Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-17
HOWLING IDIOTS.

fives Of the CIass-TheIr EiestiferOus
Occupation Gone Forever.
Washington Correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial.
Your attentions respectfully invited
on this occasion to the Howhng Idiots
WHO live on either side Of Mason and
Dixon's line. They are Of the same
house, work to the same end. and yet
are divided as wide as the Poles. If
this division is the sign Of speedily ap-
nroaohing dissolution, let the people re-
{oioe. They we're bred upon the cor
Tuptions and weaknesses of the late
war-they sprang into being from the
poisonle scum that was thrown high and
dry upon the shore by the lashing
waves of that great conflict, and they
gravely assume that since they we're
born Of a great issue, they are that is.
sue, and the rest of the universe is not
worthy Of mention. q.
The Howling idiot Of the North is
still vigorously fighting the war Of the
rebellion; or, rather, to speak more &C
curately, he has begun fighting 1t after
the sound Of the genuine conflict has
died out-after the real, bloody, dan
gerOus war is ended-and hecan safely,
from his desk or has platform, air his
courage, patriotism and ability with
none to modest or make him afraid.
And. minus the elamJr OF q multitude,
in a sort of peaceful calm, where no
sound is heard save his own rawlings, he
fancies that he is a terrible fellow
and so be is, to vexed ears. His damn
able iteration is to the grand dlapason
Of the thunder of the artillery and the
crash and roar Of the musketry of the
real fight, like beirTitating, swapping,
cracking and popping of the internal
Chinese cracker in the uncomfortable
height OF the orthodox celebration of
the Fourth Of July But the big ears
of the Howling Idiot of the North,
ears which generally did not hear the
| summons to arms twelve, fourteen years
ago, except to reach for bis pocket to
buy his substitute, are to-day filed with
his own pestiferious noise, and, with
face grimy from his child s warfare, lac
CLEANS and glows with a feeling that be
Is mora than ever, pre-emlnently,
Howling Idiot.
And so he is. IL the consciousness
! Is a proud one, let him reVel IN 1t. He
/ is no longer a pOweTfOT eyilin the land,
| thank God! He had his day like any
other dog, and In his day he ac-
oomplished his work and achieved has
deyilish purposes. de went South and
came to Congress to steal and cheat,
and misrepresent the people and inter-
/ ests of a section IN which he had no IN
terest, except as it was Of service to his
| personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT. He carried
! things with a high hand IN the South.
| He persuaded the new voting. machine
that he, the Howling idiot Of the
/ North. was the negroes only friend,
that the whites Of the South were, and
always would be the enemy, uncompro-
MIXING, bitter and cruel Of the African,
| and by the aid and assistance Of his
brother the Howling IDIOT of the South,
be fully convinced the colOred man
that he was so. Then he entered into
possession Of the lands and tenements,
goods and chattels, Offices and emolu-
! ments of that section, and, thriving on
the profits of plunder, grew tat and
saucy. He roaIed and rantedln Wash
ingt0n, and, having cunning enough,
made partisan legislation Of that which
| ought TO have been National legisla-
ton. and with 5iabolicai righteousness
turned the army and navy Of the United
! States from the proper purpose OF the
protection of the people Of the United
States into instruments OF wrong and
Z ! J.. = - rsa-r7Ia lT TnF
South were deprived Of the rights be-
longing IN common to the human kind
and Of property and representation
/ This Howling IDIOT possessed, 1t will pC
| observed, some CLEANS Of intelligence
and had especially that lowest property
/ Of intelligence, acQuisitTveness, largely
! davelOUed. with no C0untarDalanCng
bump OF honest disceTnment Of com
mon decencY which would enable hin
/ to control his own endowment within
proper limits. So he built colleges 70,
the blacks whom he called the Ward
Of the Nation" and 10y this means
working upon the benevolence Of tn
Government and private individuals
stole a great deal Of money intended t,
be devoted to the education and eleva
ton Of the cOlored man. He establish
ed a great bank, calling it the Freed
mems Savings and Trust Company
and, under the pretext Of aiding 'agall
for he was all benevOlence) the poo
negroes, took fIom the horny hands o
the labor-worn, confding wretches
their money and applied II to his Owl
purposes.
: Well! This Howling Idiot .wh
: I ought in Justice to be this Whimperln
s Thief IN the handsOf indignant justice
t is engaged Just now IN laying all tn
e obstacles that his small nature can sug
. gest ID the wayOf a better and brIghte
J / era for his country. He appreciate
j that as long as he was able to keep u
= the bitterness Of the recent war b
2 prospered in his wicked way, and tina
If that bitterness should now pas
3 away, his occupation would be gOnt
4 his opportunities would cease, homes
l men would come by their rights, " an
7 he would sink again into the depths @
5 that obscurity from which nothing bu
70 the turbulence Of a sphere shaklu
= storm could have brought him. 1t
a ] 10 HIS llAElE1l ~ hNA y ~ -AAo 49,
ness. and he squats like a toad at Il
t ear Of the big-hearted, chivalric Mort
t TO whisper his calumDies and slandel
' and check the outstrrtched hand {
a manly reconciliation. he has for b
e mouthpiece every thieving carpet-ba.
e ger in the South, and every dishone
J. Republican Of the North. He Insplr
= Ben Butler IN his devilish maIgnIt
L BY reminding him that 1t was IN WI
q that he achieved his prominence al
2 laid the foundation Of his unssvory 70
IS tune. He prompts the editor OF Il
j. Organ to inveigh against the Era
Reconciliation as the Period of Gush
He warns the thieves who hold FEEDER
Office that their filching is.endanger
bv the fastening time when the hone
II men of both parties, having no threa
ening peril to the institutions Of t
republic to engage their attention, M
st sci about to drive the mercenares fro
Of | their stroDghOlds.
ID The Howling idiot Of the North
q. ably seconded by the HOwhng Idiot