July 25, 1852: The New Orleans Weekly Delta reported, âThe Jonesborough (Tenn.) Rail Road Journal relates the following as a specimen of the way they do things in Tennessee. âS. D. Adams has written a letter to Col. Roper, of Dandridge, Tennessee, notifying him that he will shortly publish his life, which will be illustrated with woodcuts, and will disgrace him and his children to the tenth generation.â Col. Roper, in reply, says he will prove his calumnies to be false in every material part, and his reputation to be that of a common street liar, and further, that if he shall come in contact with him, he âwill cowhide him in a manner commensurate with the spirit of his age. Cowhiding in accordance with the age is good!ââ
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