Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-09
Orr Washington Letter.
WAsH1NGroN, D. c., July 10.

WASHINGTON, d. O., July I, ~.
Mr.. EDITOR: The Democratic
party has reached Appomattox
No. 2. They are now crawling out
of the last ditch, displaying a white
fag-the only white appendage of
the party. The Republicans have
struck them blow in the stomach
which has knocked them into an in
terrogation point. u What are
we? What does the country think
of us? Echo answers "What?'
And the country turns its face
away smiling, while it winks at the
minority" The Democrats thought
when they came into power in two
of the three branches of the Gov
eminent. that they had found a
mares nest. Fact was, they had
been scouting around since econ
struction, growing in front of other
peoples dunghills, knocking the
chips from their ,neighbors' shout
ders and spelling for a fight gen
orally. Again, it is demonstrated
that fifteen years is ample time to
revive and put on its legs a
party so tenacious of life as the
Democracy, however much she
may have been knocked to pieces
by the war. The. Democracy is like
ajoint snake-a heavy blow may
serve to knock it into fragments,
yet in short while the parts will
be again united into a complete snake
"a copperhead joint snake, Trtg-
oaocephaL1s. When a herd of mad
bulls get on the fight they only
need red object in front to put the
finishing touch on the blossom of
their rage. In the sough there
arose the van of the Democracy, a
red flag, a signal for battle, l
refer to the red shirts. How fatal
to the Democratic party that they
all followed the lead Of these Mex
lcan-minded revolutionists. But
they did. They saw imaginary
evils lii the Statute Books ct was
the law which stood between them
and a free indulgence in fraud, and
with their characteristic impatience
they rushed into battle, and as
usual have been vanquished. The
battle is owe While we wait for
the terms of Surrender let US take a
glance over the battlefield. Fort
Solid South is battered down and
deserted. On her banners which
now lie in the dust, tattered and
torn, we read inscriptions as fol-
lows: VIZ do not intend to stop
until every yestige of your war
measures have been wiped from the
Statute Books. Blackburn.
eve intend to wipe out as with a
spange," ect.,-Vorhees.
elf the President refuses to
sign these bills We will go home
without making the necessary APP
propriations," etc.,-Beck.
"By the force of enlightened com
amunttses the South has freed herself
from military despotism, and now
reaches out her arm to help an OPP
pressed North"
"He who dallies is bastard, and
he who doubts is damned. BLACK
burn.
Chorus (all hands round) 1--WE
have captured the Capitol"
End chorus :-"Each State is its
own MASTER"
owe will cut down the army, and
will recruit it from the ranks of ex-
Confederate soldiers"
1--WE want all Americans to feel a
perfect freedom to vote when they
are inclined, even though that in
c~linatlon comes repeatedly at each
election day"
Il is a sad commentary on our
affairs, this. More than three
months ago Congress met to do ser
vice for the country, which they
should have done before. The
public Treasury has been raided.
The business of the country has
been unsettled. All this because
this quarrelsome party wanted a
fight. Now that they have had a
sound whipping,a and are hand-cuffed,
let us hope that the country will
.confine them in the dungeon in
1880. Roy.