The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-04-22
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lime vengeance on lift will, but it has
no right to stalk unbidden in among
his Lares and Penates, or to 60 forth
blazoning the mysteries of his holy Of
holes" DR.. Shapard's vengeance
may have been very sublime" but
he did not trespass upon the holy OF
holes, nor did he disturb the Lares and
Penates of the author of Wind Whis-
pers. And as the author of Wind
Whispers cannot complain at Dr.
Shapard's course, we don't see why the
Era should take on about it so.
And when we inform the Era that
this community was strongly impressed
with the opinion that the author OF
Wind Whispers ,orote Warren's arti,
Gle for him, he will perhaps conclude
that DR.. Shapard's cause has been per-
fectly justifable in this controversy
He will remember that his Warren
county contemporary" was fighting
under a mask, while DR.. Shapard bold.
| ly faced the music with his proper sig
nature. And if DR.. Shapard's first
article was offensive in any way
whatever, it could not have been per.
soDal, as Warren was then unknown.
But every article of Warren in reply
to DR.. Shapard has been characterize.
ed by the most offensive personalities.
And Warren went so far as on at least
one occasion, on the Streets of Nash
vile, to indulge in immoderate mcr-
riment in conversation with one of our
townsmen, a personal friend of DR..
Shapard, about the way he thought he
had used Dr.. Shapard up. If DR..
Shapard had not have retaliated un.
der such circumstances, we should
have given him more credit as Saint
than we think he is entitled to.
But it is due to DR.. Shapard to say
that he was long unvilling to assail
Warren in the manner he did in his
last article, and that it was not until
after the continued publication of War
ren's offensive personalities that he
determined to retaliate in the way he
did. And he was frequently heard
to remark before the publication of his
last article, that he regretted being un.
der the necessity of adopting the course
he did; and that it afforded him no
pleasure to make Warren feel bad,
but that it seemed that Warren was
determined to heap all the rdicule in
his power on him, and that he felt
compelled to retaliate in a manner that
would vindicate the many unpleasant
personal illusions that had been made
to him.
And furthermore, DR.. Shapard's
course was approved by the best minds
of this community. And the editors
of the most popular periodical of the
South was here when DR.. Shapard
brought in the manuscript of his last
article, and as that editor was known
to be familiar with the controversy,
the manuscript was submitted to him,
and his opinion of the propriety of
publishing it asked. He replied that
Warren had been so hard on DR.. Shap-
ard that he thought DR.. Shapard could
not be too hard on him.
The Era volunteers some advice to
US about our colums-we would mod
estly suggest to him the propriety Of
closing his columns on the subject at
present under consideration, if he has
the interest of his friends at heart,
buthe is free to pursue the subject if
he choose
For our part, we are glad the con-
troversy is closed. We feel that our
cause and the cause of the Universe
ty has been most triumphantly vindi-
Gated, and that to our warriors belong