Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-01-08

spotless and his character is irrcproacbnblc,
will they stultify themselves by base in>
gratitude?" .t- r..
What a question just Sfter that "uni-
versal expression of opinion" And those
malicious aspersious by bahdoned ca
lumniatOrs and unprincipled partisans p
We, too, get mad as hornet, when we
remember them. Just to think of those
abandoned Radicals and Democratic "par-
tisans" of Congress uairersalIy, except
one, voting censure on, aud more than
half of them, voting for the expulsion of
MIR. b., whose record Is spotless" (Which
hay rnsaui Is al of one GolosJ and whose
character is unimpeachablc. And it
makes us madder than ever, to think they
did all this under oath! Ye gods Its
enough to "stii the fever in the blood Of
age and make the infant o. P. rs sim
ews strong as steel" 1t makes us feel
Shakcspearean, from our sympathetic
Heart we cry, III, who takes back pay
takes trash; but they who voted those
malignant aspcrsiouS and that intense
obloquy," would have made him poor in
deed, but fUt Ills tlhdication by Opt"
Tile iuquisitive correspondent next
asks: "What claims has Judge Gillenwa,
ters upon the affections of the people ?"
Really wb don't knew-didnt know he as
serted any. If hc has any it is to be
hoped they are not of the grabbing kind,
especially the kind that grabs backward !!
Then we a-e informed that Judge G. as q
jurist, is lamcntably deficient in most Of
all the essential requisites. His charges
never contain TINT closrncss Of dictiou,
accuracy of discrimination, and correct>
ness of Judgment combined with that
comprehensive knowledge Of the law
which SO abundantly characterized those
of his prcdeccssor-Butler.' Vide,
Link VS.. Allen, 1St Hciskoll p, 3lS.)
Of course not. 1t is universally adj
United that the mistake of President
Grant was in nominating Williams for
Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court, instead of Mr.. b. Query: How
would it do to swap off Judge e., for
Judge b.; on the bench, and exchange
Judge G., fot Judge b., in Congress,
wbici wotld end the 'abortlve career" of
Judge g., on the bench, who might prove
more efficient in another field, and would
give tis back one peerlesss jurist for our
Circuit Court. But this is strictly pri-
vate)
Mr.. Sophomore says, dhd classically,
too, as will be observed; "Tis said that
power, like the power Of Lotbc, has the
infalliblc quality of inducing those, who
have long welded it to forget past prom
ISIS and past favors," but that Mr.. b.. is
an exception.
We rejoice over this full vindication Of
Mr.. B. Those one hundred rebels who
say thsy supported him on his promise to
s'e that their claims for property taken
during the war, would be paid, (Which
has not been done,) speak falsely ssand as
for the three score and ten, promised
mail agencies, and the great number
promised Clerk e. Masters places through
his influence they should not fault Mr..
b. for not securing them each place, for
somehow Or o.her, contrary to Ike cxpcc.
tatiOnS of Mr.. B., the places happened to
be fewer than the promises. No fault Of
Mr., BIS,
The sublime and rhetorical correspond
ent after telling us how much Mr.. B. has
augmented the temporal interests of his
constituents" (might have added spiritual
interests, too, for he has ,"been consis-
tent member of the Methodist church for
thirty years. with the voice of Stentor,
roars, thusly: "With moral courage to
stand up for the right, though the 'heav-
ems totter and the earth reels the people
recognize this Godlike attribute and up>
plaud him when he upintentionally errs :,
Ito do the latter the people are mighty
big fools, $50 when bis stontorian voice
iii the impending campaign-resounds
through our hills and valleys, the people
will rally around this champion of their
liberty" land their money too, by way of
parentheacs) "and by an overwhelming
1--WE thought aniUersa1) majority honor
him who has never betrayed them. Vor
popah. Pon Del" Hip hurrah Eplwi-
bus u''ua, Multum in p@vo. THAT'S de-
serving of an alpintmem, we suggest, as
we have no idea 80. P. T." has thought
of it.)
Though the heavens tOttet, and the
earth rcelsT Good gracious, ,chat a
catastrophe that would be Just to think