The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-11-20
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 90.
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EE- The Union and american says " it is
unnecessary for US Tit to pursue with the
True Wing controversy about the article on
the Baltimore elections" Every one who has
noticed that controversy win say at once that
this Is a sensible conclusion, on the part of that
paper. The only thing remarkable about it is
that this is not the first or second time the same
paper has come to the same conclusion recent
ly, in regard to controversies with the True
Whig. Having published bogus article,
however, justice TO the readers of that paper,
requires that it acknowledge the fact and clear
its skirts of the suspician which naturally at
taches to the distribution of bogus coin-of
having manufactured it. The Union and
american declines doing this.
That paper objects to our remark, that it has
an irresponsible editor upon whom it can shift
disagreeable records. When the editor of the
Union and American-(every body knows who
be is, end lie does himself injustice in even
seemingly sharing his distinguished reputation
with any one)-returneG from Columbia last
May and found that the business partner had
tantism, he took occasion to cause that article
to be excluded from his weekly paper, and sub
sequendy explained that he did not write it.
This was understood to effectually debar the
public from charging the responsibility Of the
odious sentiment of that article upon the
democratic party, or even upon the Union and
american as the organ of that party in Ten
nessee. The effect of this disclaimer was in
tended to be, and was, the same as though it
had been said in 80 many words, that the edi-'
tor of the paper did not endorse the sentiments
of the article in question, and therefore the
democracy of Tennessee were not to be forced
TO the alternative of endorsing them or of re-
pudating the Union and american as its or
gan.
The Union and american says the True
Fhig shifted the responsibility of an article
about the Bank Of Tennessee which it pubish-
ed, upon Il person not connected with this Of
fee. This is untrue. We excused ourselves
for publishing an article which we subsequent
ly became satisfied did that Institution injustice,
upon the ground that it was handed us by a
gentleman in whom we had confidence, who
endorsed its statements, and that therefore we
failed to give it that critical examination which
we should otherwise have done. We made no
attempt to shift responsibility, but promptly
corrected any injurious impression which
might have resulted from the publication of
the article in question; course which the
Union and AHerican has failed to pursue,
either in regard TO the celebrated Protestant
article, or the article in regard to the Bati-
more elections, prefering, while it seeks ingeni
ousy to shift from itself the responsibility of
having administered the poison, to refuse the
antidote, and let the evil do its worst
The Union and american says the public is |
left lat a loss to know whether there is any
editor or not" of the True Wig. The fact |
has been announced that there is an editor, |
temporarily in charge, and Jarin' the anxiety
of the Union and american, we calculate the
public is not greatly distressed about the mat
ter