Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-25

then there would have been an outrage
which would have deserved and GER
I tainly have received the condemnation
| of good men all over the State. Not
only this, it would have deserved and
certainly would have received, if left to
the State authorities, the severest pun.
ishmeut which the violated law could
infict. But the accusation was not
true. Instead of tie letter having in
ternal evidence Of truth, it has the
c~learest evidence Of being untrue.
None but a man both wicked
and ignorant could have made
such a charge as is contain
ed IN that letter. With "the good Of
the State at heart, and knowing that
every political outrage that occurs
tends to seriously damage her reputa.
ton abroad" it seems that the BglIetiR
would have taken some steps to inform
itself about the matter before publish
ing such a letter, one so well calculated
to injure Tennessee and her people in
those States from which we are all
endeavoring toinduce emigration. The
following letters explain themselves.
Mr.. Stacker is a lifelong citizen of the
community in which he resides, well
and ~favorably known in this city, and
in no sense a politician:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April %, 1S75.-
Geo. Stacker, ESQ., Cumberland CITY,
Tenn, Dear Sir: have sent you BY this
mail a copy Of the Nashville Bulletin of
this date, N which you viii find a com
municaJiOn from "a subscriber stating
that al was shot on the 9th Of March BY
five men who waylaid me and put twenty
five buck shot in me as l passed. and he
further adds, "Theg shot me solely because
I 1gdS taking the Bulletin"
Please inquire into this matter and let me
know the facts Ofthe case. You can aseer-
tain from The Postmaster, WHO are the sub
scribers to the Bulletin at Cumberland
City, in order to enable you to make the
proper inquiry.
Knowing the good people Of your vicini-
ty as | do, having spent a number Of years
amongst them, l can not believe such q
statement without further information.
Hoping to hear from you soon, l am truly
your friend, CLAY ROBERTS.
CUMBERLAND Cry, Tenn, April 23,
1ST5.-Mr. Clay Roberts, Att'y-Dear sir:
Yours Of the 22d inst. at hand; contents
noted. l, as well as our people here am
under many obligations 20 you for bringing
to our attention the letter published in the
Bulletin and the editorial comments there
on. The Subscriber who wrote that let
ter Cthere is but me at this ofice), is, as
you may guess, a negro of the most taIfing
and worthless description imaginable. As
to the fact Of his being shot, there is 10
doubt; as to the when and where, we have
only his word for it; but instead Of its be-
ing buck-shOt, a gentleman-Mr. W. B.
Dunbar, Of this place-picked a shot out
Of his hand and found it to be a No. 4
squirrel shot. He was out three days from
the time he was shot. As to the cause of
the shooting no one knows. As TO its be-
ing because he is a subscriber 10 the BuE
letin, there are but very few here know
that there is such a paper. Il is generally
supposed he was shot by some Of his own
NNlOl III dIlOAlI VI clLuC u4ALlNllNN VIII 1
them, as there are none of them
have any confidence in him
Oh account of his idle, IOafng, and thievish
habits, as he has not been known to do a
days work for months past, and his family
would be on the point Of starvation were it
not for his wife's mother.
Some Of his own coiOr say they believe
that he was shot trying to break into some
persons smOke-hOuse. On the very night
he was shot. Mr.. s. B. Williams shot at
some D running away from his smoke
house. This negro calls himself II. II.
Hutchinson, and has for some time back
been trying 30 get a pension on account Of
his having been in the army, but has not
yet succeeded in his efforts, having even
written to Gen. Grant himself about il;
and l think from his maLOuv5Ts, that be
aspiTes TO a leader among the blacks, and
is trying to excite tsympa,hy among the
Radicals On account Of his having been
shot; hence, he is trying to make it appear
that the shooting was on account O his pol
ilics.
l will write you another letter in a few
days, and get a number Of our best citizens
TO sign it and send il TO you, and will ask
Of you the favor, to try and get the Bulletin
lOlhs 10 puDllsu u II tneu paper, las
L think they will if they are fair
men) in justice to Us people living about
here. l am sure there is no spot in the
United States where the negro enjoys more
completely the rights given him by God
and man.
Please excuse this long and discursi7e
letter, but l could not well give you a his
tory Of this ~"Subscriber'' and the case In q
space. Yours truly,
Gro CrACErn /