Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1866-07-25
The Presidents Rebellion In the Leg
iSlature.-.Duty Of that Body.

The officer deputized by the House to arrest the
fugitive members who contumaclously refused to
appear in their seats sent two assistants on last
Thursday to Benton county to summon DR.. Mara
bic, representative of that county to return to the
Capitol. The officers went armed with papers show
ing their authority to arrest the delinquent and
contumacOus member. On arriving at DR.. Mara
ble's house they were told that he had gone to q
place called Camden. The officers thereupon re-
tired, but shortly atterward received information
rendering it strongly probable that the honorable
| member was concealed at home and determined to
avoid arrest. relative of the deinqu ent was met
armed with gun; whether for the purpose to make
forcibe resistance in case the officers should at
tempt to make an arrest must be left for the public
| to conjecture. Benton county, it will be remem-
| bered is the home of Dorsey B. Thomas, late con-
servative member of the House, opponent of
Mr.. Arnells for Congress, and an ardent supporter
| of Andrew Johnsons policy. Mr.. Thomas recent
y spent several days IN this city IN constant consul
taton with the leaders of the Johnson Rebel De
mocracy. That be has given DR.. Marable his in
structions, duly received from Washington, there is
abundant to believe. Thus is the dignity of
the House insulted its officers and messengers trea
| ted with contempt and menaced, and its official
acquisitions set at nought. How long does the
House intend to permit this mockery of its proceed
| ings to go while it is waiting for increase oil
its members which the President and his feow-con-
| spirators in the Legislature have determined shall
| never take placer That body might as we'll take
and wait for the last drop to pass by in expectation
of crossing dry shod over its dusty bed. If fifty
six members ever take their seats in the House. BY
mere waiting during the Lext six months, we shall
confess that we deceived Have not letters
been seen in the hands of Senators and Represen
! tatives, which were written by the hangers on anC
feeders of the secret service fund of the President
Did not member from Andrew Johnsons own
district say openly, Streets that he came her
10 break up this sid Legislature end By Cd
. ! b< Ind S7I-res1eT : Our dntU IL n1ain We
flank the rebels and foil their leader the President
The public men of this State know him OF old as
an INSCRIPTIONS trickster and dishonest partisan
| Andrew johnson never hesitated moment to VIC
late his oath and trample upon the laws to accom-
psh the most trivial purpose If it could be accom-
plished in no other way. He bolted once in this
State and broke up the Legislature, simply to de-
feat the election of United States Senator. HI
has now advised his followers to break up the Leg
stature in order to defeat Governor Brownlow
overthrow the Union party which supported him
from 1862 to 1864 and delivered the State up t
rebel leaders, who carry his pardon in their pockets
Unionists of the House, do you mean to be thus
circumvented and bullied by an apostate President
who has succeeded Jefferson Davis IN the command
of the ranks of rebellion or have YOU not rather
resolved to stand together and carry your point?-
Let movement be made without further delay IL
the assertion of your cOnstitutio nal rights. Th
President is plainly tampering with members o
your body to prevent the transaction Of public bust
| ness. This Is patent fact The proof Is clear
manifold, and overwhelming. The men who have
been tempered with and corrupted are known
Others have been approached, and have, like pa
trots and honest men, spurned the tempter and hi:
, brides. We fervently trust that the corrupt auto
crat at Washington who, TO his other titles, has ad
ded that of Corrupter of State Legislatures, will nt
that be cannot use the General Assembly OF Ten
nessee as parcel Of puppets, to leap, jump, ant
gyrate at his bidding There is great parliamen
tary common law, established by the custom ant
precedent of Congress, which is abundantly stron!
enough to relieve the House from the obstacles pu
in its path by the Presidents agents and tools
Congress did not suffer the withdrawal Of eleve
States to leave it without quorum in 1861 Their
are now in the House more than two-thirds of tn
whole number of its duly elected members, nc
counting vacancies. Let this twO-thirds procee
promptly to the discharge of the duty imposed upo
us.-NaSbriELe Press and Times.