Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-11-16
BEATING MAYNARD.

Every device and subterfuge, of which
the Democratic party in this District is
capable, has been resorted to for the pur-
pose of beating Maynard. Secret circulars
were issued, containing falsehoods at which
Satan might blush, which were sent out
into the country on the day preceding the
election, when it was known they could
not be contradicted. Here is copy of one
of these circulars, which were sent to
Blount county by the hundreds, and scat
tered broadcast throughout the District
wherever it could be done and wherever it
was thought voters could be influenced by
them. Wecopy it that "honest voters" may
see what men will do who are laboring for
the success of the Democratic party:
TO ALL HONEST VOTERS
FELLOW CITIZENS You have been told that
the Radical party is corrupt, and its leaders un-
scrupuous. That the Administration and the
otfice-holders resort to every species OF rascahty
to effect their ends.
honesty, by President Grant, is one instance
The military reconstruction scheme, to place
rogues in power in Tennessee that honest citi-
IONS may be fleeced, is another.
but, fellow-citzens, right here, in Knoxville,
reached.
Forvear thenew Custom House" has been
about to be built. For the past three weeks the
work has been dragging. But this Monday
morning, hordes of negroes-laborers from the
Wills Valley Railroad, from Georgia Alabama,
lower East Tennessee, North Carolina, from all
points in this yicinty-are at work. mol but
idling on the ground Of the proposed Custom
House-some with pick, some with shovel,
others with no implement of labor-but all en-
ploycd jy the Radicals to idle array Monday and
Tuesday, at Government expense, and to cote
for Horace Maynard!
These laborors have been brought from aiar,
to take the places of honest white and colored
workmen. They are simply bribed to vote for
Horace Maynard And bribsd at Government
expense! -,.-.-. e,..,.-- ,.hou,..
honest citizens all2 You who have wives
bread taken from honest laborors to feed
hungry horde who are willing to sell their votes
for two days work? For you can rest assured
that these men will be discharged when the polls
are closed on Tuesday night.
Is this an honest election where the voice of
the Honest People is to be drowned in the
clamor of a noisy horde of bribed negroes?
Fsllow-citizens, are your votes to be made OF no
account, by being covered with the bribed bal
lots of these negroes
Is Horace Maynard to bo elected by fraud and
corruption? Have his fears of the judgment
upon him. of honest men, driven him to this
desperate and wholly corrupt action?
We call upon Tennesseeans, and especially
the citizens Of this Second Congressional Dis
trct the Woodworking farmers, Pm chanics, and
iaborors the honest men of all parties, to rebuke
this corruption and vote against Maynard, and
against Radicalism, Rascality and Military
Rule A CALDWELL, Oh n, &c.
Knoxville, Nov. Z, 1870.
We invite "honest voters to carefully
peruse the foregoing document 1t is I'M
necessary for us to brand the allegations
therein contained as UNANIMOUSLY false. 1t
is one of the miserable eXpedients resOrted
to for bolstering up party which is so rot
ten that it cannot rely upon the true issues
before " honest voters" We invite colored
voters" bribed negroes ITO read and
ponder upon the language of this precious
document. Let them see therein the ami
mus of the party which claims to be their
% best friends" and treasure it for the next
election. When they want your votes you
are "colored gentlemenE but if you see
proper to vote your true sentiments, and
for your friends, you are noisy horde of
bribed negroes"
No "hordes of negroes have been inn
ported from the Wills Valley road, from
Georgia, North Carolina, or any other
place, for the purpose of Gliding on the
grounds of the proposed Custom House"
Nor have they been "cupIoyed by the
Rddicdis, at Government erpenSe, to rOte
for Horace Maynard" and no one knew it
better than the authors of this circular.
If any negroes or whites were imported
here, not being citizens and were allowed
to vote, the judges of the election, who
were honest men of all parties have COM
mitted a grave offense against the country
for allowing them TO do so, and should be
punished. We leave it for them to say
whether or not illegal votes were polled
and if such votes were polled we demand
that the offenders shall be punished, with
out regard to party.
THE RESULT.
The returns of the election 10 date, indi-
cata tho alastinn of Hon p,,tI.r I.