The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-08-28

became the ties that bound him to the loys
members of the Convention, until amid u
multuous applause he was nominated Sy &C
clamation the most en enthusiastic. Thus stand
the much abused Radical Union party In Ten
~nessee-vith such leaders to, bear a starr
banner through the Presidential canvass, vic
tory, glorious and complete, is ours.
Now, about that little personal matter. W
End the following article in last Sunday'
Nashville Banner, in reference to our humble
modest self, (the ladies will hear US out
and our loyal fellow-citizens of East Tennes
see, viz:
"THE WAY THBY DO IT.
"Captaiu George u. Grisham IS Chief Clerl
of the Tennessee House OF Representatives
He is also editor of the JonssbOrough Gai0I
Flag, a successful imitation OF Brownlow'
HAg as fur as concerns the partisan yirulenc'
Of its sediments.
"The Captain makes a practice of writing
letters fo- publication in his paper. One Of
these editorial epistles appeared In last Fri
days issue, dated from the " Hohse Of Rep
resentativps,n to give It more weight aud sig
uiicance with The mOhntain boosters Of East
Tennessee. Hereis what he says about the
Seymour and Blair demonstration of the 9Th
instant;
''weEad thought the war was ended we bad thought
that the wings 81 thu Angel Of Peace we're spread ever
NurcOaHlry onuu muTe-lnd that our pOl,ticai horizon
WAS glowing with The bright rays OF prosperity and IA.
lure hRppiness-bpt alas! the sigma Of the times pdf.
tend Tho coming Storm, and riding upon rs scoNliag
srsst ARE the sAae aAshiug-rye 81, mjice-ldving, self
destroying evil spirits which lode upen the bloody
wave - 1S6l.
yRssder imagine you see a thousand borsemen, arm
ID 10 The tepth, a great portion 81 them maskrd-sOins
with hiieOus gear, two feet high, UPON their heSds,
will a burning hall Of iurpentine, or some other kind
Of eoRbustiblr mattri, blazing ia The top-some with
Ekr uoustaetSs twelve inches long, and haii three
tines That leugsh, and other mode Of dsguisr, hOaring
t,Frhes aud bloWing tin horns, yelling will tae Satanic
yell Of paudemoninn, dashing along the strets Va a
sweepiuE galop! FOLLOW lag these were, etc.
mark you, the cunning phraseology with
which be seeks to awake the ~"lOyaIp wrath
of bis readers. '~EmGgme you see, etc. He
does not Say that be did see so much as even
one armed horsenaR or uniformed member Of
the Kuklux Khan, for be knows the Bsnner
has got its eye on him. So be writes, "fRag-
me you see To the distorted inaginations
OF the ignorant Doors whose fercest passions
he keeps at fever heat by his ,iulammatory
appeals, be willingly enough leaves the task
Of finishing the picture. The effect, he is
but too well aware, viii be all the more hor-
rible in its bloody details"
Captain Henry Heiss, &c. S. A., is a tear
pet Dagger" from the Independent Republic
Of Nicaragua, South America. lie resides
10 Nashville. He IS also local editor Of the
Nashville Republican Conner, which Tor @vir-
ulence and yituperOus language is not
exeriled this side the confines Of Hades-
See Banner, any No. you can 6nd.J He is
now sick. SkiHful physicians haTe recently
taken a careful diagnosis o. his disease, and
snd be is afflicted With bsymes %inissiini, Some
times be has spasrus, and it was under the infu-
euce of one Of these that be "penned those
lines above. Before he was taken doon, he was
quite a nice little man.
Reader, we are compelled, in seIf-deieuce,
to again draw heavily upon your ~iuAgira-
tiou. Therefore, Imagine you zee a nice, lit
tie, hsavy.se plump, partridge Of a fellow.
eaprIcious, with a bottle-nose, blue eyes and
golden hair--tbe latter, by an adroit toilet,
lastly parted IN the middle, a "a CAT Jashion
"Imagine you see this little piece Of human
perfection "done up in crinoline and calico.
with a red velvet erupper encircling the rear
Of bis Glowing curls [" and elinging TO one o.
those dear little things known as "lovs Of 4
bonnet which the ladies sometimes mango
to get under. Just imagine you ssS' him (ol
her, as the case may be- thus snugly stilred
would you ssel, 10 tho least degree, e~ironteS
at her Cor bim) Pstuia'tiy calling you a 'boo
ser an "iguorant boorP or aay other lik'
delicate exptession7 OBJ, mol By ne means
You would simply say, "Hush, sissy, don
be 50 nauEh,yP
A liberal use Of Mrs wiuslov's vsrmifug
viz rociify matters, and W. may soon szpse
70 see The Captain on his legs sgain. whel
rightly Eat himself Va defy the world y
produce a man who Is more courteous Ia hi
deporiuent 10 al mankind, hcIssise ~ aIs
soalpp BooEs" whose "6srce passions b
seems 90 much 70 dread, and RON whom )
has received nothing but the kindslt astsn
lions.
The editor Of TIE BannO eanuos, b. PEI
sonal biiliurpgaie, dstrnet ron, or add 4
tts merits OF dement's Of East Tsnnsssssns
aad q hs fbus assirsiis keep ne ssulde