Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-05-26

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to d~epreciate, and anticipating that my
salary wouldnot board myself and wife,
Mrs. Foote sold a valuable house at
Nashville, and we took with us to Rich
mond the proceeds. Well sir, the money
kept going down and down and board
going up and at such a rapid rate that
in a short time my salary and that
house had been eaten up, and it be-
came necessary for Mrs. Foote to sell
her diamonds to pay board, and if
had continued in that Congress two
years longer Mrs. Foote and / would
now be in the poor house."
When Foote spoke for Hayes at Bris-
tol his regular opponent on the Tilden
ticket was not present and the well
known humorist, James White, of Haw-
kins County, came and begged of the
Democratic managers of that place the
privilege of answering Foote. He as
sured them he knew Foote'S record and
was better informed of his political in
constituencies than any man in Tennes-
see and, said "Jeems" White, ''let me
answer him and you will see fun, l will
carry the war into Africa, 1 will make
the fur fly, I will literary skin the id
old renegade" Thereupon a commit
tee waited on Foote and in response to
the inquiry if he would divide time
with Col. White, the old man, then rs
years of age, replied: certainly, GER
tainly gentlemen, l will divide time
with any Tilden advocate IN Tennessee
or out ofit. I'm lonesome when l have
no opposition, bring on Mr.. White"
Accordingly Mr.. White was brought on
or gleefully brought himself on. He
thought by skinning Foote he would
boom himself for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress which Bob Taylor
subsequently received. White began
his speech by telling how he had ad-
mired Henry s. Foote when, as a mere
boy, he (White) had read of Foote'S
bravely standing up in the United
States Senate in 1850 and as an oppo-
nent of Jefferson Davis for Governor
of Mississippi, and battling for the
preservation of glorious Union.
Later, fellow citizens, said "Jeems"
White, my heart went out to him when
he canvassed Middle Tennessee in 1860
for the Union, and you can not conceive
my surprise and pain when 1 learned
that this same Henry S. Foote had taken
service under jeff Davis in the Confed-
crate Congress. After being vigorously
applauded by the Democracy of Sulli-
van County and the large Democratic
crowd present from Virginia who con-
stituted four fifths of the audience sour
Jeems" warmed up to his work as fol-
lows: but, fellow citizens, and par,
ticularlyI speak the to ex-U Union soldiers
present, language would fail to express
the indignation and horror l felt when
this same Henry s. Foote, as a member
of the Confederate Congress, introduced
a bill to hoist the black flag and murder
%allFederal prisoners captured in battle. u
Scarcely had the words been uttered
when the "old man eloquent" sprang to
his feet with flashing eye and with his
right handin hispocket and pointingt the
finger of his left at "Jeems' he roared
out: Its a lie, sir, it's an infamous lie,
sir, take it back, sir, take it back instant
lyl" "Well," said 'Jeems" of course
Gov. Foote l take it back if you say you
didn't do it." Then, Foote said SO far
from his having introduced or advo-
Gated such a measure when it was intro
duced and supported.by, among others,
Mr.. Joseph B. Heiskell, the congress
man from that the First District of Ten
nessee, he (Foote) had denounced it on
the floor of Congress as a barbarous
and an atrocious Measure utterly un-
worthy of any but a barbarous and
savage people" Now, said Foote, l
demand the name of the miscreant who
is yourinformant for the statement you
made 80 that 1 may tell him to his face
that he is liar and scoundrel. "Jeems''
White halted and stammered out that
he could not remember the name of his
informant. Foote replied: 81 warn you,
sir, not to repeat the calumny."
"Jeems" meekly promised he would
not do so.
After the meeting was over when
"Jeems' and some of his friends adj
journed for a drink one of them said
"Jeems'' you were very quick in re-
tracing the charge you made against
Old Foote. "The only reason" replied
the humorous "Jeems, - ''why l didn't
retract it a little sooner was my mouth
wouldn'tgo off any quicker" why"
said "Jeems, 1.-THE old man had his hand
on his pistol and l could see from the
flash of his eye that the id old fool
was going to shoot"
Lord Salisbury, England's Premier,
has become a protectionist. What will
our free trade mugwumpian angloma-
MACS do now? Turn down the bot
tOws of their trousers legs and wade