Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-10-11
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TO the People Of Anderson and KNOB Counties
FELLOW CITIZENS In making up my mind
to ask your votes to elect me TO seat IN III
House of Representatives of the next Geherai
Assembly of Tennessee, have oeen acs otSor.
by reasons personal to myself, as we'll as otherS
more directly affecting the public interests, ana
especially the interests of the people OF the TWO
counties l desire to represent: VI the personal
considerations it is sufficient to remark, that
trust they are the offspring of laudable ambl-
tion. and have no mercinary relations what
ever. 1t would be improper to parade my own
merits before the public, if l have any, and [
shall only suggest, that it is my wish in this, as
all other matters, to so demean myself in the flu
ture as to eface from the memory of friends the
mistakes of the past and win the good will of
any who may have been enemies. A public
endorsement of those who have known me
through the course of my past life, sometimes
warmed, guided and guided by the splendors
of the sun of prosperity, and sometimes under
the shadowy and gloomlike clouds of adversely,
would be exceedingly gratifying to me per-
sonally.
And am persuaded that the extraordinary
drift of the political current of the times Is
such as to open up to the young men of the
country an opportunity to repair much OF the
injury and correct many OF the mistakes when
have been perpetrated and are still adhered to
and gloried in by that older class of politicians
in the South, who live in the past and fail or re-
fuse, to comprehend the new order of things by
which we are surrounded, and which should
arouse in the mind of every patriot nobler aspl-
rations for the future of his country.
I candidly confess to you, my fellow citizens,
that desire to occupy position where can
come in contact with, and take active part IN
moulding into form the chaos of political ele-
ments which now seems to reign IN Tennessee.
Perhaps misjudge the signs of the times.
Perhaps it is an error of judgment in desiring
to mingle with the disturbed state of political
affairs. But, unless L am wholly deceived, the
early deliverance of the people from partisan
oppression is clearly foreshadowed by the pres;
emf troubled condition of factional leaders and
l have something more than an impression, in
deed it amounts to an opinion, that if selected
as your Representative, 1 may be instrumental
in accomplishing some good for the people,
through constant, prudent, thoughtful, and pa
triotic endeavors, which l promise shall be my
purpose in your behalf.
These considerations may be attributed TO the
vanties of an aspiring mind. l shall not stop
to resist that conclusion. Of the many matters
of public concern the limits OF this paper will
not permit me to speak in detail. / claim to be
one of the people, and think have some knowl-
edge of their wants While l am friend to
all classes, and desire the success of every char
acter of business; and shall, if elected look to
the interests of all alike, yet will be pardoned
for the statement that have profound SYM
patty for the working men and mechanics of
the country, of whose struggles L have that
knowledge which results from actual experience,
having spent several years of my life in the
workshop at my trade. This statement is made
that the wcrkingmen and mechanics may see
that am at least in situation to sympathize
with them. If elected, l shall strive to be the
representative of the people, irrespective of
party, though am a Republican in principle
and policy, on the existing questions Of political
economy. Respectfully yours, .ft
Knoxville, ETenn., Oct. II, 1872.