Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-19

KrsxvIIls, Tenn.. Auaust 70, lses.
The Presidency.

The Presidency.
seymoar's friends A mob hanging negroes &c
lamp posts
wit thou p said the Tammsny Convention %
Soy mour--and he wilsed
Grants nomination gives universal satisfaction
ssymcur's universal stupefeotion.
An appropriate design for Seymour illumina-
tons colored orphan asylum on IRE.
The nasne Of Seymour after November VIII De
changed by popular vote TO Seen-no-more
Persons who think that platforms do not ntuenee
Presidential elections are referre1 70 SentfAs NJ
Clellan.
Every negro becomes .inlelligeut " n.ofs y.
refined ana white" th moment be votes tbs
Democratic ticket
There "A but one wsy 10 account ioT the noin' %
tion Of Frank Blair BE was the lob tossed 70 tne
southern whale.
seymour's physicians say b. is likely 70 beeoane
crazy within . year. III he has any hope OF oois-'
ing Grant, be Is crazy already.
A Southern Deuocrai pretty nearly BIT the gen
eral feeling Of bic section wbsn be asa hs wa
converted rebel bal "lisble 70 backsiioe'
The attempt 10 excite enthusiasm io' Seymou u.I
and Blair is Ike trying 70 send uP one o. bo"''
balloons with the heat Of q ligsted canole.
uis signi6cant that Seymour and Blair have The
support Of bat q single member Of the Cabinet Inc
others ere either for Grant or take no part.
aKiIlng two birds with one stone " slianalg,
ham atomahs1kine pendlet0n ana cnlllng out
Thurman By The nomination Of Seymour
Seymour said. should be dishonored il ac-
copied your nomination" And this before be khe"
Frank Blair was 10 20 on the ticket win hin.
One Of The strongest arguments acduced ~ q
New York Democratic paper IN favor OF Seymours
election, IL that his bands are a. Wnite as "o-
mans"
Tho Louisville Journal aays that when two OF
three Democrats are gathered together there viii
the spirit OF Democracy be also. That's true, no
matter what the tax H.
The Chicago Times says Of Gov Seymour; he
does not get drunk. he Is moi profane man He
never was a political apostate' But how aoont the
other man
The Cleveland HercId save d Seymoar's bscker,
VaIlandiqbam sHe was a convicted traitor, ban
ished for seeking TO hndis Gre IN tho rear OF the
Union army"
The Hartford Times says The Democratic sol
dsers and sailora are voting on the same platform
they occupied during the war What's that
That the war Is a failure
The Republican choice for The Presidency and
Vice Presidency Grant and Coliax. The Bepub-
licaa choice for the Democratic National nornina-
tions-Seymour and Blair
For experienced and skilful wire workers apply
70 the SRcbems Of Tammsny. As specimen Of
their bandiwork, see how handsomely they Gagged
The Young Eagle Of the West"
dieiineuisbed Ohioan s credited with the say
-IHK gaa.-d Mr.. Chase will do the meanest thing 20
got into Office and makes the best officer when be
geis in, Of any man ia The United States"
Horalio Seymour has always run behind has
ticket He has enc consolation however, this time.
he and Blair will receive tho fams number Of
votes, FOR they cannot b. voted for separately.
Democrats sre growing scarce Ia Pitlsburg, Pa.
At the bottom Of a call for y Copperhead rathca-
ton nesting il was recently necessary 10 forge the
names of e number Of prominent Republicans.
The Bite Tavern wss the frsl Institution in Bos-
ton 10 hoist the Seymour and Blair Gag The State
constsbles made raid upon The place subseq uently
snd oapttrod Dot Of gambling instruments
The Cleveland HeraId says q job had the boils,
but be was spared The Blairs. II be had them bis
wife need not have urged him &c curse himself 10
death. he would have done il without her advice"
They cay that Asa Packer and bis friends don't
feel pretty we'll, In view Of the discredtAble and
oontemptuous manner Ia which that distinguished
citizen was used as a cover for Seymour intrigue.
The new doctrine u peace" There Is but one
way 10 restore the government and the constitution
and that IL for The President elect 30 declare the
construction acts null and void ."-F. p Blair
A Connecticut Democratic paper stated that Gen
r. P. Blair is a graduate Of Yale College, and the
New Haven Journal explains. Gen. Blair gradu
ated AZ Yale quite prensturely. II took him less
than year 10 get through college"
contemporary says that Blair, like Major Dnl-
getty, s ready 10 raise any war and eight IN any
cause f0Y ne pr0render" Yes ten dollars for board
and si1iy-hve for lemons and whisky. Z" A half
penny-worth Of breed 30 an intolerRble deal Of
sackp
The Boston Transcript says that the New York
platform calls 10 mind a remark made by President
foltou in tue Fremont campaign "Stand on the
Democratic platform Why, should as soon think
Of standing on The platform Of sack ketcbT
The Louisville journal calls George H. Pendle-
ton "tbo Warwick Of the neat Presidency" -Four
years agc be was a Peace candle-now Il seems he's
Warwick This may mean that there's not
greasespoi Of him leit-or, that bee e6ectually
snuhed out
Judge VIOLA, OF Virginia IN SEA, published a
volume Of 24s pages in vindication of the South,
one chapter Of which contained an Eloquent De
Tense Of The South, By the Hon. Horatio Seymour
That chapter would be interesting reading these
days. Who has copy Of the work
Two Democrats recently set Ere to + church in
Magnolia, Miss, because they had been refused the
use Of Il Cor a political meeting Five thousand
Democrats once set Gre 10 an orphan asylum in New
York because several thousand Democrats in gray
bad been killed al Vicksburg and Gettysburg.
The Chicago Post SAYS: a. Lew Campbell, having
recovered from bis wild hunt through the chappsre
Of Mexico for the seat OF the Juarez Government,
n nov tnkhkeu IN getting Up u lhHu party. we
do not know Of any one who could more literally
and literally grease The wheels Of movement
especially IN such weather a. this"
Pcndleions next friend in tie Democratic
convention was Wash. Mclean or, rs The utter
rifod call him, Wash me clean Under his
management poor Pendleton washed clean of
All chances Cor the Presidency. As HOosier said
Of Turkish bath, they wssh,'d all tha hide of,
be won't be the same man again until new skin
has grown.
The New York E1presS says "A party Of South
efn delegates 70 the convention, in company with
detectives, did see the Hlums Of the city Monday
night They saw enough Of the mysteries and mis-
cries OF the metropolis 20 satisfy their curiosity
Oh the meeting Of another convention, st least
They also saw where the Democratic majorilies
tome from.
The Rebel Yell.
Nc wonder the soldier reporter at the
New York Convention, on hearing the
shout that greeted the reading Of Frank