Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-07
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GaAtE AhD s9ARTLtNG CHARGES :

Ex-Governor Henry s. sFoote, of Nash
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the onfedeS
rate5SHXgrressss. la has written letter'to the
Nashville Bdaasesr, which, considering the
high POSITION of the author, is yeryope-
markabIe for She very grave charges)itpre-
fers against JEFF DaVisand his associates in
theSece1 'fLoste GaqseY reunionsiat Ale
gusta and Atlanta, Georgia. In speaking
of thistfiumphal tour of the 1ehi9f con!
spitHor Goyetnor Foote says "a ' 1sI9Bg
when MrsqJefferscn Davis who has attained
reputafonapon a smaller capital than any other
man rat Gan be mentioned, poured forth his
several funny and .sedilieusr fharaHgues a few.
davsafr tpon Georgia soil; much as 1 deplofed
and o61delpned his conduct determined, for.
certain delicate personal reasons, to leave the
task Of eolinteracting the tendency of his mis-
chieEeus butteRanceseto be executed by others
Ny moderation and forbearance willIbe appre-
ciatea tszth6se who shall understand that was
then aHogether satisfied that Mr. Davis and his
Inscriptions associates q1seitated, deeply and
darkly, the uHimats re,aeuRt Of the ,sz1r s7inii-
nal designs which they set on foot so deliberate
ly inqe69. and they were confidently expecting
that IN connection with the Presidential contest
of lS7A they would be able, by the exercise Oh
superior adroitness with even greater than their
former sIrecessbfo sow the seeds Of discord in
the sb0SUfn pf The National Denlocfatie party
corr1At It's strength, bring about the election of
GeneFaE GrAnf, as they had done that OF Mr..
neohine4866; and finally Teki,sdEe tiUtJ 5eGi,
tkefff TesEtLt Of their guiEeftt[ ma cliiiG7
tiors.oSA war in, which, of course, as was con-
jectuTeds by JEFF Davis and his trusted partisans.
the sexsGohfederate President would be the
chosen leader of the revolt, and the project Of
a separate republic be at last realized. -rrfT
About the time Davis was making these
speeches, q series Of resolutions of a pro
gressive Democraticn nature were passed.
at a Democratic meeting in Davidson
county. to Which was appended Foote's.
namea55T This Wassthe pretextfor a violent
assault alpon him by the Memphis rAfpedli
JEFF. Davis organ. While he was engaged
in this 5progressive work, p trying to save
the Democracy from another Waterloo.i
campai gil, Gov. Foote says "Mr Davis ana
his speeia19 friends were revelHng in this
beatfe Vision of coming glory, and he
wasi.NfHding his way to the confines of 4
Georgia, in order to rekindte among % gem
ero,s sa,ad alercfut people The .acznsesiof
dontEstie c0y.fict by getting the Democrats
of that region committed against the VAL
landigham platform, the general adoption
of which could not but prove fatal to their
hopes. ao,;NNe invite special attention to
thesesstartIing revelations, and to the fact
that they are not made by radicals" but |
by an ex-rebel, and apresent lealerdn the
Densccratic party. Is Gov. Foote correct
in his charges, and were the recent ,incelf7
diary speeches Of the arch conspiratorE
intended to bring about a new; conflict of |
arms2oilNe suppose the Governor knows /
whereof he speaks; andw trust theipeo-d
pie will ponder and reflect upon the spec
tacle thus presented. We want them to |
realize if possible the spirit Of this DEMO-
crazy, and say whether such spirits ought
to beeountenanced, or to any, extent en-.
trusted with power. isr siossH sfi . II