Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-04-19

member arrested for contemut and ,;o
iation OF Its rules. On the Leeisla,nra
disregardlng the injunction of this uetty
Judge and contemplate tool of unrs.
pentant rebels, a rebel Sheriff. under the
orders of the Judge, and backed bvs
rebel mob, oyerpowered the Serreant.at-f
Arms, and forcibly made an sntranca
into the State House, taking the rscnS,
ant members from the custody Of the
officers Of the Legislature, almost ore
clpltating a bloody riot Subsequently
the Legislature most righteously pun-
ished the Judge by impeachment and
removal from office.
When contemplate the lawlesg. sedi-
tous and revolutionary couduet OF An
drew johnson in his endeavOrs 20 bully
and bribe, with Federal Offices. the Leg
islature Of the sovereign State Of Ten
nessee and his censure of President
Grant for not strictly observing the poll
ey OF "non-interference" in the local af-
lars OF the States, can recnr to only
one parallel in all my observation and
reading TO his lanblushing impudence.
IL was when Richard Brinsley Sheridan
was taken by the police of London from
1ne gutter In state parallel to that
OF A; johnson when inaugurated as
Ylee-PTesident, and questioned to his
name, ne responded, Wilberforce.
Johnson himselfinadvertently knocks
down the man Of straw" be had pre-
viously set up when he says in this
speech, referring to the Legislature: 1T
mas the power to compel the attendance
OF absent members, thereby making in
herent in that body the power to Dre.
serve its organization and its existence"
The Legislature did Just this and moth
ing else when it called upon me, as Gov
ernor, to aid in compelling the attend
ance" Of these revolutionary tools Of
johnson, who openly stood in contempt
OF tue House, andeavoring to destroy its
existence, and boasting on the Aoor of
the Representative Hall and Capitol that
the President would stand by them in
their seditious work.
Why, If as johnson asserts, the ma
Jority of the Legislature was opposed to
my advocacy Of the amendment, how
happened it that two-thrds Of a quo
rum, and a large majority Of the
whole body OF the Legislature, including
those absent as well as present favored
its ratification? " 800 J'1t-as
q And il, as he says, the Legislature as
q body were opposed to it, why did he
deem it necessary to advise his tools in
the Assembly to bolt" from their places
and reduce the House below a quorum
so as to defeat ratifeation2 a-.5 81.
1t will thus be seen that have COM
pletely swept away the only part Of his
speech which is regarded as pertinent BY
even such journals in the North as have +.
faVorably commented upon it. johnson
is anxious TO find parallel case, and
fsiling to find it in Tennessee and Lou
isiana, his poverty of resources leaves
him without parallel" | will give it
to him. A. J's big rebels bolted from
Congress in 1861 to break up Congress
and destroy the country, but they didn't
succeed. Andrew Johnsons little rebels
bolted from the Republican Tennessee
Legislature in 1866 to prevent quorum
and destroy the State Government, and
they didn't succeed.
Andrew johnson and myself made
war on each other about SO years ago,
and have kept it up without intermissicn
ever since, save during brief period,
when he threw up the sponge" and
made overtures for peace. Now that be
has renewed the war in the Senate, say
to hun.
Lay on. Macduff;
And damn'd be him that frat cries. Hold.
enough.
W, G, BRowELow,
Editor Knoxville Whig and Chronicle.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 7, 1875.