The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-21
OUR COUNTY OFFICERS.
A LAST CARD FROM TRUSTEE
THOMPSON.

To the Editor OF the MOrristcwn Gazette:
am willing to pay you for the inser-
ton of this:
Mr.. Livingston comes to the front. as
every one almost is aware, through
friend, and starts out by calling me 1.-THE
unknown writer of the article he pro-
poses to answer. ca falsehOod to start on.
sent Mr.. L. word by gentleman and
a friend to each of us, that / wrote the
article referred to before he published
his card; and, suppose, sometime be-
fore it was written, with conciliatory
propositions, as much so as one gentle
man could make to another without hu-
initiation. These propositions he re-
fused to entertain. Now l propose to
notice him and the writer of his card for
the last time in this way; and at present,
only one point in his card. AS the
reader will remember he never calls in
question the truth of single statement
made in the article referred to. l care
nothing for the small, driveling attempts
of his writer at sarcasm, satire, etc.
That is only to fill in, like salmon brick.
but do propose to notice the assertion
made by his writer that had not man.
hood The meaning was of course that
| was too cowaTdly, to sign my name to
| q number of statements that he, the
writer, never pretended to deny. / was
| simply stating facts that everybody knew
to be facts. 1 was not making those
statements as mere assertions, hence
where the necessity of bringing in cow
ardice No, gentlemen, let me say to
you, for I know who l am talking to,
! either one or both together, when you
place yourselves in a position to prove
| to this community that l am wanting in
manhood or courage to back what l say
or do, and fail to give you proof to the
contrary, in the way of a short but
sweet experience that will nestle in your
memory to your latest moments, then
charge me with want of manhood and
will accept the charge. And unless you
do this, I shall hurl the foul aspersion
back in your teeth as applicable only to
yourselves. suppose the Captain was
paid for this extraordinary piece OF
"Brain Work" He should have been
most assuredly!
The writer of Mr.. Livingston's card
has always been on excellent terms with
myself so far as I know. He should
have been. I have never failed, that
remember, either by word or deed, to
do him kindness when l had an oppor-
| tunity. l believe he would testify to
this himself. 1 cannot see how he could
apply, very well, the term wanting
|
diate community for so years, and have
never, to my best recollections, beer
charged with cowardice. 1 cannot just
exactly see where the manhood" would
be wanting. Il suppose the community
CAM Whether in the man that writes
over the signature of another, thus shift
ing the responsibility-the man thai
signs his name under articles he did moi
write, thus laying himself liable to bt
imposed upon, or the man that writes
over "a thing that any newspaper
correspondent has a right to do.
This is my last notice of this matter
through this medium. The gentlemen
on the other side can continue the talk
ing part as long as they choose. So fal
as notices on my part through newspa
pers are concerned. When it takes two
distinguished gentlemen, and a higl
sheriff and the other high-cock-a-hoof
Bombastic-Lawyer to get up card sucf
as your last, it is no wonder that thu
aforementioned functionary having &C
cess to his spokesman and spiritual ad
visor, should exhibit a dislike for a Ger
titled list of uncollected taxes.
Respectfully,
]. Z. THOMPSON.