William WinanS
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We see it stated some where that
this eminent Methodist divine, so well
known in this State and Mississippi,
has turned aholitionist. Nensense
A few years since, before the Metho-
dist General Conference, he silenced
the whole abolition phalanx by one OF
his offhand and studied, but over.
whelming argument. 1t was on the
same occasion that the celebrated


Tommy Griffin, tall slab-sided and


rather vinegar.faced looking minister,
distinguished himself in defence of
the South. Without much culture.
he is a man ofvigorous intellect and


vivid imagination, with deep foun.


tain of benevolence at his heart, but a


vein OF biting sarcasm running through
his fiery declamations. Uncle Tom,
my was thorough going anti. jack
sonlte, but genuine Mississippian
nevertheless. He went it strong for
John Quincy Adams until he attened
the Methodist Conference in Balti.
more, when the slavery question came
up and a batch of Northern preachers
hoisted abolition colors. The old