Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1870-06-12
Personal.

We noted, yesterday, the assault made upon
Major Murphy by the Prets and Herald, and
what provoked it. Major Murphy sent to them
card which he complains was garbled. In
justice to that gentleman, we give his card in
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lIess,s Rdbtage, Editors aad Publisher, Press
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Ny attention has been called to an editorial in
this morning issue of your paper. i'll which You
use great freedoms in personal illusions to my
self, &c. r. -s5-ls 1u4Ili,l Is.I,eI.t liz 7g1
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 O
And, rs to the colored men named in it i shall
also say nothing as | regard them all as amply
able to take care of themselves. Sass "~isa"3 =
But, for myself / have this, once for ALL to
say to you: -I...r. ,.r.I..,.,- ...,.... ,..f.,.y
Your statement about the organization in
question is incorrect, it being simply an organ
izatioR by and for thu. Republicans of tle-eity,,
and not the county.
Your statement that While. making the can
yass for the Legislature, last summer, l de-
scribed Mr.. Isaac Cannon i'll the words quoted,
my own, in your article, is also incorrect.
did attempt to quote the language of your
own paper, and, us [ had reason to believe, the
very words of my opponent, Mr.. Fleming, used
against Mr.. Cannon about the time he was
elected Republican Alderman in this city, III
Fleming. or some of his over-Zealous friends to
buy u, Mr.. Cannon to run and divide the Re
publican vote so as to elect him, Mr.. Fleming
But did not use them as my own, nor did l
dream, of making them my own. And, know
ing the danger of this exposure, and also that my
party suddenly left without an organ in that
race ard without single paper through
which could be heard by the people, and it
right upoa the eve of the election the language
used WAS exaggerated and published and cir
culated all over the county as my own, III order
to drive the colored vote away from mes
And in this unfortunate and helpless condi-
ton, in which | was unexpectedly thrown, 1
was overwhelmed and defeated and none know
better bo,r than you SEINE gentlemen .ia
1t did seem to me that it ought to have been
enough but it appears that you We're not salts
fed.
In the last municipal contest, j lhappened to
be in ward meeting and say something if it
Was in behalf of two very clever and moderate
gentlemen, whom you saw proper to oppose, for
Aldermen, and thereupon my name was singled
out from all the many respectable gentlemen
present. and offensivelyl published in connec-
ton with this same untrue and unfounded
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 of my own col
or with whom i CHANGED to be associated and
have even dragged my name up from the tail
end of an unimportant committee and paraded
it before the public stignlatizing it still again
with this untrue and unjust charge,
Now. L have borne it all in silence, and till
my patience is almost worn out
And l now respectfully, but earnestly, ask
you to correct II. and never again use my name
in connection with it, in your paper or other
wise. And l ask it on the principle, alone of
justice and fair dealing
Ny 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
that is extended to other gentlemen and due to
all gentlemen: and / have addressed you as
gentlemen, and now give you the opportunity
to prove to this community. in which /
born and raised, that YOU are such, by acting
the gentleman with, and doing justice to, an
unotfending and peaceable fellOw-citizen. in
this matter u,
i await your action.
am, Very Respectfully,
Your obi Serv't
JOHN L. MURPHY.
P. s | request you to publish this hasty
card in justice to myself.
Yours, ]. L. NJ
The Press and Herald only published the above
portion of Major Msrphs.S card with remarks which
Maj. Murphy's yard is longer than above quo
ted, but the portion published is all that con
Germs the subject We have always understood
that Maj. Murphy used the language quoted we
certainly did not-but as he disclaims it. we ac-
cept his word for it, the more as it will tend to
restore harmony among the representative
Radicals of Knoxville. We intended no disre
spect to Maj. Murphy, who is a clever gentle
man, whose only failing is his political belief.