Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-10-25
Frank Blair on thel New Departure.
The following is from a recent speech b.

SrOWlHS OUT Oh TIE POSlGIOH O1 tll0 OOutn
which | feel called to mention, but with
| diffidence, and disclaiming any purpose of
giving anything like advice to the people
of the South. But / have read in letters
and speeches by distinguished men~of the
| South, certain advice to the. people of the
South which touches all the South and all
who sympathize with the South in other
| quarters of our country. / have seen it
proposed that in the next Democratic con-
vention, to be held for the nomination of
candidate for the Presidency of the United
States, the South should forbear to take
| any part whatever; that the South should
decline to be represented, but should .ac-
| cept whatever candidate the Democrats of
| the North may see proper to offer.
/ dissent entirely from that proposition.
| Hearty applause. I think | may here
enter the protest of every Democrat in the
| West and North. TRenewed applause.
| The triumph of the Democratic party is
the safety of the South. [Applause.] And
who should guard its safety but Southern
men?. [Applause, If yfail, why may
not others also fail =?
My fellow-citizens triumph which will
relieve you is the thing which the South
| looks to, and looks to alone. They have
| no question of personal favOrites to be adj
vanced. To them all Democrats are alike.
| TCheers. Their choice will fall upon him
| who is most likely to carry that banner in
| triumph. Applause. If the South fails
| to give the benefit of her wise counsel-if
she fails to send her prudent and wise men,
who will so there with an eye single to
success-if they leave the Democracy of
| the North to struggle for nomination
amidst the contending factions of the as
pirants, she will Withhold from us the bene-
| fit of the wisest and most impartial coun-
sci we can have. Immense applause. t
If she should abstain, even though it be
upon the ground stated by some of these
distinguished gentlemen who advocate
this course, and who say that their pres
ence in the Convention in 1868 was laid
hold of and used to the destruction of the
Democratic party, / tell you their absti
tence now will be claimed as refusal to
go with the Northern Democrats, because
they have adopted the New Departure.
| Sensation. 1t will be claimed that the
spirit of rebellion still fingers and burns
under the smoldering ashes, and it is
lighted into new flame of indignation be-
cause the'Democratic party of the North,
or a large portion of them, have assumed,
for reasons that seemed good to them, to
make certain concessions in their platform.
1t would be suicidal it would be destruc-
tive of your very best interests. fs
| do not know how well it is known,
but to those who care for my opinion it is
known that | am no friend to the New
Departure. Prolonged and enthusiastic
applause and cheers.l Il s. NtS Il Ia
But 7 believe in the patriotism and the
purity of the motives of those who have
chosen that path but-while shall still
hold to he opinions which | have hereto
fore expressed, and shall not yield one
inch of my own convictions as to the I'M
constitutionality of the usurpatiOns of the
Radical party, L am willing to fight the
Radicals in any shape the Democratic par
ty may determine upon. Long and hear
ty applause. believe the new departure,
so far from being good policy, has proven
disastrous; but what the party adopts as its
policy shall maintain without surrender
| ing my own convictions. Applause. /
| believe that policy has failed to give us
success in the elections of this summer
and autumn; and for the reason thatit was
a confession in open court of our inability
| to carry the election upon our own prin-
ciples it was a confession that we must
make concession in order to draw to us
others who had heretofore acted against
us; but in making that concession it failed
to place, candidates before the people in
harmony with that platform. Thus while
some Democratic were disguised at this
concession, no Republicans were conciliat-
| ed. "a n EFHEaE Er .#rE
THE Press and Herald comes to the de-
Tense of the Public Printers, but offers no
other argument than that the CHRONICLE
is John Baxter's organ. This will not
satisfy the minds of honest men. If Col.
Baxter's charges can be disproved, let it be
done. If they can not, they certainly lose
none of their force from having been pub
lished in the CHRONICLE. As we have
before stated, we are the organ of Col.
Baxter or any other man who wishes to
expose corruption.
A DUELLING INCIDENT.-An indisereet
gentleman who had given offense to
young lady in Louisville, Kentucky
few. days since. was challenged by the
that-is-to-be husband of the insulted.
When the challenged party was reading
the invitation to go out and be shot, his
little daughter came up and said: "Papa,
ma wants you ~ The father then turned
to the challenge bearer and said, this is
my little girl, whose happiness and educa-
ton and living would be taken from her
were | to be killed. L have also wife and
a baby whose welfare must look to. This
meeting, if fatal to me, would deprive
them of their only support. My opponent
is young man, without wife or children
or family, He has little to lose" The
challenge bearer was almost melted to
tears. The picture just drawn was true to
life, and he determined to return to his
principal and ask for a compromise. The
latter was heightened, chivalrous, Ken
lucky gentleman, whose heart at once re-
sponded to the appeal for mercy. A COM
promise was effected. 1t was agreed that
the duel should be postponed till the first
party got married and became the father
of children. Then they will both be on an
| equal footing and can test each others
courage gEAgEL zE.LEEra9s1 0Wr
Accounts from Georgia are to the effect
that Judge Erskine seems determined to |
demonstrate that there is no OCCASION for |
the military occupation of that State. The
officers of his Court are arresting men by
the score in the upper part of Georgia un-
der charges of Ku Klax;sm. The Savan-