National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-10-16
Woodward & Lothrop,
No. 1913 + Street Northwest.
A MAGNANIMoUs SENATOR.
Reviving Some Interesting History of
the Late Unpleasantness.

heVivtng Some Interesting History OF
the Late Unpleasantness.
A special to the Cincinnati Commercials
Gazette from Nashville tells the following
interesting story Of recently appointed
pension AGENT
Quite sensation has been made In this
state by the discovery that Maj. Joseph II.
Wagner, who has just been appointed PEN
sion agent by the President, presumably at
the instance Of Senator Harris, was a member
OF the Tennessee legislature which In 1865
offered reward for the body OF Isham G.
Harris, and that he voted for the resolution.
Following is the resolution as 1t was adopted
by both houses, May /, 1865:
Whereas treason is the highest crime known
to the laws OF the land, and no one is presumed
to understand the true meaning of the term
better than governors OF the states, aud Ger.
tainly no one should be held to a mora strict
account for treason; and
Whereas the state OF Tennessee, before the
rebellion, enjoyed high social, moral, aud
political position, aud had the well.earned
reputation OF the volunteer state; ana
whereas by the treason ofone lsham q. Harris,
ex-governor OF Tennessee, the state has lost
millions of dollars. and thousands of the young
men in the state have been killed in battle and
died of disease, and thousands of mddle.aged
and old men have been murdered and I'M
pTisoned, and delenseless women aud chill
dren driven from the state, heart-broken aud
peDnllebsi anu
Whereas the voters of Tennessee did In tho
month OF February, 1861 by u majority of 10, 900
repudiate treason and rebellion. but the afOre-
said lsham q. Harris, well knowing the true
sentiments of the state upon treason and re-
bellion, and wholly disregarding the over.
whelming expression of popular sentiment,
did use his position as governor aforesaid to
put the state in rebellion and hostility to the
government of the United States aud Is guilty
Of treason, perjury, and theft, and is responsi-
Bile TO great extent for the war, misery, and
death OF thousands OF the citizens of the state
and for the desolation of the same from east to
west, and from north to south. The cries of
the, wounded and dying, the weed of the
widow, the weeping of the orphan, come to us
on every breeze imploring us to punish the in
stgatoIs of the rebellion; therefore, for the
reasons aforesaid, be 1t
=, Res0lred " ne general assembly ofhe state Of
Tennessee, That the governor of the state Is
hereby authorized and instructed to offer re-
ward OF $1,000 for the apprehension and de-
livery TO the civil authorities OF the state the
aforesaid lsham G. Harris; and he shall fully
describe said fugitive from justice and shah
make publication for three months, or longer,
II he may think proper, In one newspaper In
each OF the grand divisions OF the state and a
paper published in Richmond, Va, Raleigh
N. c., Savannah, Ca, Little Rock Ark, and
New Orleans La and shall publish the pre-
amble with this proclamation.
This agency covers nearly or all the states
embraced in the solid south, aud is one of
the latest things of the sort within the gift
Of the President. Maj. Wagner was a fed
eral soldier, and when he voted for the res.
olution was a Republican member of the
legislature. When the appointment comes
before the Senate for confirmation the
course Of Senator Harris will be observed
with some interest.