Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-06-07
OUR TICKET,

The Philadelphia Convention, in nominal
ing Grant for reelection, only gave expires
sion to the unmistakable voice of ninety
nine hundredths of all the Republicans in
the United States The ISLANDERS of the
disappointed and the opposition from
Democrats, who have opposed him for
the past ten years, has never abated in the
least the confidence which the people
have had i'll him from the date of his first
victory over an armed rebellion down to
the present period. His patriotic devotion
to the country's interests has never been
seriously questioned. His capacity as a
statesman has been equal to the most
sanguine expectations Ofhis friends. He has
presided over the affairs of the government
and has watched over the several depart
ments with the same vigilance which char
acterized his faithful administration of af-
fairs in the army. The same success which
characterized his efforts on the field has
attended his course in civil life. He has
been equal to every occasion, The people
know him and have learned to appre-
Ciate him No power could defeat him as
the choice of the Republicans for another
term in the Executive Chair, and all eff
forts to prevent his triumphant re-elec-
ton will prove impotent. The people of
the United States have made up their
minds on this subject, and they will not
be turned from their purpose.
In the selection of Senator Henry Will
son, of Massachusetts, for the second
place, the ticket has been strengthened if
possible He is one of natures noblemen.
He is one of the people and knows how to
sympathize with them. From the humble
shoemaker toiling for his daily bread, he
has reached his present high position, and
is an illustrious example of what work
ingman by his own industry may accom-
plish under our glorious system of govern
ment He knows what it is to struggle
with poverty, and can sympathize with
the thousands who are so unfortunate as
to feel the pinchings of want. The labor
ing masses of this country have no truer
friend than Henry Wilson, and they know
it. His soul is large enough to sympathize
with every man who tries to do his duty
AID make good citizen, regardless of his
color or condition in life. He is universal
ly beloved and respected. Even those
who oppose him are bound to admit that
he is man with kind, warm heart, of
unfiinching integrity, sterling honesty
and unqucstionable ability. 1t affords us
pleasure to bear testimony to his
peculiar fitness for the position and to
yield him hearty support. We are glad
that we have man upon whom all classes
can unite and support with enthusiasm.
We deem it unnecessary to give any
thing like biographical sketch of the Re-
publican candidates. Their history is
well known. 1t the history of the coun-
try during the past decade. Every school
boy in the land is familiar with the names
of Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson.
The first will 90 down in history as the
greatest General and one of the wisest
statesmen of the nineteenth century. The
name of the latter is indelibly stamped on
the minds of the people, i'll prominent con-
nection with every wise and statesman
like measure adopted by Congress during
the critical period through which he has
so faithfully represented the noble old Bay
State in the Senate.
\ more popular ticket could not have
been selected. In comparison with it, the
Cincinnati ticket sinks into insignificance.
There is no comparison between them.
There is no comparison between the bod
les which selected the two tickets. At
Cincinnati we saw an incoherent mass of
office-hunters, willing to sacrifice princi-
pie, if they had any, in order to carry
their points. After Il stormy session, they
present to the voters of this country
combination of the most incongruous ma
ture possible. At Philadelphia, a ticket has
been deliberately and calmly selected, by
the largest and most orderly meeting of
the kind that has ever been held The
men composing the ticket possess the en-
tire confidence of the solid men of the
country. We invite honest, unprecedented
men to compare the two tickets presented