The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-03-15

fence, personally, for We had resolved, S'@I
whom we entered upon the discharge Of on
editorial dutlss,--And that resolution we cor
ceive to have kept strIctlys-that we wOul
keep VerIonal matters out Of Our paper, unit
forced into such a course by our antagonists
Personalities, generAlly, are fraught with u
good Certainly, we viii not submit tamel.
20 be maligDed and misrspreSentsd with0u
q proper defense. This, we are told, 10 th
first law Of nature, and we claim not to b
foreign IL our composition from the majority
Of our iellow-creAtures. When basely a.
sailed with what true, honorable, and gos'
men. Of our country come up boldly aad vol
unfairly and pronounce as utterly false
charged upon US BY the corrupt and mali
cioua, for no other purpose than to iniur'
our private character, We feel justified il
making this defense.
Our contemporary SELL persists in denomi
mating our Journal a "ds-UniOn' paper
Bat, as he has made one good step in the
right direction, we cannot but believe he
will see the fsllacy Of tSis last mark Of diS.
respect and discourtesy, and like a true maH.
seeking after that which only eEaltS and en-
mobiles, be will Danish these csnkeriBR and
unealled for epithets and "walk worthy Of
the vocation wherein he is called" II we
know our own heart, this is our rhok desire.
"To err Is human-ts forgive divine"
The above are our earnest and honest sem
timeuts-but they must not be construed into
the language Of a "vanquiShed toe" We
are ready to enter tho battlefield Of right
and shall, when necessary, sally forth when
ever and wherever our duty calls us. The
following is the article referred to:
"Since our publication Of an extract from
speech recently delivered in the House Vi
Representatives, by the Hon. Wilson Duggan,
duplicating our JOneSbor0ugh contemporary
In a dishonOrable affair, the following letter
Of Gen. TroWbridge has been published 10
v~indication Of the conduct Of Capt. Grishnm,
and as an act OF Justice to him we publish 1t
with great pleasure. Other statements have
been made 10 behalf OF our estenporary, hut
we deem that the following letter will suffice
to correct any false impression made by Col.
Duggan's charge.
"Wbile we sannOt stoOp TO notice the vul-
gar epithets which our contemporary Of the
(ds) Union Flag is pleased to apply to US, yet
are at all times ready and willing - do
HIM full justice, and to take no mean ndyan-
Of his difficulties With other parties =
LETTER PROM GENERAL rRnwBRIDGE.
tFron the Knoxville Wing ~ February e, lsd7l
%KSoNvLLs, February %, 1857.
Col. j. y. BroFniop:
Nv DEAR Stu attention has been
called to n controversy which has arisen
between Capt. Geo. y. Grisham and Col Dug
gnn, which is calculated to do great injustice
TO q gallant and meritoriOus officer. AS |
am somewhat familiar with the facts up0A
one charge is made, ] deem il just and
right that | Shoald state what I know about
Il.
Captain Grisham is charged with nppro.
priAting $500 in gold and a gold watch be-
to Psleg Cornell, a dsserter from the
rebel army. Az Provost Marshal Of East
I had occasion to investigate the
facts connected with tina. matter, and I take
great pleasure Ia Saying that | became we'll
satisfied that no blame WhateVsr could at
tach to Capt. Griaham. II remember right
ly, the facts were correctly stated in your pa
per Of last week. sm satisfied that Capt.
Grisham only did bis duty, and It 10 exceed
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