THE AUSTIN PAPERS 869 This Inst he has managed so ingeniously, that I cant prove it on him.- He refuses to· respect me ns a Physician not withstanding, upon a personal Examination by the Medical Board, I obtained a License, and he refuses to give J uclgments allowing anything-for my Medi- cine nnd Service • He tells people that I nm not a P liysician Ilut applies to me the Vulgm· Term Quacl~-so I am Creditably informed, for he never has said it to m~ This accusation is false, and made use of to_ injure me- I consider myself able to prove to any Judges the Contrary- By his lnt1igue and Management I have been unable to collect my Debts here In no Case whatever have I had a fair chance, to obtain Justice, He has chosen my Absence, and without giving me notice to try all my Cases, He bas called upon Men whom he could sway as he pleased to Arbetrate-- And I can safely say-before him I have never had Justice done me-- All This has resulted from the fact, that I would not sanction his Unjust 1.1/ easures, Nor suffer myself to be made his Toot- To remaiJ} in this condition is more Intollerable than Banishment Itself- How to proceed I am at a loss, And ·your Advice I hope to obtain. • On reflection, There occurs to .my mind, Three modes of redress-- and which to choose I am unable to Determine First a Suit of Slande1· -The law on that Subject, in this Country, I nm unacquainted··with, ·-And should the letter of the lnw even be favourable to me,· what chance I might have to obtain 'Justice, Under present circumstances I dont know-, Second, To call on him, to give Satisfaction at the 1.1/ outl1, of a Pistol -This I have two important objections to-first I am seriously opposed to it by principle-And second, I have a fumily- should, I happen to be killed who would be left destitute, in a country, without Friends-And I might ndd a third in relation to him, did we live in a Country, where men were respected agreeably to their real merits-and where we were both known, I should- most certainly refuse to Notice him,- A third mode presents itself-which is. To leave the Country- This I have more objections to than the Second-That Course would give Credence (here at least) to his Slanderous-and-false reports And Death Sir would be mQre desirable .to me. I must believe, if you-and Capt. Jno Austin and the respectable Gentlemen in .General in the Country, were in possession of the truths on the subject, that you and 'fhey would enlist your Interest in behalf of Justice-
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