The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-05-26

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pecial purpose Of concocting . pitift
tale to pourinto the unoffending eur
of the people Of Franklin county, Th
thunderbolts gof his indignation az
hurled against as, and the yials OF BIZ
|impotent wrath are poured out upol
our unsuspecting head, but the rock o
Gibraltar does not smile more placidl,
upon the waters. that roar at its bas,
than we do at the puny, EN- asculatet
efforts OF this creature; and were It no
for the fact that he is pious menbe
LOT the Methodist Church, we would
not be quite SO much surprised at thu
amount ofyenom which he displays. Y
His Circular would find a place il
our columns were it not al ..ost entire
ly tissue of falschoods, fiom begin
ming to end. Let US illustrate this
fact. He accuses us Of having pub
lished "a mean, malicious and scurril.
Gus article" against him. This, we dc
not hesitate to say, is false. a
He declares further, that he tender.
ed us a communication in reply ia
our first article which We agreed to
publish. This is trne. But that "sub
sequently, I know not from wAat cause,
he { Mr.. Beaslcy,) changed his mind
and refused to publish my answer"
This is false. Upon reading bis article
a second time we concluded that it
would be injudlcions to publish it, be-
cause in it lie had asserted that the
Home Journal Office was indebted to
him, but produced no evidence to
prove it, we sought him, therefore,
on the street, and told him that we
would not publish his article unless he
proved beforehand the truth of what
was therein asserted; but if he would
do Mat, we would publish it with pleas
nre. We made the same remark to
him a second time, in the presence of
Col. Jno. V. Wight. And yet Mr.
Enochs comes along and says that.
subsequently, Iknou not from what
cause, he (Mr. Beasley, changed his
mind and refused to publish my an
'wer." The fact Of the matter is that
when we were talking to tho Honora.
Die County Court Clerk on the street,
md in Mr.. Days grocery, and explain
ng why we would not publish his ar
iclc, that gentleman was inebriated,
md possibly his brain may have been
10 muddlcd with whiskcy that what we
aid made very little impression upon it
Again: IN wqs proposed through
rieads," says Mr.. Enochs, "to submit
he matters in dispute between Mr.. B.
nd myself to the arbitration of three
isinterested citizens" This is false.
I was Mi. Beasley himself that made
he proposition, and Squire Sargent in.
lsted on Mr. Enochs' acceptance of it.
We asked nothing at the hands of
he gentlemen who a;ted as arbltrators
ut justice, and when their award was
,ade We voluntarily published it. We
eclined, however. to publish second
communication presented by Mr. Z.
ecause it was practical violation of
is agrcementto abide bytheir decision.
n that communication he ignored the
sport Of the arbitrators. and endeav
red to get credit in the public mind
Or Sl5, which he claimed to have vel.
ntar;ly rclirquisLtd "on account, he
eclared, "of want of recollection on
lie part Of Mr.. Dulin, to whom" he
avs, she paid the same, and which
e was ready. to make oath to, according
the best. of his knowledge, recollec-
on and belief" Now, the idea of his
'luntarily rsinquishing $15 is decided
rich. Really, it is one of the best
kes of the season For so far as Mr..
'ulin's want of recollection is con-
,rned, that gentleman declares that he
willing to make oath that, according
} the best of his knowledge, recollec
on and belief, Mr., Enochs never did
~ him the $15 he claims to have
lid. Here, then, is oath against
ath, and in the absence OF any instru
ent Of writing, not single court of
stice upon the face of Gods green
nth would have given him the SIS he !,
aims to have ,elinqiisAsd, And yet ,
) employs lawyer to help him abuse
Tor not allowing him the privilege o.
If columnsto get. credit at the bar Of
iblic opinion for s15to which he never ]!
'en attempted to prove title befole
e arbi!rators. Oh! thou immaculate
ounty Court Clerk, thou art indeed a |
sragOn Of virtue!
We may have occasion to speak of
is officer again at a future time, for +,
Z re have had so much trouble and
fncultY in getting q settlement. Mel