Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-09-27
Ss4-A41sfffEs UNIVERSITY OF TENN
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By rashly paragraplling onropins


thisyweels than our readers will be
able to digest without weakening
their stoinachs.S .Ss asEk HtSFA 8
ses assThes Chrenieles shed agswhole coll
s.SssS ainlal 81 tearsa tgenus q erocodilus)
over our deprayity and wa ut of rey-
erence. while the Tribune, as was
naslibai went into. violent hyster-
az ies, and editorially informed it's rea-.
go ders that sthe radical newspapers of
-EastTennessee have always shown
a bitter hostility to the University
of. Tenuessee," and that there was
ks>f EEcsSf not. d word of truth" in our char
,r,y ~ ges, which, ,wero also .'malieiousr
'.malevolent' and "false."
.aa.s, Aya have, too much, respect for
venerable womanhood to reply to
the Tribune in kind, and
will pass tho matter lover0 with the
.es,ssxys3milti< observation that Its editor is
either arfa.elser- a iar, ,-ar- ne zwould
not haze made such an assertion IN
'',s'& the face Of facts so notorious that
- ,..,,,eyen the children who run on the
streets of Xnoxviile know that the
democratic .ringsters of that place
.sx lfSve net rested for. years in their
,siE1s faculty of the University every. man
whose political faith had the remo-
test resembIance oArepublcansm.
e !. hCof. GharJtou9tsqme paper VIII
now have to publish about ooo
columns from his able pen}, as We
understand the matter yoieed the
s-betrtol sentiment about 1876 or
~ in favor of the removal of nor
tbern men and republicans, when
-thefegisiature came. in and flushed
the board OF, trustees with deluge
! Of seaocr;its.S Following this Rrofss
PAYNE, a northern man and repub-
licaai HoYarfzS Smith, :ditto, and I.
G. Carnes. a-Tenpessean Tut - re-
publican, we're Kicked 5out Of the.
concern. Aes;tEes; sanie time Dr.,
Humes was saved only by one vote,
E0 Eariids nrained s'head of the facul-
z ty until a Short while ago, whom he
too, was DISMISSED. =. s.E., !:
And the discreditable trickery
s . y.iNhiicli he was; dismissed cannet
p s~.-~4- e-ae. 10 rgotten i'll "a day, Charles
~ g ii tiaes publtshed in the college pas
Der something which was regarded
as a reflection OH the faculty. lie
was GXDPIIotl ny iIiteO IVY
fso1 therefor. He appealed to the trus'
tees and they overruled the faculty:
Thereupon three professors resign,
ed and tllep the trustees called for
thes reai gaation of the entire f;sealty
These obtained they proceeded to
..,tsss .efeihstate all except DR.. Humes aud
: ,s--@-- Prof Josnes; -1Yife had toe iataeh
self respect6ta return.
s zrhe vofG fG calling for the resigna-
go ton of DR.. Hnmes was o party
* uote-nisIy three democrats, who
=. were his kinsmen, voting against
it:sviz: McCinng, McGhee aad
Judge John Baxter.
Dr. Humes is a venerable ia
...,,e,.frears. blameless in life, scholar, a
ooSGe. gentleman and an educator of un'
questioned ability. AS the official
...ssg9heafl of the University tor many
wears he had restored its usefulness
and made it a creditable institu-
Sse!:a stion of learning. he went into 1t
in the prime of life and devoted
long Years of patient care to build
ssEszs alig up the school, and now that the
position, by his abors, has become
1s.;ss honorable, and we presume profit
able, he is kicked out by intrigue
and trickery which would disgrace
,ssss...SS:-. ssss.S:-.' a ward primary.
,Nc are opposed to the UniHersi~
.sy under this political dispensation.
We are in favor of choking the last
spark of life out Of the institution
ar. right now for nnder this kind OF
So regime it will soon become, If it is
~ not already, mere barber for small
politicians and q sure refuge for
IL E,sa.5 BROKEN -do8n ward statesmen and
their nnces and their nephews and
their cousins.
~ Knoxville hourishes to day Oh
northern capital and largely on re-
@Esl;@< ,,lblican brains. The two found ii
-es,---.--.-- a-stage-road stopping place. and
~. havesmadesit a.rairoad centerand
acity ofwcaltii and rapid growth
and yet its sbeurbons insist upon
b 3 CARRYING tlieirs narrow partizanisn
=, unto every thing tEat comes up
,-.s- --... Thesc fellows need to be tied. heels
'~-yif ogetier, and thrown into the river
nI;d then affairs will improve both
dp tIleI lisersly an 9 in all other in
6 tstitnspns.s Tesl1ass Tennessee il
W Must look for support for its schools
Eand common sense Should teach
them that repu bIicaIis vi. mot pa
- tronize schools or other institution
in which republicans are proserIbet
.because eftbcir politics. -
- We believe there is a great H as
of heait, brains aud seenscienes IL
Knoxville who do not approve 20
prescription and politics out Q
assss5zpIaeess Icts tlsehIE kick these poll
ticians out of public affairs and al
East Tennessee will gladly am
proudly csp tn ibnte to the prosperlt.