The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-10-14
NEWPORT.
Mr.. McGaha Addresses the VO-
ters of Cooke. Il 5-ta

4 MIR. mcGaha Addresses the NO-
ters of Cooke. a .a.'a
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Cooke Co, Tenn, Oct 4j1874t
To the Editor Of tho Morrlstowh GAZETTE: e
F5is pleasant through the leopshaies of retreats
/ To peep at such a world; to see the stir
4 OF the great Babel, and not feel the crowd"
/ -CowPKR.
One could experience just such pleas
urable sensations as the poet describes
/ while looking at the crowd on yesterday
gathered at our quiet little village in
eager expectation of the arrival of Messrs.
Butter and Gillenwaters, "5who were to
! give political expose" of the national
administration, the Republican party,
] and probably of themselves From some
cause, not yet ascertained, those aHpir-
ants for Congressional honofs failed to
make their appearance, but the disap-
! pointment experienced on this account,
| by the assembled soyereigns, Nas speed
| iIy dissipHted by the announcement that
our worthy fellow citizen, Mr. Greetl
X. McGaha (who, by the way, is a can.
didate to represent Cooke and Sewer in
| the Lower House of the General Assem-
blv) was in town, and, at the Urgent se-
lieitations of his mauy friends, had, de
eided to deliver an Grafton upon the ho.
liticiiI issues of the days This announce
ment was Justify received, and the sh4d-
ows of disappointment heretofore rest
ing on many brow faded into smiles Of
exquisite delight at the prospect of a
speceh. Truthfully could the7 cn9otSf
have cxclalmedi tssta.Ea bas .lsil-4 :
q Now is the winter of our discomfort, raf. p.
Made glorious summer by this sun Of York"
Mr.. McGaha addressed the, crowd in a
very modest, unassuming manner. lie
stated that the very unexpected call I'M
pressed him very sensibly, and filed him
with feelings OF profound gratitude. and
that in the language of an old ballad, he
might exclaim that:
The heart speaks most, when the lips not.
He did not think it would be fair, how
ever, to make lengthy address, as none
of his competitors were present, and he
scorned to take any advantage OF. their
absence. In this sentiment was Il trace
y
touch of the real Knight Errant-such
as would have been worthy Of Raymond
or Tancred, in the days when scimeter
and lance flashed brightly s'neath the
Syrian stars" and when cross and cres-
cent detiantIy waved around the walls
and over the minarcts of Damascus.
Proceeding, Mr. McGaha- came out
squarcly and decidedly against the Black
Elevator, or Civil Rights Bill, and asthe
philosophy of Don Quixote is said to
have been the insanity of misclirected
chivalry, so Mr. McGaha, like the rest of
US, believes that "bill'' to be the evil
dpnce of the insanity of we'll directed
villainy, whose author, while he may
have been sincere in the attempt to de-
grade his own race. had really too much
ability not to know that the negro can
not be elevated to an equality with the
Caucasian, unless the inventive faculties
Of man, stimulated by sectional hatred,
could change the entire physical organ
ism of the negro. Mr.. McGaha don't
believe this to he possible, and even If It
were, lie is skeptica1 enough to believe
with the poet: zrifaaI
That you may break son may scatter the vase If
you will, -.....-..5-. .........
But the SCENT Of the roses viii linger there stI."
Upon State politics Mr.. NcGaha was
brief, but pungent. He was opposed to
the Assessment law, because, in his judg-
ment, it. required too much paper to
write down The taxes. =. tax collector
will receipt you for $40, ,0C0 worth, Of
taxes on piece Of paper 10 larger than
a revenue stamp, and wasn't particular
in signing any receipt at all; and yet the
State requires a poor fellow that don't
own what thc law says he shall haze, is
compelled, upoha piece Of paper large
enough to cover a white elephant, to
write down all lie possesses, Including
his character, provided the assessor can
place a value upon the last article We
agree with Mr., McGaha upon. the paper
question. There is too much in the
country already. respectable country
boy nowadays don't consider himself
presentable to his sweetheart without "a
Byronical paper-collar. surrounding bis
"jugular,n paper cuffs aroand his wrists,
and paper fronts over the garment next
under his vest. Nor does, the fair dull
Gina consider herself fashionably attired
without a huge roll of dailies and week
lies pinned under her shawl The ma
ton takes the infection and exists by as
well as simply o., paper. Mr.. McGaha
don't like the " funding bi1," On this
subject we can't agree with him. For If
the Legislature can devise any scheme for
raising funds" we are for it, and we
hope Mr.. -McGaha win reconsider his po-
sition on that question. After these re-
marks Mr.. McGaha retired. s ,f''+t
Yours, ~. LAURRoLrs' -