Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-13
ROOTS AND CEgAWLES.
Washington Correspondence Cincinnati CONNER
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When one of these petitions from the
poor, dated New York City, was read,
carpet-bagger, named Roots, nominally
from Arkansas, but really from Perry
County, Illinois, caied out /:
"Ha! hal A petition on morals from
New York Five Points The devil
preaching Christianity"
Now this Roots was accused by Mr..
Holman, of Indiana, who made strong
speech against land grants, of being ill.,
terested in a railway at that moment on
the Speakers table, and he subsidized. Fol-
lowing out the long reply of Roots, as he
wrote it himself-fOr the ear-marks show
the authorship, though the matter appears
in Poore's Congressional Directory, l
lind that he thus accounts for himself in
Arkansas:
slogan H. Roots, of Duvall's Bluff,
was born in Perry county, Illinois, March
26, 1851, and is the youngest member
now in Congress"
This seems to be the only qualification
Master Logan has, except his railway bill.
But think that Mr.. Conner, of Texas,
who resembles him in virtue and bash
fulness, has since captured the chaplet of
superior youth from that young brow.
But to continue:
''He was principal of the High School
in the city of Duquoin, in his native coun-
ty, the winter previous to reaching his
majority
Still harping upon thy youth, Logan!
''And graduated with the first honors of
his class at the Illinois State Normal Uni
versity in 1862"
Young men, as Atzeroth said at criti-
cal moment, "take ware
''He at once thereafter, took an active
part in recruiting and organizing the
Eighty-first Illinois Volunteers, in which
regiment he himself enlisted"
He did it by himself. Observe this
With the same invincible resolution he or
ganized this railroad company, and ther
''himself' got into 1t. ''Mine Colt vol
beeples."
"He was soon commissioned.
| You bet !
F'And served until promoted by an ep
pointment as staff officer of United
States Volunteers, under which he wa!
Chief Depot CommiSsary for the com
bined armies commanded by Gen, Sher
man on the march to the sea- he servet
in other responsible positions until tn
close of the war, in 1865"
| But, Logan where is the list of tn
conflicts After being Principal in tn
city of Duquoin, and graduating with tn
highest hOnors-whatever they were
and getting, all by thyself, into the reg
ment thou vast so active in raising,
there no bel-ud upon thy hands excer
that of commissary beef2 Alas histor
is silent here.
MEDICAL CONVENTION.
The Medical Convention is large an
respectable body here, and it has left OF
of its deliberations one or two local info
NAL societies, whereat there is q grei
| howl. These informal societies happe
| to be negro in part, ard therefore the al
guish of Chawles is great. Did you he;
that Boston negro stole an article
/ | plate from Chawles2 He did! lie el
| tered the mansion and said:
Gam l man and brOther!"
"Sartin, sure !" said Chawles' hOus
: keeper.
= Then reasoned the incOrrigible rasca
'I1l borrey something"
2 And he ''borreyed" a silver tea-tra,
' presented by the Sons of Freedom of Ry
e Beach, which was the property I
: Chawles, which sent the man and BROTH
. to jail. Now, will Chawles, dare Chawl
? appear against him l guess not:
1 | I'D. i.