Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-02
FROM wAsHINGt0N.
DR.. FELTON, Ready for Ffgbt-HOw
SOule surre adered-fhe Outlook,
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WAsHISGToN, D. c., Nov. 80, 10.
The Confederate Brigadiers are ar
irving in force, and barring their de-
mandatory remarks about Congress-
man Felton's recent letter, they are as
meek as so many lambs. They are
full Of II told you $685." and lay all OF
their party's mishaps to such dough.
faces" as Sammie Cox and Randall
Mr.. Bragg, who gave vent to his opin
ions, last spring in the House, upon
Southern claims Ia general, comes in
for full share Of vituperation and
abuse. Congressman FELTON,, OF
Georgia, who, while he has repudiated
the Bourbon element, still claims to be
Democrat, has been made very angry
by the statement of Congressman
Ellis, of Louisiana, to Washington
reporter, to the effect that nothing
better could have been expected from
FELTON,, as he represents constituency
that was excessively loyal during the
late war" FELTON, says he will take
the record of the people on the floor OF
the House, and show that they were
loyal to the CoDfederacy, while he will
show that the people of New Orleans
threw up the sponge as soon as Butler
entered, and were noisy In their pro.
fessions OF loyalty to the United
States with the hope of saving
their property from confiscation ;
that while the men truckled to Butler
the women alone showed spirit, and
thus redeemed the city from the
stigma Of q complete submission. In
this connection II may be apropos to
state that one OF the first men to call
on Butler in New Orleans was ex-
| senator Soule, who addressed the
General as his I" old FIJI nd" assuring
him that the people of that city had
never sympathised with the Jeff.
Davis Government. "Don't call me
your friend" added Butler; i've are
enemies, and shall treat you as such
as long as the rebel flag waves any
where on American SOIL"
Such Hotspurs as Black burn and
Beck are to be muzzled, and they have
been prudently admonlshed by Sam.
Randall that they will be expected to
exhibit golden silence during the COM
! ing session. But however good may
be the Intentions of such fellows az
Blackburn, they forget themselves
and say naughty things just at the
time when they should their mouths
shut. Garfield and Frye have only to
utter some commonplace truths
about the methods OF the Solid
South, when the Brigsdiers get in
rage, and make things howl, so 10
SPEAK. Mr.. Black burns famous
speech, ia which he stated that the
Democratic party would not stop I'M
til it had wiped the last vestige Of
war legislation from the statute books,
did the Republican party more good
than would the canvas of the North
| by q hundred loyal orators. Then
Ben. Hill helped the Republicans by
his memorable Chittenden letter.
Verify 1t appears that the Republican
party is In the keeping of Providence f;
and may add that 1t looks like his
Satanic Majesty has charge Of the De-
mocracy.
The outlook for the Republican party
was never brighter than it Is to-day.
The solid South has made solid
North, and loyal men are taking coun-
sci together to devise means whereby
the Nation may be saved from the
domination OF those who tried 80 hard
to destroy 1t. The last great effort of
the Brigadlers is to Dust Senator Kel>
logg and give his seat to
one Of the ''unreconstructed.p
To that end they have sent
a partisan committee to New Or
leans, which has gone into the high
ways and hedges of that city and
"roped in" the politically manned,
halt and blind to testify against him.
They are pursuing Kellogg because, as
they allege. he got his seat by fraud.
Behold the spectacle of the Louisiana
chivalry(?), with hands reeking with
the blood OF hundreds Of Republicans
slain because OF their politics, warning
upon man whose antecedents are as
wool when contrasted with their blood.
stained antecedents. Perhaps they
will turn Mr.. Kellogg out of the Sem
ate, but when they do go, they will be
establishing precedent that will
make plain the way for disposing of
such adventures as Hamburger Butler
aud Wade Hampton, the former OBJ
tanning his seat by means OF the in
timidaiion caused by killing six
negroes at Hamburger, while the latter
was elected by Legislature which
owed It's existence To tissue ballots and
othpr franda IN a sinl anipu IN rpootnt