The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-08-16
An APOSTLE of Lovaltu-

An Apostle of Loyalty.
Yesterdays Press and Times contained
a base and cOwardly reply to the artiels
which appesred in the New York TFi5aase
Of last Tuesday, advising Governor Brown
low to enfranchise every one in Tennessee.
The editorial of the Press and Times is
base andcowardly. because it is replste
With falsehood, and becasUs it's author s.
@. Mercer, is a professional Swiss, who
Peddled quiDiue to the Confederates 10
1861 as zealOusly as be pedd!es ..loyalty"
10 the faithful ct the present time. He
came TO Nashville in 1869 as camp fOl-
lover Of BGeli's army. BE vas kept
spaniel Of Andrew johnson whilst that in
diVidual was 10 power here. For thrss
years he devoted bimsel: to abusing inno-
cent and unofeBdibg women and children
| during the absence Of their natural protee-
tors. As soon as the present State Gov
ernmeRt came 10, he attached himself 10
its coat-tail. and has since performed such
menial sRd dirty work as decent Radicals
would not touch. He is foul wretch in
his own person. q filthy pOltFOOn indiyidn-
ally. and a vicious blaekguard politically
one who would stab an enemy in che dark.
pick pocket, or rob vault-in short, an
open prostitute, whose virtue, like his quiz
fnsne' is always open to the highest bidder.
I The following letter Of bis, attended by
all the revolving details Of his crime, vas
first published in the Louisville .T0ursaI,
then By the Nashville Press. aad after
wards By the old Union, whose publication
vas suspended about year ago. It has
/ never been denied that We lave heard Of.
and can be established By abundant proof.
We quote from the fles of the latter pc.
per: f.rss
HEEDERsoE. KY, Nov. i6. 1864.
Dr.. Rowland: am at q lose to know
what to do in reference to our business, in
Consequence Of the departure from Madi-
sOnville. Let me make suggestion for
your consideration. Suppose you get W.
@. to come with hack full Of passengers,
or something else. can easily pass him
beyond the PiCksts With the packets under
GoveTK2aent seal. He osn then break IL
open, If you wish to see that eli is eight
The goods, Of course, must be paid for
when he receives them. In Consequeneeofs
report Of the occupation Of jacksonville
By the Feds. disposed ofthe loEgeF pOr-
ton but can get plenty mOIe-as much -
you Want-and will send you 500 OF. quiz
niue in the first lot. Tennessee money Is
worthless here and elsewhere. cannot
use it at so per cent. discount. so you
must excuse me from taking it. Ian com.
PEELED from using it here. get 81 per
OF. Kentucky fuuds) and you shall have
it st the same, which will give you splen-
, did profit. sosF
Let me know Immediately what you will
do, and, if you have given out the idea,
please mention it to some man lsRo wiIl DO.
do not apprehend any check for four or
Eve weeks yet. Your friend, s. @. n.
Al the time the above Was written this
malarious cur was United States assis.
tant mail agent. sworn 10 fdolity AID en-
trusted with responsibility. tie simply
proposed to yioIate bis trust and to ues
The postal seal for the conveyance Of 40
illicitand disloyal contract. It is also
said that he edited, in Kentucky, weekly
paper devoted TO The South, and il is esr-
tain that his career in this city has bsen
one Of psEsOunl and political indscency.-
; There is not sentiment of dslicaoy or
honor which be has not violated, aud he
: owes his exemption from the ehassisemens
be richly deserves to The general DISPOSE
ton on the part OF The community to keep
the peace and 70 suffer the by-gOnes Of the
war to be by-gOnss. .e sl-a-A
We give these facts to the Tribune, and
all others whom they may concern, hold
ing ourselves aasWsFable Coz them ia Court
OF out Of Court. Hitherto We have psr-
mitted this insensate scouadrei TO 60 free
because Of his obscuFity, aud because Of
an indiFposiiion. over GastidiOus, perhaps,
to dcfile cur pen with sach debasing- snb-
ject. We write these lines now on behalf
Of truth and justice, and we ask loyal men
If such 3 creature is to be considered g
type of loyalty, or allowed to dsface the
name Of Republicanism with bis foal
breath?
! (Fhs ab0ys aTticle from the Batsssr has
not yet been nUtiCed, either in public Of
private manner, By Meeoer. He takes il
like Oringiug spanisls las e.
Washington.
WAsH1NoToH, Aug. IS.-The following
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