The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-04-19
Col. orays Real slanderer.

Ii will be recollected by the friends Of
the rival candidates for the Congressioh
al nomination, that during the canvass,
the editor Of the s.True tJufianl Cop
gerAeads organ OF this city, treated Col
GRAY with (for it unwonted courtesy
totally discarding- accustomed yoca-
bulary Of personal abuse and SItupeFa-
ticn. We account for this singular by
pothesis, on the. ground that the head
and members OF the disAnguished family
whose special exponent and organ the
.True (JuIian copperhead'' is, had
concluded that Col GARY was so tho
roughly nnknown-so entirely u stranger
to the people-that he would not be in
Brother Georges" way; hence, they re
garded few homeopathic doses Of gen
tlemanly treatment, as pGgfHg course
Of policy! l. But they were doomed TO
be sadly disappointed, for he proved to
be formidable opponent, pushing
q Brother George" a little closer than it
was desirable or even comfortable to
them to think on. Looking ont from the
Capitol and noting the popularity Of his
opponent, tile rhead center" determined
that the tactics Of his family organ
should be again brought back to its ac-
customed channel--its forte Of profound
blackguardism SANDER, filth and indie
cency 1t mattered not to him that he
had been successful in securing his nom
ination--Aot was only q present gratifi-
cation-the future must be looked after.
Col. GRAY had passed through the can
vass with his personal character unfair
nished--he had made favorable i'm
preston on his fellow citizens through
out the District, and, If something was
not done quickly, he might yet prove to
be dangerous opponent and thorn
in the side" of his honorable competitor;
therefore he resolved to leave his seat
for a few days and make a pilgrimage
home, ostensibly with the view Of 9 Wis
iting his family" and in the significant
language of an ex-legislator Of Old
Wayne, straight up this thing in or
der" He accordingly made his APP
pearance in our city, the first of last
week, and the following slanderous ar
ticle was published in last Thursday
"True {Julian) Copperhead,' which bears
all the ear marks of having been written
or indited by that accomplished villifer,
scheming scoundrel and slanderer, honor
able Geo. w. Julian:
wil any be surprised TO learn that the military
pretent;ons Of such . sheer humbug; and
that he never met an enemy in the field, except per-
haps occasional squad prisoners sent to the rear!
Win it create any surprise that such man. on quit
ting the service tcok home with him fine govern ment
horse, and held him until discovered by Y. > deec-
tive and compelled to give him upf VIII IT excite the
least incredibly to be told that during the Morgan
Raid Il is ho~orahe was 20 drunk as to render ne
cessary the delay of portion Of his command at Rich
nond until he sober enough to attend to business?
And finally not his conduct in drinking. at the
looms on more than occasion, during the canvass
with rather low grade Of Copperheads. ia perfect
keeping with the other facts in his record to which we
have referred?
on all these Col. Gray has been guilty, stand
ready TO show by good authority, should he dt de-
nv them To the simple denial of unauthorized editors,
we shall pay attention: but Col. Grays right to
call for proofs, cheerfuy acknow ledge. prori-
ded he saag first over his signature deny the ale
cations"