Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-17
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worse than the itch or small pox
1 but, believe the time has come, wher
every one should look around. LIE
no one suppose this Conkling-Lama'
business a passing shadow Some
Iyears ago, a man named Brooks
threshed Sumner, for insulting BIS
father-in-law, Butler, of South Car,
DINA. Considerable strutting and
GROWING was done by the ''chiValry."
At last, Philadelphia contributed r9?5, to
the House a man named Mlllward'
Although a perfect gentleman in
manner and instincts, he was an old
fireman. and familiar with hitting
from the shoulder. Mistaking his
| mild manner, the "cavaliers" took
| hold of him, and he waded in and
had knocked down half dozen be-
fore the Sergeant-at-Arms could
reach him. It then occurred to the
game>cocks present that the halls of
Congress was neither fish market,
prize ring, nor duelling ground, and
quiet was restored. But the sting
Of harsh language was felt, and out
of the Brooks>Sumnerr affray grew
the mightiest contest the world has
ever seen. Great armies cut, stab
or shoot each other for nigh FIVE
| years, and the South was whipped,
if ever nation or attempt at ma
tion) was whipped. It is all non
sense to talk about disparity Of force.
This was equalized by the immense
lines Of communication the Northern
armies had to keep up, and by the
greater familiarity Of the ground
enjoyed by the South. If the
South were such mighty fellows,
why didn't they whip at Antietam
and Gettysburg But it isn't the
men who did. aud who will have to
do the fighting who talk this way.
Turn to the lists of the Congress of
1861, and the secession Legisla-
lures, and see. Conkling was
never in the army, and Lamar quit
his men for political preferment; so
did Vance, the hisser-on, the apostle
of cheap whisky and sugar in his n.
q / had a. brother, an old soldier
Commencing in Ben. Mccullough s
rangers and finishing in the Regular
Army who, at the outset, wrote
several newspaper articles stating
the main fighting would be done il
the Border States, and calling on
| the Border State men, North and
South, to strangle the extremists
He was only laughed at, but you al
knew Vhere the fighting was done
Which of you ever expected sol,
/ der. in East Tennessee B That
brother was killed in the war, bu
Sumner lived to good old age, and
1 Roger A. Pryor has lucrative
practice in New York city. Ole
Abe Lincoln, the purest man that
ever sat in the Presidential chair,
was assassinated, and that miserable
fraud Jeff. Davis, who was Jealous
of Lee and hated Johnston, the
best generals the South produced, is
making martyred ass of himself
Ills astonishing what some Southern
man can see in this embodiment Of
selfshness to admire; man who
even when Secretary of War, was
hated by the entire regular army,
and who would, any day, brave
heaven and subvert hell to accom-,
plish his personal ends.
Further, let no one calculate
upon a party North, whether Demo-
crats,z Greenbacker or Communist
The brains, wealth, and solid PEG.
fple North are with the Republican
party, and Southern solidarity will
make Northern solidarity, and an.
other war will wipe the South out
Individual .eallantry and courage 81
for nothing an a great war. Ills
money first, brains next, courage
! last and, should war come, Conk
ling, Lamar, Vance and the illustri'
Gus army of "chin warriors" will
squat, to let the Vave pass over
while the shooting and stabbine
/ will have to be done by men who
are now far apart and anxious fol
4 peace and prosperity.
A word about Northern courage
I believe I know the North, ant
have had opportunities to study
the South. If the North are an in
ferior race, theyzbave gone back OF
/ the record of Northern races. I
effeminate, It's strange they encour
age gymnasiums, rowing and yacht
ing, polo, &c. If they do not shoe
a man because given the lie, it il
because they think one man can no
make or unmake persons charac
ter, and that human life is of to,
much value to be taken suddenly
They consider courage, the qualit,
evinced by an engineer going dow
with his engine, a fireman rushing
into burning building. They be
lieye in forming one of the crew n