Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-23
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with men in whom | had but little conf |
dence and in whom seemed to center all !
the requisites for first class felons. /
have had some struggles with men of that
class in order to maintain what | con-
ceived to be justice and right, and have
in such struggles so accustomed myself
to call men and actions by their properly |
merited names that it has become part |
of my nature TO call lie ga lie" without |
resorting to the usual euphemism of sp- |
plying such modifying terms as ''mis-
understanding" misrepresentation"
''mistake, " and the like to II. Also when
l speak of a man tainted with moral |
turpitude, ! never repress the natural in
clinstion TO apply to him the name OF |
''scoundrel, slanderer, liar, defrsuder or |
hypocrite" whenever his conduct gives |
me the right to do go. But, however, |
probably for the first time in my life, l |
shall endeavor, for the sake of my friend |
Marbury's feelings, to curb the vigOr of |
my language 80 that there shall be moth |
ing in this article to shock his or even as
delicate and refined taste as that of Mr..
d. F. Wallace. l shall simply state
the allegations and charges that have Oeen
made against me and present the proof
that have upon those points, leaving it
to the mouths and minds of the readers
to speak and think as it shall please them.
By way of explaining the above will
say that friend Marbury, with that re-
freshing innocence "a Ia Pecksniff) that
characterizes him, said, in speaking of
me ''That he had nothing against Hug
gins except that he wrote such G1Dful,
AWFUL hard things" SO l spare his feel
ings, thinking that there are great deal
worse men Than Marbury in the world,
and that as his day has departed 81 shall
not waste shot on dead ducks" Mr..
Wallace, however, in his paper sometime
since, opened his columns to give both
sides of the controversy upon the Nc
Minnville and Manchester Railroad Com
pany's interest an opportunity to show
their points, with special, pointed and en-
phatic proviso that the articles should not
be 'personal. Still in the NeaO Era, of
April 8, he permits some splenetic indi-
vidual, or indiVid Ials, to indulge vein
of coarse and insulting personalities to-
ward me that but lily accords with MIR.
Wsllace's pacific intentions, as seen in his
proviso. But now Mr.. Wallace has again
resumed the proviso, and leaves unan-
swered my request to permit me the poor
privilege of answering through the col
umns of his paper the SANDERS hesped
upon me. / have no method of ascer-
tanning the standard of his taste, or his
views of justice, but through the columns
of his own paper as above-and can
not but conclude that his taste varies from
the coarse to the refined as his financial
feelings direct, and that he does not give
10 all the equal opportunity of defence.
But my object in this is not to indulge
in reflections upon the course of any, only
30 far as may be necessary to clear my
self from imputations literally hesped
upon me, at the stockholders meeting in
McMinnville, April l.
The meeting was reported to the NeeO
Era with the names of w. J. Gift, as
Secretary, and John Fl. French, as Chair
man, signed to what is called the ''min-
utes." The minutes SO signed purport to
give the whole proceedings, bat really
give only part, for they leave some things
out that were transacted of importance,
and give some thingsthst never were tran
sacted in the meeting over which French
presided, and for which Gift acted as
Secretary. Imske these statements call
ing on all present at the meeting to bear
me witness to the truth of what l . ate. In
the first place, how it is possible for Mr..
| French to sign his name as Chairman, to
the proceedings over which Mr.. Robinson
| presided He does it, however, and Mr..
| Cliff seals the act with his name as Sec
| rotary, and over the names of both these
gentlemen appears the purported minutes
of the whole meeting, when they were
only officers of a very small end of il.
| The "minutes" really were written and
designed for no other or further purpose
| than by statement of q tissue of impOs
sibilities to throw odium upon me and
SANDER my name before the people.
shall take the allegations as made, give
the author every benefit of relying upon
the source of their information that they
may choose to adopt, and prove the true
state of facts and see who is 'disrep-
utable tricks.er."
IN reporting the remarks of certain
one, who seeks nOtOIiety, but whom l
will not advertise by putting his name 10
print, the 'tninutss" show how the
speaker made statements to place me
in the light of ''trickster," but do not
show how ], by Col. John II. Savage,
"made proof" to place the speaker in
the light OF (Beg your pardon,
Marbury, fOrgotD When the speaker
in relating his statement of the converse
ton, at which Col. Savage was present,
stated that l acknowledged that l had
offered 1872, 900 for the road, and that
it was one of my tricks, after denying it,
until was told that Pennebaker's depo-
sltion had been taken; the minutes do
not admit Savage's statements about it,
but entirely ignore them. Col. Savage
then stated, upon my request, that he
was present, heard the conversation, and
that had not made Use of such language
The mirutes say that the speaker also
stated that Mr. Pennebsker's deposition
had been taken, that Mr.. P,nuebaker
sWOre that I had bid 1872, 900 for the
read; that Mr.. Pennebaker would not
divulge my name until sworn; that the
speaker stated if l had not bid the 1872,
600 for the road, the Company could
have got it for $3.50, 900; but the minute;
do not state what the speaker stated
about my saying $780, 900 was the
worth of the iron alone; he stated that
said to Mr.. Pennebaker that the iron on
this road was worth $500, 900.
shall now, as my sole answer to thest
statements so blusteringly made at Nc,
Minnville by the speaker and harped OF
by the "self-made man" of the Chin1rleg
Corner, A S. Colyar, present TO the
leader the written statements of Mr.. Ed
r. Pennebaker, Comptroller of our State
; in reply to the written questions:
, Hon, E. R Pennebaker: Will yoU
please write categorical answers to the
: following questions asked by W. S. Hug
gins9
Question. Did tell you that the irol
on the McMinnville ard Manchester Rail
road WAS worth $500, 0002
t Answer: Nc.
S O. Did tell you l wanted to buy the
road for myself or for the stockholders
A. For stockholders.
8 O. Was your statement in regard t.