The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-06-15

pendent party, but it is conceded by
many good judges that he is one Of the
ablest men in Tennessee, and the
abuse heaped upon him by the Appeal
will do him no harm. The truth is,
Mr.. Colyar is all ornament to this
State, and while he has political faults.
his private character is untarnished.
If his position upon the financial ques-
ton makes him q scoundrel, then a
large majority Of the people Of Ten
nessee are scoundrels. At the conclu.
sion of his speech in Memphis, Ar,
Colyar thus referred to
THIS PERSONAL MATTER.
Having said this much, you will par
don me while | refer to a personal mat.
ter.
The Memphis Appeal, in two articles
Of recent date-ont | find in the week.
Iy of the 3lst Of May, and the other in
the daily of the lst Of June--the first
purporting to be an editorial, and the
second purportlng to be a letter from
Nashville-makes n personal assault
on me for dishonoring the State by
discrediting State bonds, in Il speech |
made ut Nashville.
NJ. &. Galloway Is the editor of that
paper, who makes this assault in be-
half Of the States injured credit.
In 1872 it was the interest Of ZONE
OF the railroads to destroy the credit Of
the State 80 az to buy in bonds. This
same editor was then editing the APP
peal. a paper supposed at that time to
have some influence with certain mem
bers of the Legislature. The follow
ing paper speaks for itself, and is part
of the public record Of the State:
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. %, 1872
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company to Memphis Appeal Publish
ing Company
To personal services Of editors be.
fore the Legislature aud otherwise, as
per contract with Maj. NJ. j. Wicks,
for the depression of State bonds, and
for the recovery OF tax paid to the
State OF Tennessee through the Bank
If Tennessee, and thrown out by Gov
Brownlow's administration, seven
thousand dollars $4,000
Received payment of NJ. j. Wicks,
President. NJ. &. GALLAwAY,
Pres't Appeal Pub Co.
Approved and charged to suspense
NJ. j. WICKs,
President.
And this is the mar who is now
boldly standing between he vile repu-
|iationists and the honor of the State.
Don't the State need u new set Of
This evening | addressed the follow.
ng letter to the editors of the Appeal
MEMPHIS. Tenn, June 7, lS76.-Ed.
tors Memphis Appeal-Gentlemen:
In an article in the Appeal. dated at
Nashville, 3lst May, and which | sup
pose, from the tone of the article, was
written by some member of your edi
statf, you refer to some citizen of
Nashville as a ''repudiationist," and
you me informed and have been
old that the leading ''repudiatiOnists"
re men who have repudiated their own
lebts. "For instance, there is a man
n this city who, several years ago,
anne to town dressed in jeans, the very
.rnage-only an image-of an honest
armer; that man repudiated, by vir-
nc Of the bankrupt law, his own debts,
needing the entreaty of the la
and mechanic, nor the complaint
# the widow and the wall OF the or
,han. He wanted to be Governor of
but the people wouldn't
him. In a short while he chang
ID this rustic garb, for it didn't win,
nd is now robed in costly cloth, and
le who repudiatcd his debts, disowned
lis obligations, and ignores his honest
resides in an elegant house, the
'osscssor of wealth, and also, ambi
ion this individual now has The eff.
rontery to talk about high taxation I
nd the interests of the poor !aboring .
This is a repudiationist and :
lair type of the species" Frou. the i
act that a few days before. you had a |
ersonal article, attacking me as a repu !
istionist, and the other further fact, =
am the only man in Nashville :.
pposing an increase of taxes who was 4
nee u candidate for Governor; the !,
hole community suppose you had re y
to me in this article. / will be [
to you il you will inform me if
nm the person intended to be de-.
and who wrote the letter, and y
10 at Nashville gave the information. i
Respectfully, A. s. CoLYAR. d
To this letter l have received no re- I,
though sent to the editorial room =
3 o'clock and I assume from the H
It's stated in the letter that l am the {
referred to. d
Whether l am living in opulence, g
d whether l ,Ook the benefit OF the
nkfupt law, are matters that the pub.
have no interest in, as ] am not be. 4,
&c the public asking anything. But n,
this enlightened audience will l.
rdOn me for doing what q public q
rarely even justified in doing !,
] that is speaking OF himself. They ca
! allow ii because the charge not n