The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-05-18

he will copy this letter, and let the people
know that he has been guilty Of utiering
calumhy concerning a good and true man.
"To Rev. L. +. DRAKR-PrcsidiRg Elder Of
Joaes6oro' DistrcL-We the undersigned pro-
pose to give you q few brief particulars in
regard to the Rev, Dr.. Ingle. We have been
intimately acquainted with the course Of the
DR.. from the commencement Of the rebellion
up to the present time. We have been ap-
prised Of the slaHderous attack Of his enpious
rebel enemies that have resorted to this foul
scheme of injuring bis reputation where he
is not known. In refutation whereof, we
propose TO state to you that the said Ingle was
an unconditional Union man, and proclaimed it
over the country up to the time the State re-
belled, at which time he was compelled to
suceumJ, He was a civil Magistrate previous
to the war, and after the war was in full
force, he refused his name to be used as a
candidate. He said he probably would not
be conscripted in the army, and he would de-
cline accepting the Nagistracy in favor of
some one that was liable to conscription.-
He was also appointed Chairman of a Com.
mittee, nj meeting of the citizens of Wash
ington County, Virginia, to draft resolutions
against secession, which he did, and read as
follows; That we have no guarantee for
protection of person or propert! outside the
Constitution of the United States of America,
ETC. He took the stump and spoke against
secession as long as he dared do so.
He was viewed as a Union man through
the war, and denounced as the worst aJoii-
ZIONIST and LiHeolHits by the clique that is now
charging him with being any thing else but a
Unionists. He was reported by the same
party of which Messrs, Neal and Dickey are
full members, of harboring and feeding desert
ers, and a detachment Of cavalry was sent
upon DR. lngle, which took his horses and ar
rested him and took him of and Kept him
under arrest fifteen or sixteen hours. The
same party took part Of his clothes and re-
leased him, but with orders to report at
Abingdon on a special day. Also a shor:
time before the surrender a company of SOL
diers was sent with an order to burn lis house.
As to his soliciting the chaplaincy in the 4sth
Virginia Regiment, or any other Regiment in
the Rebel army, 1t is false. We have under
stood from the members Of the said 4sth regi.
mcnt, that he was requested by the regiment
to accept the oLaplaiucy, but he refused 10 de-
espt il. Probably the %rcfariom clique faults
HIM most for not beng foolhardy in pro.
claiming his Union procliyities publicly
in time Of war, so that they could have had
just reason enough to have prorlcd him and
punished him satisfactorily. Likely they
fault him for going to Knoxville Immediately
after the surrender and taking the amnesty
oath provided by the President for the worst
Of rebels, as well as the best, and holds Il sd-
cred, We can inform you of one thing we do
know they fault him for, and that was for,
uniting with the Old Church. In conclusion
we will say to sum it all up, it would amount
TO this, that the same clique all through The
war reported aud denounced Rev. Dr.. Ingle
as a Union man and aboifonist, for the pur-
pose Of having him destroyed by the hisring
bands that infested this country all through
the war, and since he has been to Knoxville,
the same party charge him Of being a strong
advocate of secession, etc, for the express
purpose Of %injuring his character, and repu-
tation in places where he is not personally
known.
We would have this published in some pa
per, but we know of no paper edited in this
county or near this, but by rebels, and they
would not publish for love nor money"
Yours Respectfully, etc.
The above is signed by forty of the best
citizens in Virginia, and a thousand other
names could easily be procured, to prove the
loyalty Of DR.. Ingle all through the war"
which substantiates what we first published
concerning the Doctor. 1.-THE Reverend Rebels
don't want to Gerry with them remorsc and a
guilty conseisace, let them &C once make retri-
button of character to DR.. Ingle, remember
ing that,
"a quiet conscience makes on4 so serene"
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