Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-10-12

OuI CHNcCiHCu iilCuNls COls hCIldl
Of the Avalanche, in his newborn
zeal for Andrew johnson, takes a
tilt at the Wing and Tribune. In
his paper Of the 9TH he says:
GA few waeks ago the Wing aud
Tribune tried to crack the partizan
whip over the ex-Confederate sol
diers of Madison county, by de-
nouncing all who intend to vote for
Mr.. johnson as men who "played
out" or deserted during the war,
and in other articles seeking to affix
a stigma of disgrace to them"
The above is a misrepresentation.
We made no such charge, and defy
proof to the contrary.
We are again charged with editing
"the most proscriptive Bourbon
Democratic paper in Tennessee"
This will be HeUS to the thousands
of readers of this old journal.
Wishing TO make out a case against
us of Inconsistency in our present
opposition to Andrew johnson, and
having nothing at hand to make out
n "true BILL" he calls on some one
who has a file or the old Wig
for 1869, to furnish him with
''few elegant extracts" Our files
are open TO a full examination by
any Andrew johnson man. lie
may look until his eyes fail him, and
he will not find where VIC ever COM
mittcd ourselves to Andrew john
con. Ofall politicians he has been
the most "odious" to us, from the
first speech we ever heard him make.
Charge us with anything You please
if you choose, but don't charge us
with being the friend of Andrew
Johnson. Our old files TEEN with
predictions Chat have since been
fulfiled) of what would follow his
aohite basis canvass years before the
war. lie did more to strengthen
the Abolition party North in their
aggressions upon the South, than
any other man, and then deserted
his party.
We sincerely regret the awkward
position now occupied by our friend,
Col. Kellar, for he has been drawn
into it by combination of circum-
stances that will prove most unfor-
tunate for him. In his honest OPP
position to certain men about Mem
phis he has been driven to sea, and
is now without compass or rudder.
In MS heart he must IUathe Andrew
johnson, and yet he has to support
him. If we could have private
talk with our erring friend, we be-
lieve we could cliff the veil and re-
move the pressure"
But few weeks ago, and before
our friend took 10 into has head to
ran for Congress, we calculated
with a certainty that the Avalanche
would be with us in opposing An
drew johnson, the great disturber
of the public peace. At that time
we certainly had stronger grounds
to think the Avalanche would be
With us than the Appeal. We give
below the following extract, takep
from the Avalanche of the 18th OF
August last-a few weeks ago-to
show that we had reason to believe
that our friend Kellar would be
with us in opposing johnson. Here
is what the Avalanche said:
Andrew johnson does not like
Greeley, and we arc sure Mr.. Gree
ley has no love for johnson. The
ex-President has started out in a
new race for political honors, and
hopes town by the same arts which
he has used successfully in the past.
The Avalanche opposed his election
to the United States Senate, and did
its part in defeating him. There is
no position in the gift of the people
of Tennessee that Andrew johnson
ought to fill, or the duties of which
he can discharge. lie belongs to
that class of public men who have
nothing to serve but their hates and
their evil memories; and their po-
litical records are as full of sores as
Jobs back when it was scraped with
a potsherd.