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TO "FAIR PLAY" IN EDGECOMBE.
i ' r Thou wear a UovUs hide 1 YZeF i7 jfbr shame,
And hang a calfskin, on those recreant limbs.11
A friend handed roe to-day the Free Press, printed at the would-be Albany of the
third Congressional District, and reailv T have had a heartv laucb at its contents. 1
see some poor devil has been tryinjr to
poor devil. aas .been"; trying to write for a newspaperto xtln , sdiuSTTaurels - in
; the rege icy, by mean subserviency to a member of Congress, and by abusive epithets, .
- scatterec throughout, against his political opponents. It is an old saying, " a man is
known i y the company he keeps and if we judge Mr. Fair Play by this rule, he is
certainly beneath notice. He evidently is one of newspaper education, (like his Mag
nus Apollo in politics,) a scavenger of books, one who has read Junius! no doubt, and
lias at least heard the names of Locke, Newton, and Bacon, who has collected the filth,-'
and the lilth; pnl, of what he fias read. And Mr. Fair Play may have pursueda'pru
dent co jrse in this, respect; at all events, ie will, in all probability, come oiff victor in
newspaper controversy ; for no decent man will wage war with such a character ; there
is but one way to beat a blackguard; and that is, to beat a retreat. A fellow whose
favorite I poems I are. Zip Coon, and Jim" Crow, fwhoni he mentions so Iovinclv.
obtained from,the coloains of
inisters of grace defend us V
whose idol is Doctor Hall, whose political education was obi
" a bilious looking 7 by 9 newspaper." ; , Annels and mini
Apgeh
How can a deceut man conduct a controversy with such a fellow f I would as soon
think oil hunting a po!ecat,if I caught and killed him, it would' be but a polfcaPat
last.--A man may gain credit if he can conquer a lion by personal prowess-if he catch a
- i. i ' : i . . ' ' ; ' i t ' : - i - . t t -.l.i
bu
how mach worse than a madman must he be, who
tits and runs away,
fox by good riding arid activity
- fights or hunts a polecat ! "
, I j r- I "He who fig
. I ; ' 'i " May live to fight another day."
I hope 'One of the People" will do Jikewise; or wait until he finds " foeman worthy
bf his st jel." - -It is a contest in whicji he cannot gain and must lose.- But the argu
ment of Fair Play is so much of a cijaracter with all. that comes from that part oV the
county, from the set,' that I must notice a Jittle of it, though it is an unprofitable task.
Hear th s following from this pet of a pe of the Kitchen : Who chartered the bank f
Congreis, the legislative power. Would the depoites have been removed from the
bank, ic Congress had not chartered it !" Now if I had heard that such stuff as .this
had appeared in print, I should have thought it was a.joke. But it' is ho" less strange
than true ; for the Free Press, of July 25th; contains it. In answer to this unanswera
le logical can ouly'-fishy1 Could- 4his have. beerrpriYited.iri JEdrecorobe itVlhieFree
lays,) their (ame will live and shine i on the page of, Bistory'hineindeed ! rottea
wood will shine ia the dark, and so may. 3 ohnson'a fame ; and I dare say Fair Play
wiil yet sume in Edgecombe..
Mr. I? air Piay concludes by saying Doctor Hall f has worn his honors welM may he
wear them long." : Doctor Hail's honor's i; Well, that is something more 4han any
body fcyer said the Doctor had before. If he ever had honors, my friend, they were
uj ts,VIUb PI1S iiugccomoe, not in congress. 11 ne naa honors in Uon
If
greis, ue uas, as you say, worn i tUem el!. and worn themctoeour too. His honors
rest upp tire baseless fabric of a vision'i-they rest . where your uuderstandmgopon
diligent iearcb, may be found " in the wide abyss oX possibility." When you show
me Doctor Hall's honors, I will shew you a black Swan, or point out to you the patft
of an arroW, trough thiair. ) j '. 4 '-, :-.'J,.:' ' : ': W
You say you wish you coul say Mr. Pettigrew's " gentleman usher? had an irre-1
proachable character so you mdy, and so you ought to have said ; and I should have
put mfinger upon that sentence and said this is true.! ' ,
Your whole piece is 'a tale told byan idiot, full of sound and fury signifying noth
ing," " handles gloves off;? sixty milSjfem a foe -pstabs, like FaUstaff, this gunpowder
Percy after he was dead." Real ly , I can only say to vour "cloves ofPf speech, what the
j farmer said lolhe Ass, who put on the lion's;skin, ;add made such a noisei braying and
7,u& iciviigau Min cps, pigscnicuens ana (urueys on me lana wnen
hi took off the hide, and whinned liim snvincr FmvcAlf thnnlH ImyoiVArtiirX imn ma
"T a lion, if I had nfH Irnninn :T7rm nrcra an A ' - ! : 1 t - T r . i;
Poor malicious wretch ! you see a piece written to expose the political conduct of
your master, nearly a month 'ago, and no at this late hour; you " put on the lion." '
when you1' knew the election must be over before you could bavje a reply. This is
" gloves off." . But starid forth minion, you are dancing in a net. j
, You say to One of the People," you have only the hissings of the viper, without bis
angs, his venom, without his shaft," (I never heard of a viper's thajl before,) but l
wui uc uiurc t;jttiuauic iuvaius yuu , i win say you are a viper, wan iangS, yenom
shaft and hissings, raised in the same county" with Doctor Hall, a praise yod seem to
covet. But, as' i was raised near the place where " One of the People" first made
.Press hbd not.beon there r Could s air Play 'have published this without Doctor
Hall's orders ? -a Could so much filth have been givejv to the world, if. the author had
not bee
n a blackguard r I AH these inquiries are as pertinent as those of Flair Play,
as to the removal of the deposites.
But further, says Fair Play, "Congress ordered the public monies to be deposited
in the Bank; fend authorized the Executiveto remove them; Without the previous ac
tion of the legislative, there would have beeh none of the executive power in this in
stance at least." It is a fact, I thought universally admitted, that Congress never did
authorize the Executive to remove the deposites But to reason upon this to such a
creature as Fair Play , is throwing pearl before swine.?' I But his reasoning amounts
to this :': If Congress had not created a bank, there would have been no bank ; how
could I he deposites have been removed, if there had-been no charter f ergo the de-
pOSlteSj Were reraoveu, ullU lU.c? itrgibiaiivc auu cAauuvc icmuvcu iiiciu. uiigui icoj-
L-what powerful logic I and b air Play concludes " the, executive power was
ly dormant until brought into action by the legislative ! ! 1" O wiseacre! His Jo-
cic reminas -twc u - j . - - w - . , - . - -
said hfe could prove that every cat had three tails. When.asked how was that possibly
he said, in true Fair Play style. f Xou must all admit, no cat nas iwo laus.: . .audiu.
the reply. " Well then,7 said the logician, " irno cat nas two laus,
omng
perfec
ti. of course, was the reply
4 . . . i ,.:i i,nn"nn Here ore everv cat nas tnree tans." Ana wnen
ras nrip ure idii man nw v-. , .-, n
. . .i:.a'nntDoi' was: nprfprilw Hfirmant" until
brou
ght i
nto ac-
a cat
.it is shown
lion oV the legislative,". Fair Play may also show-ihat one othe people" isa fool,
that Doctor Hall has talent, and mat r air i"iay nas sums cu, .,y,uuV,
cat has three tails.
his appearance, I would tell you " cease viper, you bite a file.
j It Was once asked what must be the Priest, when the Monkey is the God ;" and I
ask, how poor, wretched, debased and contemptible must that man be. whose master and
idol is Doctor Hall ! Lower yet, if human imagination; can descend so far; The
kitchen cabinet, , the worsliipped object, Doctoall the priest, and Fair Play the priest
for him ! . ' . ; : :.T ' ' ' . , ' ' f'.-,'-'
But poor Devil I excuse your rav
loajoi fy ; and you are interested in Hall's success. -If be goes to Congress, may be
you ve pills in his absencej (thereby hangs a Jtaie.) Put Fair Play; be had better
stay a. home and teach you to make pills, asit is you only give them according to
orders. You write as he orders, and practice as hejbidjs you. You write over the sig-
natureof Fair Piay, and want your master to go to Congress for life, because Edgecombe
says so. inis is Jiiagecomoe iair nay : cut wis is 10 oe expected. 1 say. again
I excuse, and pity ou. - As the big. dog of your county barks, so ought the little fice;
Fair Play to bark, and so be does, or may be to show the people who you are, it would
be better to say Doctor Hall is the big dog, and Fair Play "the tin pan tied to bit
If I were cruel enough, I could write more for Fair Play ; but I never could derive
pleasure in' torturing flies, although so fair a chance offers. But I dismiss you with
a blessing,! by saying, Go, poor
: v ROSIN.
that forbearance, without which life 'ceases to be
devil, there is room enough in the world for you and me too.
4:Ju1y9.-1335-
every
w
.what
pray
On
than
cat has three laus. t v , 4 , -
hen Fair Play began, and spoke of handling without gloves,'
nf the Peonle' will how have a rap on the knuckle ; but it fel
' One of the People,
rt..:
faith thought I,
fell so far short of
1 expected, I was disgusted. But if this is handling without gloves, l would beg, ,
v . . , . .u , oin . fnr vnnr hands are rather dirty; If you handle
heignoor, pui uicin uii , j--r ... ....
L nf hP Peoole" without cloves, let me ten you, you icgaiu u.i u.yic .i.b...j j
he
does lyou,, for he would noi touch you with two pair of gloves on, with a pair
, -.jJ0- for it.would be of little service. A fellow: who has beeh "immersed"
fnf tnntrfi
and Lllowed in the mud pucldlesV of Kitchen Cabinet,.Edgecombe democracy, would
soon return,!" like the sow to the mire." - -
People'' has assailed private character. An, mdeea i l sup-
Jh You say " One of the
family ; for in the article signed One
i nnspivnn mean, in auuuuiL v v. . -
of the People, if i remember, ne aisciaims auy lureuHuu uus-" "-; w. v,v,w.
But astOUoi. Joanson, in inis very pic nr nuiwu r an na;
Halite nnvate character.
str'uts add frets his hour upo the ;j stage," there is a long arucie wnuen oy a
! rr.i.rtL Honrlprthn. who savs he knows U01U J. ana nas unown uu iuau iciv
girls tor. him, ana, says neuucruu, ucuituwcu .
dare say,) that their education was. equal or superior
ed ! Sic. &,c, and that they are now married, inde-
vears, that he taught two mulatto
; ihehj aptness to take learning," (I
to(niost of those whom he educa
pendently, and you would hardly j think they were colored ! ! ! This is published to the
world by a paper which supports Col.- Johnson, and a letter written! by a friend of
Joh ison a dirty koundrello keep a night school to teach negro wenches to take
learning This, I repeat, is published in the Press," at the Albany of our district,
by his friends, and yet says Fair Play," Ope ofthe People" attacks or assails pri
vat: character because he alludes to the same fact, i
1 don't wish Fair Play any worse fortune than to be in publicjife, and to leave his
i -r u: .'..u rni -inWnsnn nr .ToflprRnn. Yas this Tho- Henderson
Kehukec Association.
SUBSCRIBERS and others desirous of obtaining
O the above Book, cad do so by applying to the
undersigned. - f DANIEL WILKINSON
April 28, 1335; ' V";. . -;:,V . y.
ARRANTS and SCHEDULE .BONDS.neatfy
printed, on erood paper, for sale at the .
July 11. WHIG OFFICE.
Boots, Shoes and Hats,
E. BARNES.
A GENERAL: ASSORTMENT constantly kepi
iXon hand and for sale cheap, by
BACON, v
TEN (THOUSAND pounds BACON of superior
quality, for sal by JOHN MYERS.
June SOlh, 1834.
THE season has now approached when farmers
and turpentine-makers hare done with their
crops, and timber getting otters them a bright pros
pect. . We would advise those who hare not embarked
Washington, June 11, 1835.
r- , ... .
-t f BAGS COFFEE ; 2 cases CAMPAIGN
JL J 6 doz. PORTER ; 5 doz. LEMON SYRUP,
now landing from$chr. bmitu, and lor sale ty i
EDWIN BARNES.
Washington, N. C. June 11th, 1835
in it, to do so; and those who have, and who know,
its lucrative reward, t continue: as cash will be"
n aeuv
i Mill.
31t.
paid on delivery of an quantity at the Washington
TANNAHILL U LAVENDER,
Proprietors.;
E.
FRESH GOODS AGAIN.
BARNES has just received by schr. btanord
an additional supply of ' u
Vronr-y. Wrtvlcfd CjftnM-' . ' J
i Muslin, Edgings and Insertings. :
'I A few doz. Splendid Scarfs. M ;
Fine Plaid and Figured Cambrics.
Ladies' Umbrellas, &c. ,
Washington, N. C. April, 29th 1835.
6-4; 8-4 and 10-4
AM ASK TABLE CLOTHS, just received and
for sale by
April 4th.
JOHN TAYLOR.
T WANT TO PURCHASE 80 cords of R. O. BARK
... . - : fJ l!l 1 -lr
JL for wnich 1 will give casn ana a uuerai price.
JOHN MYERS.
."'Majjjl3 1835. : --.,." ;- .... . v : , .-
CANDLES.
fCTkrim T.RS. PATENT REFINED MOULD
y3 CANDLES, just received and for sale by
April 24th.
(JOHN .TAYLOR.'
If SECOND hand and 2 new one Horser Stage Top
X WAGGONS, with Harness, for sale by
f .... .7 TIlll iv .
May 21st.
EDWIN BARNES.
Oct.
RUM and WHISKEY.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Sf BBLS. N. E. RUM ; 10 bbls. "WHISKEY
for sale br
May 1, 1835..
EDfVlJY BARJiES . , :
HAS! this, day received, by the schr; John Myers,
a splendid assortment of new and fashionable. J
Spring Goods.
Amongst which are a few elegant ,
r rencn L.ace uapc i. , ,
French Ginghams. i
Printed Muslins.
Palermo Bonnets, latest fashions. " . '
Tuscan & Straw, do. do; do. '
And various, other Fine and Rich Goods. For sale
cheap, as usual. . ;
Washington, April 24th, 1835
FOR SALE.
50 k BLS. MACKEREL, , '
3 IIHDS prime retailing MOLASSES.
JA10 bags COFFEE. , i
Gigg and Uunboat Jdarncss,
July
Saddles, .Bridles, fy
li 1835
SAMUEL R. FOWLE.
t m C A ACRES PINY WOODS LAND, on the
ly tLJ J rirei, with 30,000 boxes on it, 4 years
old, for sale by
Julv 4th.
TANNAHILL' h LAVENDER.
j ;
;
enehiies cause to say win, v- r 7
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