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TO T HE PUBIiIC.
Captain PARRISH it swing asserted
a and haysEg afterwards
darkly made use of pretended Certifi
cates, to deceive the unwary, and injure
my character, I take the liberty to sub
mit the following:
About the 16th May last, Capt Parrish charged me with hav
ing said that he, Parrish, had voted against the Land Bill—allud
ing to a bill of the laje session of the Legislature, relative to the
Cherokee I denied jthq charge and demanded his authori
ty, which he refused to givejhip, saying, that he had already sent in
to the country for the particulars. Within a fortnight afterwards
I repeated the demand, but he would give up no authority. On
the 15th ult. a demaud was made in writing but he still refused
to give up authoriff. In this extremity howper, he seems to have
deemed it expedient to look out for materials to make an author.
Accordingly, it appears tha* Lang Lewis, a suitable individual in
such a case, waits on Mr, Lightfoot, and then Parrish and Lewis
called on Mr. Cockrum, and instead of leaving Mr. Cockrumto the
spontaneous suggestions of his own mind, they carry with them a
certificate already written, “ cut and dry;” in which having artful
ly suited the phraseology to their own purpose, they ingeniously
incorporate the w ords of Parrish’s charge with other matter : but
it will appear that Mr. Cockrum required them to t*rase certain
words, especially those which Parrish had imputed to me, and be
fore they could obtain his signature, they had to promise so to do ;
yet instead of fulfilling this promise in good faith they so apply a
pencil to these words as to leave them still legible.
Since the first calls on these gentlemen were made, Captain
Parrish, conscious that his certificates do not sustain him, has made
another attempt to extract from Mr v Lightfoot something better
adapted to his purpose. And kbelieve that Lewis, presuming pro
bably upon Mr. Cockrum’s sinmtion as his ferryman, has of late
paid him a second visit for a similar purpose. After ail, it is man
ifest, that the Captain’s last resource was to have other things cer
tified to, which when fairly stated would not be denied, and by rais
ing a quibble, and thus distracting public attention, he hoped to
arrive at a squabble, and escape from infamy.. But having, failed
in his unblushing endeavors to procure a witness to testify to a
falsehood, he only is held to be the author.
PETER CLOWEIL
Jfnes County , July 23, 1831.
Certificates
J Jane 22, BS3I.
In a conversation which I had with Mr. C lower at his and £
informed me that Capt. Parrish, with six or eight persons, and“"^ e
f.v„, of the Indian- Iwia hv voting *££&** of *.
of Hall County to hang him regardless of the W ntol terror wiuc*
I'nited States: , . trilf u ar( i substance of all that was said to me by
Ido hereby certify, ? that the above sUtement nothing about lhe Cherokee bod,
Mr. Clower in relation to Parrish s vote, and that during the c ° n .. that Mr. Clovver mentioned the
no, about extending .he crimind law. of Georg,a over,t-Nond.d 'g' d ““ ZT&VreZ nted me a cen.fcate -lock
Cherokee Land during that conversation, and when CaptFarrish afe P y K crr ,if y w j,at is contained in the
h and been previously dmwn up,and which I did not
foregoing statement, it being all that wa3 said to me on the occu.ion ... - JOHN COCKMttJM
the balance of his certificates’ contents.
I do certify, that 1 never heard Peter a. J WmliM not hear it by any per
to the Cherokee land. 1 was in Clinton a few days ago, amt Pa?r.flb a. TUIwiUEJPOOT.
son, say so.
July 21, 1831*