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THE AUSTIN· PAPERS. •
MosEs .A.usTIN TO JORN SMrrH
·sr . ••:•Your no·te of this day I re,c'd fro~·th'e b~nd of Mr. Brown in ~nswer ·to which I have to _observe.t_hat what I said to Perry I will say every Day of my life an·d that is that the unbounded and unprovoked abuse, I had rec'd from you could not be justified on any grounds what Ever. the attempt to ruin myself and famely which was reported by y(nJ,r- self and 11/ axwell have not to this day been sa.ttesfactory Explained Your unwarrantable assault on the 4 ·of July and the report by you that I am clepriv'd of my lands and that I bad not a tittle to an Acre are all things calculated to produce the same consequences, ruin. If in you[1·] power, to ruin me, and which you told me in prese.nts of sundry Gentlm· ·was your object, all of which are well remember'd by Other Gentlm· are proofs of your Determenatio_n to continue the same .line of conduct towards me. The Charge of Murder If men- •tion'd by Perry Is false your conduct to othe~s ~ speak not of, its your conduct town:rd me which I now say is and has been Such as no man can Justify.· I did mention that the affair of the 4 and say it ·was Equally improper.and I think so still a Gentlin: who heard what I said to Perry can any time you please informe you· whether he h_eard nny such expressions ·as Murder or not , • ., • . • • • I do consider my self more enjur'd by you then I have been by any 'ri:J.an in my life and that wit_hout the least cause.: I 1"8.S in hopes that the :Meeting we had in presents of' J.\,fr. Henry would have end'd all difficultys and cause.of future disagreement on my part I have don What Every 'mnn of HonQr ought to have don on such an occation I have manafest'd a wish by my treatment to you that no remembran~ of the past should ever 'be recalled, but has that been your conduct toward me .No unless one fourth of the reports are incorrect, you take Every Oppertunity to do me Injury-, . I now_say that my conversation·to Perry can be told by a Gentlm. who.~ill I believe tell truths·as well as Perry.· ,vhether you·cari or cannot Justify your conduct towards me will be told-ere long·- I have Orderq. sui~ against you and the _Laws of our,country wiff determen whether you are Justified or not,· you will then have an oppertunety to prove the' many things ·you have said 'to ,vescott Spencer Folkner and Others-which. they will be called on to De.clare- • •• • \ Mr· .MOSES .A.uSTIN . [Rubric] • Mine a Burton . Augt: 7,, 1806 .. ~ ~-I(I c~~ld s~ppose an intezyiew with you Could produce any i?od. ~ffects, I s~ould have no ;objection but.,I can see no·good that can result from such.a meeting; w~ have had one already ,no good has ~~u~t~d, from .tha~i ~Ie~ting ·:..i~ ·i~ a:~. th~ ,;Ba~ ~£ Justice I shall be
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