The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-16
Bl..,...,;Eolc esn.. EacA Fay.

Brownlow, the Radical Senator from
Tennessee. is Il national character-not
because BrownIow is Il man of transcend /.
ent ability. but because he is a sample of .
= class of statesmen the Radical party
has forced, by the bayoDet. upon the coun-
try as fit representatives Of the South. 1t
is true, that the moment the bayonet of
federal authority was removed from the
thrOatS of tire people of Tennessee, they
repudiated Brownlow by thousands but
still BrownlOw represents Tennessee III the /
Senate, and at the same time represents
the mental, moral and social status of the
administration party il that section. Hence
it is that BrownlOw's views on the molal-
ty Of the back pay swindle become i'm
portdNt. In characteristic letter 10 lis
Constituents-by courtesy constituents
for lie really has none now-he vigorously
rcpcls the statement that ''he hesitated for
some weeks, but finally yHtOOll the back pay
moncr- at the same time CufSlng the pow
cIty. protTactcd Illness and big doctors
bills that forced him to do it." 1t viii be
observed that this statement Is at once am
attack upon his standi%g as Radical
statesman. and his reputation as q Chris
tan, being a reflection on his daily walk
in the one character, and on his conyersa-
ton in the ether lie does not, however,
in his character of paTsOn, deny the ''curS-
ing - but as IL his character rs a radical
politician were dcarer and better worth de
Tending, he haStens to express his surprise
at any statement implying a want Of alsc-
rity on !.is part in taking all the public
money lie could get. lie says Il took
the increased compensation cheerfully and
without hesitation" lie wants IL dis
timely understood, too, that he was one
Of the vigilant kittens, and not enc Of
/ those that lay in wait to have the cream
forced on them. He boasts that he could
have lodged 4 vote on the salary question
because lis health was such tAat 10 one
ever expected him 10 lie ii his scat, Lut
that invalid rs lie was, he preferred to be
Oh record in favor OF the increased pay. be
cause lie considered his services to Ten
. uessce and the country worth ten thousand
dollars per auuuIn. His reasons for this
conclusion are summed up III his letter as
follows:
CAS- editor and proprietor of the Knox
. Vile Wing / lal long been accustomed 20
an income Of fen thousand collars year.
] fill while editor l earned my wages,
and / think that my labor is worth As much
as senator as it was as editor. And / now
think that ! ain doing a liberal part Ivy the
country in Cousouting to serve il at the sal
AIRY OF seven thousand five hundred dollars.
So, in voting for the Increased salary,
Mr. BrOwnlow thought only Of his SHARE
OF the SWAY and OF his own personal
services as emitting him TO the same. But
in voting ,hc back pay into his own Pock-
ct lie voted ii favor Of allowing the same
bounty to ether members who notOriOusly
fall below his standard of a mem ber's s value
in money. He voted to cJnfcr a largeSse
out of the public treasury upon men whose
services had been passed upon and pro
nouaced worthless by constituencies that
vetoed their petitions for indorsemsut and
re election. lie voted the increase pay to
men who never MADE any money before
II. -
tive talents have been first manifested by
getting enormously rich IL Washington
upon 1.-THE uigga'dly salary" allowed them
br the government. All of which goes to
/ showtIat III. Brownlow considered only his
4 own case, acted only il his own behalf, and,
in getting what he considered his dues, did
not care a continental il he did vote too
much 70 some and entirely too little to other
fellow members.
II is obvious that if the pious and loyal
Senator from Tennessee lad undertaken
to arrive at correct adjustment Of the
salary question by applying his standard
of COMPENSATION TO al the Sal,-icd officials
Of the government. the result would have
been anything but harmonious. 1t would
have been something like recognizing a
piece Of chalk as \ unit OF measurement.
Mr.. ETownl0w, when lie was young and
vigorous, mode $4,000 year publishing
a remarkably eaucy paper II Tennessee
argal, his services are worth $4,000 n
wear as Senator. W hen lie is so old and par
alyzed that lie is not expected to be ever
in his seat. BY publishing a similar paper
in Wisconsin. Nr. "BIicl'' Pomeroy made
about $JG coo y vear-argal, If Tweed had
seen fit to put hr. POncrOy into Congress
from New FORK. We wOuld have been
obliged to pay 500, coo a year for his ser
vices. If Mr. Tweed himself had taLCn =
notion to 90 10 Congress- and to measure
the value Of his services by his acquisitions
IN other lines OF business, there would not
have been any money left in the treasury
when lie retired. Cu the other hand. men
like Benton and Lincoln and many others
whose services are generally supposed to
have been worth something would be ex-
pected to serve without pay on account OF
their previous iil-sUcCeSS i'll gathering
gear But 10 bring the ab5urdity o!
such = standard home to the loyal mind
with = kind Of shock, - il were, We
need only hint, with batcd breath, at the
idea of applying it to thc salary of GER
tain August Parsonage who, il the prime
and maturity of his manhood, was a few
years ago devoting his great talents, aud
his West Point edUcatio., to the duties of
clerk III q leather store, for a meagrc sti-
pend of $500 per annum. Evidently, Mr..
BrownIow never thought Of applying it in
that quarter If auy dsloyal person had
suggested Sttt4l Il lD!HS " non 'AtC A'tIiE'toi
WAS voting on the salary question, there
would have been 4 scene such as magma
tion does not love to trace, and words
would have been uttered which editors and
recording angels cann,t transcribe with
out using numerous dashcs.-IUu8CH..
Courier.
Horrible EEs5-RcF cad .Ststcide.
I most horrible murder followed by ar
SON and suicide, was committed on Satur-
day night, between ten and eleven o'clock,
~ No 456 New Market street.