Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-04-11


East Tennessee, during the days OF
Andrew Johnson's presidency, when a
lovalists life, who took an advanced
political stand on the reconstruction
policy OF tie Republican party was
not worth a pm unless backed by
arms and an indisputable courage.
lis speech on Thursday in the House
was greeted by applause throughout
its delivery whenever he made tell
ing nit. lie said that his district
needed no military aid, for the Re
publcans were able to take care OF
themselves, and such is the fact.
During tha war every able-bodied
man in that Knoxville district was in
the army, on one side or the other.
Kindred was arrayed against kindred.
Rebels took out gray.haired loyallsts
and hanged them on their own fruit
trees. Union me II had to fight home
onerrillas who murdered Old and
Young and dared to commit any out
rage, and as n consequence Of those
trials which forced every man to fight
for his home, Judge lIouk well says
his constituents can take care OF them
selves. But he wants the law which
affords others a means of defence to
remain unrepealed until every man in
the South, whether white or black
carpet-bagger or scallawag, has a free,
untrammelled, fair and equal chance
at the ballot box. He made a hard
hit when he said that he never saw a
Democrat who did not understand the
Constitution whether he could read it
or not, and further that the Republi-
cans would cease shaking the bloody
shirt whenever the Democrats ceased
tt bloody it. lie was not allowed to
sit down until he had finished hi,
speech, the only compliment of the
kind yet paid any member, and one
that shows the attr&ctiyeneSs Of both
his manner and matter. More of him
and East Tennessee hereafter. Even
though soldier pysclf, | never knew
how terrible the war was until
learned in years Of sojourn there the
sutferings ard horrors eadured by
East Tennessee loyalists, and it is Il
proud day for that people when one
Of their most gallant soldiers can
eloquently plead in Congress for right
and protection.
The House has escaped the deluge
Of bills by adjourning over on Satur-
day to Tuesday. On Monday q two
thircs vote is requisite to bar the in
trodHction Of bill, while on other
days Of the week it takes same vote
to get enc introduced where there is
one objection.
In the Senate tie monotony is re-
lieved by the introduction of bills
among which is one that General
Burnside fathers, and which is in
tended to prevent the government
from making arms and ordnance
stores by letting their manufacture
out to private contractors. l have
heretofore spoken of General Burn
side as in his dotagc. His persistent
clinging to this most pernicious
scheme Of an unprincipled ring-it
was killed last session-ind;cates
that his senilily is worse than sup
posed in the past. The oil will beal
dist ussion hereafter, for any scheme
looking to the destruction OF our
present uniformity Of arms and ord
nance should be fully exposed.
Senator Murr.ll recently made a
most interesting speech in opposition
to the bill looking to an enlargement
of the Capitol for Congressional
library purposes. lie clearly showed
that any alteration of either front of
the Capitol for such u parpose woald
be an act Of iI4eparabo vandalism.
he regards TIL, Capitol as the grand
est building in the world Of its kind.
and urges the erection Of separate
structure of large dimensions to hold
the annual contributions OF 100000
made to the Government library.
JUNIUs.