Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-06-15
Personal.

what provoked it, Major Murphy sent to them
n card which he complains was garbed. In
justice to that gentleman, we give his card in
full
Messys Ramage, Editors and Publishers Press
and Herald
My attention has been called to an editorial in
this mornings issue of your paper in which you
use great freedom in personal illusions TO my
self SC.
Now, as to the motive and spirit of the edito-
rial / care to say nothing for. to all reasonable
and high-minded men, it speaks for itself. -,
And as to the coored men named in It, shall
also say nothing, ms | regard them all as amply
able to take care of themselves.
But, for myself, | have this, once for all, to
say to you
Your statement about the organization in
question is incorrect it being simply an organ
ization by and for the Republicans of the city,
and notthe county.
Your statement that while making the cam
vtiss for the Legislature, last summer l de-
scribed Mr.lsaac Cannon in the words quoted,
as my own, in your article, is also incorrect.
| did attempt to quote the language of your
own paper, and, ms | had reason to believe, the
very words of my opponent, Mr. Fleming, used
against Mr. Cannon about the time he was
elected a Republican Alderman in this city, in
my exposure of an attempt on the part of Mr..
Fleming, or some of his over-zealous friends to
buy up Mr.. Cannon to run and divide the Re
publican vote so ms to elect him, Mr. Fleming
But did not use them as my own, nor did
dream of making them my own. And know
ing the danger of this exposure and also that my
party was suddenly left without in organ in that
race and without single paper through
which could be heard by the people and it
right upon the eve of the election, the language
| used was exaggerated and published and cir
culated all over the county rs my own, IN order
to drive the colored vote away from me.#
And in this unfortunate and helpless condi-
ton, in which | was unexpectedly thrown, l
was overwhelmed and defeated; and none know
better h0W than you seine gentlemen.
1t did seem to me that it ought to have been
enough, but it appears that you were not salts
fed
In the last municipal contest, I happened to
be in Il ward meeting and say something, if it
was in behalf of two very clever and moderate
gentlemen, whom you saw properto oppose, for
Aldermen, and thereupon my name was singled
out from all the many respectable gentlemen
present and Extensively published in connec-
ton with this same untrue and untounded
charge.
/ said nothing then, believing that you GER
tainly would not go any farther in thus adding
insult to injury. But you have now again, with
out any provocation whatever, singled me out
from among all those gentlemen ofmy own col
or with whom | CHANGED to be associated and
have even dragged my name up from the tail
end of an unimportant committee and paraded
il before the public, stigmatZing it still again
with this untrue and unjust charge.
NOW, l nave DOTllt IL ali III silence, ana tll
my patience is almost worn out.
And | now respectfully, but earnestly, ask
you to correct it, and never again use my name
in connection with it, in your paper or other
wise And ask it on the principle alone of
justice and fair dealing.
My principles, as all know are peace and my
habits are to attend to my own business, and
have no difficulty with others
But profess to be gentleman, and expect
the same justice and courtesy from gentlemen
hat l. cd 70. %,
all gentlemen; and | have addressed you as
gentlemen, and now give you the opportunity
to prove to this community, in which / was
born and raised, that you are such, by acting
the gentleman with, and doing justice to, IN
unoffending and peaceable fellow-citizen, in
this matter.
| await your action
am, Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't Serv't
JOHN i. MURPHY.
p. ;. | request you to publish this hasty
card in justice to myself.
portion Of Major Mur8ly's card, with remarks which
we herewith append.
Mai. Murphy's card is longer than above quo
ted, but the portion published is all that con-
Germs the subject. We have always understood
that Mai. Murphy used the language quoted, we
certainly did not but as he disclams it, we ac-
cept his word for it, the more rs it will tend to
I !, h"l.iOhy among tne representative
Radicals of Knoxville. We intended no disre-
spect to Maj. Murphy, who is n clever gentle
man, whose only failing is his political belief.
Since then, Major Murphy received the fol-
lowing explanatory note from the publishers of
the Press and Herald:
KNOXVILLE, June 8, 1870
MAJ. j. L. Mnphy:
DEAR SIR: | regret that "squib" in the
Press and Herald this morning should have
been misunderstood by you. A slur on your
self was farthest from my thought THE quota
supposed you had used the language. l have
ever esteemed you highly, and sincerely trust
our pleasant personal relations may not be dis
terbed Yours truly, RAMAGF
COMMUNICATED
Editors Chronicle l see in this morning
Wig an editorial entitled =" Not Consistent" in
Il, Al.