Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-22
Fhillom's Three Men.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

per Of Feb. S, 1872. there appears
a communication from tl,is place,
the author Of which signs his
name Phillom, and among other
important items of news, sees
proper to call special attention to
the cunduct Of three young men,
mot geutlemen) in the town Of
Petersburg not long since ; and
SD delicate was this Phillom, that
tie only asked you and the pee
pie of Fayetteville to visit the
Office of Esq. Fulton on a day
certain, and you and they could
witness the judicial investigation
of the crimes said to have been
committed bv those three young
men. Now, it is not our pur-
pose to level ourselves with the
assassin or coward, who true to
his instincts shoots from behind a
tree, or prowls and strikes at mid
nights hour; but duty and self
respect compel US to say that We
are willing to let public decide
upon cur conduct and the occasion
for it. Wherefore this letter
from Phillom, about these three
young men and their conduct in
Petersburg ? Listen! They
have an Internal corrupt and bo-
gus corporation in that little town,
which is differed with an inflated
lot of pennyroyal incubuses, and
with more than royal dictation,
arrest citizens, deprive them Of
their liberty, assess fines un-
authorized and exorbitant, levy
taxes without the shadow of law,
declare war, grant letters of mar
que, declare that nothing shall be
legal tender in the payment of
debts, but gold and silver, regulate
commerce with foreign nations,
and proclaim with national honors,
that Andrew Jackson is not dead,
but yet liveth!
Now, these "royal bengals' in
order to make for themselves a
character from home for piety,
religion and common decency, as
sault these young men through
the columns of a public journal
with all the venom and foul
mouthed SANDER they or beg
could get together, for no other
purpose than to illustrate their
home religion, which is not re-
garded of sufficient importance to
notice or be noticed. A religion
that assaults and lashes with pub
lie fury, with intent to destroy
the reputation of three youn
men, is not North the water that
cleaned it from its original cor.
ruption.
The charge that those thee
young men have. no respect for
the fair ladies of Lincoln county,
and no regard for the aged and
gray haired fathers Of our country,
is false, and the author of the
charge acoward AID a foul-mouthed
calumniator. We will give him
ten dollars to publish his real
name in this paper.
Those three young men were
born and raised in Lincoln county,
and every impulse and every feel
ing of pride for their county, they
cherish with an ardor and true
devotion excel!ed by none. The
soil of Lincoln holds in her bo-
som their fathers, mothers, broth
ers and sisters, and every tie of
| which the human heart can boast,
they feel for her soil and for the
fair ladies of the county; also her
fathers in age, and indeed her ev-
cry material interest the creates.
respect. 1t is useless for those
three young men to say to the
readers of this paper, that this
whole matter has grown out of a
personal difficulty between indi.
viduals and the corporation at
Petersburg, but such is the fact
nevertheless. 1t is useless for
them to say that this corporation
attempts to fine parties for State
and corporation offences ct the
same time, and indeed to hold
rod CT terror over the entire sur
rounding country, but it is SO -
Those three young men are will
ing to put their reputation for
peace and quietude in issue with
any respectable man, but must
now be excused from noticing this
Phillom until he discloses himself.
They now drop the filthy "thing"
and turn away for fresh air and
relief. THREE YOUNG MEN.