Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-11-21
fkYETltY LIE, TtgNEssEE.
Our Washington. Letter.


AS giving the opinions of one
of the most intelligent and inilu
entail Of Southern men on qnes-
lions of interest st ihia time 10
al mpn North and S nth, | send
the following declarations Of Gen.
j ,seph Z Johnston, member OF
Congress elect from the Rich
mond, Va, ID stlici:
/ viii! venture 20 say that the
attitude Of the gentlemen from the
Southern States will be snch Ms to
disappoiui the irleconcilables OF
the opposition, who have, | see,
already begun an effort 10 array a
salid North against a solid South,
We will probably have little to
say in reply TO Radicals OF this
stamp. Oar acts will speak ems
pilatically Tor MS S,clionalism
was killed last Tuesday, and long
before 1869 the "solid South and
che solid North" will he forgot.
zen terms. The people of TIE
South have known f,r thirteen
years that the war WAS al an end.
bat these long ranged radicals and
latter day warriors csnnot. seem
inglv. be brought To a realization
er This fact. The revival of the
charges that il is our settled poll.
~ 10 saddle The war debt OF tic
Comlederacy upon The country is
absard--contemptibly so-and It
passes my comprehension how an
intelligent reader can receive such
reckless inventions with p tience.
The South is now as close a part
e the Union as is New England
ireiuia has the same interest in
The general prosperity of the
country as Massachusetts and her
representatives. and the represen.
talives Of the South will he found
81 be rs active in support Of ali
RsasGTcs tending TO the general
good OF all sections of the country
as the gentlemen from Maine OF
Vermont"
=. In this connection it is worth
while TO note that MeSors Il
Chandler AID Don Cameron al
nounce that Mr. Hayes has be.
come "stalwart," abandoning
his "Sou'hern Policy" Just what
that policy has b@en or is o man
K'hows, but whatever it is Mr..
Hayes denies that lac has aban-
doned it. Messrs Clmeron aud
Chandler have been much with
Mr.. Hayes in the past ten days,
and as they are notably men OF
idea and convictions. while it is
doubtful If Mr.. Hayes has either,
| believe it is mere than likely
1hat they are right and he wrong
The President and his Cabinet
took great interest in the la.e Chi
cago commerce Il convention, send
ing it words of encouragement
The Convention took decided
grounds agairst the present PSI
fe Il Il monopoly, and trans
united IL copy Of lis resolutions e
slie csilent. 0le ol these rcsO
iutians is as follows
''Resnlkcd, That he interest
OF the Government and the PEG
ile alike demand the early com
lhrtion Of the competing lines of
railroad to the Pacific, and we
therefore earnestly desire Con
.gress to grant national aid to the
Texas Pacific railroad, and to eX
tend the time for the completion
at the Northern Pacific railroad
The universal opinion seems L
s,se that competing line 10 the Pa
c.li, is the only remedy for exist
ing evils in commerce.
=. Il is possible the DemJ crate
majoriIy in the House will not IL
more than ten or twelve, but i
will probably be more. This rt.
moves any doubt the timid ma,
have felt as to the organizat on of
that body. 1t insures the re cleo
ton of Kendall as Speaker. Tha
very clear headed man, profiine
by his own experience, and having
more experienced men TO selec
from, will give us perhaps q NOR
efficient organization of severa
Committees. In few other re
spcc,s could his past administra
ton Of his high Office be improved
upon. AUSTIN.