Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-11-11
"The Pettiboneites offered a di-


wThe Pettiboneites offered a di-
rect insult to the people OF Hancock
county by sending among them an
sextran of the J~onesboro Herald and
Tribune, filed with the most cow-
ardly and infamous pictures. Al
though the war has ceased now fif-
teen years these h%ypocritical cow
ards circulated these pictures, pre-
tending to portray the atrocities of
the rebels during the war, hoping
by such foul and dirty methods to
arouse the almost slumbering ..ani-
mosities of our people, and open
anew the sores that had almost
healed. These u~ngenerous and I'M
manly methods OH the part of these
men should not be forgotten by good
citizens; and, whoever should be
elected. the perpetrators of these
dastardly acts should be always held
| up to merited execratiOn and con-
tempt. They would not circulate
this contemplate sheet in Hawkins
county, and took for granted that
the people of Hancock would be ig-
norant and gullible enough to swal-
low their base methods.-ROgersriHc
Spectator.
Our %neighbor, the Journal goes
into ecstacies over the above, and
relieves itself of the following in
sulting insinuation respecting our
plain, simple hearted, patriotic
mountain people:
"The above is correct and to the
point so far as it goes. But these
Infamous circulars were not. only
sent to Hancock county but to ev-
cry mountain county of the district.
They knew that the intelligent vO-
tiers of many of the counties would
spurn such an insult, and therefore
they sent them where tl.ey supposed
that ignorance would not only COW
CT but rejoice at their crime. They
were not mistaken. Petitioners ma
GRITTY in Johnson, Carter, Unicoi,
Cooke, Hancock, Claiborne and
Granger, was more than doubled.
How much these lies and ISLANDERS
had to do with it, we cannot say,
but we know their authors are
ashamed of their deeds and deserve
the execratiOn of good men of both
parties"
The editor of the HERALD AND
TRIBUNE is responsible for every
thing that has appeared in this pa
per. The HERALD AND TRIBUNE
Extra was sent to every county
where the outrages had been COM
mitted. The insinuatiOn that these
EXTRAS were sent among the ignOr-
ant mountain people is in keeping
with the teachings of the Journal.
1t has been constantly insulting our
people, A prominent Democrat,
one of the silent editors of the Jour
nal, had the audacity to remark the
other day that the ringers and
poor white trash were running
things!D He, of course meant the
Republicans. The Journal has
been parading its respectfully be-
fore the people week after week. If
the RoJerscilt. Spectator wants to os-
tracise us, we have no objection.
We ask no favors and give no quar-
tiers. We want the editors of that
paper to understand, once for all,
that we are willing TO let by-gones
be by-gones whenever the Demo-
cratic party ceases to fan anew the
flames OF the Rebellion, whenever
a "Rebel war record" ceases to be a
recommendation to Democratic as
pirants for office.
AS for the journal joining in the
cry of ostracism, We do not "a a
whit. We have told the truth. We
published the truth. We are moth
ing for the threat of being held up
to eXecration. Democrats have no
love for us, and we don't care. We
live in spite of them. They may
abuse us, but whenever they talk
about the ignorant people of the
mountain districts, we want the ed
itors of the Spectator and of the
Journal also, to understand that
these people are just as honest, just
as patriotic, and about as intelli-
gent as the editors of these puny
Bourbon sheets ofthe modern Dem
Oprotio school