The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01
General Brownlow on q Bust.

On lastPuesdaV, Gen. Brownlow, the
veritable Jeems, son of his father, the Gov,
ernor, paid our quiet city short visit
lie arrived on The q o'clock train, and
staid till O'Clock that night. We did not
learn the nature OF Jeems' visit, but sup
pose from the course he pursued while
here that he came on a ''reeonstruction"
tour.
The first we heard Of the Governors
son, he was in row with an eccentric
gentleman from Alabama, in drinking sa-
saloon. The gentleman referred to, had
formerly been citizen Of Tennessee, and
having some sympathy ard respect for the
citizens of Tennessee, was INDUCING him
self in little gratutous,, wholesale ''cuss-
ing Of the Governor, when Jeems took
the fuss on his own hands, and Informed
Mr.. Alabama, that although he might not
iadorse the whole political course Of the
. Governor, yet he would mt stand byquetly
and hear his father abused In such a man
ner without raising his voice in the old
mans behalf, a row ensued, and the par
ties were separated for time without any
! serious couseq uences. At supper these
gentlemen met at the Tennessee House,
where another alteration ensued, the gen
tleman from Alatama being backed and en-
dorsed bya couple of other slightly inc
briated gentleman, one from another coun-
ty and the other from a remote portion Of
this county Considerable loud talking
and big cussing, with the drawing of sew
eral navies ensued, and there seemed to be
every chance imaginable for general row.
| The General, however, left the table first,
aud as we started into supper, we met him
Just outside tie door, as he was coming out.
We did not know, until he had INDUCED
himselfin few loud "swears, accompan-
led with sundry extravagant threats, who
the gentleman was. We sooa found him
out. We knew it was Jeems.
The next we heard of the Governors IL
lustrious son, he was in a negro drinking
saloon on 1st Main street, trying to borrow
a shot gun from some of his sable friends
swearing that he was going to play the
! devil generally, and was going TO have q
/ squad Of soldiers quarlered on US right
away. He succeeded in getting the shot
/ gun, and Immediately assumed the duties
! Of metropolitan Police for Pulaski, and
4 commenced walking his beat on the square.
/ In q short time, one of our peaceable citi-
! zens not knowing that the city had been
declared under martial law, happened to
I cross Jeems' beet, he was Immediately
4 hailed with the peculiar challenge, "Who
/ goes there ?" The gentleman Immediate
/ ly placed his hand upon his pistol, and held
/ himself in readiness, if this self coustitu-
ted policeman had ventured to present his
gun, to shoot every bit of the Browulow
out Of him in a second. But Jeems did MT
modest him further, and he passed on.
Now, as we write. the thought strikes
US, and the.whole reason of Jeems' course,
/ is as clear as mud. He, or probably his
/ father, has been reaGing the Pulaski Citizen.
and has noticed our complaints against our
! very defective police arrangements, and
! came down to take charge Of the municipal
/ arrangements of the city himself for a
/ short time. Well, we are obliged to the
General for his consderate kindness, but
he did mt get hold of the right end-did mt
( commence at The right place, and we can
/ see that we have been benefited.
To be serious, we, with all good citizens
of the community, regret exceedingly
that this thing should have occurred and
deprecate the couse pursued by boti
parties. Not a single good citizen en-
dorses either one Of them. The result o
the whole thing will be, that Jeems vii
return to Nashville, and represent thIi
community as uuIoyal and rebellious, anl
will in all probability, raise howl II
the Radical camp against US, and furnish
food for their malice and vituperations
which can possibly result in no good to US
while the truth is, not a single one OF tn'
parties live Ia this community, and ouil
= one of them in this county. As It's hap
pened, Gen. Brownlow on a bender HIM
5 self, and these gentlemen under the lnfa
ence of whisky, came here at the same time
+ and general row, strictly confined t.
g themselves, was the result.
2 We expect nothing less than to see TIM
, affair pictured forth in some radical sheet a
: an outburst Of Righteousness against tn
r Government, and to see our good, peacea
BILE citizens abused in the most violent term
= as rebels and traitors, when, IN fact, ever
good cuzeu depricates the occurrence, ant
r regrets that a single one OF the citizens Q
the county should be Implicated Ia t.