The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-01-22
A PRIVATE FUNERAL.
The Man Named Washburnc Adj
vised to 60 Home.

"A PRIV ATE FUN EftAL.
The Man Named washburne Adj
vised to 60 Home.
(rrom the New York Tribune.)
There is IA man in Washington, named
Washburne, whom we advise to go
back to Illinois in the very next train.
This man is making himself very disa-
greeablc. Presuming upon his long ca
reer In Congress, he Is all the time in
sisting that the Government ought to
be protected--that officers should be
honest; and he is making the word
economy MS odious rs Shakespeare said
Pistol made the word occupy. There
is not gentleman in tho l0bby-ex.
cuse us this sentence Is not finished,
and the first part of 1t must not be ta-
ken as o positive assertion--there Is not
n gentleman in the lobby, we repeat,
whom this man Washburne has not
previously offended. and who does not
desire that he should clear out of Con-
gress. He is one of those fellows who
interfere with the lobby, and who are
so far behind the times as to think that
the lobby members are not the real rep
rcsentatives of the people. These gen.
temen want him to go home, and we
mourn their misery In finding that he
won't. ... I....
The other day this Washburnc jumps
up in the House, and what does he say ?
That forever shall float that standard
sheet where falls the foe that flies before
us, with freedoms soil beneath our feet
and irecdom's banner waving DER us?
Nothing of the kind. Does he say that
when his eyes shall be raised for the
last time to the sun In heaven, may il
not shine upon broken and discovered
Union and land, it may be, drcnchcd
in fraternal blood? Not at all. Does
he say, lives there man with soul so
dead who never to himself hath said,
this is my own, my native land whose
heart hath not within him burned when
home his footsteps he hath turned from
wandering on foreign strand? He
does not. Does he say that it is sweet
to die for ones country No, he don't.
This man says nothing about our glori-
, Gus eagle. That noble bird pines under
his base neglect. He has even been
known to omit the name of Washing.
, ton, the Cincinnatus Of the West and
, the Father of his Country, from his
speeches. In short, this man Wash.
| burne is all the time talking about sa.
wing pennies and dollars, and being
, economical, and paying our debts, and
doing nasty, Industrious things, and all
: that. It's mean; that's what it is
mean.
$ The other day, as we were saying, ht
jumps up in the House and makes &
g long speech about the duty of Congress
: 1t must give its attention to the materia
4 and vital interests of the country. i
D must turn to questions of finance, Of
D taxes, of economy, Of decreased expen
. ditures, and tariffs, and ad valorems
g whatever they may be. And is this nj
/. that Washburne wants Congress to do
v Oh! no. You have no idea OF hi
: wants. Just as if these things wer,
: not enough for twenty Congresses, h,
n must say that it must attend to "ques
v tons of railroad, telegraph, and express
t monopolies, which are sucking the yer!
4 life-blood of ''the people" The actual!
i uses this vulgar eXpression,] "to the ad
o ministratiOn Of the revenue laws, ant
# to the robbcrics and plundcrings. of tn,
II treasury by dishonest officehOlders."-
d But the Star Spangled banner he delib
c erately and with premeditated contemp
G omits entirely. Great Heaven! are w
It to neglect the flag of our country j,
IS this way? Shall the name of on
Washington Ger be forgot? Shall W,
# cease to pour out hot tears of graft
v tude on the urns and ashes of our iuf
n mortal forefathers? Bear in mind tina
3. the vindictive Washburne says we must
II According to him, we are to turn on
g attention to speculation, extravaganza
3. proflagacy, and corruption. Yes, fel
G low citiZens, we are to look after tn
e vast army Of the base, the venal, and {,
y go for "the lobbyists and gamblers WIN
If have gone to Washington to make
If raid on the Treasury"
v Now, we advise this Washburne t,
l. stop all this kind of talk, or he will ge
himself into trouble. AS they say il
Albany, somebody will go for his ear
e You don't know what that means, d.
d you, Washburnc? Very well, you will
find out if you NEEDLE with any of on
bills, which are just as good as any
body's, if not better.
r. But so long rs this man Washburn
J, sticks in Washington, we expect troubl
. with all grand national projects. ii
u who is SO base as to say that "public Ian,
enough to make empires has been vote,
e to private railway corporations, subsi
c dies of untold millions of bonds, TO
= the same purpose, have become charg
Is upon the people, while the letters 0
h vast mOnopolies have been fastened still
v closer and closer upon the public" j
e mean enough to attack our almanac
V and balloons. We give him fair warn
Il ing, though, that if he defeats our no
e BILE schemes in Congress, we shall up
IS peal TO that higher legislative body, tn
lobby, and its superior will make it al
If right. In the meanwhile, we tell Wash
d burne he had better go home. H
!, Bg~ James A. Bayard has been cleo
ted by the Delaware Legislature, a