The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1874-10-07
For the Lexinst;n Dispatch.
To the MoTtfern Pole.

in the preseut insahse, haze haze T OBJ
served that safesaara Of Justice
which providence has placed in
the nature of maA. Such is the
impe,ious domiffon with which
Ftruth and reasc1f Uheir scep-
tre over the , j ,sntollect, that
no solicitation, kser artfnl--
no talent, however kmmahdihg-
can seduce itAom its ale
glance. In proportion to the liu-
mility of our sbhissioa to its
rule do we sfaint en-
ulation of that ib and pre-
siding divinity, character.
istic attribute it s7e be coerced
and bound by thesinsxorable laws
Of its own nature, 50 as to be all
wise and adjust from necessity
rather than elecsiog You have
seen it in. that @ouN-Je truthful
communication in the st issue Of
the Dispatch, over the signature Of
Northern Pole" most peculiarly
and strikingly Illustrated. You
haze seen his talent ah integrity,
perhaps the first in R-country,
languishipg under.an assertion too
weak to carry him.. aud too heavy
to be carried BY him. }He will be
forced to admit it's natural candor
and its want Of truth, q having
no merit in his cause, r. take ref
uge in tie dignity of manners,
the resources of his owa ingenuity,
from The overwhelming difficulties
with which he is surrounded. -
Northern Pole, unhappy North
ern Pole; what a pictussgo 20" have
presented. But such is the con-
dision of quilts commission
mean AID deceptife--its defense,
I fear With all its sinceEitx triyial,
its condition 5aignifssSd ilAd auseeet
Tou, e kiua zesaerskf flie .Di*puch,
RtreTead rSr7 sdnfeation. He
says, where IS be.the' Little Po-
litical Adventurery IN company
with-a Kirk, s,,repaiaa te: the Cap
ital to receive an appointment a.
der lie Mosaic administration,
&C." I care not to repeat his false
assertion. I desire not to task
nE memory with its ffllsity. Suf-
Gee it 10 say. has lie stated the
truth, and has he t:chted the Po-
litical Adventurer fairly and Justly
by his application? !. say not. His
feelings and passions OF prejudice
will not allow him to be fair
Why is the rule adopted in this
single instance? Ianswer, because
this being particularly an injury to
tha most susceptible Of all human
feelings, It would leave the injury
Of the Little Political Adventure
to be ascertainel by the sens!b!l'
ity oil tie people, anal does moi
presume to measure tie justice ot
their determination by the colo
and chilly exercise Of lis own dis
cretion. Il cut Of Il man S arIr
you can measure The loss he la;
sustained, but the wound Of feel
ing and the agony OF the heart car
not be judged by any standard
with which I am acquainted.
And now, fellow citizens CT Lex
irgton, I. am the more disposed t|
feel the strongest Indignation an<
abhorrencc at the oiious co2luc
OF that :.Northeru Pole when
consider the deplorablc condition
to which he intended to reduce
YOU, and, perhaps, tie still mere
deplorable cne he has in prospec
before him, viz: "for Us all to rol
On TO da,nGation." Oh, how I'm
cbrist;an-iike and uncharitablc.--
What q progress he has to 'rave
through before he can attain thu
peace and tranquility which he ha'
| lost. How like the wounds Of tn
body are those Of the mind. How
burning the fever. How palntu
the suppuratioa. How slow, how
hesitat;ug, how relaxing the pro
cess to conyalescence. Through
what variety OF suffering, through
what new scenes and changes mus
that unhappy "Sorthern Pole
pass ere he can reatta:n, should b
ever reattain, that health of sou
Of which he has been despoiled b,
tie cold and deliberate assertion
Of that practiced and gilded' com
mupication. Let me remind tha