Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-13

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| THE IER-HERALD.-Our hopeful
neighbor thinks that we are displeased be-
cause it has dared to live beneath cur
| shadow. This is all Il mistake. That is the
very place for it to live. 1t also calls Us an
cold granny'--'a prudish old maid,'' etc.
The WING AND TRIBUNE is an old paper
We keep the fact standing At the head Of
our columns. People know it IS old, and
that il is well 'nown all over the country
and they advertise in it for these reasons.
We fear that il will never be said Of the
Courier Herald that it is old. We are
afraid it will die young, We say afraid
because we want it TO live. We nave pow
erful private reasons for the wish outside
of gener;. good will for all newspaper
ventures. The Courier Herald has said the
foolish things indicated above, but the
worst remains untold. IL charges US with
being jealous OF its journalistic excellence.
This is abont the hardest thing that was
ever said Of u in al our newspaperiaI life
There Is no longer any vain-glory in ours.
Suspected of being almost mad with envy
OF MessTs. II. 4 II. y II. & B. & u. Think
of low like this emanating from such
quaIier, when the Thermometer was at 95
in the shade, gentle reader, and give us
your sympathy. y tract on religion CONS
ing red bot from perdition-a pronuneia-
mento to mankind generally fl ON the IN
mates of feeble minded institute would
not be more unlocked for or absurd.
But seriously, The Courier Herald with
its usual fuT,iveness, had charged the
WING AND TRIBUNE gilh a literary then.
II charged US with having stolen the "Race
for Bride" which appeared in this paper
OF May TIE 9th, claiming that they saw the
same article i'm an old issue Of the Knox
willie Press & Herald. We called upon the
COurier-Herald to produce that paper and
the article, stating at the same time, most
emphatically, that unless this was done or
the mistake explained, the editors Of the
Courier Herald stood convicted OF wlilful
meanness. Their reply is that 1.-TWO Of the
cutters of the Courier Herald saw the
piece referred 10 in the Press & Messenger,
the weekly edition of the Knoxville Press
4 Herald, crsdited as stated in former
issue" We cannot let the charge pass
with any such mere repetition unsuppoTt-
/ esi by evidence. We know that the Courier
AeraiG's inSinuationS are utterly false, that
1t Is impossible for 1t to make Its assertions
good, and we simply demand at its hands
justice in the matter. There must he no
dodging. no empty assertions, no poin.less
gencralitieS. The charge is serious one
We pronounce il false IN whole ard IN part
and demand the proof or such an eXplana-
ton as i justly due both papers. Wa have
a right to do this and Will be content with
nothing less. Now gentlemen of the
Courier Herald, the issue is fairly made up.
You accused us OF plagiarism. We pro.
nounce the insinuatiOn false; we know
that you can not possibly prove the charge,
aEd in justice to Ourself and the public we
call on you to do the fair thing. Besides il
Is strange thSt you should so carelesSly
misplace pSper upon which you based
charges so serious, and even granting that
You dId mislay II, it would be easy for YOU
TO get another from knoxville, or ut Ieass
learn whether you We're right or wrong.
The people understand all this and they
will agree with as that there is no excuse
whatever for your not producing the paper
which two of your able corps OF five editors
claim to have seen, or other satisfactory
proof. WE know that you will never he
able to produce any paper, bearing date
anterior 10 May the 9th, with the article in
question, but we demand OF you, in the
name OF all that i just, courteous and hon
Orable, to produce that cold copy of the
Knoxville Press & HERALD or olher sutii-
eienl evidence, or acknowledge your error.
We are deeply in earnest in this matter and