Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-11
FAMILY lars.

lcal 1amly Jars. lney are almost as
bad as domestic ones. When friends
or relatives fall out, the breach is wider
on that account. Here nOw-we find
reportof ex-President Johnson's speech
at Chattanooga, last Saturday night,
IN which it is positively stated by the
Geographic correspondence the UNION
AND AMERICAN that he had unmis-
takeably come out for the reputation
of the. national and State debts. Upon
this intelligence the UNION AND
AMERICAN whites tart article, taking
issue with the President, with COM
ments calculated to irTItate that gen.
tleman. We must say, IN all candor,
that we think our friends Of the UNION
AND AMERICAN, notwithstanding the
positive character of the report, should
have awaited the full confirmation of
the telegram before it made its CON-
ments. The information was so start
ling, that it should have been
treated with caution. We, however,
have no further censure to make
than Its haste and want of due delfb-
Grafton In a matter so grave. MIR. john
son, In his speech at Shelbyville, on
Tuesday, opened his guns with great
severity on the UNION AND AMERICAN;
and, after complaining of its unfair
ness, charged it with being his enemy,
and the especial champion of Gov.
Brown. We think that the ex-Presi-
dent has been precipitate right here,
though we can we'll understand and al
low for his irritation at the incorrect
report Of his remarks. Knowing as we
do the friendly dispositionof the UNION
AND AMERICAN towards Mr.. johnson,
and It's determination to maintain a
strict impartiality towards all of the
various distinguished gentlemen who are
understood to be aspirants TO the United
States Senate, we believe that 1t should
be acquitted of the least intention to
lnJure or misrepresent him. We think,
also, that the ex-President has done IN
justice to Gov. Brown, of whose feel
ings towards hun we have full knowl-
edge. Although rivals before the pub
lie, we know that Gov. Brown has al
ways spoken of the ex-President IN
those terms that his eminence and pO
sltion merit, not only during the bitter
canvass of 1872, but since. Knowing
these fact, we deplore these family Jars
among our public men, and especially
between distinguished gentlemen for
whom We entertain so much respect.
Most probably we are powerless to stop
1t, but we must protest against It. We
cannot afford it Just now. In the field
IN the face of the enemy-it viii not do
to have our chiefs at loggerheads. We
should learn lesson from the quarrel
OF Agamemmon and Achilles, and heal
dissensions instead Of tearing open old
sores.-GdllatiR Examiner.
We thank our contemporary for its
calm words, acquitting us of any in
tention to injure or misrepresent the
In regard to the charge
Of hasty action, we can confidently ask
our contemporary, as an old editor, to
put himself in our place. A dispatch
arrived after midnight, attributing to a
prominent Democrat, the advocacy of
total Reputation. This dispatch as
signed the ground for reputation,
that the bondholders have al
ready received IN the way Of interest |
more than they paid for the bonds. !
The gentleman to whom this new de- |
parture was credited, was already on |
record as urging that each payment |
IF interest should hquidate so
much of the principal, thus wiping out
the whole debt in seventeen years.
This fact gave a rrajsembIdHce to the
dispatch, which would have lulled sus-
Dicion. Besides, our Chattanooga cor
was not tyro or amateur.
1ut an able journalist of many years,
experience. As live newspaper, we
could not suppress the dispatch. Nei-
her could we publish it without proper
comment. We suspect that, in SINH
ar eSigency, our Gallatin contempora-
y would have pursued exactly the
anne course. Our editorial was aimed
1t the doctrine and policy foreshad-
wed by the dispatch, not at Mr.. John
ION merely. We regard measures
'ather than men. We labor for the
,eneft Of the whole people, NOT
he promotion or retarding of
aspirations. We earnestly
the turn taken by the Sena-
orial struggle, and hope both press
md people viii perceive the folly of
,pening old sores. There is no occa-
ion for CONFUSING Tennessee on this
question 1t Is hardly in the range Of
that our uextFederalS Sen
or can be anything except what he
hould bean able man, representative
# Tennessee's majority, and at whose
lands none Of our interests will suffer
Meanwhile numerous important and
lelicate home interests depend on an
lection much nearer to Us-almost at
,ur dOors-three weeks from next
tuesday.