Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-02-26

III was written Wnlle OH n DuslneSS "Trip 10
your city, upon information furnished to
him by reliable gentlemen and solely as u
matter of news. Mr.. Rule has never, to
his knowledge, seen you has never had
any intercourse of any kind with you, and
his letter. therefore, was not written from
any malice or ill will toward you, or with
any desire or intention to do you any in
justice. If you feel that any wrong has
been done you in that letter and will in
form us in what particular, we will promp-
ly and cheerfully make all corrections and
reparation justice demands,
1t has always been our practice to open
our columns, free of charge, to every per-
son who feds that injustice has been done
him by any statements in our paper, and
we now extend this privilege to you.
Not having knowingly done you any
injustice, we make this statement in sim
pie justice to ourselves and the gentlemen
from whom we derived our information
who were likewise, as we believe, unin-
fluenced by malice or i'll will.
We are well aware of our responsible
ties as editors and publishers, and shall
always endeavor to meet them honorably
and manfully.
With the above explanation of the cir
cumstances under which the letter refer
red to was written, we leave you to take
such action in the matter as seems to you
proper.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
RULE d KICKS.
10 MAJ. NJ. J. WIcKs,
Memphis, Tenn.
On the 9Th day of January, the follow
ing was received:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. 5, 1873.
IVm. Rule, Esq, EnorrWe, Tenn.
SIR: In the Knoxville CHRONICLE of
the 10Th ult., there appeared a letter sign
ed wv. r." personally offensive to me. [
Immediately demanded of the publis hers
of that paper the author of that article.
Before receiving a reply l was forced to
leave Memphis, and was unable to return,
being ice bound, until this morning. l
have just received the letter of Messrs.
Rule d Kicks, informing me that you are
the author. / therefore, respectfully re-
quest an unconditional disclaimer of any
intention on your part to reflect upon my
character for integrity or as a gentleman.
Respectfully,
NJ. j. WIcKs,
Next day the following reply was sent:
KNOXVILLE, Jan. :, 1878.
SIR: Your favor of the Sd inst, was
handed me yesterday by S. H. Mckinney,
Esq. In reply have to say that / meant
in the letter complained of by you, what
it's language fairly construed imports, and
L decline to make any explanation or dis
claimer in regard to it. What | wrote was
upon information obtained from reliable
gentlemen, not through malice, but as a
matter of news. When / am convinced
that the statements made in the letter are
erroneous, will most cheerfully make any
correction desired, necessary to do you JUS
tice. The propositions for correction con-
tanned in the letter to you from Rule &
Kicks, dated Dec. oath, are hereby renewed
Respectfully,
WIN. RULE.
MAJ. NJ. J. WICKs,
Memphis.
After writing the above two other let.
ters were received from Mai. Wicks, as
follows:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. II, 1878.
NJ. W. Rule, KnoruHc, Tenn
SIR am in receipt of your favor of the
9TH, in which you say: 1.-THE propositions
for correction contained in the letter to
you from Rule & Kicks dated oath Dec,
are hereby renewed
The statements in your letter of the 18th,
which L consider a. rejecting upon me
are
First-The inference which you draw
upon the endorsement of the new Presi-
dent of the Memphis and Charleston road
by three of its Directors.
our IeleEcnCe 10 the assets OF
the Savings Bank of Memphis not being
in accordance with the schedule rendered,
and the use of my name in connection
Herewith.
| trust you are by this time prepared to
relieve me from all implied reflection upon
my integrity as gentleman.
Respectfully,
N. J. WICKs.
MEMPHIS, TENN, Jan. 90, 1873.
.IT, Vim. EIyIP hnOI.piUo TpOH
SIR: Having no reply to my letter of
the 18th, respectfully call your attention
thereto. NJ. j. WICKS.
EXPLANATORY.
As the reply of Rule & Kicks 9th Decem-
Der, and the subsequent letter of my own,
January 9Th, contained all that I could
reasonably say to Maj. Wicks by way of
explanation, and as the letter referred to
must have furnished him with evidence of
the entire absence of malice, as IA motive
for writing the letter complained of, did
not see what was to be gained by prolong-
ing correspondence that might compli-
cate matters, and probably end in a per-
sonal difficulty, and for these reasons did
not reply to the last two communications
from him, dated as above
L heard nothing more of the matter until
last Sabbath evening in the city of Nash
vile, where / had been on business since
the previous Wednesday. After had
been to Masonic Hall hearing Temper
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