The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-10-25
RANDOLPH'S RECORD.
Mas he Loyal to the Federal
or Confederate GOcern-
n1e1at During the
Var?
His V0tes an the Harris Leg
isL0t1re.

It is a well known fact that
James FL. Randolph, now a
candidate for Congress in this
District, was member of the
Rebel Legislature of 1862,
but the record which he made
for himself during its sessions
is not so well known among the
people, and since he Prides
himself so specially upon his
loyalty to the Union cause dur
ing the war, urges that as his
sole claim upon the country for
his election, it is well this finn
sy pretense should be exposed
and that it should be under
stood how little reality there IS
in his professed devotion to the
government in It's hour of trial.
The following extracts from the
House Journal, of 1862,
speak volumes on that subject:
SATURDAY, Feb. Il. 1862
On motion Of Mr.. House, the rules
were suspended and Senate Bill No.
80, to grant power to the Banks in
the State of Tennessee to remove
their location, if they apprehended
danger from an invading army and
for other purposes, was taken up and
passed on its Sd reading"
Randolph recorded for it!
From this he goes to still more
active support of the rebellion.
On the 18th of March, 1862,
to a bill then pending, Mr.. Carr
offered this amendment:
"Be it Further Enacted, That all
heads of families or married men
who may volunteer or enlist in the
for and during the war, shall be en-
titled to a bounty Of one hundred
dollars and all single men volun
teering in like service, for and dur
ing the war, shall be entitled to a
bounty OF fifty dollars"
g Mr. Ragland moved to lay the
amendment on the table which fail
ed. Yeas, 20. Nays, 30"
Randolph voted NO, refusing |
to help kill the amendment,
and placed himself on the re-
cord in favor of paying the
bounties
Mr.. Kennedy then offered
the following amendment to
Mr.. Cars amendment:
:. Be it Further Enacted, That to
provide the means 70 pay the boun
ties provided for in this act that
there be and IS hereby levied a tax
of twenty cents on each hundred dol
less worth of property now subject
to taxation
Which was adopted-Ran-
dolph voting ''AYE!'
On the 18th March, 1862:
Mr.. Garner moved TO suspend
the rules TO take up House Bill No.
290. to grant bOunties to volunteers
for the war"
Randolph voted in the af-
firmative!
On the same day:
+" House Bill, 249. for the relief of
the families of INDECENT soldiers was
taken up on motion Of McClelland
and passed its third reading"
Randolph voted AYE!
He first voted to pay boun-
ties to soldiers who will enlist
to fight against the Federal
government; then he votes to
levy a special tax upon the
people of the State to pay the
bounties, and as a further in
ducement to the poor men of
the State to join the Confeder-
ate Army, he voted to support
their families at the public ex-
pense while they were fighting
for the rebellion !!
This is, indeed, loyal re-
cord. But it is loyal to the
Confederacy and not |
o the Union, and that is where
he joke comes I'M 8
Randolph's zeal for the
Southern cause carried him still S
and he next wanted t
he State to pay for horses on d
which to mount the Rebel cav f
Try.
On the 18th March, 1862:
"Mr. Jones moved to suspend the e
lles to take up House Bill No. 1876, .
, pay for cavalry horses furnished :"
lie soldiers in certain cases. which a
lotion prevailed" Fl