Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-10-07

psin'et tn the place by Governor Brown What
else? II leake out at er Hobbs went home that
some say S0O)l. others Sl2.UOO. to vacate the Of
NICE, We haze had var Gus cards on the subject,
but finally Mr. Hobbs said he was j,ting. They
ere very much given to joking, these Democrats.
,Laughtcr That is another scanda' on this Dcm-
orratic p,r,y and It i'rtght here ut home amosE
our own folks.
hEsoRi NLlztNG GENERAL BUrLER,
My competitor says that in the Spring of 1870.
pre'entet menOr al to General Butler. Chair
mao Of the Reconstruction Committee saying
th-t this Democrats administration, comiug in
af'er the Stokes and Scnier busi1e s. had ven
our people HO protection. Gcntlemeu. we we're
Governor enter in $40 in wlich he says:
Gentlemen Of the senate and llo SO Of Rep
resentatiycs: It Nth profound regret / realize
tne necessity Of directing your attic Il n to toe
a alarming frequent violence to the peace and
dignity of the state. in the maltrcatmeut aud
even a'racious murder of her citizens by perslns
genersly reported IN dtsguise -r unkuown.
Many Of the states citizens nave been outraged
~ their privl ges and persons by cruel iudiEui-
los; not few slain outright, without charge
OF having in any wise offended the laws: while
"t1crs, under or mluHl Oh arEUs have be fvrcibly
wresi from the Gus Qdy of the law AVID Their
blood deliberately shed by bodies Of men W thuut
toe least shadoE of authority. That these euOr-
mites can be IN our mi ist without the perpetra-
tors IN O sin e instance being even arrested 20
answer Tor the lawioss and Grimm 4 acts dem
onsttatcs the exist ueo Of organization ON ia ir
pare not only vigorous 10 the an iyilu5i cit zen
ana hAF'r+c TO the pubuc dlEnItH. but formidable
even To- the pihic rcac and sNtety The public
misfortune seems MT 50 much want OF law rs
lack OF power t. enforce that W. have
/ should think IL was nc that somebody was
heart ! thiIk it wa, time some one invoked aid
for the hobbies aud defeuse,es and gentlemen
we got IL! ami gcntem ~ we got It! l. ughter
CpnEr.s' plssct tho kukluN Jaw aud that brought
70 Ugh the perpetrator of these ormit cs
brought peace. for the tie being 10 the land.
Gent emsn, protection to "a citizen protec ion
I To- hts lie and property is Always the fir duty
OF ms representative.
THE EEcEyr ourRAGEs.
/ Ard whom do you Gni the victims o, these
/ ou'ragss wore Republicans in every instance
| My was it2 Why was it? Go back aud take Inc
/ .as' month, after The August elections when the
/ Democrats bad carried their poi Is, ard yuu find
/ q series of house burai ms murders Whipp.pg. G
" no are the that suffer- Repu rIicsns Rad.
cas- II you 80 plea. G 10 call then, whi.c and col
/ or'd, GUntcmon, is this the condition OF things
/ lHai We are ing To- have in our state Is this
! the protection of the land
| But Nr John e. Brown ays that he i, roins to
] enforce hN law, q he weDt out to Gibson cOun-
/ ~ a Democratic county. VIII re- ID mocratir
court had ut IN Jail sixteen mon cHurgtd III
/ in direction. and as It there was not law enough
/ ia that ,cc ion band OF disguised men, go IL tue
| nigh' 1nt take them out Of the custody of the
/ Shcrlu-take them uf and shoot them to dea h.
Governor BrOU n says he hat lorty ono Of these
men indie ed and Tor what? fr wearing masks
/ ani going in d"gulse in the highway. There =
| no charge Of murder on these men But General
! Grant comes To- the rescue and little Lieut., naut
/ finds tn TT nine IN re- of the men and arrests
| them Did Governor Brown thank General Grant
| t'r his aid? NJ sir! hut he sends off "A protest
| against whs be calls iate. fc once
| little girl named Julia Hayden was teaching
q school of her own color, She was boarding with
/ a cnorcd m n AMI was disturbing no one. wo
| men come at the d I'D Of night. break open the
/ door "a ,hoot her to death. Has anybody beer
/ punished?
| helpless old rolured mau is set uron and shot
/ down in bis own house. VINO is TO blame for this?
| The Democrats say it is the civil rights bill
CIVIL RIGHTS
have sa'd frequently that was not in favo,
Of the mixed sch GOT clause in the civil rights hill
/ and when | votet upOn the measure. dit il thai
II might be- referred hack t. tho COMMITTEES or
judiciary that 1t might be amended, Mr. Bout.
I we'll did not understand hat il provided f,
mixed schons nor did the COMMITTEES which
trat ed the bill Ny competitor says | voted fD
Nr sunni rs bin. There il a picc. of history
con ected with that bill which is nth co slider
ing. The j. moe scs has he n exceeding ar xiIus
10 get tn General Government out ct the hand,
of the Republicans. Ia order ta do this there Is
nothing they VIII not profess moth ng they vii
not do In the spring Of 1872. there were W,
prom mont men before the country. who had be
| 'uEci to tie Republican part, but had fil on
out of 1t, One was Mr. eley and one was Mr.
sumner. Our opponents conceived that they
could use these two men as levers and Gust the
Republicaa party. They wanted 10 use the Oar
kres. Mr. sumner introduced his civil rights bill
and made n speech upon Il IN April, 1877, The
next day Greeley used this language;
In ths Senate yesterday, Mr., Sumner intro
'ucod bill, securing elu' rghts, regardless o.
etc. This is right. We trust it may prevail"
he Liberal Convention met in Cincinnati in
My. and d'ptoi Mr.. Greeley a its candle, t.
for President. hen QUO Democratic friend. in
Tounrss.e otd meeting, If my connection was
no; there, why | am Glad 10 hear it. Laughter
But his p-. pie were tn re. and thev passed a res
cutiOn Ihstruct'ng their representatives m The
N4tiOnll Democratic Convention to support Mr.
, Gree cy for frcsident, They went to Baltimore
and looted their platform, in which they say
that " the following propositions are essential q
good goyernm ut.' Oue of those propositions
was the equ lily Of all men before the law in
the joymrnt I equal rights The intention
was TO a'i Greeley aud Sumner 50 so secure
the support Of Republicans and the cred men
Y remember, afterwards. Mr.. sumner hpd Is
suei Al address 10 the colorei people and IT, yen
out that the Dam cratic party had endorsed Mr.
Greeley and that Mr.. Greeley favored the Ciyi
| RIGHTS Bill Wnethpr my friend voted for Mr.
Greeley snow MOI, hut 90 90 Tennessee Demo
Gratis al l. and il seems 20 IN LAT he and hi
p party are not now IN cUrd,iU % say anything
, about the CT. HI hts Bill. .'INshlerl.
o But gentlemen, | find my uugls out, and
| mast close, Prolonged applause.