Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-18
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According to our established principles
. of giving equal and exact justice to all
men, be they Of whatever shade or COM
-Th pIexion of skin or politics, We insert the
NV Oh following card of Gen. w. j. smith. IL
1T n Is open to the most grave and severe
-" criticism, both in point of fact, ana In
. A. other respects, but we leave him to be
mas handled by the gentlemen at water
his Valley, between whom and him there Is
Tn direct issue in point Of veracity. we
rUeY recommend the card to the especial at
OPP Y tention of DIR. Dixon, who furnished
our reporter with the information on
" II which the item alluded TO was based:-
,e Ill MENPHIs, June Is, 1858.
,e htI Editors Memphis Appeal:
nj Having noticed in your paper that you
It saI would publish both sides OF story, and
mml having waited long enough for yours TO
at have the effect intended by you, will
hes now give you the other side.
at The only request L make is that you
ISL give this as prominent q heading aud
I'll place in your paper as you did the other
lased statement gotten up by yeur reporter.
IL T Very respectfully, WI. SMITH
aIE1GPHIs, May %, 1865.
I'LL Thomss Boyle, Esq, Bolivar, Tenn:
80 My Dear Sir. Enclosed please find
ace u slip from the Memphis Post of May 9Th,
containing a paragraph taken from the
and APPEAL Of the 5th, together with my
MIN explanation of the affair. wish you to
/ la explain, il you will, which contains the
,eTs truth, and whether there is any truth in
,r1stv the extract from the APPEAL in regard
nj ) to the assault on me by DR.. Dixon, of
get Water Valley. l should net have
,oT /, troubled you with this, but see during
a my absence the APPEAL and Avalanche
,uml have published statement Of the affair
owe from the Water Valley Eagle, Of Missis-
They sippi, making my card appear to be false.
The The epitbets [ care nothing for My
yer character for truth / wish to retain, and
on q place the lie where it belongs. The
and charge that DR.. Dixon ever was my
och, prisoner (of war; or maltreated by me, is
tive, false in every particular; and / defy DR.
= Dixon to tell when or where he was ever
from taken prisoner by me, as the records will
rot show whether such we're facts or other
vesf wise. That is only told to excuse his at
tack on me. Hoping to hear from you
Art at your earliest convenience,
S'n W. J. SMITH.
OF a duplicate copy Of this letter was
Brq sent to each of the gentlemen whose
"a names appear below:
MI BOLIVAR, Tenn, June 6, 1883.
gin Gen. W. J. Smith, Memphis:
oldl Dear Sir: In answer to your letter
III Va tb0 EotA iHSeanti @sAAh5, seoOoh0nt
un at our hands as TO the truth OF the Srti
ma Gle published in the Memphis DAILY
III APPEAL Of the 5th instant, in which it
m' is charged that your nose was pulled"
OK and "face slapped at Water Valley,
trtI Miss, by DR.. Dixon, we deem it just to
4 you to say that we were present on the
rel occasion referred to, and saw nothing of
u the kind. We are satisfied that such q
"a thing did not take place, and regret that
the correspondent of the APPEAL was |
100 misinformed
THOMAS BOYLE.
&. II. ANDERSON.
J. G. FLEMAIING,
I 7 D51T u