Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-24
A Word.

ting any portion of our columns this
week, to personal contr oversy, be-
cause we are well aware that such a
course can not interest our subscri-
bers or prove Of service to our party.
Our readers will sustain US ia the
declaration, that we have refrained
from attemptin & to impugn the mo-
tiyes of any Of our brethren Of the
press; and, flu thermore, that the
"Obsypey" has been faithful de-
fender Of dem ocratic principles
Yet, notWithsta nding this, the Edi-
tor of the Lincoln Journal has, for
several weeks past, as is well known
I'd some Of our readers, persisted in
up a systematic attac ( up
Oh our paper, to crafty, as we be-
Ilifve, spirit Of animosity which is
"a nkling in his bosom towards us,
whom he is pleased to denominate
the southern Editor of the Obsery-
ef;" or that he is preparing to join the
whig party. Knowing that difficulties
between members of the same party
must, necessarily, engender evil, we
have hitherto declined replying to
any Of the Journals. attacks but
the time has now arrived when fur
Their "lorbearance ceases to be vir-
tpe." In abiding to our articles on
internal improvements he insin-
uhtes, by means of interrogatories,
bat they were written by a stock
holder in turnpike company and
a whig; while the TRUTH is, that no
aEhig, stoehAolde,' or other person, titan
the Editors Mcmselces, has ercr wJ7t-
fen a line Of edit&5m aehicA has ap-
Beared in the O6seroer up to this mo-
aaeaR. The articles alluded to were
written by the senior editor Of this
paper, at his own instigation, without
the 9advice or consent of any one
land the position therein taken is
still maintained by US, which We will
defend in our own way, and at our
pwn good time. With regard to-our
'Fiews on the Compromise-they we're
set forth fully and fairly in the first
BE. of the O5sF rOer, in December
last, and the I'D wnM knows it; we
bow occupy the same position, and
That is where the Editor of the Jour
hal is not-on the dem cratic Trous-
Dale platform.
We don't care whether the Editor
Of the Joynag likes the positions
we take or not, but when he at
tempts to instil a false impression
with regard to us, into the minds Of
the people, we shall henceforth de-
fend ourselves. We are determined
to be yillifed with impunity no
longer.
AS tatechising appears to be the
mode Of warfare preferred by the
Journal, we have few questions to
ask its Editor, which his readers, no
doubt, would Liz e to see satisfacto-
FiIy answered u
1st. Since YOU have chosen to
brand 0 ur positi4 n-wh ichyou knolc,
Eis opposition to the States embark
ing in internal Improvement as
IfederaliS m, why do you not apply the
same stigma to almost every distin-
Iguished Democrat, and all the lead
ing Democratic Presses IN Tennes
See, who have long since taken
ground in favor of the States lend
ling her credit t b assist in works Of
Internal Improve ment? Ifyou we're
prompted by a love Of principle, as
you would have the people believe,
why have you not attacked lNqJi.
Carter, who endorses our position on
this subject?
3D. Did you pot en- iorse the plat
form laid down by the Democratic
State Convention which last nominal
ted Cor. 1yousd4lc2
Sd. If you dil q endorse that plat
FORM and still claim tp give it your
support, how do you account for the
wings claiming that you are on that
of the whigs2
4th. If you do not desire to de-
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