The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1870-07-22
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL cox
yENTfON Al KNOXVILLE
0N THE FOURTH.

fact, they did more-they whipped the
devil WaSsr the stamp, and then the
devil got o. the stump and grinncd at
them, and they grinned at him-so,
they all grinncd. ......la.f
In the Press and Herald for the past
moon a frSt-clasS double-leaded cali has
met the readers eyc-two editions of
it in the same number. The first, or
"call A." shouted to everybody to
come to Knoxville on the Fourth. from
CdmpbrHto Chrisfiand, TO attend the
Judicial Convention. (" The second,
or call b." bleated to the same ter
Titorial citizenship TO come las the
~dscs and xHdsv to 'see Andrew
Johnson make speech, and hear i'm
menSe fireworks, and great torch
Light procession" In fact, very cele-
brated place mot Knoxville, by any
means) was to be s,rept, and aftcrward
the broom was to be burnt" All
this. and much more Tor lesS) was to
be done under the special favor Of
half fare" ..... ...
Well, the Fourth came, and ''the
thing was did !" and of it, the Press
and Herald says the convention wisely
concluded to make no nominations"
but simply, and only, to recommend
suitable perSons to the people; and,
as the convention concluded to do oH
tbs it went on, deliberately, to rhercd'
and reSolrt it. mai. s'....r. r, e..
The resolutions were offered by Col,
|, h. N. BYRD, of Roane county, who, by
the way, commanded the first ZEN
ncssec volunteer Federal-that is TO
say, Taion LiNcolnite regilnept--thc
men composing it, with himself peril
ouSly hunting their way through the
mountains guarded. by gruy-jackctS.
We extract entire, the second re-
solve: ~.If.1 4" .....
"Essolrsd That in the Hon. George Brown,
| Of Knox county, We recognize Jurist VINO
| shed lustrs on the bench in dHH.betiUm days,
and whose legal ability and stern Integrity
wouM honor the bench to-day; and we ea-
I nestly request him to announce himself Ms n
, candidate for the Chanceilorship OF the 2nd
Cbaacrry Division" p,............
! What judicial act does Col. Byrd re-
fer to as shielding mstre" Was it his
charge to the grand Jury of ltonnc,
I, at the fall court in 1861, when and
where under the prgtySssd authority OF
the Code of Tennessee. he instructed
them to find true prcSentments and in.
dictments for treason against the State
against all who had fed from the cOun'
try to Kentucky with the purpose o
Joining the Federal army; and also
against all who had counselled, aided
encouraged or allotted them in thus
fleeing? .-
o! Colonel! Colonel Colonel Byrd
surely you didn't write those resoIu
tons or, at least you didn't write tina
"2nd ono y ... ...
A friend Of ours who was prcscn
and heard the charge referred to, salt
IL was almost novel to look at the Stcrl
faces of the jurors thus called on to III
0 dict their sons then. drilling in Colone
J Byrds regiment; and to present eve
themselves for advising and aiding thci
> sons to go; and yes, further and StI
more, to present their own wives an
= daughters for furnishing provisions I
d the gallant boys Of the First TENNESSEE
as they lodged the rebel picket
!. crawling through the brush towar
d Camp Dick Robinson, where the 81,
1t rious Stars and Stripes, blessed and TN
. bnlmed in the sacred sunlight Of III
!, Fourth Of July, 77G, was making vi
to upon the Hon. Georgc Brorn, Judge
'e the third circuit of the Conicdcrat
IS State of Tennessee % ...
u Now let IL be remembered, that til
\ Fourth-of july Judicicio1S'y- Judicio
b. Democratic, Ardy.torch.lght, Jobnso
,r fireworks Convention did all its doini
o. as to the second feature for the pu
d. pose Of bringing out candidate suite
=, to ,Rcbcl.Democratic taste again
Of Hon, O. ?. Temple, the present incur
to bent. and one Of the ablcst jurists AZ
ce purcst men Of the State. And VIII.
~ Simply because Chancellor Temp
" was never false to the National Go
cuumeni, and never will be; aud tn
=. he is 50 good an officer that he ,cou
I'd not possibly act false aud bad enoul
ot to suit Tennessee reyolutioniSts.
a DEATH or nov, ANDREW
of FLETCHER.
n. Its with deep sorrow and regret III
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