The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1883-01-27

SWISS ~ WIG C@Rtk0s
Vslsy between Prof. Prewltt ant
mysslf. Issid Ia my last thai
vas dOns with It. Imsant, I "a
done eOntEevsrting. This shall nOt
prevent mssfrOn making the ameud
honorable. new desire 10 write !
few lines Of explanation and apollo.
Ey. Not long age | read ia q relir.
'su' paper : ''CRlTEcEsM'' By an aged
minister of the gosPel-ons Of the
Iablest aRd best nsnI ever knsw.
and il my opinion, the peer Of any
man IN the United States as q thee
lOgian. Ia closing bis article be
said, Il hope I shall DO excused.
| never wrote anything of the kind
before and do not expect ever to
write anything Of the ssFt again."
! boFFow these words Of this great
and good man to express my seat.
ments in regard to this eontrOvsr.
~. AZ Blus NOuataia Female
College aRd StOnewalI College
have been made public schools On
the saHe conditions a in thu UssY !
flor no one has ever been debarrodA
for unWillinsness to pay;) as | have
al | asked for, aud as Blue Noun.
lain Female College has the larg
s't attendance it ever had, asd the
PstEOns are more firmly, and snthu.
'lastlcally united on it than ever
before, cannot be otherwise than
'atl'fed with the result of the con.
'roverSy and the material interests
the school. AZ it is declared
school, the patrons rsesiveI
'ho benefit Of the public fund, and
willingly pay the additional com.
'en'asiOn" just as they have always
lone. Bot | frankly confess that
don't feel satisfied with myseE in
'sgaFd to the controversy, and will
lot be satisfied until l express nay
ekrstS through the~sans medium
n which my articles we're cOmmu.
heated. But l must frst state
ew facts:
l. ! thought the discussion Of the
involved necessary, and
haiti would do good. Ibid not
xPSCt anything unpleasant tot.
row out Of it.a;.. ~ vi
z ln my frat article I.didnot 10; 4
ond any personality, Il. ass the
ern ia the sense of ~disparaging
hAFactor, as defined by WObstSr.y Ii
vas net my purpose to cast aay !,
ELECTION upon the persOnal char.
stsr Of Prof. Prswitt. If what | {
rOts in that article was suscepti. !,
70 ot'sueh . construction, aSk
ArdOA.
3. ! did aOt, during the whole
'ntrcvsrsy, make any. statement :
'At | did not then believe, and I
latI do not now believe TO be .
true. Ia
f. | did aOt ACCUSE the people Of q
iPI"y Of ANY THING, as charged ID P
'Of, P.s last article, nor didl4
isrge. him with prejudice agaiEse =
. schoels at Blue Nountain. I]t
d beea stigmatized 90 the Pope Il
Blus:At.'n n; my honesty had been b
lied in question BY such words Is Y
will deal with him as il he we're +
honest man. had been accused Of
giving In my property to the tar u
'essOr at less than its value. aud II
know that property is given in v
oath; had been, az /, and 6thersly
derstood, charged with swbafinE pr
ssly in references t. the mOnthly bl
aooa report and hypocritcally o.
sending the pulpit ahd waruingS
Iners q fturn from the error oil
ElR ways. / could not Zee what
Ofthsss charges had to do with "a
qGestiea Of legality aAd Justice
der disOuSsisn. As my personal PIi
araCtsr had never before been a.. pO
led. | felt. indignant, and made Ia,
which l Do aow regret and|ial
rset. For whatever vas BY 90,
: construction disParaging to aCl
'sOnai character or ofenRiva Ia ora