Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-07-03

OF Kentucky,
in THE HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,
Monday, june Is, 1868,
In reply 10 Hon. Horace Maynard on the
Reconstruction Of Tennessee.
Mr.. GOLLADAY. Mfr; Speaker,
/ have sought the floor on this ocea-
sion TO introduce few thoughts sug-
gested by the speech of the gentle
man from Tennessee, Mr.. Maynard.
which was delivered upon this floor
on the 18th of December last, i'm vim
dication of the State Government of
Tennessee. The length of time that
has intervened since that date might,
to the superficial observer, seem to
preclude any reply at my hands. In
consideration of the fact that both
Houses of Congress are represented
upon this floor by an accredited dele
CATION it will be claimed, perhaps, by
some as an act Of stpererogatiOn for
practical purposes but in justice to
truth and history, as in itself worthy
of consideration, and the fact that /
first saw the light in that once grand
old State, that in youth spOrted
Upon her friendly soil with my child
hoods companions, and that in man.
hood I have travelled all over her
length and breadth in far happier
dhys, at least to her, when peace and
plenty smiled upon her now desolate
population, and her people were free,
not only in name, but IN fact; and in
view of the further fact that she has
no Representative in this Hall who
dare now rise in his place and truly
speak i'm her name and vindicate her
outraged character from the unjust
aspersions which have been so wan
tonly and cruelty heaped upon her
true citizens, feel myself impelIed
by love of the land of my nativity,
by the respect for all the kindly asso-
Citations and memories of other days,
to strike one lick for "Faderlafid," I"
and make some humble effort to place
her grievances upon the records of
this Congress, that in the hereafter
some gifted son of hers, now strug-
Cling beneath the wave of tyranny
and oppressive prescription which
pervades her land, shall rise here in
our midst, and in burning tones of
eloquence and pathos make these
walls ring with the story of her
wrongs, and point to this my most
feeble effort In tribute to not un-
grateful son.
Mr.. Speaker, permit me to say in
all kindness, and with high respect
for the entire delegation from Tennes-
see, that she has this day no tofi-
stitutional or legal representation on
this floor. They do not represent the
sentiments of the people, the honest
yeOmanry of that Commonwealth "a.
They represent no republican form Of
State Government. They only re.
present q form Of government estab-
1ished there by the chance of war,
and sustained to-day alone by mill
tary power and oppression, neither
republican in form or in spirit. Under
the government which exists there
to-day her laws are not made by the
Representatives of her people. Her
constitution was not framed by her
people.
My friend, the honorable gentle
man before alluded to, who so ably
misrepresents that people, and each
and every one of his colleagues, i'm my
Judgment, are here against and not
by the voice of her people. 1t is due
to them to say that they stand alone
on this floor in their glory, if such it
be, as being chosen by the newly
made characters now euphoniously
of means and anternr;se of nooroi;tv
intelli~ence. Virtna Of their AVN
color, are wholly disfranchised and
valued chiefly because they pay in
taxes by their sweat and labor the
expenses of this new government
machinery. not forgetting the salaries
jn,,,nsnd uno,, ths,,, hv tLa ,,,';oa ,sS
lnposeu upon tnem Dy the voice Of
their manumitted slaves, and q few
natiya ,yhitas and nnitn a s,,rinkJo of
transiont 0entIanaaJn J w,h pio pi;inn ou, ~,
Iransiellt SentleInen WHO, ike our
celebrated Mirawber, are only there
waiting Tor something to turn up"
MY noiiorapie lriahu, Mr. May
.,oIu! III ms speech, stated that ne
rose W Trhuicate the State Govern
llenI Vi ieiIiiessee. rs ne represents
not ihe people OF ms district, but the
partlsahs Oh tne state Government
as ne, nope ironically, calls lit Is
ehlhchiy rlght ana proper that he
shouiu nave uone SO. me nther
snouiu Always recognize his offspring,
ana great Is the ingratitude OF the
chlid which honors not the author, of
lts oeing, even though the creative
act was was consummated by violence,
ana the result the birth OF n mon
stroslty, me gentleman's published
speech lsee diooe, December ~, 'GH)
eoh.nihs me following astonishing
ueciarut'oh
IN eSamining the charges negatively, u
mNge wS Of no rtT snnia 1hsS no S1mpaint is
of any person, of whatever condition. or
color, unprotected in life, liberty, person,
cTme pSbSdity or or Of business OF nX