The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-02-01

Representatives, from the county Of Carter,
SO detained then and there, by saId Heydt,
uuder the orders Of the said House as afore-
said.
Our City,!
Pulaski-but Giving" pulaski no more
Shoru of thy glory and grandeur, your
trees of thousand years. laid low and
your bare, desolate hills, towering up, COW
cred with the scars aud foot prints of a
bloody war Gone are the beautiful Haw-
thorn groves with their snowy blossoms
which covered the grassy slopes and shell
tered che youthful lovers in their sweet
May-da ramblings. flushed are your 1T
tie streams, aud the sweet song of your
birds are heard no more! Pulaski Yes,
but Giving Pulaski no morel Ruin and
desolatiop seems written everywhere in
strong, bold letters, never to be effaced /!
We look and listen for the hooting of the
OWL. and the restless fitting of the bat
Hath the ambition, self-esteem, and pub
lie spirit of Thy people a0iHerea, the love,
charity, and good will, some towards an
other" turned to dust and ashes, because
of thy fallen beauty and grandeur
Alas Oh Pulaski, whittier art thou
tending a.? Thy. vacant lots on every street
and around thy square, are being filed with
board shanties for the "dusky" population.
Who is to blame for this ''blur" upon thy
once proud streets ? Whose fault is it, that
our right hand neighbours col ored gro
ceryman, and our left hand neighbor is a
"wdder'' of color Surely not the ne
groes' A jail, ornaments thy first and
most beautiful street, filled, with rufians,
halloing to thy citizens as they pass to and
fro s...-
Pulaski your past has been grand ere
civil war with its chaos came, your head
lowered above all other villages, for beauty,
order, and ueatness! Yourpeople for their
elegance, erudition, bFillianoy, refinement,
social and moral worth, surpassed all
others Pulaski your present is a harvest
Of tares
There is much that can be restored with
patience, energy and proper spirit We
cannot bring back from their CORY graves
your slain, We cannot give vigor to the
lheless form of your beloved Clack Res
tore to your Barbour his life and manly
beauty. Breathe the breath Of life into the
nostrils of your gentle Suite. Return new
strength and The enlivening smile to your
Alternately. Give back the musical ca
dence to your Rogers. Bring back the
quick footsteps and merry heart of your
Pulley, or give vigor to the. wasted limbs
of your Shapard. No! They have gone
from among us forever. Sweet be their
rest in the bright mansions above.
Pulaski your field is evidently i'm
mense, the seed tosbe sown and the har-
vest to be gathered 10 it, are as vast as any
thing human can be. Take down the re-
pinings that hang in your dwellings, dis
pei the inertness that has gathered over
your people like moss, and,let them cease
to be mourners at the ftomb Of losses ="
.Instil into their bosoms love and charity,
tone towards another, A" and feeling that
VIC are striving IN the same direction, and
in the same spirit, and it may become a
scene of strength and inspiration to your
citizens-and you may again be the civ
ing" proud old Pulaski of happy Lang
Syne. ME-.
WAsHNeroN, Jan. e8.-A bill has been
framed Tor introduetion 10 the House, pro-
viding for Che appointment of Gen, Grant
to be Acting President in case Of the i'm
parchment or removal of Johnson.
WAsHNoToN. Jan. 29.-The Committee
on Reconstruction will enter Immediately
upon the preparation Of a bill for re-orgon-
izihg the States, in view OF the rejection o.
the constitutional amendment, and report
at the present session.
-Gno. D. PnBsrroh is compiling his frs