The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-30
From the Nashville Patriot.
ScWancc--A Reply 10 warren"
DEcnERD, Jan. 20, 1858.

under the caption Of "Milk sick Sewa'
nee," and the University Of the South"
over the nom de plume Of Warren"
which is not only calculated to injure
that institution, but does positive injus'
tce to franklin county. That imstitu.
ton is composed Of men of superior
talent, who know how and achem to dc.
(cnd their rights. What course they will
pursue in regard to that article, | of course
know not, but | suppose that men Of
their position can we'll afford to treat
Warren" with silent contempt. But as
citizen of franklin county, claim the
right, as her interests have been assalcd
throuyh your columns, of refuting through
them the charges brought against my
county, and to strengthen, if possible,
her superior claims TO the favor Of that
great institution.
A perusal Of that article is sufficient
to convince the reader that there are
worse things in " Warren" than "Milk.
sick" for human nature is not Jeformed
by more detestabe vices than enpy and
malice. And tho reader will also per.
ceive at once that " Warren" has an ex.
travagant opinion OF himself, for it is
evident from the way he writes, that he
thinks that he knows moro than the ma.
jority Of the Montgomery Convention
Behold another Solomon
The Montgomery Convention was COM
posed of men distinguished for their tai.
ent, learning, and picty; and who are
devoted to the educational interests Of
our great country. Mcny localities pre-.
sented their claims before the Conven
ton for The location of the University !;
some Of them backed by large sums Of
money, for the purpose, if possible, of
bribing the Convention. Sewance also
presented her claims, but without offering
any other induccment than her superior
advantages. The most scientific engm
ecrs made reports of their surveys Of the
contending localities. After mature de.
liberation, ma jority of the Convention
decided in favor Of Sewanee. AS cti
zen Of Franklin county, | was gratiled
with the decision; but if "W Warren had
received the location, should have
bowed in silent submission to the decis'
ion of the Convention.
The principal charge brought against
Sewmce by Watren' is, that it is
surrounded by the most deadly poison
milk sick" Warren" has most proba
bly, never been from home knows moth
ing about the world, and is easily I'M.
posed upon by old women's stories and
vague rumors.
That there might have been an occa.
sioAal case of milk. sickness in the coves
of the mountain, in the vicinity of Sewa.
nee, in the early settling Of the country,
am not prepared to deny. But | do
deny there havins been a single case in
the vicinity Of Scwancc, on tits side OF
the mountain, in the last eight years.
And it is not pretended by any one what.
ever, that the disease ever originates on
top of the mountain. commenced the
practice Of medicine eight years ago, in
the valley, some five or six miles distant
from Sewanec, and learning that an occa.
sional case of milk sickness had occur.
red in that vicinity in the early history oil
the country, determined, that as it was
subject not yet we'll understood by the
medical profession, | would embrace
every opportunity to investigate the sub
iect, supposing that | might possibly be
able to make some discovery as to the
cause and nature of the disease, and
even went so far as to promise an article
on the subject to Medical Journal; an,
| for the first few years of my practice
was constantly on the lookout for cas'
! OF the disease, but never met with one
and Of late years have dispaired Of eve
meeting with case, and have ceaseC
looking for one. And during the egh
years, have made professional visits tc
every house in every cove between Pei
ham and the immediate vicinity Of Cow
ans depot, and know that milk, butter
and beef, were just as readily consume'
in those covcs as they were in Warrer
county, or any other section Of the State
And moreover, the Sewanee Railroad, il
its building, gave employment to grea
number of hands, who lived principall,
on beef, many of them would use NJ
other kind of meat, and their supply wa
principally drawn from the coves Of til,
mountain, and | merer heard of cas-
Of milk-sickncss occurring among them
And the same may be said in regard I,
the Sewanee Coal miners.
Warren" says that the States Altor
ney Of this district. [who lives in War
rem county,l informed him that the pco
pie are in such absolute dread, that the
are constantly applying to him for in
dicments against persons leaving dow
fences in the injected coves, and placard
are posted at intervals on posts an
trees, begging persons not to leave dow
the fences, and warning them Of the dan
gers OF doing so." During a rcsdenc
of eight years among this people, | hav
never seen an evidence Of that Il" dread