The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01
METROPOLITAN LETTER.

THI. NEW SENSATION OBSERVANCE OF
THE FouRTH-GEN. BURNSIDE 10 BE
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OFFERED TO HAVE A LIVE EDITOR
PRESENT. SWEET TIME Win THE
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PERsoNAL-ED. F. LYoNs-JUDGE c. W.
JoEEs-wHEAT-A. A. BARNES.
KNOXVILLE, June 90, 1874.
DEAR GAzETTE:-The sensation of the
day is the approaching celebration of
the 4th Of July If you can afford to
walk down on that occasion, / promise
you regular old fashion time of it
Jimmie Cowan viii have charge of the
fireworks department, which means that
that part of the programme viii be q
success.
Gen. Burnside viii be the principal
speaker of the occasion, but as | have
always, when l have been in his vicin-
ity,,avoidcd getting near enough to hear
his voice, I cannot say whether he is an
orator or not, yet Judging from popular
opinion, would say lie was. Come on
anyway, and if the speaking don't suit
you, don't listen to it. There viii be
plenty to interest you outside of that. If
no better can be done, we will get up a
Railroad meeting. and grant you the
right of way over the line of the East
Tennessee, .VTginia and Georgia Rail
In ,.cga of
bridges, if you will agree to observe
schedule time on your trips. If you run
a full train, though, | reckon you will
have to pay. three cents a mile. Let's
see, there is yourself for the Engine,
wife for the Tender, and - well, there
would be a rather lengthy train, but then
considering the fact that you are an edi1
tor, you ought to be allowed the privi-
lege. Go to work and lay up your stamps,
and / promise you that l win do all in
my power to secure it for you at the very
lowest rates consistent with the interest
of the stockholders.
We are having a sweet old time polit-
icaily down here. The Republican par
ty has gone square back on the darl1ies.
There is not a single candidate of any
party who does not denOunce the Civil
Rights Bill as at least ''2t7l2clSe and gHer-
pe3aent" Some of them can swallow all
of it except the mixed school feature,
but that, they think, might pinch q lit
tie. l don't understand how men who
profess to be Republicans, and Radical
at that, can refuse to en-
dorse this bill. The party was original
ly organized upon the idea that ''all
men were born free and equal, " and I'M
der this the abolition of slavery, and the
perfect and exact equality of the colOred
race with the white under the Constitu-
ton and laws Of the United States. But
when the supreme moment came-the
time for the crOwning act in the grand
drama Of universal iberty-the Southern
Republicans f1ickered They have long
held this tempting bait out to the col
ored man, and by means of it have con-
trolled him as absolutely as if they held
Il bill Of sale of him, but just as he eager
ly leaps forward to grasp it, (see the res
olutions of the Nashville COlOred Con-
ventiOn), it is snatched away, and they
are left hungrier than before. If /
was a cOlorcd man l would repudiate
those who repudiate me. | would stick
to the National Republican party, but
would go back on the Southern Repub-
lican party. Every Northern Republi-
can in Congress voted for the Civil
Rights Bill, because it aoas q pa1fy measure.
while those from the South, voted
- 3szf3ned to their places if t,ey facored 1t.
Mr. Maynard had the courage to vote for
the bill, because it embodied his princi-
pies. IhonOr him for his vote, If | do
not honor his principles do not like
to see ma1T occupying public posi-
ton afraid to vote his principles. | like
an open, honest enemy, as | hate Il ny
pocritical, two faced friend.
So if were the colOred people land the
radical party may thank their stars that
l am not l would run my own eandi-
dates for every official position, and
thereby maintain the integrity of the
National Republican party in the South,
and show the trucking aspirants now
in the field whether they come out with
out one or not. The cOlOred race do
not need, and cannot depend upon their
sO-called friends in the South to vote
for the civil Rights Bill in the next Con
gress. There are plenty of true and
trusty friends in the North to vote for
it and who Will vote for it, to enable it
to pass the next session of Congress,
without trouble. Why, therefore, should
they longer consent to be led like
hounds in the leash, by their masters
But qtidRtltnl SlLfic5t, they will do what
their masters say, l suppose.
Since your last issue we have lost one
of our best citizens in the person of Rev.
f. F. Lyons. You, as well as all the
rest of us who knew him, loved him for
his very many most excellent traits of
character. He was buried with Masonic
honors, at the old family Cemetery on
the Crawford place.
Judge @. w. Jones is very i'll, but is
thought to be some better. The Judge
has been in feeble health for a long time
and it would not be a matter of surprise
though of great regret, If he were called
off at any time.
Our farmers are disposed to hold their
wheat for better prices I understand
that Mr.. a. A. Barnes, of Barnes & Sim
monds is to start North in few DAYS to
look after the market in that direction
If you could possibly persuade the Rail
Roads to give our farmers better tariff
of rates to the Eastern Seabord we would
prObablyfinda market there which would
compete in a lively manner with that of
the South. Southern millers prefer East
Tennessee wheat to any other, and viii
give more for it, and | think it probable
that if an effort is made to ship it East,
they would raise the sights somewhat.
Yours truly, &C.,
TUCKER.