The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-17

matters worse. All the wretch is
after is a quarrel. The South has
everything to lose and nothing to
gain by a wrangle. The Yankees can
always beat our fellows finging
mud. And knowing this, our folks
ought not to fling any. If the South
ern men had q character for courage
to establish in this country. it might
be we'll enough to meet every charge
made but "a men we are tolerably
we'll known not only in North Amer
lea but throughout the civilized
world. The Northern statesmen.
preachers and editors have denounc-
ed US as murdererss liars. traitors
and a hundred other bad things. but
in all their summary of epithets they
have left out the word " coward"
This ia we'll. And therefore our re-
presentatives can afford to choose
their own course OF action this win
ter and we hope that course will be
upon all sectional questions-en-
tire and absolute silence.
1t takes two to make bargain.
and it also takes two to make quar-
rel. These men whose hearts are so
full Of hate cannot always keep the
fires burning If the Southern men
refuse TO pay any attention to them
or attempt to answer them. A one
sided quarrel isn't worth a cent.
Nobody will listen to such q dull
thing, and for that reason if these
Northern champions are permitted
to make all their sectional speeches
by themselves the people will soon
tire Of that kind Of quarrel and we
will have peace.
There are plenty Of matters of Ma
tional Importance for the country to
think of, and for our representative
to talk about, outside of any section
al question, and these are the things
that the Southern members of Con.
gress should look after this winter.
Suppose we are called traitors and
scouudrels. Who does it hurt? The
world knows we are not. The men
who make the raise charges know we
are not. Everybody knows that we
are not except the most ignorant and |
stupid of the bigots OF New England.
and they have made up their minds
TO believe lie, and let them believe
it and-meet the consequences.
The Southern people. under all |
the unfayorable circumstances sur
rounding US, are getting on in the
world very we'll. The section is slow
ly but surely recovering from the
poverty inflicted by the war. Our |
people are getting out Of debt. They |
are improving their homes and grad |
ually rebuilding their lost fortunes. |
We have nothing to make by wrang |
ling over National politics just now.
Home interests are demanding our
time and our entire attention. 1t
seems that a majority of the people |
of the North are determined to re-
pulse every overture we make for
friendship and peace. When we tell
them we have no designs against the
Cnion-tnat We have abandoned any
idea of future secession or disunion
we are denounced as traitors and
liars. When we tell them that we
ale entirely content with negro suf-
frage and that we mean to accord to
the colored people all the political
and civil rights accorded to white
men anywhere, and that the black
man shall vote as he pleases, or stay
at home on election day and not vote
at all if he chooses to take that
course, we are called shotgun reb-
els" and secession "bulldozers." We
have denied these charges often
enough. 1t is time for US to take
some other course. The best course
is silence. There is no hope for US
Or our children outside of The Union.
Although we are treated unjustiy aud
larshly in it, We must remain in it,
and our children after US. We are
anxious for peace; anxious to live
a harmony and friendship with the
people of the North; but if they
will not accept of our friendship. ii
hey spurn every kindly offer we
make, why that Is not our fault. We :
,annot help it. But we can never.
heless go along our own way III
Iuietness, and when we are ''reviled,
evile not again" This is very high
round to occupy and not many men :
re able TO climb up to it. But we G
ope these Southerners are. Our !
1en have had courage enough to win
anne from every battle field; talent d
nough to gain renown in the Senate c
hamber; heroisun enough to endure q
utrage and persecution without e
mining or overmuch complaining. Ii
low let our public men try the he e
pic virtue OF silence under uncalled
DR. abuse. Let them sit still and
ear themselves and their country I
andered without replying. Perhaps n
pod will come Of it. A. least let '
) all hope that our enemies WALL be- q
0me silent and will finally cease to = !
rong. to persscute and TO SANDER b
eople whose only wish is 10 see This
-eat Union prosper, aud all the P
sople in il, both North aud South, B
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