Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1877-08-09
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1877.
THE wRIGGLER OF THE TRI-
BUNE IN HOT SAND AGAIN.

A Knoxville correspondent of the
Springfield Republican has made q
statement regarding the recent ex-
traordinary action of the Board of
Trustees of East Tennessee Univer-
sity in turning out faithful and eff
Gent teachers on account of their
Northern nativity. The New York
Times published the communication
from the Republican, and yesterday
morning our neighbor Of the Tribune
reproduced it for the purpose of de-
nouncing the author in his usual
STYLE. He makes no specifications,
but in general terms denounces the
communication in the Republican as
lying and slanderous, teeming "with
Recommendations and calumnies,"
and its author as a malignant
repITTe-7 The writer of the commun-
icatiOn need not feel -IadI,, ~I-------'-'-,
for he probably understands that the
editor of the Tribune has made up
his mind that he is a Northern man,
and he regards Northern men, gener-
ally, as malignant reptiles" 1t
requires little or no provocation to
induce him to bestoW his choicest
epithets on that class Of men.
The readers of the Tribune have
doubtless noted the fact that, while
denouncing the communication in
general terms, the main fact stated,
to wit: That Professors were
turned out of the Faculty because
they were Northern men, is not dis
puted. The editor took great pains
to say a few days ago that the agri-
cultural editor of that paper had
nothing to do with its editorials, but
it is q fact that can not escape notice,
that when the agricultural editor was
editOr-in-Chief, he had the manliness
to express his true sentiments on this
question, without lodging, which is
more than can be said of the present
management. He makes no denial
of the main charge, but takes great
satisfaction in denouncing as "malig-
nant reptiles" those who make it.
This policy may suit him, but fairs
minded public will know how to ap-
preciate it.
Northern men have q perfect right
to live in the South and engage in any
avocation that suits them. They
have q perfect right to express their
views on the subject we have been
discussing, or any other subject, with
out offering any apology to the editor
of the Tribune, or any one else. By
the real people, the taxpayers gen.
orally, they viii be welcomed. Men
who are sincerely interested in the
prosperity of our section, who are
sober seven days in the week, and
who have other employment than
whiting sticks or talking politics on
the street corners, will accord to
every Northern man who settles
among US all the rights and privileges
guaranteed to those who are to the
manor born" But these are self
evident propositions, and it is not
necessary to repeat them.
The more our neighbor talks, the
angrier he gets. He winds up his
diatribe yesterday by saying that the
concluding paragraph of the letter in
the Springfield Republican "is simply
infamous" Here is tie paragraph:
Having failed to remove DR.. Humes by
the voting process, another method has
been put in operation-the chariUGri. A
party of Is or % visited the Reverend Doc
tors residence and saluted him with boot
ings, yells, ringing Of the door bell, the
noise of tin pans, horns, &C., making night
hideous-aIl of which needs no comment"
Now, the fact is, as the editor of
the Tribune well knows, that party