The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-06-03

very short on the law commons in
parts of Mississippi. Thea why
don't a good lawyer or two come
down here and hang out his Shinale.
The grass is long aud green here.
ana presents Il tempting field tor a
good lawyer. But he must be a
soosl one IN every respect, an able
lawyer, and brave and good man:
"A lawyer who cannot be bought.
bullled nor cheated; who deserves
and can command the public re-
speet and confidence. Such a man
will jump right into the hearts of
the people, have plenty to do, aud
make money. But there is no room
or demand for any other kind.
$50 such Il lawyer, | will give a
hearty welcome and valuable as.
SiStance. None others need apply.
There are already shysters, petit.
foggers, aud iack.legs, more than
enough.
"Ot course there are Il few good and
decent lawyers heIe, but more are
wanted
The first statement in the above
is not warranted 10y the facts with.
IN our knowledge, nor do we be.
lieve they have any existence save
in the fertile Imagination OF the
writer.
The next statement, "that the
judge is trying to keep the peace
between members of the bar, and
with that view has adopted certain
rules and regulalions,n is II state.
ment utterly without truth, so tar
as the same is applicable to the
bar. The imputatiOns and insin.
uations that follow on the bar of
the seacoaSt, ale malignant aud
malicious ialSchOOdS. But the
GROWING slander upon the seaeoast
bar is contained in an article pub.
liShed in the Advertiser, a newspa.
paper published in the town of
HandsborO, in issue of April 2Sth,
and signed by Ben. Lane Posey,
which is as follows:
"Editor Advcrtiser-The last is.
sue of your paper contained edi-
torially some unkind and unwar.
ranted comments on an extract
YOU made from a letter of mine in
the jackson Comet. This matter
you commented on is simply an af-
fair between myself aud some sea-
cost lawyers, aud as they are more
numerous than am, they ought to
he able TO take care of themselves
without your assistance. | nam al
nobody in my letter, but only de.
scribed class, aud the caps which
| made will NOT tit any decent law.
yer, nor will ANY decent lawyers
fear or suspect the cap fits them.
There are everywhere some jack
leg and pettiI'oggiug lawers, more
or less, aud no decent lawyer will
take otiense at the assertion. re-
spect the humblest lawyer, il he be
a gentleman, but have an uncon-
cealed scoru for pettiIoggers.
snow, it is possible you may not
know it, but | am not the aggres-
sor in any personal controversy OF
quarrel wi h any of these lawyers.
Such of them as are hostile to me,
commenced the war on me, and
some OF them waged upon me Il
secret, constant and cowardly war.
fare of slauder aud conspiracy to
ruin me, or to remove me by assas-
sination. know whereof | speak.
Thus secretly aSSailed in my cha
racter and in my life, | am compell-
ed to take means for sclT-defense
and self-prcservation. But | can.
not wage the same kind of warfare
on them, for it is not my method.
My war OIL them is in the light OF
day, face to face, in the public TO
ruin, and in the press over my own
name, but TO make it effective |
must make aggressive as well as
defensive warfare. | must thrust
as well as parry. What | do and
say about them is open and public,
aud all see and know it. Aud,
what they do about ne is secret
and dark land thus somo good peo
pie may be deceived by them to
believe that am the aggressor.
"Now, if have always heretofore
lived in peace and friendship and
courtesy with my honorable breth-
ren, (your people may work out for
themselves the question: why 1t is
that | am not at peace or friend
ship with about a half dozen law
yers OH this coastf Aud people
will not be slow to find out why
these attorneys dislike and traduce
me.n
That there have been, or still are
among the members Of this bar, any
attorney, or attorneys, who nave
made secret, constant aud cow
ardly warfare of slander and con
spiracv to ruin Ben. Lane Poscy,
aud remove him by assassination,
/ is malicious lie, and slander, and
was uttered and published by the
said Posey with full knowledge
of its untrnth.
The writer says: 81 know. where.
of speak" This charge of a pur.
pose to assassinate, was considered
by the grand jury OF Hancock coun
ty, at Bay st. Louis, where the
writer resides, and, after a full
fair and thorough examination re
iuted rs follows:
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