Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-25
THE IMPEACHMENT QUESTION AGAIN.

ed to be a sumner. He is no doubt aston
ished that the indignation of the masses to
whom it is addressed has not manifested
itself in a tumultuous meeting on the sub
ject,n He thinks so much Of his produc-
ton that it is inserted in two consecutive
editions of the "big organ, ;" which answers
Che convenient purpose of filling up and
saving composition. The object is to be-
get indignation against Mr. Maynard as
the "impeacher of President Johnson.
| The following sentence occurs in " the fell
lows" editorial which contains the gst
of his stunning (?) argument:
True not to his oath of Office or to the obliga-
| lions of common humanity, but perfectly true
to his vicious and unforgiving nature, he found
in the hour of his peoples calamity, the golden
opportunity for the qualification of his sleepless
malice.
"Vicieus and unforgiving nature ~
Qualification of his sleepless malice!n Who
is it that talks thus i? Certainly no one
that has ever engaged in wicked, mali
cious and disgrsceful scheme to deprive
East Tennesseeans, who were loyal to the
Government during the late wal, of voice
in the Legislature of the State or in the
Congress of the United States.
The infamous apportionment bills of the
last Legislature are not yet forgotten.
What motive prompted their passage
Was there no exhibition of "vicious and
und unforgiving nature in the enactment
of these laws. Let Senator DuBose, the
chairman of the redistriciing committee,
answer. In the discussion that followed
the presentation of the bill, he said:
II have nothing to conceal in the matter.
This redistricting bill is political measure In
redistricting the State no member of the Radi-
cal party was consulted. Our main object was
so to redistrict the State that for the next ten
years not Republican could be elected to the
Legislature of Tennessee. This l openly avow.
We endeavor so to arrange the counties as to
make every district in Tennessee Democratic
district, / believe ias the lao Of rerenge. The
Radicals di$franchised rs, and noe aoe intend
the Radical party by every political means in
our power. WeiRtend to Sho1o them no rnercy
1 repeat, have nothing to conceal. This bill is
SO framed as to. give the Democrats as many
this floor will allow no change to be made in
the bill This political matter. This means
business. Your committee spent vast amount
of labor, so forming the various districts as to
do the Radicals all the harm, and the Demo-
Gratis all the good We could. hope therefore,
no change will be made in the bill rs politi-
cal measure ii IS perfect. The committed insist
that no change shall be made. am astonished
at the Senator from Haywood who says he is
opposed 10 redistricting the State in the exclu-
sive interest of party / intend to let his peo-
pie know what sort of q Democrat he is. i'm
tend to publish him in the papers. / intend to
expose every Democrat who votes to change the
bill. Again, repeat that there is no conceal
ment This bill seeks to disfranehise the Rad
zeal party. We haze got our feet OH their
necks. The Democratic party has SO decreed
it, and the people can do no wrong. The law
of retaliation is right"
81 believe in the law of revenge" was
the voice of one who spoke by authority,
Revenge upon whom? Upon the men of
East Tennessee who refused to be driven
into rebellion. Is there nothing "vicious'
or of ian unforgiving nature" there
Answer, East Tennesseeans. When these
infamous words were uttered, when this
most infamous spirit was displayed, was
the virtuous indignation of the "big or
gan" the "ring organ" aroused and did it
raise up its voice against "vicious and
unforgiving nature?" Not at all-but it
is now venting its venom against the very
man, for whose defeat the gathering
ram" district was constituted-a measure
that will stand on the statute books as a
monument to the malice of every man
who was instrumental in its passage. 1t
is measure so perfectly monstrous in its
character, that no man, not even
the plant tools or paid organs OF corrupt
ring, dare to attempt defense of it before
the people of this locality. The district
was created for the express purpose Of de-
ieating Horace Maynard and to virtually
disfranchise his friends, and we defy the
Hoig organ, y or any other organ in this dis
trict, to attempt a defense of the law Great
ing it. We defy them to point to any
statute, in the code OF laws in any State,
THAI is more disgracefully malicious in its
character than this. And yet the fellow"
who furnishes this editorial to the 'Ibig or
gan" has the sublime impudenee TO talk
about the qualification of sleepless
malice"
But, II by such side issues as this, the
minds Of the tax payers can be diverted
from the huge frauds that have been perpe-
frated upon them, and the swindIing rings
are permitted to go on plundering the
treasury and enriehing themselves, the OBJ
jet of their organs will be accomplished.
They will receive the petty stipend agreed
upon as the price for their services In keep |
ing public opinion down and for lulling
the people into fancied security, while |
they are being robbed Of their hard earned |