Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-12-14
NeSSrS Editors ;

GENTLEMEN :-Whilc ! can have
no controversy with ii. /" Burkitt,
or any other rulhau | conceive it
to he Il dnty, due to myself and the
public, to correctthc gross tulsehood
contained in accommodation which
appears over his signature in your
Issue Of the 9TH inst. You will re-
member that tho communication in
your paper which BWki,t dcuoun-
ces as "whoIlv untrue is not my
production, and that | had no
knowledge of IFS existence until it
was published. While this state
ment of Burkitt's attack upon my
self is substantially true, it was not
,trictlv correct, but much more SO
than the one which Burkilt has
published to rQfuto it, | wish
the reader to keep in mind while
reading this statement, THAI Burkitt,
with all of his shamelessness and
brutal instincts, did not attempt to
dcny the history of the assault pub
lishcd by myself in the Citizen i'm
mcdiatcly after it occurred. That !
may he the better understood, and
that no in injustice shall be done,
AVIAN ia - L,d man will ,,k vou to
D,.Ii.t'' rH
m y W.
o,i i"Jt, ~ '"Vl 'A''' ~ I ''' "''
First His attack nnon n private citizen
and refusing me any chance to reply, and
that attack wholly nncnIIcd iorand without
s ,n", IS an "tI W." f.. Upo" n|p nTIo i ya.
confined to my room and unable to defend
myself. During this long continued abuse
! made frequent oycrt4reS i'rrEAGt plead
,I g w TI icb ,' mynrtu rn,w w.r. =, i 5". ,ie ,Y tI'' .c1r ",
contempt and ridicule and when | made
the las proposition TO his friend Maj. Bugg.
! 'lal no reason 10 0ciGlVe mat 1t YOU'D be
,5on' tIe f"rn "v"j %a1 Th' ''nn any N ",U'S is'p n,.
FULLY presented for effect, and to manu-.
tscture SYM athy for FAINT, that he had nc
GCptod me I"'' proposition ana we were
nf thY, t@ St,'' u" "' w." "I 8nI IL IN VI" anr ' oc h.
published sheets. Did he send Inc any
note to that effect: Or is there the leos
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NV i''"'' VI '''oSo oNtr'urcS,
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po"'e arc OIL piece with the o'her
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n''u T"'o" cum 20 my NhoWlG4Sc
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