Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-06-14
GRAVE AND STARTLING CHARGES

Ex-Governor Henry S. Foote, of Nash
vile, formerly member of the Confede-
rate Congress, has written a letter to the
Nashville Hammer, which, considering the
high position of the author, is very re-
markable for the very grave charges it pre-
fers against jeff Davis and his associates in
the recent " Lost Cause" reunions at Au-
gusta aud Atlanta, Georgia. In speaking
of this triumphal tour of the chef con-
spirator, Governor Foote says:
When Mr.. jefferson Davis, who has attained
reputation upon smaller capital than any other
man that can be mentioned, poured forth his
several funny and sedftious harangues few
days ago upon Georgia soil, much as daplored
and condemned his conduct L determined, for
certain delicate personal reasons to leave the
task of jcounteractng the tendency of his mis-
chievous utterances to be executed by others
My moderation and forbearance will be apprc-
ciated by those who shall understand that l was
then altogether satisfied that Mr.. Davis and his
INSCRIPTIONS associates, meditated, deeply and
darby, the ultimate eneirdt Of the same e1'ih1l-
nal designs which they set on foot so deliberate
ly in 1860 and they were confidently expecting
that in connection with the Presidential contest
Of 1872, they would be able by the exercise of
superior adroitness, with even greater than their
former success, to SOW the seeds of discOrd in
the bosom of the National Democratic party,
General Grant, us they had done that of MIR.
Lincoln in 1860 and fndity Tekindie cirH ,cdr
as the natural result Of their gniLefut mdchind-
tons A war in which, of course, as was con-
jectured by JEFF Davis and his trusted partisans,
the eN-Confederate President would be the
chosen leader of the revolt, and the project Of
a separate republic be at last realized
About the time Davis was making these
speeches, a series ofsesolutions of ''pro-
gressive Democratic nature were passed
at Democratic meeting in Davidson
county, to which was appended Foote's
name. This was the pretext for violent
assault upon him by the Memphis appeal,
JEFF Davis organ. While he was engaged
in this progressive work, " trying to save
the Democracy from another Waterloo
Gov. Foote says "NIr Davis and
his special friends were revealing in this
beatific vision of coming glory, and he
was vending his way to the confines of
Georgia, in order to rekinolic among a gene
crouS and merciful people the flames Of
domestic conflict 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.n We invite special attention to
these startling revelations, and to the fact
that they are not made by radicals" but
by an ex-rebel and a present leader in the
Democratic party. Is Gov. Foote correct
in his charges, and were the recent mcen-
diary speeches of the arch conspirator
to bring about new conflict of
arms? We suppose the Governor knows
whereof he speaks, and we trust the peo-
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 he countenanced, or to any extent en-
trusted with power. Oh.