Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-03

lot juseabe read the law Of Tennessee
But what Kind Of dangerous man was Mr Ponas1r man
las Ponde before you. 1t may be that he was sensitive
It is probable that he Wasso But ne certainly was not e Sn
spoken Of tive. witness tells you nat ne was not
rOciOas Thirsty man. but man utterly iheaPase o
taking opponent advantage know nothing Of ne
nm 40 thew descrse him AS one to be REGARDED as
n 40 whom another rga 90 Of his and
shoot down dog takeit for granted that hr ReindeXe
I no lie ought TO have been armed
u a sot gun 10 have been placed equality with Mr. Hail.
If III possible JUSTIFY the going out snd shooting down man
m way live longer in the State OF Ten
use N an brave chivsrous and sensitive about
his honor you regard him dangerous uEn ana hsFe@
90 not want to live il He would have
had RICH. protect himself in his ONCE Inasmuch as Mr
had been there twice and Lad been en4nng lor
s Hall would had right the very he stepped IN
Ia. say presume you have e.ne Tor me o.
making attack upon me and WIN slli you you 40 NJ
leave But had % into the street aud tell him
to op HadnO Mr. Pondexter right 70 repent was NOT
SIR Halls duty to give him thA opportunity ne ~ o.
ues allows the last mOmeht2 Is mt that the mean
IN " ths dec sion which have Taa 10 you UPo9 t ny
che principle Of tina. case, when Mr. Hal stenPsd OUT o. me VS.
and INTO anticipating the attack and ny e
II Tennessee, there is no possibility OF saying mat ne
desire another part Of the testimony They
say that this dangerous man and that Mr.
afraid Of him sag that me defence IL usUIy i
Halt and Mr. Hall Certainly knew that alhcl
moves that he antcs.el ncuty the same time We hnd
Mr. Hall going by the USloS nee ne @
Il Mr. oindexter APPEAL TO and ask YOU ne iAl 'e1
cowardy u would he have passed BY ihat Oauins l.
rps he Of the difficulty suppose the Sentlem
viii rng this in yon hive had lime io read hn a
master they show that Af Hall had the most
fe - Inst Mr. Poad xter. - place, 1t Seeks mat
the UNnoN pa5ishe1 an article from neAsAp
published ia lr3l tending 10 SHOW that Nr ran s 'j
aoitopist Hall out in II ce IA rePy % Ii'
stating that Sir pvindeNter had un'crupHiou'S suPp ~
Mr. RI here stated the subslrce of the various articles in
o papers the card Of Friday and saii asS you Ss
If cndor and fairness fault 10 the contro
Tersy Although Hall might feel aggevei at TUG sree
published, he had right to resort to anu I've ~
bis reply disposed to have acted on sell defence
AMI pet to carry the war into he could have made an ex
panaton without He had Eht to do thai Lux II" more
The moment he usei abusive language he was me
was there any need lis that he was ahie 70 pro
person and pdnish the ass3 ant Does no' '' %
that he was willing to figh. Mr. P0ndeN'er!
another which also to be Wruqg 10 oe
you. That sthe difficult between Yonls 'ol i1
Mr. Poindexter On account OF Tat mr. .', ~1s OUs it
eaed mined to prevent it, bat ne dia 80 IN %
Of vipditiyeuess passion. The moment r FoihleA
ter came up the street.-the determineto go out ana BRING " W
difficulty, aud what would he The result. - =, - -.
These being facts ask Whether Mr. Hal wa| aehs
in self-defepce or not arguing on principles o.
higher law appealing your feelings and soPP"sr you ae
81 von n hind Mr. Han over or him The homicide
IS proven the fac Of Mr. Halls committing 1t rave and
there also evidence 10 SHOW that II was Eot done IN sea-
defence but Mr.. Hall adv 4ncel to meet the aSeK
Mr. EWING said: Il is not labor Of love, appeend to
have no connection with pes further than the oritnay
bonds ante 10 another But II IS more
painful to prosecute, Mheh you - ror more
whom terms ofrendshlp and kdhs
than twenty five years feel to day that whatever may say
in This Csc will dictated 10 feelings against Mr. han.
have none may be Aundiced BY the poion clpy. ana
would be engeadered by the fact thai thusempsei bat
have feelings malice revenge and no disposition 70
beyond what may be necessary 10 'haA'e TIE H' '' u
call your aentien in the the first place pecu.
liar naue OF your character. 1t that it you VIII
nature Of the on you occupy the wI e
relieved from great deal Of dheuy. you ~ , ~ 6i
mine whether has been committed ana II 50, he
csa 20 Relieve fiat some individual committed it II
o o do not panish You simply oblae him appear at The
Criminal Cu If the Grand the Petit jury should DC
of the opinion that he is not guilty the crime he scrit
appeal the Courts and tie highest courts N u oAte
mag finally pronounce upon the 1t is tue that IN TINS
ticuar case hSve very idea that Mr. hall were DIS
charged would fly avoid TIE trial But eaA nos o.
vdua speak only Of the general principle II r bS
were man offs character, he might choose 10 leave me
jurisdiction The whole matter would lie determined irres4
bly, You called upon to decide NE m ISL lmpoillh.
that ever came tribunal litbe true when you ana
actually engaged in strife and no matter what may Re your
character, can GO oat and cs you sop a s
can shoot determination OF the law OF sell
T. say the least which there is tremendous re
sponby deciding and should be decided by some tribunal
| from which there cray be an appeal - ,
follow that not to perform your MY you
believe ii was not self defence? Not at But what
say the law nterPoss you for apupo- ~ch IS oE pre-
homicide has been committed whether probable that
another killed him It may be that homicide may ne
honest understanding deed done in perfect " oe
fence may Of difficulty when the
on each side cannot reconce You ought not then to decide
tina it shall not not asked TO express an
opinion Dir Hall guilty. far from H. We ask you Snb
that An offence committed and that he was prooay a
individual who did it, and leave for the Courts 10 oecoe Tie
| question.
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Investigation 10 conducted LEND countenance TO
any theory dueng Ny principles have been long ana
M defence TO offer practice Of shooting at man. hIe
make and expect to stand to H. Eant 10 nave
regard to se be driven away by appeA 10 com
mon sense and s that sort Of thing and BY me
that has right to write piece IN paper anu
not right to challenge and take that sort OF reyene
We fall back the christian principles IN boh
must fall back upon the law II the law says man &c
treat back to wall for TO say that you vi" A
cuse homicide has reasonable right 10 "r
niece in paper and revenge him in lie has not
1 duca attac
not for YOU tie and then refuse dae
Ing And here may say that you and am in fight,
dut 10 retreat as far as the ferceDess Of the attack
permit and avoid it if you can judge Turfer
al ever court Every juror day in OR c1urts
II any Law DECISIONS that every man
is regarded as and hst he ought Lot to resist
his adversary and is not TO hin until ne can ies No
ther without danger life without great bodily harm
Nov that there two grounds ~ TINS case
distinct and SEPARATE Hall ought be hound over
The first that Mr. Hall Lad right to publish hat Pe,
with the view, the object and Inentoh. whGn y Il 81 d
everyone through it, He bad no right 10 puois As
with the Howedse dsre that should produce tne result
that has 1t takes away all chancet dsoense' Eh al lue
Of e defence secondly had right to leave bis Office and
gun the street, both barrels cooked ana can
10 stop whether he did not to shoot him IN tt position
it is self defence, it has not been as uen y ally
| tribunal - =. ,a
that Had right publish it! Itappsars from Inc pup
LEGATIONS these papers, too numerous to be read thht r
and Mr. PaindeGte had difficulty in regard % the p
cipes and coinage. Some words had passed II
d:i to have produced any dihicuty oe~sen Them PEI
sooalg Ii appears that UNION American some days
subsequently, given inmatsn that Mr. Bell had USED Ger
tam language as 70 wha' Souu DC 80 IRE not
The aeni words Of Mr. Bell but that said they the
views az intelligent men, not meaning his In their reply
he NI9S calls attention to fact that in 1884, NJ
Hall had written article at the time Of -
Convention regard what to be the destiny Of slavery
in Tennessee showing that Mr. Hall entertained similar views
PROBABLY with onurirg them 50 far as iheT connection
party the south was concerned all th aAG 70 "
polcs Now next? They have more or less oil
bitterness both sides, unfortunately al oil our
d., On November l6h 1852 the Aces says, quoting hst IRON
the paragraph from the UkIoN AND AMERICAN
The JSoS AND AMERICAS is its old trick Of garbing-of
suppreng part very material part OF the truth for the
lines have short or and unscrupulousy supPeSSe
! the UNION AND AMERICAN"
Then after saying frat thing done in 1885, when
| it was explained, ad
nv the SoS AND AMERICAN gables the paragraph and suppress
the expression by the Convection OF ue ldeca
" based our statement that truly reflected the public sen
ment Of the time it wrtten The act every way
Ass the statement wholly cut Of view the fac-to
copceal readers ali knowledge OF nd 70 assam the
biSed it. entirely Of tne GlePg
This was the that immediately preceded the article oil
Mr. Popdexer to that it might have occurred
to Mr. Hall here Mr. Poindexer editing the UNION lie
vac not here in He seized hold OF UNoN OF that
Ssfs in which he finds he has published it. Now
VII, wi d. ia this will say, UNION AMERICAN Of to-
dav has Gle In which has suppressed the three
last lines very don't knoE whether The pre-
sent editor is Of that fact An explanation OF was pub
Ished three years ago. II he mad oeu ms mes ne
would have he has not he has done me great inus
tee II he has has suppressed part OF the truth supp
he had would there have been anything to complain o.
read paragraph here thousand nngs mgh pre-
vent me from reanga paragraph next it. on the other side
wOud think Of saying, mir Ewing mas sup
pr s one sentence garb the whole in order to show up
an adversary unfair position We here to do justice
and must look at both fairly Mr. Hail. tits said, knew that
Mr. POndKter excitlbe lie also ke" mat ne was gentle
man ana ough TO have him such Correct the
Mr. al vas an old man Poin young. Mr. Hall
knew that Mr. nstive and he knew the dr-
ence between and another ii he would not willing ~
prooe anv man. he ought have made this distinction Mr.
that Mr.. PaladeNer was responsible Tor
the most of the the UNION AMERICAN Would 1t
have for Mr. Hail TO have written his article
In this pt7 Suppose Mr. PondeNter enough TO make
MIR Hall feel he Justified in using severe language can
Won then this article not enough 70 have stirred his
bood1 degree wonderful that man waking up
and finding such his face oud have written su
renIys You talk about Ps.Gdez being violent and
10 nothing but his pen just the thing Mr. Hall
did the M 1t dayto paragraph newspaper In less than
an hour after publications Mr. Halls son attacks him. with
out word preparaton lie steps up to him ana asks him II
he is the article and tells him he Is adamned scoun
dre damned liar something # that sort Is not that eN
av what they say Mr. Poindy came 10 dot Mr. joan HAN
him as he breakfast ald attacks him lie has no
i ~ an attack further that has ISSUED artce which
NAV produce difficulty, and he attacked and denounced
What morel that II Mr. P2indeNter had een
simply they had struck and been separated TINS
thing prevented Butunor unateyi add here
ame John Hall attempting TO vndcaie his father,
him 6ter He gyeJ cinlaN.er remedy unless he de-
manages hun in return, unless he very we'll sir II
Won rptius that you have opportunity Of meeting me
elsewhere do justice 10 the dead as well as the 7
II come to ght you AID cell you rascal and seoundrel
and Won .rn it, me an yOd SIt are parted We are
eouaI tits an exhibition Of ion, WHICH may e apPeased