Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-04
Hank. from the "roOmbs,' a Dolcrul Sound.

reconstructed. He glories in the fact that
he is "rebel." He wants the Constitu-
ton of Georgia so amended as to provide
for the reputation Of the State debt and
has made speech, from which the follow
ing is an extract:
have read the Governors message, and
he gives you very good advice in It,. lie
saws, repudiate these bonds. They have
made that very honorable term. 1t is no
longer infamous. Why, the Jews put
Christ upon the cross because he was in
famous. But look back through the vista
of 800 years, and around that cross beam
the glories of heaven. Bad men have made
the world no longer Infamous ! ike the
world. l would have it put on my tomb
stone that / repudiated every rascally dol
lar these Legislatures put upon my chill
dren. l accept the term. / am proud of
the appellation that when forged and
fraudulent bonds were attempted to cor
rupt the people l repudiated theE1. glory
in the name "repudiator.n [Applause.l /
won't pay n shilling of them unless you
work it out of me by the tax collector. l
have paid some government taxes, but /
have never paid them one | could help. l
have resorted to all kinds of shifts some
times to get rid of them. / took every
means could, and have prayed to God
10 forgive me for some of the means / have
used, for l am not sure they are exactly
right. Jknew the end was good, but was
DOUBTFUL about the means. Laughter
Il g You have shown an example of
patience to the men of the North Men"
did [ say? My God not men thieves
demons! After seven years from our ca
pituation-a our flag was pulled down
Dy the brave, you have submitted to debt,
TO deprivation of property. and then to
the Thirteenth Amendment. That is the
asst thing, they said. Then the Fourteenth
4 al, Loo how uoil lnr,nif 70
he Fifteenth. We bowed to that. Well,
hey said submit to reconstruction, and
hey would not let the Supreme Court de-
ide upon that. They put their Erskines
lere to do that and would not let it go to
he Supreme Court of the United States.
Veil, we bowed again. Some kicked and
rould not go to the convention And
ley had Hubert, /" this right man in the
ght place. as somebody said the COnStj-
HiOn called him. Then reconstruction
gain. Some did not bow. | did not bow
all. | was a rebel-it is glorious term.
means patriot" After awhile they
me again. We have turned the negro
ae-and they are the best people 1 ever
W in their place, and a little better than
Yankees are in any place. Laughter
always liked them. They had civil
hts bill number one. We groaned but
TX it-said, ITS glorious thing" Then
il rights bill number two. Then men
uld have arisen in seven years. But ii
WIS more and more. And then even
mt himself, that ignoble villain, advised
IN to pass it; and then, after seven
RS, you have the seventh vial of wrath
red out upon your heads: Time can
assuage their animosity. 1t is natural
devil hates the good. When we had
everything we could do-dshOnored
ancestors, crawled on our knees, sang
ls, and.said, "let us have peace" they
like the Frenchman. i never wa:
III at French, so will give you trans.
In; he said: LET US be brethren, or
'cut your throat" But this is the dew.
rice refined over again. am speaking
truth-every man knows it. And what
lat? To put your niggers in your the
a, in these halls, into your churches
$ the niger even into your own bed
clber. Laughter, applause, and cries
OTever, never !"l Fellow-citizens, you
nature. There is time when free
unjust say, "Thus far shalt thou come
alo further" Applause.
time comes when freemen must
ss(their arms and live free or not at all
Lat struggle for public liberty, If these
olssions continue, | will show you
yg men, that an old man can die. Ole
perhaps, can die easily, because we
hdbut little to sacrifice, while the young
mave before them life and its varied
hIof pleasure, with light and happi
nall before. 1t is possible that Tor tna'
ren feel more than you, because my
feands are fast running out, and it Is
busmall sacrifice that L should die in
bef of the liberties of our country. &c
Oten. Make your Constitution your
sses. Allow them to appropriate not {
size dollar for outstanding your resour
ce The Greeks, the greatest people in
thvorld, laid down before the Turks
III are the shame, the scorn of the world
* slaves of heather. The Italians lay
foD0 years in shame and infamy, bu
thWital spark that God Almighty hal
pun the breasts of all lovers of justice
kined into life-they struck, and to-day
areee. May he reserve that for you. Ii
theeantime, If you let anybody COVER
youpase corporations, base laws-thieve
-yt will go mad. Opposition makes
mad There can be no social order withOu
Justh. Order your Constitution to Civ,
justiA There are discOntents, and / thanl
Almhty God for it. There can be M
peacagithout justice in this world. Civ,
yhemhat. They love peace But if ther,
is to no justice, then, as Chatham said
Let Cscord reign" [Applause.]