New-York tribune., 1880-02-18
rp1y yorK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1s 1885,

AGO informing him that to send an armeu loIco
against the illicit distillers in that state was
not necessary. And last week in the House
of REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speer, member
from that State, speaking upon resolution
which he had introduced calling upon the lreaS-
ury Department for information to explain the
necessity for these raiding expeditions vi
armed men at the instance OF the Interhai
Revenue Bureau" resented with considerable
indignation and abundant rhetoric or rop-
ical character. the imputation upon his con-
stituents. Whether or not the gentleman Das
sources of information concerning the popu-
lar feeling in Northern Georgia superior to
those in possession Of the Treasury
Department we cannot say, but he GER
tainy speaks with unbounded cohh-
dence; for he says he desires to record
his unqualified denial" of the charge tnat
tbe people IN that section sympathlze WIN
the law-breakers. Principally employed"
he says. {" in agricultural and pastoral Dur-
"snits, far removed from the temptations ana
"vices of largo cities, they are an honest
"virtuous people, Warming mp with the
contemplation of their virtues, he continues
"They pursue tho even tenor OF their way IN
" their quiet homes on the slopes of the great
"Blue Ridge, and adown the fertile valleys
"of the Tugalo md Chattooga, the ienofa
and Turora the Hiwassec, Ioc0a, ana
" Soouee, and where the bright waters
"of the Chattahoochee with rhytlmica'
murmnrinc winds away from tabled vale
"of sweet Naccochce. The mountaineerN OF
g." the Tyrol are not more ardently attached
" TO their native land. The Green Mountoln
rot dpEOtel
than tbcv to the Constitution Of our COM
"mon country" This is just as pretty as II
can he. and 50 is the following description OF
tine country: ,,.
Sir. IL NAV be doubted whether any section of this
| birbly.faycred land, nom tho shores of tAe
areot lakes 10 where the spray Of the Gun
/, dashed upon the golden frmtage OF thc
orange aud the snowy blossoms OF the mag
uoa can boast many and such varied 2oYah'c9 9
that MAGNIFICENT territory whose people have ihe hoh'r
torcpresent Sir maaral diseases nre there unknown.
This Piedmont region the refuge Of those who owen
in malarial sectons where the summers heat eneen-
ders tho malades OF semitropcal climates Sir IN
natural scenery to the lovers of the bcauifu tho pic
turcsque and tho grand, the mountains of Georgia
affords rich and varied pleasures. which are I'M
snrpassed even in this land OF the grand. the
picturesque, and tho beautiful There the noun
tains Of "Tray" and "YonAh." and "Cwra-
| hee~ lift their towering SUBMITS toward
the heavens There the Falls Of fraul1h, OF wondrouS
vet terrible beauty attract thousands to gaze with al
miraton and upon the fearful force with whch the
shining river hurled into the OF the grand chasm
There the Tocoa-tnc Cherokee for 0eautfn-n Its pre-
cipous leap down ide OF the mountain. dashes ts
trans ucent wave spray aud the legend-haunted
| fails Of Amlcaloa-au add to incxhausble natural
| charms.
Still the question recurs, as it did after the
| Kentucky lawyer had roamed with old Rom
"ulus, soaked with old Socrates, ripped with
o. old Euripidcs and canted with old Canthar'
" ldes y" what's that got to do with the laws
"of "-the United States taxing whiskey pro-
ductIon7 Mr. Speer says he admits that the
neople down there do not like the revenue laws,
and tboy do not understand why freeman is
not permitted TO utilize the products OF lis
own labor without being taxed; and he
agrees with them that the laws bear with
grcat barshness upon them but he utterly
denies that there is any general resistance
..to the constituted authorities" or that there
is any necessity that his district should DC
forayed by the armed levies of the Internal
Revenue Bureau" So he desires that the
foravinp business be stopped. The question
now is whether n virtuous people, nv-
ing where "t the Tocoa, in its precip-
"itous leap down tue side OF the
mountain dashes its translucent wave
" to spray" and &" the bright waters OF the
Chattahoochee with rhythmica murmuring
winds away from tabled vale of sweet Ma
'coochee.r are likely to be engaged n illicit
distillng. Mr. Speer says not. and
demands to know why they are sus-
pected. Doubtless the Treasury Department
will presently inform him. And we very much
fear that, in spite of the gentle influences of
those charming Names Chattooga, Tenora, Tu-
rora, Hiwassee. Soquee. Chattahooehee, NacOo-
chee and Tallulah, 1t will be found that Slr.
snoer's constituents do indulge in dis
ulling whskey and evading the tax.
Indeed. we doubt if it would keep them from
il TO call the whole State Mesopotamia When
n community gets interested in 1" moonshining"
Il doesn't care two cents about the rhythmi-
cal murmuring of the bright waters of the
Chattaboochee or the translucent wave Of the
Tocoa. except for distilIing purposes.
How was Jefferson Davis dressed at tho time of