Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-19


distant future, his competitor would
reach the goal of his ambition, q seat
in Congress, but as for himself, he
wished to go there this time and would
say that he had voted against taking
up the bill in question and would dc
clare unequivocally before white aud
black that he
WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR THE CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL,
u-called, which is now pending he.
ore Congress.
He said this i'm the true interests OF
both the black and white races, for he
believed the enforcement of the pro-
visions of the bill would be the means
of breaking up the Fl q schools in the
South, In which event, no poor man
could afford To give his children the
advantages OF au education. He OPP
posed every provision of the bill in
qupstiOn-in fact, he was diametrically
opposed to the bill IN toto. Morality
and religion alike demanded the main
tenance of institutions of learning as
the bulwark of national prosperity and
strength. Do not give up the free
school system. Have schools for both
races, alike i'm advantages to acquire
knowledge, hut let them be separate
THE SOCIAL QUESTION.
In travelling, If a colored man bought
a tir,t class ticket give him first class
ca if he wants Il separate car from
the whites, let him have it, and if on
the other hand, the white man wants
separate car from the blacks, give it
to him. There was not the invidious
distinction in travelling that sometimes
seemed so, a. regarded discrimination
on account of difference in color, for
on many lines of railroad no man
could obtain entrance tn q certain car
on the trains unless he was accOmpa
MED by lady. The social question
would and should regulate itself and
any attempt To foreslall public senti-
ment in that particular could only re-
suit disastrously to the party attrmpt-
ing it.
THAT ADDRESS.
Rumors had been out flying abroad
that he was compromised 10y certain
address that had been issued by the
Union Republican Executive Commit
tee to the people OF the United
States. He had heen selected
by his colleagues in Congress
to represent the State of tennessee on
that committee, and as regarded the
address, would frankly say that he had
never seen it until it appeared in print.
While the address was being prepared,
he had requested his friends, if it aid.
vocated the Civil Rights Bill, to with
hold his signature. 1t was not advO-
Gated, he claimed, and the true mean
ing of the intention OF the Committee
was perverted whenever such con-
struction was placed upon it. The
address as party document was adj
mirahle, but there were some men who
would find a mares nest any
where.
Alluding to the steadfast opposition
Of the Democratic party {" lh~ -lcva
ton of the negro, Col. Tnurnburgh
read the following extract nom the
address Of the Executive Committee:
The great act OF emancipation, while
1t Is the grandtst in history, is also the
least expensive. 1t costs nothing but
vote, yet even this they refused to
give. By simply writing yes" upon
their ballots, instead of "uu,n they
(the DemOcrats) knew they could give
freedom to four millions of human be-
ings. They were sure of victory il
they said yes - they could only hope
for victory if they said nOn-and vel
they said no" 1t was mere ques,
ton of violation. The question was
squarely put to them after they had been
led shuddering clear through the Red
sea and stood dry on the other shore
st BOD, too, in thar marvellous blazt
which irradiates the nineteenth centu
ry as it sinks,iuto the twentieth-they
were plainly asked "Are you willing
the bond should be free ?" and "no.'
Civil rights as spoken of by the com
mittee meant only the rights of any
citizen, ard not one intended TO com
NIT the party to mixed schools. HI
found nothing to object to in the ad,
dress, but on the contrary, much t
commend, as all would admit who
gave it a careful and attentive perusal
THE FUNDING BILL AND ASSESSMENT
LAW.
1t had been said he wasn't as good
Republican as his competitor, and, O.
course, it must be true; but neverthe
less, had he been a member of the las
Legislature, as was Judge Houk, h,
certainly would have acted differently
from that gentleman, who was expect
ed to stand as bulwark against tn
encrOachments of the Democratic ma
jOrity in that body. But instead of OPP
posing the enemy, he took them 70
bedfellows, and the Republican OK wa
suspected OF blowing with tbs Demo
cratic heifer. He himself Ed neve
run against the candidate of his owl
party.
On the question of funding the in
debtedness of the State, it was wei
knOwn his competitor opposed tn
measure first, and even went so far q
to read speech in caucus opposing tn
measure, which gave the bondholde
compound interest on his investment
But he changed his views in a singl
night and has favored the funding bi
ever since. Could an intelligent con
stituency believe the pledges Of such
man for the future, when he had s
shamefully violated his trust in tn
past? He thought not.
The assessment law was anothe
measure, which his friend had nuI
tured into existence and then thrus
forth the monstrosity to plague tn
citizens of the State with its linguistic
rial, bewildering, incomprehensiblc