Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-02-09

Enquirer says:
The new Justice of the Supreme Court,
nominated to-day, does not seem to meet
with much greater favor among Senators
than did the nomination of Judge HOar.
1t is maintained Mr.. Bradley never held
any judicial position; that he is lawyer
of only fair abilities, which have been
devoted of late to the patent law; that he
is geographically misplaced-instead of
being taken from Southern Circuit Court,
his residence in New Jersey is only fifty
miles from that of Judge Strong, who is
appointed at the same time fer the Penn
sylvania Circuit. Mr.. Bradley was re-
commended principally by Ex-Governor
Ward, of New Jersey, and Secretary
Robson. Judge Strong has been on the
Supreme bench of Pennsylvania, but re
signed a year or two ago. He was form
erly Democratic member of Congress,
but of late years has acted with the Re-
publicans.
Don Piatt writes to the Commercial
! saw this decided brunette Senator
Revcls) enter upon the floor of the Senate,
and It was gratifying to note the alacrity
anu LCGl VIII W lllIl IhdSStAAlNNCNlS las
tened to avOw her principles and act with
consistency. Sumner and Wilson shook
the gentleman warmly, and the gnarled
and knotty Drake strobe up to participate
in the demonstration. Well, this is all
right, and l must not be supposed 20 OBJ
ject. The law governing in social equality
is a law of each mans own enact
ing. If l wish to shake a ColOred
mans hand, it is my right to so shake,
and no man can say me nay. If, on the
other hand, decline shaking, the colOred
man may be offended, but he can not
make me shake, nor can any other man or
set of men. So, if Messrs. Sumner, VIII
son, Drake and others, find the new Sena-
tor agreeable and cOmpaniOnable, they
have the right to embrace and associate
with him. A part of the State of Missis-
sippi is to be admitted-thG darker part
so as to swear in the saddle-tinted Sena-
tor. This, like the Misunderstanding, is to
demonstrate our principles.
THE POOR.
The Hon. John Logan did good thing
yesterday. A bill passed the Senate some
days since, appropriating thirty thousand
dollars for the poor of Washington. 1t
was sniveled through by that piOus old
screw, Henry Wilson, whose elevation to
the Senate lost the world a splendid cob
bier; and another pious gentleman of the
same sort, called Cook, was trying to
SWIVEL it through the Cave, when
John moved to amend by authorizing the
Secretary of War to issue ratiOns to that
amount. 1t was a rational amendment,
and propose to stand by John from this
out. The poor of Washington don't want
the rations, but there is lot looking af-
ter that thirty thousand.
The rat;Ons are not what th9y want.
There is a dirty little dishonest city gov
eminent, very like our own, and the May
or thereof would find that thirty thou
sand dollars, just now, very convenient to
secure his reelection, and to support his
ragged horde of half-starved supporters,
who go to make his enlightened constitu-
ency. D.
By all manner of means, let my excellent
friend, Gen. Belknap, of the War Depart
ment, issue the rations The Government
will be none the poorer, for believe you
can put up your editorial nose all the side
meat and hard tack that will becalled for,
without titillating your journalistic nerves
into a snCeze.
But under what clause of The Constitu-
ton, or the amendments thereof, do these
SolOns find authority to vote a pauper
sum to Washington City Why not one
for Cincinnati? By JOve, | believe l will
put in for a small amount for my county
seat, West Liberty.
1t would be far better if they would
try and pay some of our just debts.
am told that there is a law upon the stat
ute book prohibiting any citizen Of
State, lately in revolt, from being paid
for property taken by our soldiers during
the late war.
That's reputation for you, and l have
not heard one shrek from my honorable
friend Horace Greeley. l know of a
loyal women, formerly of Cincinnati, and
lately of Virginia, who had her posses
sions swept clean by our soldiers, the of
fcers assuring her that they would see TO
the repayment.