Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-11-23
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" Whose soul, moreover, of such sort i---
With 20 much aCrimony overHow,,
As makes him, whercso or he gocs,
walking thum-bottlc OF a7pofortia'
And especially ~ this the character OF the
Anderson county Democracy Coupled
with this element of error, they pc 7ess
the quality of hopetulncss. Their Nth
amounts To II high order of ianatiCism,
leading tOsupcrstitious excuses! \ Dem
oerat believes everything his party leader
tells him. He has much more confidence
III the statements OF his party paper than
in the truth of the Ten Commandments
He makes some partisan newspaper his
Bible, and recognizes some partisan favor
lite 10 his God. Every time the political
whip is cracked, the small order of Demo
Gratis bcstir themselves 10 make its sting
felt 10y every slumbcring element of the
party. The fundamental principles OF
States Rights Secession Democracy il to
act wisely, and that for party purpose n
lie well stuck Ia il better than the truth
badly told Indeed the Democrats OF this
county tOuVbtthe recent confession whisky
and lies They circulated but few printed
documents. But whisky was made TO
" flow as the river of waters
On the day of the election the excite
ment ran high. Clinton, it must be re-
membcred, is the Athens Of the mountain
Democracy And most OF the principles
iIOlii INC scat OF ltHEnlnG nero,
are about as clearly defined as were the re-
lgious convictions Of that portion OF the
people of ancient Athens who provoked the
Apostle Paul by their profane inscription,
TO THE UNKNOWN GODni The man.
ayers of al the partyn had arranged the
plan of battle at and around the polls.
Each leader had his place and peculiar duty
assigned him. Runners were sent to the
various voting precincts. Early in the
II.
here, made their appearance on the streets
and began their work in most cheerful
manner. As they would meet, shake hands
with, and arm colOrCd voter TO one side,
so rs to talk with him, and cheat him out
of HE vote il possible, their coHntenance
seemed to say, Tt.
" Everything is lovely, and the goose hangs
high.
Instead OF denouncng our colored fell
low citizens as Il set of " bCdStty niggers,"
"a hey have been in the habit of doing,
their conduct indicated that a colored man
WHO would sell himself for whisky, and
vote the Democratic ticket, was
Chief among ten thousand, and altogether
lovely y
IN this spirit they boosted and worked
AMI worked and boosted. The hero OF an
hl udrcd battles led the van, while his aids
ru tied around him, boldly, deliantly, con-
iil"ut of complete triumph. All went
81 immingly until IA number of the dusky
We ers, who had been drinking Blizzard
whisky "dt the spring. came up and de-
all who went to "UC sprBg would vote
with the Democracy the ticket
straight, without 80 scrdtch.' The man
ayers who furnished the "bGim' wanted
to he confident, but the manners Of the
black battalion caused them to suspect.
The voting progressed. A more strict
watch was Instituted. Ritchy was so en-
COuraGed that he commenced to whistle.
Nine colored men voted. " All FOR Bill
zard," said he, changing the shape OF his
mouth and raising the tune,
&C. How firm foundation,
Ye saints of the Lord
In moment he was led TO one side and
told that the mine had been furnished with
Republican tickets and had fooled the De
mUcracy, At this he gently lifted his hat
from his head, the badness of which glis-
tened like isinglass, and, looking the
crowd square in the face exclaimed:
Men of Clinton, the Niger is treacher-
Gus; we have been deceived! Jim Bur
nett, 20 and break that jug at the
spring ~ Finally, four o'clock came, the
counting commenced, and as BLIZZARD was
ahead, Ritchy began TO whistle to keep up
their courage. But wrath soon took the
place Oh nope, ANA ucSllonucncy cOulu he
seen depicted in their very look. Aston
ishcd, disappointed, mad, yet inspired with
the idea of their own influence assuming
greatness, they were again hopeful, and
claimed the defeat of Maynard and the
Republican party. ~ the returns from
the various precincts came slowly in, the
leaders took a kind of dry laugh, and AT
last melancholy seemed to seize them,
Finally, Spiketail was seen coming.
Everybody knows Spiketail. He is Il
prominent Democrat He had been to
New River, and the cry was raised that
the returns from that district would make
the result favorable 10 the Democracy
Every Democrat, big and little, insisted
that BLIZZARD would now have a majority
in the county. Spiketail approached, and
seeing Ritehy advancing to meet him, he
cried out, "oH Is LOstgh How, how
What, what, what's that? he cries, with
rapid accent and with staring eyes"
" Beaten ut New River answered Spike
tail.
At this announcement Il general uproar
eusued, as the Democracy had blcd freely
in supplying juices 10 that people, and eN-
pected . thorough triumph and no mistake.
When the returns were in, and il was az
ccrtained that Maynard had majority,
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