The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-12

Teacher" gets after the School Journal,
with the Editors, Gov. Brown, and Super
lntendent FLEMING as accessories before
the crime was committed. Next comes
the Lock-Box, with all its train of anxious
cares and disappointed hopes; and after
a somewhat brilliant though brief career,
1t too gives place to its obituary and ~
neral note. And last, but by no means
least, comes into view a statement from
two Democratic candidates at a negro
meeting as to what they there saw and
heard, and of which ILL pars mlRinla
Grant The reason why this is not by
any means the least event to be named,
is this: in the aforesaid statement it is
said, in speaking of the veracity of the
HERALD man, that it must be "FIGUERs,
who can't Ge.' Now, Messrs Editors,
this leaves the inference a very
plain inference too-that HORsLEY might,
under given circumstances, lie, against
which inference | do hereby and herein
most solemnly protest. To defend my
friend HoRsLEY from such an imputation,
either supposed, interentidl, or magma
ry, is the sole and only object of this com
munication. And although it may be
said by some, in their endeavors to estab
ish the veracity of Mr.. FIGUERs, that this
my avowed purpose, is small one: new
ertheless 1t is my purpose, and In its per-
formance | shall not deny this assertion,
for it is indeed a small matter to estab-
fish the veracity of truthful man such
as my friend Mr.. HoRsLEY, whose word
nobody ever dared question, not even the
young ladies of Columbia, who for a
quarter of a century past have had a
standing reason to suspect the sincerity
of his professions. 1t has been said
that there is nothing in a name" but l
am constrained to believe that there is
more poetry than truth in the saying, es-
pecially when applied to the descend
ants of the Anglo-Saxon race, for the
king of this invincible nationality long
ago, and has been handed down to this
his latest posterity as a symbol of truth;
for with all the foibles of that renowned
sovereign, he was never known to "Iie,
although he was found in disguise as a
spy in the camp of his enemies. And to-
| day that name, Shakespeare to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, is still symbolic of
truth, as may be seen by two living in
stances in Columbia, to-wit, Alfred MICH
OLSON, C. j., and Alfred HoRsLEY, (my
| CLIENT Chief Editor OF the HERALD AND
MAIL. So | conclude that if "FEgUers
can't lie" neither can HoRsLEY.
DIR. LIVINGSTONE relates, in his eXplo-
| rations of Africa, that he spent a night
| in the village of one of the African tribes,
and was treated with great kindness and
courtesy. Next morning after his cara
van had proceeded few miles, they were
| overtaken by the chief, and three hundred
| of his warriors, in a warlike and threat
| ening attitude, advancing and even strik-
| ing the bundles from the backs of LIVING
| STONE men. The Doctor turned upon
the enemy with his swo,d drawn and eyes
cleaning fire. The chief raised tie flag
of truce. Explanations were demanded,
| when the chief said Il a. that morning at
breakfast one of LIVINGSTONE men, in
attempting to spit into the FIRE dropped a
little spttle on the leg of one of his men,
| and that although the offender had paid
| as damages to the offended some eighty
| pounds of beef, a few hundred beads, and
some powder, yet the matter was still
open and unsettled, and that he L. could
not leave there till II was settled. To
| which LIVINGSTONE bowed his assent, as a
recognition of the settlement, and retired
| while the chief babe him "depdrt IN
| peCce' This illustrates the case in hand.
These two Democratic candidates, in at
tempting to explain why they were at that
negro meeting, dropped u little inter-
ence that my friend Mr.. HoRsLEY might
be the lying partner of the HERALD:
whereas, since 'FIGUERS cant lie, it
hash any such partner; and with this
recognized settlement Of the matter it
may depart IN peace as though there had
been no inference dropped.
WARREN