Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-10-05
A woRp no coNsERvAr1vE UN1oN MEN.

The attention Of7 thewholC country has
again been attracted to Tennessee, because
Of the revolutionary and extreme secession
spirit developed in the recent resolutions,
speeches and character of prominent lead
ers in the State and Congressional ConVen-
tions OF the Democratic party Me donot
know of a political event of equal siguin-
canoe which has 50 generally provoked
comment and deep, feeling ms the sudden
uprising of this dangerous inischievous
element in our politics. The time had
come when it was generally supposed that
the question of secession, at least, was ac-
knowledged as having been finally settled
by the war. The Democratic party North
and South were revolutionary in their ten
denotes. in so far that they denied the le-
gality or iinality of the Thirteenth, Four
tenth and Fifteenth amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, and to
this-cXtent their purposes and principles
were well understood, but the question of
secession was generally regarded as forever
settled. Under these circumstances, the
extreme secession spirit, which swept be-
fore it all moderation, and even all such
pronounced Democracy M Andy Johnson,
in the late Convention, is well calculated
to arouse the gravest apprehensions. 1t
was for some time the policy of the oppos-
ton press to deny that this spirit existed,
or to break its force 10y rdicuing lhe fears
naturally provoked, but now finding its as
ccndaucy recognized and the evil consc-
QucncCs apparent, we HpA even such CE-
tl.N- Journals as the Union and american,
c. Nashville; the Times, Of Cha tanooga,
and The Wig ami HcgiSiey, OF this city,
pi-'t..iy begging OF thc secession element
l..t DIZZY suppress their extreme senti-
IN Hi-, or the good Of the party.
Is tine question of Importance to US Just
now what Influence will the manifesto
ton O. ibis secession spirit have upon the
Con atiVe Union men who have hereto
fore acted with the Democratic party
We .O,N with especial interest to their
couI @, because heretofore we have believed
their professions Of adherence to their old
faith, and given them credit for acting
honestly.
If the p, iples OF the Democracy as
heretofore recognized have made their pro-
! LESSONS of Unionsm somewhat consistent,
| they do so no longer. To-day Tennessee
| Democracy in all its bitterness, proscrip-
| tiveness and revolutionary tendencies
! stands before the world unmarked, boldly
! proclaiming principles which the people OF
| this country have expended three thousand
millions OF treasure and two hundred
! thousand precious lives, to prove wrong
and which they are determined shat BE- re-
! cOgHizcd as settled, even though TO do so we
! have yet again to walk through another
SCI OF blood The position strikes not
alone at the Republican party as to-day
constituted, but it IS deiiantiy proclaimed
! iii the teeth Of every Union man, whether
| he be to-day Il Republican, or a Conserva-
| tive Democrat The question of to-day in
! Tennessee as presented to Conservative
Union men, therefore is whether they
propose to admit noa0 that secession is
right-that il is still unsettled.
That this is the question presented, we
| ask them again to read the speech of An
drew Johnson at Gallatin, on the declara-
tons of Gen. Stubblefield the late Chair
man of the Democratic State Executive
Committee, made to Il correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial which We
publish in another column. Read tho
resolutions and speeches made at late
| Democratic Conventions and then deter.
mine Tor yourselves whether or not you
will to-day march under the secession flag
as hoisted at Nashville by Brown and his
COniederates Of Hoods army, or under the
Stars and Stripes which have ever been the
colors under which the Republican party
has battled.
THE Democratic papers in lhi- Congress
ional District have made a wonderful dis
covey. Hon. Horace Maynard has per
| slslentlN received ms salary as member
of Congress- and in that behalf has drawn
S75,0o0 they say. We suppose his crime
consists in not having refused the SALARY
allowed by law to a Representativ, in { OIL
gress. They seem to think chat he pen
sion politicians, who are by nature incapa
citated from earning livelihood by fol
lowing the profession or business they
have chosen. The people have a different
view on this subject. They wish to be re
presented by man of ability, one who i,
capable of representing their interests
and they expect him to be paid for his ser
vices. If Mr.. Maynard has wrongfully re
ceiyed any of the peoples money, why
come out and show in what respect If Ii,
has been guilty of corruption in receivin,
the sum of $50 900, or whatever sum he ha
received, come out and expose him. If h,
, has received only his lawful salary, say SO
/ and stop carping about a matter in which
you know there is nothing wrong. Put tn,
/ claims of you candidate on broader an,
more reasonable basis than that he ha
never received anything for services as .
member of Congress. He will have NOR
! respect for you for it, and intelligent voter
Will have more respect for you.