Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-31
spedmOnoof bfsttQt hiaad by Daniel dee o,


GENERAL MENTION
The circular swing of Mr.. Runyan drew a
| large crowd and his seats were rarely empty
a veteran banjoist dscoursed Ethiopian mclo.
dies st intervals during the day. -.
Mr. Kinzel must have served an appreutice-
ship in the commissary department His table
| was we'll patronized and the bill of fare as the
day previous, was excellent JT- "A. III ia .
In the afternoon there. was a dress parade Of
the cadets. FULLY two thousand persons visited
| the grounds during the day, the number being
greater than the first day. ui ..f ..I.,..t :
I'Hn' IflH. E. FOX cHAsEs ,.-.. rs i...,t I
| About hslfpast two o'clock, the fox ohases
we're in order, and engrossed the attention q
nearly every one. The FIRST chase was soon
over, but the second was more exciting, and the
red coated huntsnlen cireled over the field, pre-
senting quito an animated scene with the large
pack of hounds in pusuit Charles Nelson was
the t5st IN st the death of both foxes, and
+ 'lJ7T4E TTnyA, c1x "a uHi7lnt-'li5 shi
$500 single, dash Of a mile, Entries General
| J, A. Mabry' sorrel marc, Lucy McClung -
Col. .T,lrleSy's Lexington Fly and Bob.
| Woods mare, ''Sparrowhawk' % ' iiii7 % o!
tanced, Gen MaJry's mare coming out T ahead
Time, 1:4Si.I There was some demur however
as TO the word at starting, and tho raco was re-
peated and won by the gallant Lucy, in hoo
Judges; Cois''J 1" Ihornburg and ii. l.. Me
AFTER the race was AN. inspection OF harness
horses Two entries. The award was given 10
Mr., John Low for the best pair. ..,',S W.,
rlJH- ~ -.i1 THE DAY. a-frfr.1ga
During the day thereJwas considerable adj
dtlon made IN the entries in the different de :
partpents, and augurs well for the success Of
Ex-President Andrew johnson visited tie
grounds in the evening and witnessed the races
ing the day and played their finest pieces, ad-
| ding much to the enjoyment of those present
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20 .rsaH. .f4-I THIRD DAY. ls ....... .i.fl..
The grand event Of the day was the mechan-
| les procession, which extended near a mile in
length, and embraced every department of me-
| chanism. On arriving at the grounds the pro
eession marched around the building and dis
banded To enjoy themselves as they saw At fU
4 little past eleven o clock, a stand was erect
cd in Floral Hall, and occupied by the speaker
ex-President johnson, Mayor Van Glider the
Chief Marshal,e Mr.. Shepherd, Messrs. Rich
ards and Browning, assistants marshal, and a
| few others. N' .'
Mr.. shepherd introduced the distinguished
| speaker In q few graceful remarks We pre-
sentthe following synopsis of his ="
! ..r,.., ADDRESS.
Mr., johnson said that he was here by the
invitation of the mechanics for the purpose of
addressing them on subjects for their prosperity
| He was mechanic, not ideally or theoretically.
| but in fact. Thrown on the world without
money or friends, he came to East Tennessee MS
a mechanic to make an honorable support
| Having made this his home, and bein prompt 10
| customers he acquired confidence and was sent
to the Legislature He made his advent when
| Il very young man, He was proud of being a
mechanic, though tainted and jeered on that
| account. lie was even accused of catering to
| the preiudices Of the masses. Had gone the
| rounds Of office, from the smallest to the high
L nrN In TODD a. Il i
nothing from any one. He did not talk to please
| the fancy with gewgaw, or tickle them with a
| straw. The same species of quaokery existed in
neGhanism as in politios-balf the State and
Federal legislation was trckery to deprive the
| people of their liberty. The greatest wrongs
| We're often inflicted on a people by oppressive
legislation, but those who, made a mistake and
corrected an error would be rewarded. In me
chanics there should be discoveries rather than
| inventions, which were generally the interest
contrivances. God made laws co-eval with time
| for the government of organic matter We
ought 10 study those laws and strike out in the
field of exploration. Follow nature in all things
The governed by principle and the idea of gem
| eral law. . -. H.. - o
| This demonstration was the first effort on their
part IN this section to place themselves in their
| true position. Evil association had injured
| them. He took ground against State monopoly
| in the employ of convicts 10 compete with hon
! est labor. tOheers.) The house burner was
sentenced to the penitentiary. What reason
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| him TO suffer, but to deter Others The peniten-
| tiary was not a house of reform--the inmates
| came out confirmed in crime The criminal
| stone mason chiseled Inscriptions on the tombs
| of famous men with fingers crimsoned with the
blood of innocence, and so on through the diff
ferent trades. The Institution was not self.sus-
| tanning except for two out of fOrty-one years
| While the State competed with the honest la
| Dor of the country, yet mechanics were to sup
port criminals. He felt the stigma as a me-
| chanic, and his motive in. speaking would not
| miseonstrued, as he was in search of no ia
| vors. ..-- I'D. -,-.. I -
| He used the views expressed in his messages
| to the Legislature in regard the mechanics in
was denounced as demagogue No appropria-
tions for the mechanics institute, were made but
plenty for criminal mechanics 1871 .."I.. ~
| The power of mind was all-controlling and
| carried the force of Archimides, with
| which he claimed that if he had a
| fulcrum wherein TO place it he could
move the world. The ideas, too, of Ser
| vius Tullrias, the great eommoner of Rome
| were embraced in that grevt instrument the
! Constitution, before some fungi had been tack
| ed on it. [Cries of that's SOL But he was
talking TO mechanics Deity was the master
mechanic, and controlled the minds of those
| who formed the Constitution of the country,
| and his blood ran cold when he saw sacriHgious
hands upon it, ....'' II
Mr.. johnson here made graceful allusion to
! the stone cutters of this city, and spoke of the
| master minds in their ranks. Socrates was
! sculptor, and it was his chisel that sculptured
| those of the graces. But he was as famous for
| his wisdom, for delicacy of touch. He it was
| who through his disciple Plato first taught the
| idea of immortality, and could train and ele-