Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-10
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cursing, vituperation and low,
coarse, vulgar personal abuse OF
better men than himself, only be-
cause they were better. He has al
ways been an Ishmaelite, an un-
bIushing hypocrite and a venal
blackguard. He never published a
paper, political or religious, that
could be introduced into a family
without polluting it. He has been
a disturber Of the peace and a dis
organizer of social harmony in ev-
cry community that has been cur
sed with his residence. To tra-
duce, villify, defame and slander,
has been his ruling passion and
great work. In his vindictive fe-
rocity, he not only persecutes the
immediate object of his hate, but
spits his venom on all that objects
connections, breathing his blasting
breath on the untarnished charac-
ter of pure women, and scratch
ing with his hyena claws into the
asylum of the dead. As an edit
or, he has been the retailer OF all
scandal and gossip of evil mind
ed persons of his vicinage, the
vehicle of libellers, and the deposi-
tory of splenetic slime.
AS professor of religion he is a
disgrace to christianity. AS a
Minister of the Gospel he is as base
as Simon Miag!ls; and when his
fellow-servants refuse ti5 submit to
his dictation,. che calumlnates
them as heretics and schismatics;
applies to them the scourge Of
the tongue, even sharp and bitter
words; prostitutes the ordinan-
ces of christian discipline by ex-
communicating those who are of
the household Of fsith;" and when
circumstances permit, calls in the
aid of the civil power to attack the
property and injure the persons Of
those who will not submit to his
usurped authority. Yes, as a
minister, his whole character and
conduct is lie to God, and
lie to man. Contempt is the only
sentiment any one can feel for him
in this relation; and who that
knows this wretched creature,
does not fear that of all the victims
of everlasting shame in the re-
gions of retribution, he will be the
most pitiable, and yet the. least
pitied Of all.
As a Governor, we take the pic
ture painted by Prentice. 1t is
truer than photograph. Gle is
a parody, a caricature, a broad bur
lesque on all possible Governors"
He is modification to the honor
of the State; humiliation to the
pride of the people; a shame to
honest and orderly men, and a So
lace, a comfort and refuge to as
sassins and murderers.
To avoid nauseating the public
further at present, | will omit any
allusion to this ''monstrosity's"
notions of disloyalty. l will ask
no questions about his fidelity as
a Union man in 1861. Twill not
inquire if he was sounded about
chat time, or "who held him to the
Union track nor will | descant on
the terrible sufferings of this il
lustrious martyr in the Knoxville
jail; of the privations he encoun-
tered in the Northern States, ma
ing abolition speeches; neither will
Ienterupon the eulogy Of his dis
interested and selfsacrifsing labors
as chaplain in Ohio, nor say sin
gle word about the "secret" of
the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, and
things. For the present, | only
ask the reader to contemplate the
abroad Burlesque," and must de-
sist, for my subject is stagnant,
stale and sinking.
m N F. S. HEIsKELL.