The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-02-23

oEx ROBERT TooMBa
Uhe soathsyn people ere 10 great
srcasmsns oreg glss arrest * Csnerui
ROBBERS Tegmbs ior usiag laaggags
calculated q incsc lftsssn at8 lasub-
ordinasiaa. Tie arrest occurred a
savansah, and lie circumssansss are
no4 aiihoai ialsgrst Gea. Taonbs
catered he cars "a Savannah without
providing hifastlf sish a passpafs and
whea the osEioer ia charge Il tie train
called upaa bin for i. Ne sold BIN that
be vas Gsa. Robers Tooashs, sndow.
"a allegiance 10 the State y Georgia
and ~ olAcr Government ard that.
az his State Ola NOT require Der cili-
Eens 10 travel with passports, be should
not procure one. The officer, having
no discretion, bad hirn elected from the
car. Gen. Tooinbs then bafsnsued
The citizens and soldiers who had col.
lee,ed 10 witness the lracas, 10 language
which Is characterized as unreasonable
and dislOysI." Con, BeaIrrgard be-
ing 10 Tie city, ordered Tie arrest AID
Imprisonment 81 Toombs Asthe yer.
liable dob started Tor his cell es-
oor,ed BY bis guard, and The train
moyed slowly %, an old lady in the
car moralired IS ioIloas, "Wall, wei,
we'll they've got Bob 'roombs. ] heard
him say he'd swallow The blood Of all
the Yankees tha, came South, Well,
well, well be can swallow all he
sheds r.
Were il moi for other light upon the
snbjoei, one would suppose that Gen.
Robert Toombs had been indulging
10 too frequent poiaiions Of what now
passes az the South Tor whiskey. But
Toombs has before allowed himself to
make use Of expressions not a. all
complimentary 70 the authorities at
Richmond, and il is very evident that,
in spite Of bis commission, he is quite
disguised With the way things are now
managed al the South. II Is TO be re-
GREETED thai a reporter was not on
hand 10 take down the Generals ha-
rangue to the crowd which had wit
messed bis undignided exit from the
car. Avery slight knowledge Of Rob
ert Toombs temperament is enough TO
satisfy one that speech from him I'M
der those circumstances would richly
merit preservation as literary curl
osiiy, il nothing more. His words in
the car would seem TO indicate that he
thought the sovereignty Of the State
Of Georgia would receive the same
consideration from Mr.. Davis In Rich
mond that Mr.. Davis in Washington
said il ought TO receive from the Fed
cral Government, and that her citi.
Eens could appeal TO her sovereignty
and peaceably resist the central power
the same as Mr.. Davis claimed the
right Of peaccable secession from the
United States. II SO, he has found out
his mistake. The doctrine of ale
glance TO the State alone is very fine
thing when Mr.. Davis wishes TO resist
the Federal Government, but when
citizen Of Georgia appeals TO it in re-
sisling the military despotIsm Of the
Confederate Government it is "anar-
chy."
This unexpected interruption Of
Toombs' military career may be con-
sidered very much Ike the coming
downfall Of the Confectionery. The
South, like Toombs, relying on its sup
posed importance, has veniured to OPP
pose itself to the authority above il,
and il being efiectually brought to a
stand in lis audacious attempt and call
ed TO an account. And when il goes the
way Of just punishment, it viii be re-
Elected, very much 10 the spirit Of the
old lady in the car, "Well, well, well !
the Southern Confederaby is gone up
II promised great many things, but
never did mueh."
-~-~---------~----~------------