The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-02
An Infamous Attack.

Scattered about over the Tenth
congressional district of Tennessee
are a few apologies for newspapers
edited by common blackguards, de-
famers of character and libellers of
honest men. A shining example of
this class is found in the Upton
Weekly Record, published at Gov
ington and edited by r. H. Green,
who was fired out of the internal
revenue service by Frank P. Bond
for reasons unnecessary to mention
here. Green charged his removal
up to Hon. Josiah Patterson, and
since the day he did the plank-walk-
ing act nothing has been too mean
tor him TO put into his paper about
that gentleman. This by way of
explanation. An esteemed friend
at Covington has sent to the editor
of the Evening Times a copy of the
Upton Record, in which the follow
ing editorial paragraph appears:
"Just why Presbyterian univer-
sity should have to listen to the
late nominee of the negroes in the
Tenth congressional district is a
strange thing for Tennesseans to un-
derstand. 1t will be remembered
that this same Josiah was the man
who had those dirty circulars sent
out in this district to infame the
negroes against the white people.
Mr.. Carmack did his duty and did
it well, and these are the editorials
that Josiah had circulated in circu-
lar form, printed in red ink all over
this district among the negroes for
the purpose of infamlng them
against Mr.. Carmack. 1t is hard to
believe that white man living in
this country would have been guilty
of such deed, but every one in this
section of country knows that this
was done. Werepeat, it is strange
thing that Presbyterian universe
ty should have Patterson to speak
to the students"
Col. Patterson was invited to adj
dress the students of the Southwest
ern Presbyterian University because
of his ability, because of his SINGER
ity of purpose in opposing what he
considers detrimental to his country,
hurtful to society and fraudulent
upon it's face. Where the Upton
Record and its editor are known it
is unnecessary to pass comment on
this low, mean and contemplate at
tack. But, for fear that some of
the newspapers of the State may in
fer that single man lives in Clarks-
vile who will indorse what the Rec
ord puts into print on this subject,
we deem it our duty, and it is a
privilege that the Evening Times
enjoys, to say that our people have
the utmost confidence in and res
pect for Hon. Josiah Patterson, and
that he will always be welcome in
this city. When a publisher of a
newspaper descends so far below
the level of a gentleman to make
such Infamous, false and Villainous
attacks on personal character as the
one made by the Upton Record in
this matter, he will find no sympa-
thizers in city and county where
a man is judged by his worth. The
charge that Col. Patterson attempt
ed to infame the negroes of the
Tenth district is a tissue of false
hood from its initial sentence to its
final period. Col. Patterson tried
to get the negro vote fairly and hon
estly in his race for congress, and
Carmack and lis henchmen tried
to steal them. This is1all there is
in the matter. Inviting orators to
deliver addresses at institutions of
learning is not matter of politics.
IT it was William Jennings Bryan
would never have been invited to
speak at the University of Virginia.
-Clarksville Times.