The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-01-08
a Easty Accusation.

0AANNegaaA
The vigorous and sometimes
acrimonious discussion of the mer-
its and dement's of the railroad
commission system, which WIS ram
pant during the receut state can
vass, naturally cng,nters bad blood
and occasionally pro- oked the use
of epithets; but so f,t as our obser-
vation extended. ihe yersonal prohi-
ty of the gentlemen who endesvored
to accomplish The dett.a of The
democratic nominees WAS 30 called
in preston. Now thst the election
is over, however, and Savage and
his colleagues are beaten. the trucu-
lent Knoxville. Tribune COZ. 20 the
font with the explicit assertion
that the fifty six Teaness,r news
papers which advocate a Lhe
scratching 0f Savage & Co,
hired their columns and their
brain boxes TO the railroads 10 de-
feat the democratic nominees"
The fact that the list Of fifty-six
newspapers referred to contains the
name Of the Lebanon Herald makes
the Tribune's assertion persona! TO
US. So far as the other fity-nv
journals are concerned, we have 70
say that we personally know the ed
itors OF many of them, and know
them to be gentlemen whom no
amount of money could Influence TO
advocate cause which they did
not believe 10 be right and lust.
We are decidedly averse 10 The use
of eplthets in "a newspaper Discus
sion, but there are unfortunately
in the journalistic as in all other
vocations, blackguards, whom only
the plainest and most vigorous En-
glish will reach. Hence, as the
Heraldnduring the canvass printed
many articles, both original and Sc
lected, Opposing the election OF the
democratic candidate for commits
sioners, it is incumbent on us to
say that the assertion, whether
made by the Knoxville Tribune or
any other paper or person, that cur
course In this regard was influenced,
directly or indirectly, by money or
any other means of "hire," is a
eauseless and cowardly lie.
The above was sent out several
weeks since with the compliments
of the Lebanon Herald, and quite a
number of the papers prominent
among tho ''scratchers' Of the
late campaign have been pointing to
1t and saying ",hem's my senti.
ments."
So far as the Chronicle, (or its
editor, personality is concerned,
we could readily adopt all the Her,
aid says if we were sufficiently
agrieved, but really we don't feel
that our honor is in any way dam
aged by such assertions as those
credited to the Knoxville Tribune.
They are calculated more to provoke
our mirth than to arouse our in.
dignation.
Some latitude must always be al
lowed party that rankles with the
soreness of defeat and we don't be-
lieve these journals really mean all
they say.
There is our beloved contem pora-
ry, the Clsrksville Democrat, for
Instance; that delectable paper with
which the Chronicle has had so
many tender passages. The Demo
crat says that all the. scratchers
who were not disgruntled Sky Blues
were purchased by the railroads,
and we know our aRectionate
neighbor meant this only in a Pick
wickian sense, without thinking of
the full breadth OF its purport.
Now, according to this whole
sale accusation, Brother Watterson,
the arch apostle of the democrats
faith, the shining light in whose
footsteps it has delighted TO follow,
is nothing but a common brIbe ia
ker. When the Nashville Ameri-
can made any insinuations concern
ing British gold or talked too frae-
ly of the Golden Club in conneo.
Lion with the Honorable Henri, the
Democrat was ready to resent such
intimatiOns. viii it now assert
that its hero has been purchased by
few ailroads whose wealth com
pared with that of the "Blarsted
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mole bill to the sands of the desert2
The Democrats accusation would
include not only the newspapers at
whom it is directly hurled, but
10, 900 very respectable democratic
voters who trained with the
"scratchers." 1t would imply that
all these citizens who were not dis
grunted Sky Blues but yet refused
to vote for Savage & Co., either
sold their votes or were the guile
less dupes of those who had been
bribed. There are three hundred
such men IN Montgomery county
against whom the Democrat did
not intend to make this charge.
Fuzzell received only 17S IN Carks-
vile, but there were 30S scrato1ers
here. The Democrat certainly did
not mean TO say there are 13O dem
ocrats in this civil district who
sold their votes Clarksville Chron.