Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-26
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EDITORS USIoS AND AMERICAN circumstances of
rather serious nature impel me, in justice to my
character, 70 ask place in your paper to defend
myself against one of the vilest ISLANDERS Of which
hightOned gentleman not to say achristian minis
ter-could be guilty. The charge is made by one
JoHN HARDY, editor Of the Alabama Ssatiael, a man
whom have never known or heard Of before.
That he has in this pertcniar instance, transcend
ed the limits Of an Honorable gentleman actuated by
pure and lofty impulses, any one must know, who
viii examine his filthy article, SO fraught with the
venom of ealumny and personal detraetion, and
then inquire into my standing as a gentleman at
home.
Without dealing at all in language too unbecoming
further than is absolutely required by the peculiar
circumstances in which am placed must be al
lowed, in the absence of all undue passion, but
with frmness which trust will know no falterinq
in any emergency that may arise, 20 say that JOIN
HARDY editor Of the Selma Sentinel, Of the toiOR Of Sci
ma, Ala, has given stterance to base and Infamous
lie, and that he has, therefore, by his perfdy and
corruption, blurred character which, for aught
know to the contrary, may be already marred and
prostituted by former acts of degradation. Of the
truth of this however, he can better answer for
of the man, and would now have known nothing of
the SANDER but by the kindness of distinguished
FRIEND who accidentally discovered it and sent it 20
me. Here it is:
Funny AGAfN.-It seems c. W. CHARLTON, the
" man who made the discovery that Parsons went
into the Democratic party to break it up and pub
lished his discovery in all the BREcKNRDGE papers,
" turns out to DE a Sienced Methodist preacher He
" was sllenced from preaching, 1t is said, by the
Tennessee Conference, some four or five years
" ago, for 0nderdOnklng' some of his frail sisters
and being too fond of the white juice of Tennessee
corn good precipitating witness, however.n-Sel-
ma Sentinel l... = --1s' ss p.
In this brief paragraph he has lied from Alpha
to Omegaeyery cord and sentence of it is pregnant
with falsehOod; and whether he may have gather
ed his damning ISLANDERS from some vile mlscreant,
equally as corrupt as HIMSELF or manufactured
them in his peryerse and blaekened heart he is
guilty of calumniuos accusation and, as such, I
have no fears to denounce him as miserable, CON
temptible scoundrel.
My home paper, the Knoxville Register, thus
speaks of my character:
.Mr CHARLToN is one of our most respectable
citizens gentleman of the strictest veracity, and
one who would scorn to misrepresent any man. No
man stands higher where known than does Mr.
CHARLTON. Any declaration that he makes upon
his ,Own responsibility, will be fully believed
and the mere denial of Mr.. Parsons cannot shake
that belief"
Such is the testimony borne to my reputation by
this able and patriotic paper.
1t would certainly be a startling proposition to
this community that 1 had been "silenced from
preaching" in consequence, as allegedsby my "On-
derdonking, and my ."fondness," for the juice Of
the corn. Maybe the gerry immaculate gentleman,
himself is SO much addicted to this species of vice
which he so euphOniously designates as "0nder-
dOaRg," and imbbing too freely, the 'precipidting
juice Of the corn" that he magines every one in the
same category with himself fond of bad aooaea and
mean lChiSky.
1t is wholly untrue, therefore that am ''silenced
from preaching or that / have ever been or am
nolo resting under censures or charges Of any kind
and ali my calumniator, or any thinking as he
does, has to do, is to write letter OF inquiry to
Hon. W. H. SNEED, Hon. JoHN CROzrER, Judge W. G.
SWAN. Gen. J. C. RAMSEY, Rev. W. G. BRowNLow, or
Rev. E. G. WExLER, who is pastor of our Church
here, either one, or all of whom, will answer full
ly and frankly upon this subject.
If mans priUdte character is thus to be assailed,
simply because he dters the truth, and thus discloses
the corrupt means which have been employed, to
defeat that great party, whose only purpose is to
preserve the Union, by firm and steady mainten-
ance of equal rights, then the sooner known the
better. $3.50
l would respectfully ask those papers which pub
ished the article of the Selma Sentinel publish this
c. W. CHARLTON.