Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

OF dlslOyalty. Men are pushed
for the rent when they bolster up
such pitiful subterfuges as this
Craftsmanship and honest patriot
ism live in a nobler and more
elevated element-move in chan.
nels of higher dignity and sit en-.
throned upon the sacred affairs Of
hearts of an honest and peace-lov-
ing people. They protect and en-
large our liberties; they never cur
tail or destroy them.
would ask the Senator of Knox
if he knows that the fifth section
of the first article of the Constitu-
ton says, Call elections shall be
free and equal? Or does he know
that the second section of the
fourth article says, claws may be
passed excluding from the rights
Of suffrage persons convicted OF
infamous erimes?' suppose he
thinks himself vested with the
power to accuse, convict and pun
ish. Where was the court held
that convicted a large majority of
our people Of Infamous crimes?-
Such thing has never been done,
hence the absurdity and nonsense
of such a bill. Is the Legislature
the convicting department OF the
State Government? | must con-
fess tt a these questions are mat
ters worthy of consideration, II
our Radical hosts ever practice
that little piece of mentai exer-
else.
Our people have erred, have
committed a great wrong against
one of the best Governments or
earth, but they came like men OF
honor to the altar of our country
and confessed their wrongs. 1t is
no new or strange Government to
them. They know it. 1t nursed
them in infancy and blessed them
in manhood. Hail Columbia and
yankee Doodle" are no strange
national airs to them. And /
have taken the bold ground
that the majority of our men are
honest and desire to do right, but
the 'skinky" Radicals will not let
them. There moves not a motive
in the breeze that can even prompt
them to another rebellion. There
shines no diadem in the future that
can induce them to leave again
their native Government and tri-
umphant banner. They know the
goodness OF the Government, rs
blessings, its beauties. They
have tried its power, and found it
powerful. The sympathles of the
world Leaf in unison with the
spirit Of liberty, and shall these
men be kept in disgraceful obedi-
ence to a packed few who would
make better cotton than laws,
while every refined impulse of
gratitude pleads for their liberty
and their peace
Talk about taxation and repre-
sentation, and what does it mean?
1t is caught as the breeze catches
the sound from the harp by some
men in this Legislature, as it is ar
gued in Congress and sung to us
with seeming delight and pleasure.
Another remarkable feature In
this bill, and it is sustained by It's
author by an argument, is to place
the white and black man upon an
equal footing at the ballot box
1t requires the white man to read
and the black man to read, and to
own two hundred and fifty dol
lars worth of property. Now,
who can contemplate this matter,
who can look with indifference
upon a proposition Of this kind
without some feeling of disgust.
lowing to frequent inter-
ruptions by Senators evidently
hostile to the sentiments expressed
by Mr.. Carrigan, he was compelled
to conclude his speech before CIV
ing freer and fuller utterance to
his views than was at first intend
ed
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