Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-08
AN ANSWER TO THE "BRIEF' CARD
OF GOV FOOTE

To the Editors of the Union and American.
In his card in your Saturdays
issue, Gov Foote does me palpa-
BILE injustice. In the first place he
wholly mistakes the convention or
gathering" to which | referred in
my article, and which gave him alone
such mortal Offense. lie considered it
was the convention at the Courthouse on
Wednesday, when in fact it was the con.
vention or meeting at the Harding House
on Tuesday evening to which had ref.
erence. And, in my article, distinctly
stated that 81 read an accounted the pros
ceedings of this convention with brief
synopsis of the speeches of Gov. Foote,
Gov. Brown and others, in said conven,
ton, in the UNION AND AMERICAN of
Wednesday"
Now when we reflect that your notice
Of the convention at the Court
house appeared in your issue of Thurs
day, and which could not possibly have
reached me until after my article, which
appeared in your fridays issue, was
written and mailed, is it not astonishing
that the Governor could be 80 far mis-
taken in regard to the convention to
which l had reference in my article,
which he was pleased to notice in such a
'kind, courteous" manner?
The foregoing being true, leave it to
your honest, impartial readers to say
whether or not the only prop which sus-
tanned the subject matter Of the Govern.
Or'S card" is removed; and whether or
thu anita ipavito 10 &c
captions, Of which it is composed, must
topple into the oblivious hole it so richly
deserves.
Now will inform the Governor that so
far from condemning the speech of Gov.
Brown in the convention at the Court
house, most candidly endorse the no.
bic, eloquent, patriotic sentiments there's
in contained and also approve of the
remarks made by himself in the main. /
think he became little too much ex-
cited at times. In regard to the conven-
ton or gathering Of Tuesday evening, l
have to say that | did not intend to
either censure or condemn the spirit or
sentiments of the speeches made by
either Gov. FoOte or Gov. Brown upon
that occasion, and regret that any such
construction was placed upon my mo-
tiVeS.
| would kindly request of the readers
| Of the UNION AND AMERICAN to carefully
peruse my article of September 3, in
connection with the Governors card OF
September i, and then answer candidly
and impartially whether or not it is
capable of any such construction as he
has been pleased to place upon it? as
sure them most sOlemnly no such con-
struction was apprehended, and l call
upon the endorsement of the speeches
aforementioned to witness the animus o,
my article.
To the Governors questions as TO
whether | would "dare say that any
man, or class Of men have a right to
mask, and arm themselves for the perpeS
tration of midnight violence, and muir
der ?" And again, l thank God that
in regard to the matters herein discussed,
there are only two parties in Tennessee
the friends Of the law, and its enc.
mics. l am proud to belong to the for
mer class, with at least four fifths of our
people. hope Solitaire is not willing
to be recognized as belonging to the lat
ter?'-I simply refer him, for an an
swer, to the following passage in my ar
ticle " ap the last man in the world
who woulascountenance OF connive at
any species of lawleSsness, or in the
least countenace or encourage masked
| prOWlers," etc. solitaire.