The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-09-06
Giles County.
Radical SANDERS Refuted-A Sharp Let
ter in Behalf of the Injured People.

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Correspondence of the Union and Dispatch.
PULASKI, GILES CoUNTY, Tenn, Sep
TENDER Cd. I867.-Win you allow me
space in your columns for the purpose of
Fefu!ing base falsehOOd which appeared
in that abominable sheet, the Press and
Times, of the goth ult., in the shape of
communication, purporting to be from
pominent Union man Of this place, repre-
seuting the sentiment of this community as
being outrageously dislOyal; that the
lives Of union men we're IN imminent dan
ger that there is In existence secret or
ganization here, having for its object the
prescription of Union men, and an assault
on BrOwnlow's militia, and urging the ne-
cessity of an additional military force at
this point to keep the turbulent Rebel ele
ment in subsection All of which is an
unmitigated falsehood. and emanated from
malicious. unprincipled, source. AS a
law-abiding. Peaceable community, this
(Giles) county, will compare favorably
with any in the State. There is not a man
who would advocate resistance to the gov
eminent. or single violation Of its laws,
and every decision rendered in our courts
since the termination of the war has been
unbiased by prejudice toward those enter
tanning different political views. The loyal
man (so-called) is as safe from harm here
as the one who ardently supported The rebel
cause. It is true there exists a secret or
ganization here, ''Kuklux," but having no
such object as that mentioned in the Press
and IEmes--on the contrary they have
conducted themselves in a remarkable
quiet manner, molesting no One-and have
never evinced the least design of violence.
But the guilty Rad, when he sees the mys-
tic ''klan,'' trembles and quakes with as
much terror as did Belshazar while holding
high carnival and indulging in bacchana-
liam revelry, he saw the hand writing upon
the wall, and knew that the Medes and
! Persians were laundering at the gate of
his palace. But they need not fear, as it
is not at all probable that the ''Ku's'' viii
descend from their manly dignity, and, by
an encounter, place themselves upon lev
81 with such degraded specimens of human
ity. Young Mr.. Peden, our deputy sher-
| if, did enter the house of Houston q Ma
lone. the head center of Radicalism, and
general resort of birds of like feather. a
few nights since, and INDUCED in a few
ABUSIVE epithets, which was wrong, and
which all good citizens regret and con,
denim but Mr. Peden's conduct on that
occasion is attributed to the effects of John
Barleycorn, of which he had imbibed
quite freely. Yet there is not man (even
Radically if honest, who will not testify to
Mr.. Peden's peaeeable disposition, and his
faithful and impartial execution of the du-
ties of his office. The author of the COM
munication referred to-, and those with
whom he affiliated, merit the supreme con
tempt and scorn of every good, honest,
right man, and should de spurned
with as much loathing as the vilest and
most venomous reptile that crawls upon
the earth. Their evil spirits are like a
restless sea, continually casting up mire
and dirt - they are ever striving TO keep
the waters of diseord and bitterness sgi-
tated-they seem determined to exhaust
every means precipitate strife, and render
themselves UNANIMOUSLY notorious.
FIDEs.