Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-24
EMERSON ErHERIDGE,s FOLLY.

We give place elsewhere TO a piece
of rhodomontade from Emerson Eth
eridge, On pretty much the same prin-
ciple that We have copied occasionally
the inUoherent rawlings of George Fran
els Train. Its pernsal Will aise a
hearty laugh, promotive Of digestion
and good feeling. So long as this uni
versal Yankee nation boasts its George
Francis, why should not Wisconsin en-
Joy her Sergeant Bates, and Tennessee
her Emerson Etheridge? And if
George Francis aspires to the Presi-
dency, why should not our Etheridge
aspire to the United States Senate?
Republics, as well as monarchs, find
place for such men. Tennessee has
not raised a laugh in Congress since
the observation of "Jeems" Mullins.
And who, pray, is more fit to succeed
him IN that role than Etherldge:
OF course he eulogizes the present
Radical Congress, which holds the Civil
Rights bill over us like the sword of
Damocles. OF course he endorses the
Radical platform in this State, except
that it talks ofpaying honest debts. Of
course he tells us that the Federal tax
collector does not visit US, and all our op
preston is from State taxation, al
though the national debt is just one
hundred times as big as our State debt,
and three dollars are collected from
Tennesseeans toward paying its inter
est, to one dollar on the State debt. OF
course En-. Etherige would pay no in
terest after the January coupons, al
though the entire taxes for 1874 re-
manned untouched, with which TO meet
the next succeeding payments. 1t
would be so much shrewder to divert
these tax receipts TO various and sundry
jobs, putting the money where It would
do the most good. after the style of the
Brownlow government, under which
Etheridge thinks Tennessee prosperad
gloriously. We viii not debate these
matters. They are not debatable.
They are the eccentricities Of genius
HOW MAYNARD OVERDID H.
A rumor is in circulation here, to the
effect that Horace Maynard, in his
speech AT the Capitol, last Saturday
night, spoke of having travelled on the
train that day with a one armed North
ern gentleman, whose mill, in White
county, had recently been burned and
he driven from the county by I'M
kind treatment Of the citizens. We
have read the report of Maynard's
speech In both Of the Nashville dailies,
but no such circumstance IS mentioned
in particular, though he is represented
as having spoken IN general terms
Of Northern people being driven
from the State. The fact that
Mr.. o. d. Fish, a one armed
gentleman, whose fathers mill was
burned accidentally, a short time
AGO, was on the train that day, may
have furnished the willy Narragansett
with material for a tirst-class ''out-
rage" If so, Mr.. G. a. Fish, proprie-
tor of the burnt mill, is here to certify
to the facts. Several other of our
Northern born citizens, some of whom
are Republicans, have withoutisoheita-
ton expressed a willingness to, testify
to the falsity of Maynard's statements
in regard to the treatment of Northern
people IN this State. He is OVERRIDING
the thing so far that It is plain he
doesn't intend his speeches for effect
in Tennessee, but 70 fire the Northern
heart.
VIII the UNION AND AMERICAN tell
exactly what he did say on the occasion
referred tos-SpGrta Inder.
Maynard was referring to what he
called the "bloody month of August, !"
and said that one Of the effects of the
events of that month had been the driv-
ing of families from our soil. In this
connection, he stated that a Northern
man had come down on the same train
with him from McMinnville, who had
lost an arm in the Federal service and
had settled near McMinnville after the
war, where he built mill. This mill
had been burned recently, and the
owner, being unable to rebuild it, was
on his way back to his native State,