Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-21
IT'S EASY AS LYING.

Morton's bloody shirt no longer
flares the Northern mind. Some other
form of lying must be resorted to by
desperate Radicalism. We rather like
the change, as being a lesser evil. The
South gets a rest, and lies coneocted
about persons and things nearer home,
Will be more easily and more effectuany
exposed.
A few days since the Cleveland (O.)
Leader, published what purported to be
an eavesdropper's version of a private
conversation betW cen Allan G. Thur
man and Theodore Cook, held at Put
in-Bay last Sunday. The Cincinnati
Commercial, to its disgrace, played
second fiddle IN giving circulation to
the desperate hoax. In this pretended
conversation, Senator Thurman is rep
resented as denouncing Samuel F.
Cary, the Democratic nominee for
Lieutenant Governor, as "a mere
political adyenturer, narroW-minded,
perfectly unprincipled, an unscrupulous
demsgcgue. He is reported as saying
further In an emphatic manner: "Yes,
we shall lose the State. The d-d
priests have over done the thing by
sticking their noses into our politics.
Their arrogance is insufferable, and as
we shall be defeated anyway, hope it
Will hereafter teach these meddlesome
priests a lesson that they viii under
stand" These quotations suffice to IN
dicate the general tenor Of this rOor.
back, and the narrow straits to which
Radicalism finds itself reduced IN the
Ohio campaign. Senator Thurman was
selected asIthe victim Of this conspira-
cy, IN the hope that the Cincinnati En-
guirer and other Democratic organs
who dislike his hard money views would
be lukewarm In his defence. The fol-
lowing telegraphic correspondence is
self-e1planatory:
"COLUNBUs, Aug. IS, 1S75.-TO Hon.
Allan G. Thurman, Put-in-Bay House:
What truth is there in the reported CONVEX
sation between you and Theodore Cook,
Published il tO-day's Commercial We
believe it basely false. Answer imme-
diately for publication.
sJOHN c. THOMPSON, Chm.
"JacOb Reiuhard, N. a. Daugherty,
as. K. DOnovin, Amos LaymaD."
sPUT-IN-BAY, Aug. 10, 1S75.-To Hon.
John @. Thompson, Columbus, Ohio: The
publication is a tissue of falsehOOd.
"a. G. THURMAN"
On the same date the following dis
patch passed over the lines:
PUT.rN-BAY, Aug. I9-Editors CleCe-
land Leader: "The letter signed Visitor
in this mornings Leader, is a tissue Of
falsehoods. Please publish this telegram.
"a. G. THURMAN"
The CIeUeLand Herald accompanies
the publication of this with what pur-
ports to be an affidavit Of one E. G.
Nelson. who furnished the reported
conversation. So the people Of Ohio
have the word of an obscure self-con-
fessed sneak pitted against a states.
man of national repute. Theodore
Cook Of course supports Thurman's
denial. The "stool pigeon" can hardly
stand alone, against two such names,
even in the benighted Western Re
serve.
Yesterday the Associated Press
Agent ignobly lent our wires to the
Toledo Blade, nasty Nasby's paper, for
the dissemination Of another Radical
lie made from the whole cloth, and sure
to meet a prompt refutation. We refer
TO its report Of Gov. Aliens illness and
withdrawal from the canvass. Such
strokes rebound, like a boomerang, on
those who WELD them. As the CiBciIl-
matt Enquirer puts it, the Republicans
have overdone lying. They have crowd
ed too many falsehoods into twenty
four hours. Fear has destroyed pru-
dence. Despair has eaten up adrOit-
ness. Hopelessness has banished skill.
Such unscrupulous tactics prove that
they feel already foredoomed to over
whelming defeat. 1t Is a good sign.