The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-06-12

of I" Real Estate Agents" for the os-
tensible purpose of selling them your
farm; but your real object was to let
them know you otcaed a farm You
offered these Agents your property
for certain amount; but when they
agreed to pay you your Oign prlce, you,
as usual, {" backed out" The beauty
of this matter was, however, those
Agents. required to pay then per cen.
tdge, whichif you did, by the way,
left you minus several dollars Elk
perionce is "a dear school, but fools
will learn in no other" AS regards
your last letter in the National there
is nothing in it, except the vulgarisms
Of bastard heart, lost to every sense
of virtue and of honor. You have the
advantage of all honorable men in
this, that you have no character to
lose, except one that would make a
demon blush /! Your article is nothing
but a TRADE of unfounded abuse
and malicious falsehoods. You al
lude to DR.. Pearne's not answering
your questions Why did you not
answer oursY By refusing to answer
them, you only plead guilty, sir. The
intelligent public will not fail to OBJ
serve that you passed over all Of them
in perfect silence.
Doubtless they were so well found
ed upon facts that you could not deny
them without lying Why did you
not tell us about your church trials 7
Those who knew you best, know
that you have always been a curse
and a nuisance to the church. You
did sell a horse to three different men
at the same time, and thereby forfeit
ed your ,COrd as many times You
did this at Spring Creek Camp.ground
and one OF the men to whom you
sold the horse, was Methodist
preacher, yes, he 1cqs the preacher IN
charge of your circuit And you
at that time a local preacher. In ad-
dition to all the rest of the evidence
that wo have in.the case, one of your
own brethren, your own fricnd, and
the man loho married yOu to your last
,cJe, told us that you married so soon
after the death of your first rife, that ii
created suspicion and injured gOu What
say you to that? You talk of fighting.
}" o what a fish, a whale, a atadpole is"
You would fight us like you fought
Obediah Boaz tohile he tods eowhide-
ing you for selling Salted SOIeieather All!
and would ye? You blow about
your ani0nism and tell us that you
once " knocked down a rebel preach
er for calling you rebel. Was that
rightH Why did you take ven
geance into your hand? You abuse
us for not telling the plain truth upon
rebel preachers, and yet you knock
them dO,Cn when they =" insult" yOu
+" O consistency, thou art a jewel" II
this man only called you a rebel, we
have no doubt but he told you the
truth, and you ought to have kissed
him for the compliment. You may
have been union once, but that you
are rebel now we have no doubt.
| When God and the Government
freed your negroes, your last spark of
loyalty took its everlasting fight ;
and you are now soured old rebel
mourning for the lost cause. You
are one of that class of so.called
union men that votes with every en-
franchised rebel in the State, wheth-
er he be a ," bushwhacker" horse
thief, or murderer, makes no sort Of
difference with you, if his vote will
help 10 place a scoundrel in power,
You advocate the very measures the
rebels want advocated /; and your for
mer show of uniOnism even enables
you to 20 further in the open advo-
oaoy of treason than they would dare
to go. And yet you say you are
lni6h You remind us very much Of
man that would join a band Of horse
thieves, and serve as their leader and
guide to conduct them to his neigh
boris stable, then open the door, bri-
die the horse, lead him out, "turn
him over" to the thieves, tell them
to maketbeir escape from justice, and
then go and blandly tell his neigh
Dor, "Pm not q h0rse-tkief !" Such a
man, Notwithstanding his ayowed
honesty, would be the..worst of horse
thieves. So the man who cloaks
himself under a show of unionism,
to commit acts of disIoyalty, Is the
tcorst Of traitors What is the differ
ence between q rebel in blue and a
rebel in gray, when they are both for
the pery same thiagP They differ in
dppeardace, but agree 10 purpose
Still you say, IL am union." Strange
that such a difference there should
bo, iTwizt t,oeedlcdOm and tWeedledee."
You say you are union, but VIC want
the proof The loyal people of this
country believe that you are o rebel
both against your country and your
God, and your lying and infamous
articles written In the interest Of reb-
el preachers, win only confirm and
strengthon this belief. These articles
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