Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 24, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 July 1827 — Page 5

THE WESTERN SUN, EXTRA. Vol 13 SA1UKOAY, JULY 21, 1827. No. 24

TO THE PUBLIC, Who steals iny pnr.se, steals trash ;

something nothing ; ' Twms mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name, Robs mc of that, which not enriches him, And m ikes me p ior indeed." Friends, cr" Fellow Citizens Not long Mnce, an article appeared in the. Wabash Telagraph, (written by the Editor, John Ewhig.) impeaching my reputation a l'oit Master, and threatening at mxiic cm-..rt-icnM tr 1 j v.- tin', r h:nff e. htdore

the public, lie has been called upon by J men me menu ci .Mr, vv arner, aim mhha communication which appeared in the that period Mr. Ewing has marked mc Western Sun, to u come out with the out as his political enemy, ami is detenu- .. . , . i i iiw!.it'ill Ki.fi' iL i r "d il'iri nip tn Ills

Niacts bcioic the election, or esse u v. umu ; - .- v t..w

attention, and I personally visited Wash ington to ascertain the cause of his silence when he went to the oflice and it was then handed to hini I" Now, my fellow citizens, I address my self to you as reasonable men lam called upon to delend myself against an attack on my piivatc reputation : S-c wherefore i Why foisooth, because 1 am sus peeled of being friendly to capt. Warner, now a candidate for the Senate ; the same gentleman who contended with Mr Ew hipr at the last Senatorial election. I was

'...ifloivil ri K:kp r-dnmnv. lor clccii- ! ambition.

: .-..1 c-i o " I t t it-: cm:i :r. . .1 vjv. iiul un. in . i: vihi v tn.

cati hi he answers, or rather insinu.ves statement ol Mr Kinney, and others anpi, a a few weeks would make no ma j ne:;cd, k iccollect w hat this base cakimtcrial difference with the Post-Master," nnnor has stated. He has slated, that amkuks, U he (the Post-Mastci ) "think trc had been " wilful neglect or a that the performance of his duties can he great degree ol inaUenlion" at this Post i i ..!.. ... 1 1 k -. oiiwMr.M bn- (Mi-.inm T' i Oince. ai d that I must answer for it

And continues his zig rig reply Ullli s;a

tinv u I he promplltumj me (iqnuy i j

and

quires is rather unreasnunne

there

lie attempts to prove his chafes by

his own statement, and by Simpson's. I tit. 'i hat a letter to A. Kinney, in 1824, just befmc hi. election, which lemained there lor two weeks, or move, and until

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iLiviri ( , nor umo i.j...vi ; iv ..vm. " . . , ... .... ...

as well as

nMnv'i'iir.l !).'r:ui;t there ate mailers

move immediately interesting end ..room

still the irenllcm.m shall have enough j Kinney, notwithstanding Mr. Lmneyhau . .- i ' I !' - !.. I., .1 P

to take home the base and uutouiuica ea lunmy." And then biingto his suppoit a statement Ijv Jn'.m V Simpson, now Ih inter for Mr! Editor Eving, v.h.h L as follow s : A letter post-mat ked at Vinctnnes about the middle of April last addi ct '. d

to u.j m Daviess county, didmU reach my hands until the 4th day of June, when a -. ntleman who had csan.ined the letter box in the lst-OtVi ;; at Wa-hington, cabually informed me ot its being there. had often sent to the IMst-Ollice within the date specified to m-pfire alter a letter, and Mr. Roddick the IVt-Master ir.tot'iued the p -rms then: was none : k cm he Ulh of M.w, I C di.-vl prrvmallv,

This Mr. Simpson called upon me some timQ since, and made a small account, which is yet unpaid ; and as I refused to further trust him for letters, he has taken offence at it ; and in order to gratify his own wicked heart, as well as to bolster up Mr. Ewing in his base attack upon me, he has given a false statement, which the certificates below do most conclusively prove ; and in addition, I do aver that his whole statement is false. I shall now take my leave of these two worthies, and leave them to ruminate upon their own J'ulse, basr, and scandalous misrepresentations. Confidently do 1 believe that this attach upon mc by Mr. Ewint", has trrownout of malice, hatred, 3nd

a probable expectation ot making himself popular. He has been almost constantly engaged, ever since 1 first had any knowledge of him, in pulling down ptiva'c reputation, U stigmatizing public officers, and it is not very surprizing, under oil the circumstances, that I should come in for a share. 1 haeherc given a fair and ungarnished sta emt nl of facts, and have supported tlit vi, I will venture to say, as clearly as negative testimony can be brought to nes-ame anv case, and I submit the matter to a candid nubiic. Lui one remaik touching Simpson's

stab menu and 1 am done : Will any man .

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Mr. Kinney in Wis statement below, says ; in his t enses, believe that I would permit that he received the letter previous to Mr. any " gentleman to examine my letter Ev.in-'s coming over, and immediately boK ?" (see Simpson's statement in rcla-

when

the

aswercd it tint that it regained for two

! uerk, rc. (Sic answer of Mr. Kinney,, I . . ! It'll

and eci 'iheate ot .Mr. mil, v. ?.i ; . It appears, however, that the answer w as post mat ked, 4 Washington, June 2C.' S: did not ai iive until the 6th July, eight d I low tikis happened I cannot now tell it might possibly have been maiked by Mr. Kinney, and not hai did in by his bov in lime fur that mail, (and there was then eight days between mails,) or from some other like cause, w hich at this late peiiud cannot be it collected, it being thiee years since it occurred And if there

I . .,....!, .m! t!n t him' :ilK'.W'l'.

h thrmust have been in the . Ihce. I lud been any gr at wrong, or mucn mju-e-'u readdy produce testimony olome of ry done to Mr. Ewing,il he had spoken th" moVons w ho e.iUed as Mated, and I am j to me at that time, 1 could probably have

ey.plaioed the cii cuinstance satisfactorily

but cerbiin it is,lhete couh! have been

not hine i oni? m t

e. it it naci ijceu i)ost

o a? k( d I y roe, and I luul any design to

Mi. I'.ing, the post date would

: ...

w i. ir- to tesli'.v mv-eu. JOHN V. SIMPSON, lie, (John E.vimOalso stales l,'usv l' i ! t . A letU'r addicted t A. Ktnr.y

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lfrtion io '8M a'.ul touriung stve.e n.a; -u.vl. .hu ...., .,k. !-rs re'ntivc to ih t eleetiom was det aim vl j June, for I w -uhl not ha e n.ai ked it,v,nin the rost-Cfnc thou: for two weeks, or j til I was idi. ut to mail it. more although Mr. Kinnv icgolariy at Pei mit me now to advert to the statetended for ids lclte. s on mail days." ' "t "ade b Mr. simpr.nn. This man's

vaiu the ofuce frequently at other lino s ( sU-.tement, eui.e-' irom iniiinrms u cungs.

or vo aeto.ior.euaie .u i.v on;, !. :oao. to fix upon me wilful ncgleet in the TostOilicc deinttu e::

n u0 ,osicied a few doors otf. I he letter

:f a nature lint require. imu?i.'.uc

tion to this matteO tbi would be con

trary to the solemn obligation 1 have taken at least so I undei stand it to be SETII RODDICK. July Uth, 1827. teiui f iivuTF, July 4th, 1827. MR s. noDDiCK Dear Sir I have this moment received youis ot the 1st hist, informing me that my name has been given you by Mr. Ewing, as makii g char ges against you, as Post-Muster 1 regret that my name sh uhl be drawn into a controversy which, I s.n led to believe, lias grown out of poli'ical excitement Yet I will cheerfully state all that I can

recollect, and, I belli vc, all that ha ever pa-sed between mc U. M' Ewing on th?: subject. In the year 1824. a shott time before the general election. I mtiod a lctei from Mr. Ewin, wl ici. I irn.i. c.iatelv answered ; and s nl it vo 'he fico by Albert (tho little boy who li't s v stfi me.) some time bcfoie tlsr rail wmt out. During the same week, I think, 1 w Mr. Ewing, who inqoiied the rraiM hv 11.(3 not iin;wired li letter? TOLD ill J ruA f i JiJD and upon his m.imo ih.it he had not icrrivf d it I u !.(' to him th.c And uoa ativi wiUs Mr.