St. Mary's gazette., 1865-05-18

G,sclHn,eps against all public enemies
>a3 f.ssioa. "ppo.i,ionis... | remain.
Very Respectfully.
JAS. 5. DOWNS.
Tie Port Tobacco Times and Ourselves.
We certainly have 40 pr.sent design or
,"si.ns,ion to engage in e"n,rovsrsy With
,ur esteemed neighbor If the Port Tobacco
Iis..s. kut justice to ourselves, We think,
requires ,ha, ~e should ho. pass u"no.is.d
IN editorial iu his issue Of the ll,h inst.
10 reply to a recent ar'isle Of ours. upon
'hs SUBJECT Of Books Route to Vir-
gin:a" and tbs c"gnate questions srising
.hsr.Kom.
In The frs, place. j. is nos charged or
eI,n pretended bs our n-ighbor ,hut We
LAz0 snads any uIis,a,ements rs TO facts.
TIA, Brysu,ozn snd Swan Point are nei-
,her with,s car corporal. limits; that Booth
..ssr visited oar county either anterior or
subsequent ls the assassination of the Pre-
tiien'; bat it is no characteristic of our
people 10 protect OF 10 sjmp'lhiso with Hs-
sa.Ails. are points. each aud Ill Of which
ere admitted BY our ncis shbo'. ba. with an
.il graos, asd with . wealth ani display Of
sarcasm sSuinss our county and ourselves
which has made us 10 !ingie 10 the very
solee of our feet. As ~ are afflicted, how
svrr. with ssi,her bile nor bitterness At
pse,sn,. Ne shsil pass our nsighbor's .sr-
oasms BY wi,hou, somnen, or re,or'. and
hasten To the gra,a~rx Of his charge
ae.spa us.s fle .hpposes u to have iu-
dulg~d 10 divers plain and eviien. insin-
.ssious" .esinss The people Of Charles
county. and be illustrates tie sinfulness
Of this offence on our Iart by writing
coluu.a aud vpx.rds ofinsinustions against
d. Bot. ~ We xish to avoid sll occasion
Of quarrel sisA on, neighbur. vs shsll psss
:hs by also. We deny mos. posi,ivel,
thss ue have ever INDUCED in any issinu.
.,ious against the people Of Charles eoun-
ty. and We claim that our ueigbbor hiss no,
shown and csapos show that We have
The facts in sbs case are these. II was
charged spsoi6sAlly sgsiust Us. that Booth
took refugs 10 our county after the assas-
sination; that he had been in the habis Of
visiting us before: that Bryastown aud
>~sn Point we're both within our county
hra,ss. aud shss .ear people were in active
sympathy xitb Booth and bis ,ceonpiice.
What we're We 30 do. IL We asd any thing !
Why. ..s deSy snd disprovc specifically
~l4. asd Lssu specifically charged. This
"a bsys done. THE head and front Of
our offandiIe hath ,hi. extent. se more"
Dur .rP.sr> s!aeu. oi the un.ruthful impu.
.a!inns Gas, upon us Was measure Of fair
aud Legitimate self-dsfonce. snd beyond
shat ~as ueeessasy 10 render this defence
iutrili sible, We did not venture word.
We we're cautious to cast suspicion upon
no 6ne. aia we are conscious that We did
not. According to- our recollse,ios. the
NAME Of Charles coussy vAs "a. evan men,
,ioned in onr article. Ana we deny sgaiD
AID Cos the last time that We isds!geG IN
any destinations agsins. he' Poopas.
A wori moro and We have done. Our
asighbos arraigns us fDr tbs eseiusiseDess /
si vaI defence, spa iHs.HAses that Ne
should have taken ,be people VI CAarles. ss
aeH as 81. Mary's. under our protection. /,
This We did not feel called upap 10 do. !
Indeed, we think j. ~oald haze bees both |
p.esamp,uous ard indel;ea.s 10 % t. have
p<prp.d an Office which sighuonJ bsaoogsd
10 the Eaitor Of the 1Ime1 and which be
"a. particularly fitted and re9rirea''o dis !
charge. i!
Cowmcnding our neigbsoe 70 . more
.sssahse temper in future, We eeuclods Nth
,ke remark. that the gene ron> hsssAeshood
xAseh has maintained 50 long between sSs
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