Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-09-04
II uipu aud 1ispateA.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1897.
Largest Circulation in City and State.
GILES COUNTY.
Radical ISLANDERS Refuted-A sharp
letter in Behalf of the Injured PeO-
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letter tn Behalf Of the Injured EeO-
pie.
Correspondence Of the Union and Dispatch.
PULASKI, GILES COUNTY, Tenn, Sep
TENDER %, 1867.-Will you allow me a
space in your columns for the purpose Of
refuting base falsehood which appeared in
that abominable sheet, the Press and Times,
of the 29th ult, in the shape of a commu-
nication, purporting to be from a promi-
nent Union man Of this place, represent
ing the sentiment of this community as
being outrageously disloyal; that the lives
of Union men were in imminent danger !;
that there is in existence a secret organi-
zation here having flor its object the pro-
scriptiOn of Union men, aud an assault on
BrownioW's militia, and urging the neces-
sity Of an additional military force at this
point to keep the turbulent Rebel element
in subsection All Of which is an unmii-
gated falsehood, and emauated from a ma
licious, unprincipled source. As law
abiding, peaceable community, this (Giles)
county, viii compare fayorably with any
in the State There Is not man who
would advocate resistance to the govern
ment, or a single violation of its laws, and
every decision rendered in our courts since
the termination of the war has been uns
biased by prejudice towards 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. 1t is true there exists Sc
Cret organization here, Kuklux," but
having no such object as that mentioned in
the Press and Timcs-on the contrary they
have conducted themselves in a remark
able quiet manner, mOlestlng no one-and
have never evinced the least design Of VIC
lence. But the gnilty Rad, when he sees
the mystic "klan," trembles and quakes
with as much terror as did Belshazar while
holding high carnival and indulging in
bacchanalian revelry, he saw the hand
writing upon the wall, and knew that the
Modes and Persians were numbering at
the gate Of his palace. But they need not
fear, as it is not at all probable that the
Ku's" will descend from their manly dig
nifty, and, by an encounter, place them
selves upon a level with such degraded
specimens of humanity. Young Mr.
Peden, our Deputy Sheriff, did en-
ter the house Of Houston d 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 oc-
casion is attributed to the effects of John
Barleycorn, of which he had imbibed quite
freely. Yet there is not a man (even Radi-
caD if honest, who will not testify to Mr..
Peden's peaceable disposition, and his faith
ful and impartial execution of the duties
Of his office. The author Of the commune
cation referred to- and those with whom he
affiliated merit the supreme contempt and
scorn Of every good, honest, right-thinking
man, and should be spurned with as much
loathing as the yilest and most venomous
reptile that crawls upon the earth. Their
evil spirits are like a restless sea, "con-
tinually casting up mire and dirt" they
are ever striving to keep the waters of dis
cord and bitterness agitated-they seem de-
termined 10 exhaust every means TO pre-
cipitate strife, and render themselves in
famously notorious FIDEs.