The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-04-30
SLACK
NE shows His OIOVen Foot.

The oresusyilo HaaanoI Uuiea, published
by Oae Rs'srnd Johu Slack, al individual
familiArly known in ibis community, pus.
iished ID that paper Of the g2nd mas, ! batch
Of lies in regard 70 the Senior Editor of the
FLAG, which for bSre-iAesdness, cannot be
eEeelled BY Lucifer himself. Our paper not
coming out until this date, the following rera
sA'ioR AID proof Of the falsiy Of bis state,
nsut appeared ia the Knoxville Pr.,a and
Herald Of the 27th inst, which paper had
copied the statement above referred TO, viz
A GARD.
Editors Press and Hssald;.
GRSrLENES ;-IR your issue or April 93d
appears AZ ugiicle taken from the Greebevine
NGnoHat Union, of last week, purportng "a
describe the proceedings OF the Republican
convention held ia that place on The 18th
inst, As ! am mNlioiousIy Lersonated, and
grossly and Intentionally misrepresented in
the article alluded to, l respectfully rvques,
the use Of your columns to state the Tacs. |
entertain no nukind feelings towards YOU for
unwittiLgly reproducing this tissue Of base
destinations and downright untrai6s.
did Introduce the resoIation accredited
to me, to exclude rebels and conservatives,
from participation in this Radical ecnven
uoa, and this gave offence to Saith. He al
30 called upon me For an explanation 10 the
Committee room, which was given, where
angry words passed on a point OF y~eracity,
hut no collision whatever occurred, as sta
ted in the GreeneviIle coppsrhoad paper, and
tue following certificate places the stamp of
talsehood on the assertion, viz.
JoSESBoRouGH, East TENN., April %, 1869.
Col George E. GrisdGm, Editor Union EaS:
SlR-We, the undersigned, delegates to Tie
late Judicial Convention which met 10 Greene
( Vile, Tenn, on the 18th inst, have read the
article in the Greeneville National LTRioa Of
the 22d inst, aud being eye-witnesses to the
affair, pronounce the statement untrue.
There WdJ no coAiaoa chdierer, rs ps ~perceiy-
ed, but there might have bssa had not frIends
inteTiered, After Smith was taken from the
COMMITTEES room, he did not return to the
said room during the sitting Of the ConYsn-
tion, nor did be Afterwerds act in any capac-
ny As a delegate during the day, be rot hav.
ing credentials as n delegate from aay patn.
g. WHEELER, NJ. D.,
STEPHEN A. BoyRLL,
NJ. S. MAaoSKY,
50 much for the truth.
As To the charge of my ever being a rebel
at any time, or voting for secession, IS a false
hood too we'll known to require any contra.
diction : nevertheless, | respectfully refer
you to Judge J. VI. Logan, of your city, and
other gentlemen Of unquestionAble loyalty
and v%eracity, who, during the war, were citi.
.o,arF TNu.nh..-k Al.
intimately reeiprocnted my friendship, rs to
my G%evOtioE, at al times, to the United States
Government, in those dtyB Of terror, wrong,
darkness and bloodshed, that tried the hearts
and the souls of the loyal men Of East Ten
nsssee.
y y \
have the honor to be, Messrs. Editors,
Yours respectfully,
GEorGE E. GRr,RAM.
Editor Union Flag.
We very eheerfnlly give place to the fore
going, and regret that we should have unwit-
,ingly las Mr. Grisham very correctly says
done injustice to a brother of the quill
EDS. Pass AND HERALD.
If tho " RsrrsRd' Slack, who has made
these false statements, viii make the proper
retraction-So well, and so good. But should
he fail-ws propose % see hm through with
the personal quarrel he has thus instituted.
There are some things behind the curtain in
regard to this man that would make the
Devil blu'h-and we propose to prove our
assertions by testimony unimpeachable, and
uncontrovertable We win take him from
tie " stump" and give his history as IL u.
We did not this controversy
but we phAll end it aud the traducer and
his aecOmPliess shall be made known. Bu,i.
ness is 5ugReSs.