark also
has son in the Confederate army.
Second. These citizens thought. that
1t the Legislature believed That "the
enemy were at our doors, y it was o bad
time to be voting to "wayo" their con,
stilu'ional exemption. It occurred to
my nclghbors, who composed my com.
pany, that being in official possession Of
a knowledge Of impending ruin the
highest impulse Of atriotism would have
prompted them - throw themselves
Roman.ika, iato hc ohasm, and avert
50 great a calamity, In the thirj place,
my company believed that no c.,igcrcy
within the boundary Of opa could jus,
| uty the enrolment Of Uecn.ycar.old.
boys, for moral and physical wrecks by
solemn lcgllcDactmcnt They believed
that, years ago, the peopl,. all oyer the
country ought to have 'is.nup and dis
! placed or rcbuked The oliticians, that
have "precipitated" the = into war
the most bloody, cruel ald Obstructive
that h1s written itself, il characters ot
blood on the annals Of tine. They DC
lievo too that humble as they are Us cit.
liens, they ouglt to speak out the pub
lie acts ofheir Legislators AS private
gentleman, they have nothing to CON.
plain of the legislature or of Mr., Guj
ly, They do, however, feel sorry tha
they have provoked nothing from Mr.
Gully except rldiculc.
Mr.. Gully essays to be very amusin
in his ridicule of myself He say.
."Capt. VIM. Kcllis, Esquire, pos,mas
ter at Kcllis Store, is certainly a greo
man lie is quite handsome gentle
man, &c"
.plcssrs, Editors, | am not a grea
! man. was raised poor boy, Of hor
: est but humble parcntago, in my prcser
ncighborhood, | have, from my boy
hood, made some effort to improve my
self. AS to my personal appcarauc
the public is certainly careless. | al
!, vain enough, however, to believe, that
= would not suffer in a comparison vii
} Mr.. Gully. As to the anecdotes
my judicial decisions, | would simpl
: observe, that in my beat, ia large on
| hnye been repeatedly elected TO Il
humble Office Of Justice Of tho Peact
and no matter how many anecdotes mn
u be related ofmy official acts promi
=, here, that when | excite, IN the min,
of those who elected me, as much di
. satisfaction as Mr.. GulIy's votes ha,
excited in the minds orthoso who cleo
ed him, will rosign | don't suppo
! that my decisions, which would
"instruc,ivo, if published would or
.J ate q greater sensation than dlt Nj
= Gully whom he rose in the Mississip
Is Legislature aud, in voting, "eEpaine,
) his objections to t4a bill, (ohaie
ID Beutou
s. 70 Mr., Gully, for his Kind wishl
% that cod Sell. as he calls Preside
e Davis, would appoint me 10 Office, ] a
g profoundly grateful, ! desire 10 oifc
T. | have never yet lost the confidence
a those who elected me ; but i'll were
; bo appointed to a high Office, mig
"a DO as did Gully--losc the coufdcn
~ of my friends
D. Mossrs. Editors, these are very 5,
ST 5, cmn times. In my judgment, it is t
d. darkest hour that has broOded over 0
50 land since the war began. IIasty J,
n' islation, want Of mature reflection, a
Is dcmagogungpolitician great aud sm'
II have drapcd every homestead in q
he land in 'be habilimontS cf mouTp.l
ne The poor men in my company WHO ",