Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-17

comes they meet together at club
rooms, and~rsvel in their iH-gotten
gains. / am happy to be able TO state
that it is rare thing Tor Repuoiicah
Csg4essno an to be party to such jobs.
bu1 the "boysp around town know the
names of several Democrats who are
not above suspicion.
There is a Democratic member OF
Congress from one Of the Southern
States, W o entered the House six years
ago briefiess lawyer, but be pretty
soon got into the ring and to-day
he rolls around in a fine carriage, and
is erecting $50 600 residence in his
native town.
It has not been bat few years since
well known Georgia Congressman
was detected in "ringa trans actions,
which caused HIM TO step 10 he rear.
He will never dare ID run for Congress
again, as his successor has his record
doaUn fine, and will "biow" on him If
be ever aspires for Congressional
honors sgain.
Columbus Alexander, leading
Washington 1 emocrat. and gentle
man Of immense wealth, who has suf-
fered by bsd legislation, effecting this
District, tells me that the present
Democratic Congress is for more CORFU
than any Republican, Congress which
ever met here. He states that every
bad measure which the Republican
party defeated, has been carried out by
Che Democratic Congress since 1875
The same old "ringsters," who were
wont to riot on the substance of the
WashIDgton people have again
been brought to the fpont by
the Democratic Congress, and they are
again engaging in schemes of plumber
as of yore. 1t is a little significant, in
this connection, that the only man
whom the Democrats did not attempt
to smirch in the memorable winter OF
1875 and '76 was ex-Gov. Shepherd.
There are those uncharitabIe enough
to charge that shepherd impoverished
himself in acceding to the monetary
demands of the Brigadiers, whose per.
petual cty, like that of the daughter of
the horse Ieech wac, "give, give
When the characters Ct the men, IS
class, whom the South Sends as rep
resentatives here are considerl d, it is
mot surprising that the North is sus.
picious, and looks upon the situation
with a jealous eye. Il is q rare thing
that you find a chuich-gOer among
baths are spent ia wine rooms, or at
card tables, If they are not at places
too low to- mention in a respectful
BILE journal. It is true that
are some Christian gentlemen among
the Representatives from the South,
but the INSCRIPTIONS and unprin-
cipled ones are in the majority, aud no
little is the Injury they do the South.
In almost any crowd you can point
them out by their rosy faces and noses,
which bespeak too plainly that the
previous night was spent in debauch.
The brigadiers are now engaged in
their last great battle against Northern
civilization and power. They are lay
ing the wires to secure the appoints
ment of none but tools OF the Dsmoc-
racy to take the next census ia the
South. Their programme is to defeat
the confirmation in the Senate of any
Republicans who may be nominated
as Supervisors of the Census for the
Southern States. They are run wild
with the 'infiation" idea as applied to
the population of the South. But they
will be foiled in that effort, because
General Francis A. Walker, the Sup
erintendent of the Census, states that
he will give such instructions as will
prevent "inflatioD,' and if imitation"
is attempted, the Enumerators will
not receive compensation, and more.
over will be subjected TO the penalties
W hich the law infiicts upon all per-
jurers. Gen. Walker will, for instance,
let the Supervisor of Tennessee know
that within the bounds Of reason that
State has not gained more than per-
eentum of population; that South
Carolina has PERHAPS fallen off Is per
cent, Louisiana Is per cent. &C. In
fact, lie does not expect to find an in
crease OF population in any OF the
Southern States save Texas, and there
it will not be over 20 per centum. The
| brigadiers may force the nomination
of ex-rebels as Supervisors of the
Census, but the attempt TO fix upn
| fraudulent enumerations will be
another thing, as more than one DEM
ocratic. tool will discover before the
Ides of November, 1880. Marshal
Fitzsimmons, IF Georgia, is q Demos
crat, his deputies are all Democrats.
sons of the leading impoverished
aristocracy of Savannah. Three OF
them have oeen "bouneed." as I in
formed you in a special on last Thurs
day. They perjured themselves by
swearing to fraudulent vouchers, and
a ttorney General Devens has ordered
| that they be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the lay. Thus it will be seen
that it is not safe to allow things to
| lie around loose'' within close prox>
unity to the itching palms of the aver
age Georgia Democrat who, in this
of Cancellation, marae est to get en-
Saoneads Mt @ fof office