Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-11-15

good citizens, men of enterprise
and capital, have actually return
ed to the Northern States, in com
sequence of Entertainment.
1t is to be hoped, however, that
these passions and prejudices will
wear away, and common sense re-
sumo its sway; that as the power
and influence of the President,
now 50 rapidly waning, shall cease
to stimulate their vain and fool
ish hopes for supremacy in the
country, they will see the great
advantage of not only treating inn
migrants with common respect,
but of encouraging them to settle
among us. 1t is be hoped that
they will soon learn that their for
mer contracted and sectional ideas
can never again prevail, and that
they soon will fall into the
great radical idea of equal rights
to all men in all sections of our
great country. Hoping and be-
lieving that better spirit will
soon prevail, without going into
details, l recommend that you eX-
tend every encouragement within
your constitutional power to i'm.
migration.
Agencies may be established
and paid; companies to facilitate
immigration may be incorporated
with liberal charters, and material
aid may be extended to the for
eigner to enable him to journey to
our borders. One company has
already been incorporated and or
ganized, at the head of which is
the illustrious hero of Tennessee.
The company is composed of pub
lic-spirited citizens, who also make
lit a business enterprise. They
have a capital of one million dol
lars paid in, and have already pur-
chased acres of land, and
design to sell to immigrants in
small farms OH reasonable terms,
both as to price and time of pay
ment. l recommend this compa-
ny to your care and encouragement
if they ask for additional privilege.
BOILERS AND REBEL SUITS.
Stimulated by the spirit of rebel
lion, and encouraged by the admin
istration at Washington, revolu-
tionary faction in the representa-
tive branch of your body have twice
succeeded in reducing the House
below quorum, by withdrawing
from their seats, or by refusing to
attend its sessions, thus endanger-
ing the existence of the govern
ment itself. Such conduct shows
that the official oath of such mem
bers is not a sufficient guarantee for
their good conduct when under the
influence of Presidential intrigues.
At the instance of disloyal men
of the State and Ma
tional Observation-Disclosures
suits have been brought against
the sergeant-at-arms and a portion
of the members for attempting to
enforce a plain provision of the
constitution. While / do not
doubt the power of less than q
quorum of either House to compel
the attendance of members, | rec
ommend that the constitutional
provision on this subject be ampli-
fiedby enactment, prescribing the
mode and means of exercising that
power. While it is
your peculiar province to punish
those who insult the dignity of
the Legislature of Tennessee and
obstruct its lawful action, | may
be permitted to recommend, as
a duty to yourselves, to your coun-|
try and posterity, that you protect
the faithful men who so persistent
ly upheld the government against
all such wicked and malicious suits,
and that you summarily punish
the guilty agents concerned in
these indignities. The very exis-
tence of the law-making power is
involved in this affair, and should
not be treated lightly.
Prompted by similar spirit of
rebellion and notification, writs of
mandamus have been sworn out
to harrass and annoy the commits
sioners of registration, and to de-
feat the operations of the ''fran-
chise law"
Bills of injunction have been
filed against those entrusted with
the duties imposed by the metro
politan police law, intended to pre-
serve order and prevent crime in