The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1875-05-22
In 0It Document.

From little paper called 1.-The
Martha Washington Court Jour
nal, "a paper filed with remin-
iSeences of the resolutioa-we
clip the following uniqe apology
ceaisss;cc af Benjamin Fewas.
TIE following facts are well
known: That |, Benjamin Towne,
used TO print tho Pennsylvania
Evening Post, under the protee-
tion of the Congress, and did fre-
quentIy and earnestly solicit sun
dry members of the said Congress
for dissertations, and articles Of
intelligence, processing myself to
be very firm and jealous friend
Of American liberty.
That on the English taking pos
session Of Philadelphia, l turned
fairly round, and printed my Eve
ming Post under the protection OF
General Howe and his army, call
ing the Conservatives and alt their
adhercnts rebels, rascals and raga-
mullins, and several other unsa-
worry names with which the hu-
name and polite English arc wont
to honor them.
Neitherdid ever refuse to insert
any dissertation, however scarri-
lous, or any article Of intelligence
sent TO me, although many Of Them
I knew well to be, as a certain
gentleman elegantly expressed il,
"tacts that never happened.'
That am now willing and de-
sirons to turn once more, to unsay
all have last said, and to print
and publish for the United States
J Of America, which are likely TO be
uppegmost against the British ty-
, rant, nor viii be backward In
calling him, after the example OF
l the great aud eminent author of
: Common SeLse, The Royal Brute,
0 or giving him any other appella-
tion still more opprobfious, II
such can be found.
| DO hereby declare and confess,
that when printed for Congress,
+ and OH the side Of liberty, II was
i not by any means from principle
] or desire that the cause Of liberty
' should prevail, but purely and
;, simply from the love OF gain.
I could have made nothing but tai
!. and feathers by printing against
!. thom, as things then stood.
make this candid acknowledgment
!, not only as q penitent 10 pardon
Q but to shew that there was more
h consistency in my conduct than
!, my enemies are willing to allow
: They are pleased to charge IN
: with hypocrisy In pretending Il
y hn Wlig when | was none. Thi
! charge Is false. | was neithe
4, Whig nor Tory, but q Printer.
I hope the Public will conside
2 that have been a timorous man
!, or, If you will, d coward, from m
j youth, so that ] cannot fight m
! belly Is so big thdt lcannot run
4 and ] am SO great lover of cat
y Ting and drinking that | canno
II starve. When these three thing
10 arc considered, | hope they wi
: fully account for my past conduc
" and procure me the liberty Of &C
y lug on In the same uniform tenui
o, for the future. ! am verify poi
IS, suaded that If all those who al
towards as well as myself, bt
who are better oil In other re-
poets, and therefore can and d
run whenever danger is near thcl
would befriend mo, should hay
as no inconsiderable body on my sid
v Peace be with the Congress an
b. tho Army. | mean no reflection:
III but the world IL o wide field, al
ld | wish that everybody would 1
lis as they would be done by.
ed Finally, l do hereby recant, dra
he back, eat in and swallow dow
no every word that have ever sp
al ken, written or printed to the pr
rs. iudice of the United States
IT. America, hoping it will not on
to satisfy the good people in gencrs
lal but also all those scatter-brain'
NJ fellows who coll one another O
a to shoot pistols In the air, viii
IT. they trcmble 80 much that th
Id cannot hit the mark. In the met
81. time l will return to labor wi
'as assiduity in my lawful callin
,ty and essays and Intelligence as b
TIA. fore shall be gratefully accept
lu- by the public's most obcdicnt st
of want,
1n. 1878 BENJAMIN TowNE.