The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-09-03
BATE AND REID.

IS Of the election of Col. Jno. III. Say
n age, Gen. Gordon and Capt. Tur
: ley, as Railroad Commissioners
O The speakers then went into al
9 explanation of the necessity for ;
4 Railroad Commission and why b,
y supported the present Commission
ers.l
t lie then referred to Judge Reid'l
attack on the Referee Commission
bill, and said be was inconsistent
+ in that be charged that through the
Federal Constitution granted every
man speedy justice, on account OF
the docket of the Supreme Court OF
this State being over crowded, it
was repeatedly denied to citizens OF
Tennessee in its courts. 1t was for
the very purpose of granting speedy
justice that the Commission of Refer
ees was established. In referring
to Judge Reds talk about reform,
] Gov. Bate said that the scales must
have fallen from his eyes like they
| did from those of st. Paul, when he
was journeying from Damacus, that
he was able now to see clearly what
he esteemed mote in the Demo
cratic eye, Judge Reid, said the
I speaker, "says he is proud of his
record in the Confederate army in
one breath, while in the other be
declares that he will teach his chil-
dren to deplore the misfortune
which led him to take part in the
war"
II have not much to say about
Blaine, just now, but | must refer
to Judge Reds comparing him to
Henry Clay. Blaine with his in
famous MullIgan letter attachment!
God Of our farthers Imagine Great
Harry ef the West getting down on
his knees to an Irishman, and say
ing For Gods sake stop! l know
you have the power to ruin me,
Do you know what / believe Henry
Clay would have done had he been
confronted with such a proposition?
| believe he would have taken that
old long lego his and kicked the
fellow out of doors, and no doubt
would have done it with such vigor
that the rascal would have said, like
the Now York newsboy, under
similar circumstances" Square
toed-by God!'
Juge Reid made no formal rejOin-
der to Gov. Bate, devoting almost
all his time to proving his Confed-
crate recosd, which had been called
In question by some in the crowd.
JUDGE REDS REJoINDER.
Judge Reid said in his rejoinder:
Gen. Bate has spoken about my
having been, as he himself was, a
Confederate soldier, and says that
he don't intend to teach his children
that he was wrong or to proclaim in
the presence of the Confederate
dead, who sleep near by, that he
was wrong. OF course that is a res
Election upon my position. l have
never yet said that l was ashamed
of having been in that army or
serving under the Confederate flag,
nor, sirs, of beng a Republican. L
did my duty as private soldier,
and when [ came back from that
war, "a grown man, l felt burdened
with responsibilities; and | was de-
prived of the right of franchise, and
my breast naturally heaved and
smarted. But at this time | was
fortunate enough to get to visit
Europe, and when l saw the labor
ers of the old country dobased, and
the footo tyranny upon their necks,
and saw my own working fellow
countrymen under our stars and |
stripes extending free invitation
to all to come and be welcome-un-
der the free consciousness of my |
American citizenship, I was proud |
of them, and my heart beat and
throbbed for them with my old |
Wing feeling of love and devotion
to that Union, was | surprised to
find myself in the ranks of the Re-
publican party? The Republican
party believes in the American ma
ton the the Democratic party be,
lieves in State sovereignty. The
old Wing party believed in the des-
tiny and future assigned to his
country by God. 1t taught that the
Federal Government had the right
to interfere with State government.
The Democrats said no to this The
old Wings wanted to span the rivers
and build the railroads; but the
Democrats said no, we havn't got
the constitutional power. Point to
me one single part of the Wing
creed that hasn't been incorporated
into the Republican faith over Dem
ocratic opposition. The Republi-
cans, in accord with that, have es-
tablished the most magnificent
system in the world Whom
| awoke for the first time to the
duties and responsibilities of man
hood and thought that Confederate
success was the greatest calamity
that could have befallen the country;
| acknowledge it and then joined the
party and / am not
ashamed efmy record in the Con-
tolerate army, but went into it like
every Wing boy in Tennessee-bold
and fearless. Out of love for Ten
nessee and not for any contempt of
the great leaders on the other side,
we went into the war and fought
well.
When l found out what glorious
country we had here, where liberty,
banished from the old World, came
put to us, l opened my eyes. When>
ever an American goes TO Europe,
the school master is a broad This
country is preaching the grandest
sermon that ever was preached since
the Sermon on the Mount / am a
with that view of my
country's honor and future In
parties, L do not look to men; l
look. to the spirit, soul and princi-