Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-09
THE KNOXVILLE WING.
Knoxville, Tenn, September ., 1888.
From The 81. LouI. DEMOCRAT
This Article is Long, but we Ask every
Radical 10 Read it Through.
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There Is zoo much confidence among the Radicals
They feel thai General Grant ought 70 be and viii
Ia ee-ed and cannot realize that il is possible tha
tb, reople can prefer BlRrism and renewed strife
Rstt viii not do 10 relax effort and rely upon the
strength Of the ticket or the planness Of the vital
s.ue involved in The contest. The Democrats have
tyo lines Of attack which without the aid Of false
bood would be wholly ineffective, but which, aided
ly As many falsehoods thousands Of INSCRIPTIONS
and despeTate men can contrive do certainly inRI-
epce some and may influence many votes We re-
fer Of course 70 the subject Of negro suffrage, and
10 The hRancial question
In spiis Of M prejudice, the people would vote
today to sustain the Congressional policy Of recon-
struciion BY maoritcs absolutely unprecedented, if
ibsv we're not continually worked upon by the most
alrocous lssehoods in regard 70 the nature and eff
fe Of that policy. They are told thst il is "eon-
iossedy unconstitutional" when there is not Re-
,riblicsn in all The land who does not stand read
70 prove It's consttutionality that il puts eight
millions Of whites under the dominion Of four mil
lions Of blacksS-a story 50 palpably absurd that
one would suppose no sensible man could believe it.
vet Gen. Blair makes it, in one form or another The
basis Of eli bis assaults upon the Republican party
that L results in infamous State constitutions when
the ugly fact stands that tho very men who tell this
asehood do not dare 20 print Of these constitu
tons fair abstract Of one; that it causes the cleo
ton Of none but scalewags,' thieves forgers aud
worthless men 10 office, when the fact is that the
leading men Of tho new party az the South are, with
rare EXCEPTIONS either Southern men Of unspotled
,hafaoler like Joshua HILL or Northern men, who
bore honorable part IN public affairs at the North
before The war, served calamity in the army, and
now have settled az the South 10 aid in the develop
ment Of s resources by thor enterprise and energy
an these ialsehoods and thousands moro, TOO nu-
nerous even for mention, are constantly circulated
by the Democratic press, md even when one has
been completely disproved, these honest Democrats
60 publishing and using that lie Just If il had
never once been questioned. Reports of negro mis-
behavior at the South continually forwarded by
telegraph or by the press, and the negro hss no
hearing IN reply, while nearly every telegraph
agent IN oil that country seems to be governed BY
liked determination not 10 send anything but false
hood on that topic. Indeed, in many places, no
doubt, IL would be as much ms his life is worth TO
telegraph the truth complete is the roign of ter
ror prodeoed by Kukdx asssssinations. Call the
attention of 8 Democrat 10 these atrocous untruths
on the very topic upon which Of ell others the peo
pie ought 10 hear the truth and he only laughs aud
replies everything is fair in politics"
Again, the financial position would only bring
men 10 the support c1 the Republican party If tho
truth were told; but the Democrats knowing that
fact breed untruths in number worms that throng
decaying CARCASS Contradict nothing y is their
motto: II you have told untruth innocently, let
somebody else correct IT, Not one Democratic pa
per in all this land, 10 our knowledge, allows its
readers 10 see in lie columns corrections OF any mis-
proved, IL simply ignores the fact and either rete-
rates that fslsehood or spawns new one. We have
corrected few thousand of these misstatements
giving the official figures our authortyi has any
body ever seen a single correction in any Demo
cratic paTerl To his shame be il said, Mr.. Sey-
mour himself lod the way in this method OF attack.
We have referred 20 many of his statements al
ready single one viii serve as q sample; BE as
seris that il costs Sl60000O00 year TO maintain an
army 10 force negro suffrage upon the South now
The whole number Of troops in oil the Southern
States, for all purposes, is only eighteen thousand,
costing loss than 1000 year, and the whole
cost Of the Freedmen's Bureau last year was three
millions, and Of the reconstruction acts one million,
and no other expense whatever has been caused
directly or indrecty-by tho necessity Of preserv-
ing peace aud establishing civil government at the
south or the duty Of giving protection TO loysi men,
white and black until they have local governments
10 protect them. Thus the ontire expense arising
from these last year less than $93 100000
for part Of the eighteen thousand were needed 10
garrison forts the coast and for other purposes
Yet Mr. Seymour, candidate for the Presidency,
IN a prepared speech deliberately asserts that it
costs Sl5o,o000oO, when he would have been guilty
Of oKaggeration II be bad said twenty-three mil
honsl What sort Of man is this for Presdent2
Yet he Is The best representative Of his party. Not
speaker, not paper Of them all, will meet the
facts as they are presented in the official records,
nor correct ialsehood so gross and garing as the
Equally dishonest is the course Of the whole party
upon these main issues with reference 90 different
sections and interests Tho Democracy at the North
1enounoe negro suffrage; the Democracy sc the
south set up negro candidates for office listen 20
gre speeches, and declare themselves the only true
uionS. o. tnat people. The Democracy in the East
sHy that bonds shall not be paid until greenbacks
az, ~, equal IN value 70 gold the Democracy Of the
"ess appeal 70 the supposed interests OF men 10
ru'g ,of plenty Of greenbacks, and cry down with
tne Dictated bondholders But no Democratic pa.
per 81 the East viii tell lie readers what the party
p uolng al the West no Northern Democratic pa
per can DC hired 10 print the doings of the Demo
'IaIle party at the South. No man is dc for DEM
Dsfsuc editor who cannot keep constantly in raind
lheae Two gigantic lies-ior suppression Of truth is
Ialsehood-and protect his readers from any stray
item OF damaging truth us carefully as a good cook
keeps foul butter out Of his delicate dishes Plain
truth IS the foulest Of ell foul morsels 10 Demo-
yfac palate 10 these sad days of the decadenoe and
oegeneracy OF that once honorable party
now lel3 system Of falsehood, by wholesale aud
ieIaii ny positive lying and by diligent suppress
slon % la, l, trutn' has Us eject Every day
meet Republicans who have been hit by these STRAW
ialsehoCds which fll the air. and are more or less
worried by them. Nevertheless we should have
no anxiety but for enc fact in some localities Re.
publiosns themselves si.her DO not realize the ne
cessity Of work, or they werk y the wrong wav-
1Ae majority OF them iee' sue that il is all going
victory is sure If the Republicans will only be as
algent 10 circulating the I=iith as Democrats are
IN circulating tslseh0ods. But thev are not. The
habit Of victory has made them forget the ,lecessty
q personal 'oork, each man with bis neighbor and
friend
To work effectively, every man should 90 always
supplied with necessary facts. Let every Republi.
can cut out Of his paper such condensed statements
Of facts from official records the report of Com.
missioner Wells the speech Of Gov. Koerner or the
article from the Pittlburg Dispatch and carry them
With him wherever be goes. A few short slips in
memorandum book viii suffice. Talk with your
neighbors freely, and whenever you End man
troubled about taxation expenses OF reconstruction
extravaganza, or the bond question, just have the
lacss ready FOR him, and tell him where he can find
Tie documents in full. Every Republican must
make himself a missionary Of truth 10 benighted
Democrats or doubters
% Oh the suffrage question il Is nonsense 10 sup
POse that we can win II no effort is made 10 meet
Democrale fsseh0ods. Such statements IS those
Oh Oeh Blair, IN his letters and speeches must be
met and reiuted. Men must be shown that negro
suffrage ~ the South does NOT put negroes into
power, but does put rebels out Of power The JUS
tcs sn9 necessity Of that plan Of reconstruction
adgss6e eyerywhere frankly, earnestly, and faith
.mlly Yresen.ed 70 sac minds Of men. Il Is the ex-
reue of weazness 70 fhrk The question because you
81 troubles your neignbor; for tkst very rea-
/ hat ha truth houid