Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-05
An Explanation.

tru e courage, ciE Witty, courtesy, gen.
tIefnanly dignity, unbounded liberal.
lily Of sentiment, and neighborly in-
tercourse, may, lin the estimation pl
some at distance, require of US The
unpleasant task Of referring to the
origin Of the flee and ungenerous
personalities Which have been in
Obliged in in our town during the past
week or two. we will make a brief
reference TO this matter, too, in order
if. possible 10 put a stop to the erro-
neous impressions, which, we under
stand, is striven to be- made abroad
as to its true character and progress.
We deem it necessary to only state
few of the leading points, in order
to dispel the fog which may have vol
unfairly or otherwise surrounded 1t;
and thereby led 10 erroneous conclu-
sions- Unpleasant. feelings have
nindulged in by Jas. " Dariei-
son, Esq, the Scott Elector fer this
District, and perhaps most Of the de-
mocratS who heard his ratification
speech brought about by eur report
Of a portion Of that speech, and its
being copied and commented upon
by the Nashville and Murfreesbo-
rough papers. III this report, we
gave our understanding Of the re-
marks which Mr. Dac5ds0a used on
the occasion referred to, and also the
conclusions these remarks led US to
being "a Gefehce of ,ScararR, "".Sd ~
ard'S champion for the occasion, a nd
"the groundwork of abolitionism y
Mr.. Dariason objected to the shape
which cur undo rstanding had given
to these remark -contending that
we had misunderstood him, and cur
conclusions were by consequence er-
roneous. We insisted that the re-
marks attributed to him, and our de-
auctions theretrom,, accorded with
the understanding and conclusions of
those with whom We had conversed,
both before and after making the
publication. WE then repeated the
request made at the conclusion of
of our report that ne would give
his own version Of the remarks in
question through the columns Of the
OtsTref. This HE has failed to do,
after making several promises to do
it, lie did, however, publish a card
in our paper, prdnouneing our report
false, without attempting to make a
statement wherein it was false. This
card, and the bitter denunciations of
US, and al who agreed with US in the
report published, both Oh She streets
and in his speech on Monday night,
the 10Th ult., brings sto the uhpleas-
ant feelings referred to. A week or
more after this Objectionable report
of Mr.. DIS speech had been pub
lished that is, up to the time the
Nashvillepapers containing version
Of it had been received-dat the
commencement of the personal de-
fractions that have been so freely
used. This report and its endorse
ment produced the Ill feeling Mr.
Damdsoa has manifested. His abuse
of the maker and endorsers, is the
grievance on the other side. The
gist ofthe whole matter is, portion
of the democracy heard and after
wards expressed an opinion of Mr.
DIS ratification speech, for which he
has seen proper to denounce them in
unqualified terms. The public can
now, from this imperfect statement,
determine who is at faplt-who has
the greater amount Of good
breeding, good sense, reasonable toll
crane e, and true genllemanly deport
ment Mr.. Da4dson or the democ-
SasY alluded to.
As to who has displayed the great
est courage in the wordy alterations
which ensued, perhaps we are not ca
oable of de termining; nd, indeed,
We may say that it is a natter of but
title consequence. We presume all