The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-09-02

Corgre.s and the Te- t Oath.
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out the following suggestions upor
this subjact:-
The difficult problem is forced up
a. the peeplesof7 Tennessee Of select.
ihg Congresshen who viii bothtep
resent them properly in the Natioua
/ Legislature and who can at the sam.
| time take their seats in that body.-
We have given some attention t.
what has been said upon this subjec
and particularly TO The FeeOmmenda
TORS ofthe Democratio Senators and
members la;elY in consultation al
Washingtioa- The sum Of our in
formation en- that subject IS this
The act Of Congress Of le62. pre-
scribing what is called the iron-clad
oath. is still the law. Now. of course
no man who can take this oatE, is &C
! eeptable to the voters lofour inmedi-
ate district. To meet this difficulty
it is constantly suggested that we
should select men whose disabilities
have been removed. 81
Congress did. in 1865 pass an
act providing modified oath for this
class, which is in substance nothing
more than an os tn to support the
Constitution ofihe United States =
Now, it plain that this act was pass
ed fQr the benvft of Radicals like r.
Il. Butler, who could not. for fear of
consequences. take the irou-clsd; and
therefore it is plain chat an unscru-
lous Radical Congress will not be
likely to allow this act TO inure to the
benefit Of the true men of the South
who have had their disabilities re-
moved. It is true enough that Sen
stOr johnson. of Virginia. and Gen.
Lewis. Of kentucky we're both ad
mitted under this act and on taking
the modified oath. But it is said
that McP herson. the presentclerk Of
The House. who will make up therorl
of The mex House, will insert therein
the name of no one who cannot take
he iron-clad oath; and if this be
tue, those who have had their disa-
hi tiles removed would DO 10 little !
better condition thon those who have
not. being left as to their right to /
seat to TIE discretion Of Congress.
The plain mater of fact is. that as
long as the i-on-clad oath stands the
people Of the South will have no
representative men in Congress. aud
II appears to US that the best thing
hat the people can do is to select
men in whom they have confidence,
and let them take their chances
' cry recent experience in Ibis Con-
gressional District has satisfied US
That radical Congress will never
want pretext to shut out distaste-
,ul constituency.
We have thrown out these hurried
hoping to elicit fuller
discussion of the question, which we
confess we do not fully understand
u all its bearings.
4 MOurnful Result of the War.
We have been placed in posses-
sion of the following facts: In 1867
1 planter Of this county. who had
lumber OF hands EMPLOYED on his
was one day sitting 10
1is front portico. which overlooked a
arge area of his farm. He saw a
sett oF hands hoeing cotton; among
hem he noticed a beautiful young /
White lady at work with the blacks
lie inquired who she was and was
old that she, or her motheI, former
: owned The negroes with whom she
'as working for her daily bread !
We vouch for the truth Of this report.
II the Equine Remedies.
HUGE PEAcH-Mr. Join A Beas-
! left at our office one day this week