Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1870-10-07

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~ tuciiASHiS oi thetouft 1o4ee V1tt3 e7tz1-
day cvening, a large number Of gcntlemen gath !.
cred at the Court House to hear the discussion
between the Gubcrnatorial candidates, Judge
Wisener and Gen. Brown
The discussion WAS opened by Gen. Brown,
who led off in speech of an hour and-a-half.
He thanked God that he could address those
present as fcllow-citizens He said that dead
issues bcgotten by the war, could his voice pre-
vail, should be buried with oblivion He de-
voted about onethird of his time to review of
Hr. Wisener's record, attempting to show that
he was secessionist and through his influence,
he BROWN had been induced TO go into the
rebellion. He had been called a rebel by the
Radical press and Radical stump speakers, bist
if he was a rebel, Mr.. Wisener must be one also.
The cry of rebel, he said, was that of the dema
gogue and place hunter, and the men that raise
t,wculd conjure up the storm if by it they could
ride into power. He defed any one to find man
who is in favsr Of secession probably not think
ing of Combs.) The flag Of the South had failed,
and II was now ftlrled forever, while the stars
and stripes foated trumphantly. 1t had been
said he WAS rebel he denied it. He was a rebel
from 1861 to %, since which time he was will
ing for his record to be, searched for proof that
he had never faltered in his devotion TO the
Government The amnesty placed all men on
an equality in this respect He paid high
compliment to Nr.aWiscner as party leader
in the days of Whiggery and Democracy, and
had then thought he was always right, but that
he had found him on the wrong track one time.
He took up the address published in the
Chronicle yesterday singned by Judge Harr
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Arnell, and criticised it in IA way intended to
be very severe
Col. John Williams here suggested that the
candidates address the crowd from the front of
the courthouse, there was "A large number
who could not get inside. Gen. Brown left it to
a vote of the house, when it was decided to
main. He then went on 30 speak of the address
above spoken of, but failed to convince any one
that there was much wrong in it. He made an
eloquent argument Oh State Sovereignty, then
followed with al appeal to mems prejudices by
disappearing whisky laws-talked about the
government of the United States being cen
trail despoti.m- drew touching picture of
Georgia affairs-ridieuled the manner in which
the 18th and 18th Amendments to the Constitu-
tion-were ratifed-expatisted upon the tariff
was opposed to reputation, but would pay the
30 bonds i'll currency. He is opposed to Ma
tional banks, and detestS reconstruction. He
closed by protesting, in strong language how he
would pour cut his blood for the old fag when
assaulted by a torcjg, power, but did not -ay how
il would be IN case of n domestic rebellion.
Gen. Brown was listened to attcntivey, and FIRE
quently applsuded by his friends r 4
Judge Wisencr came to the platform amidst
much applause, and proceeded to make one of
the finest speeches We have listened to since the
war. He said he had been nominated without
his solicitation, and had expressed himself as
leading a forlorn hope, but that even forlorn
hopes were often successful When the race
commenced, he had not expected any but Re
publican votes, but now that Gen. Brown had
proven that he was rebel, he expected large
| vote from the opposite party. Gen. Brown had
| spoken of the shacklos forged for men by Re
publicans. Individually, he had never voted
| for placing shackles on voters. His competitor
had. He was An artful dodger, and while a
member of the late Constitutional Convention,
| had failed to record his vote about three out of
every four times but that he found that his vote
was recorded in favor of imposing a poll tax
qualification, rs one of the conditions upon
which the elective franchise is 10 be exercised
He replied to the various poiuts Gen. Brown
had made on his record while q member of the
Tennessee Legislature; showed how he had
| been misrepresented in some instances and dis
posed of the whole matter in manner satisfae-
tory to his friends He stated how he had OPP
posed secession, how he had opposed revolution,
and the so-callsd military league, whereby the
people of Tennessee were sold out to the South
ern Confederacy against their desire.
| He answered Gen. Browns arguments ON the
subject of State Sovereignty, showing how falla-
cious are the views taken by Tennessee Democ-
racy. Sovereignty does not mean the people OF
single State, but the. people of the whole
country.
! He showed what had been accomplished by
the much abused Republican party They had
| found the State without Govsrnoror ALegisla-
ture or a Judiciary, and her bond. on the mar
ket without buyer, at the rate of 20 to p cents
on the dollar. These bonds had been run up to
GO and So cents on the dollar. They had passed
law exempting $3.50 from execution, in the
hands of poor man with family. They had
passed law allowing foreigners with twelve
months residence, after declaring their intention
to become citizens, the privilege of voting. The
Democrats have repealed all this With refer
! encs to the State debt he showed how much of
it had been created for the purpose OF. Lying
the interest en- the debt which had accrued du-
ring the war, which had been brought about by
Gen Brown party. Railroads bad gone down,
and many Of them without rolling stock to meet
the demands OF the public A great portion OF
lthe State debt had been thus expended, and
Gen. Brown and men of his party had reaped Il
large proportion of the rewards for that The
. Nashville and Decatur read, of which Gen.
4 BrowH is q stakeholder, has received from the
State 81 $40, 900 more than the cost of its con-
struction. Gen. Brown had said he was in favor
of selling Out roads that could not pay the inter
est on their bonds. He was for the same, and il
the General wanted to ride that pony, he walld
have to ride behind him.
BE discussed the tariff question, as presented
in the Democratic platform, and made some
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