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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
EX-REBELs, READ THIS /!

1t is characteristic of brave men to forget
their own personal injuries, and to forgive
those who have wronged them. Looking
at the matter in this light alone, we can
und erstand how eX-rebel soldiers NAV 90
for Greeley. But it is also characteristics of
brave men to resent to the bitter end an
insult of any character that may be offered
70 a wife, mother, or to an inoffensive
child. From this standpoint we can not
see how eX-rebels are to forget that remark :
able utterance of Greeley, saying "tChen
me Te6euiOuS traitors are Overwhelmed
IN the FIELD and scattered like leaucs before
an angry 2Ci7ld IL must not be to return TO
'pcdcetW and contented homes. hen
mast find poverty at their .fresides, and
See prtYdtaon IN the dnrtous eyes Of moth
'crs and the rags of children"
Who ever heard of General Grant want
ing to visit the offenses of rebel soldiers
upon their old mothers, or to see their in
offensive children clothed in rags rs a con-
sequence of the fathers mistakes He has
never been guilty of such cruelty. He
directed government vessels to furnish free
transportation to self-exiled rebels in Bra
I'll, who desired to return to the homes of
their childhood, and once more claim pro-
lection from the flag of their native
country. What contrast The one
iorglves and invites the rebel to re-
turn. The other says they 'nl,tst not
return to peaceful and contentcd homes.
They must find poverty at their firesides,
ana see 7oriUdtton in the anxious eyes of
mothers and the rags of children" Mark
the contrast,ye ex-Confederates, who have
mothers and tender babes. Regard the
man who wanted their misery and rags to
be your punishment and then as honest
men, respecting mothers and children. an
swer in your own hearts, if you can sup
port man who has ever entertained such
sentiment. We do not believe that you
will support such a man. We know Won
Will not if you stop to think.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
FOREIGN,

Falmaseda sailed from Havana for Spain on
the l4th......A fort at Neuvitas Cuba, was
struck by lightning on the 10th, exploding a
magazine and killing several artilerymen..
English Catholics protest against the course Of
the Italian Government towards the Papal of
hcials.......The difficulty between Con.u lGen-
eral Butler and Gems. Loring and Reynolds and
Maj Campbell of the Egyptian army, is being
Investigated by military commission Stan
ley, the Herald correspondent who found DR..
Livingstone, has sailed for Europe whence he
will depart for the United States .......An nm
successful attempt was made on Friday night to
assassinate the King and Queen of Spain ......
The Geneva Board of Arbitration are conduct
ing their meetings with much secresy ........ The
Mexican revolution has played out and it is
thought the surrender of the insurgent forces
will be received and:further hostilities averted.
.......ChOlera has made its appearance with great
violence in Russia
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
GENERAL GRANTS PRESENTS

Democratic orators, with more zeal than
sense, are charging about that President
Grant has accepted gifts while in office
office. ~
This is falsehood as they ought TO
know. The fact is that not a dollar or a
valuable presen of any kind has been
given to the President since he aons elected
10 haS present high office. The presents
given him were made soon after the close
o. me 1oar, and long before he was named
ior PRESIDENT, by patriotic men, for his un-
selfish, laborious and glorious services in
saving this country from traitors
clutches. King William and France
each paid their Generals large
sums of monies for their glorious victories
Our Government did not reward her Cen
erals IN that way, but patriotic men in
New York and elsewhere made presents of
houses and money not only to Gen. Grant
but also to Gems. Mcclellan and sherman
lhese presents were made to Grant soon
aiter the war, and not one of any kind or
value since he became President. We
nope our readers will nail these lies when
they hear Democrats retailing them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NE VS.
HOME,

Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, will have his
next trial in Saratoga county. Tweed's trial
was commenced in New York on the IGth....
Longfellow was beaten at Saratoga by Harry
Basset, caused by the breaking of shoe, which
cut his leg badly. Heavy rains prevailed
throughout the South last week, doing immense
damage......The Government has purchased the
last of the Confederate archives for $1,000.
The campaign has opened lively in North Caro-
lima, the indications now being in favor Of the
Republcans....The Cuban war steamer
Pioneer has been disarmcd at Newport,
Rhode Island.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

THE game of brdg upon which Greeley's
friends started out in the present canvass
they find will not win. They began by
claiming the entire south for Greeley,
ana though ten days ago the Tribune
figured oat clear majority in North Caro-
lima, it now begins to hedge against the de-
feat it fears awaits it. AS the sober second
thought comes over the Democracy, and
many real influential men quietly take
sides for Grant, there is q considerable de-
crease in the volume of noise sent out by
the brag papers. The fact is they find
Grants friends so calm and confident that
they begin to see the handwriting on the
wall
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
TO OUR FRIENDS,

The great Campaign of 70 has opened.
1t is the duty of every voter to inform
himself as to issues involved. No medium
presents itself through which information
may be gained, equal tothat of live, well
conducted newspaper. This is just what we
propose to make of the Chronicle. We
appeal to our friends to aid us in extending
its circulation. By doing this they will
enlarge its field of usefulness, and aid in
giving it increased facilities for dissent
mating information. We will send the
WEEKLY CHRONICLE to subscribers for
the campaign, closing with the full re-
turns of the election, for the low
price of FIFTY CENTS! We ought
to have FIVE THOUSAND campaign
subscribers in East Tennessee If every
Republican who sees this will only work
for it, we will obtain them
We will send ten copies of the WEEKLY
Chronicle, one year, for FIFTEEN DOL
LARS. Let us hear from you, friends.
Remit by Postoffice Money Order, or by
Registered Letter, at our risk.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

The Democrats are getting alarmed at
the deicctions in Pennsylvania, growing
out OF the nomination of Greeley. as i
shown by the following special dispatch
rom Washington to the Baltimore Sun
Inc National Democratic Committee here are
Pennsylvania where there Is considerabIc AZ
hhectlon among the Democracy at the nomina-
tlon OF Greeley. A number of prominent speak
es5 VIII be sent there at once, among them Joel
-nlIer' OF virginia, one of the most effective
stump Sanvassers in that State. 1t is the design
OF the virginia Democrats to make a special an
peal 10 thelr purity associates in Pennsylvania
to stand by Greeley and Brown.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

IF the Southern Democrats really want
to "clasp hands across the bloody chasm -
let them vote for Grant. He has never
vlilified their people and institutions as
Horace Greeley has. The only possible OBJ
lection the South raises to Grant il that nc
PRESIDENT, he executed laws that Greeley
did as much to have enacted as any man
in the country. Greeley has said moro
hard things of the South and really done
more towards securing the laws they de-
nounce as despotic than anybody in the
land. What has he done to favor the
South? He bailed jeff Davis, but gave
as his reason for doing it that il he hand,t
done 1T some Democrat would and there.
fore he did it to secure the credit of il to
the Republican party. In addition to this
he has favored amnesty, but so has Grant.
and more openly and effectively than
Greeley. The fact is the mad cry against
Grant in the South is the most unreasona-
bic and foolish ever raised. He has never
played the demagegue or sought for politi-
col effect the favor of Southern men. but
he has several times in the dis.
charge of his duty shown more
fearlessness in protecting them and real
friendship for the Southern people than
Greeley ever did. Thousands of sensible
southern men are seeing this and taking
their stand for Grant. He will certainly
be our next President, and il the South
loses this opportunity to show its desire for
a real and permanent reconciliation it will
prove The greatest mistake in its history.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

REPubLIcANs will begin to see one
thing very plainly. While Democrats
shout and throw up their hats for Horace
greeley, not single one of them can he
Iouhd anywhere to espouse the cause of n
republican for local office, where il il
possible to elect a Democrat They are
very careful about their local elections
Win the Courier-Jour1aak the party rea-
i ia1t mat when they have used Mr.. Gree
icy as they would Shiny piece of wood IN
KIN serpent, they will have no further
use Ior him. For this reason they Are de-
teTihined to elect Congressman, Governors
anu state and county officers wherever
they can. They will not hesitate to make
goou use OF local divisions among Republi-
cans, Renee 1t becoOes us to remain
united. 1t becomes us 20 make Sacrifice
II necessary for the general good. Let ms
nave harmony and victory will perch upon
our banners sooner or later.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

JIM FISK was the only man low enough
to seriously accuse Gen. Grant of any con-
nection with the Black Friday Gold
conspiracy A Congressional Commit
tee, upon the sworn evidence of law GouId
eNonerated tire President from any con-
nection with those gold gambling opera
tons. y fit successor to Fisk, 10 revive
these mean and false chargee, is the crea-
ture of the Greeley organ in this city.
Fisk, Dana and Fleming are the fellows
who pursue Grant
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
READ this!

READ this
The people OF tie South have long
enough been cursed by a centralized des-
potism to appreciate sSe benefits of lib
" eral government"
This extract is not from The Missouri
Ca"ca8sion nor from Brick Pomeroy's
Delnocrdt, nor from Aleck Stephens Sun,
nor from the \ ew York Tribune On better
days-but is it from the great Demo cratic
organ OF fS72-tL the New York TriJ, me.
How funny it sounds.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

WHAT " Honest Horace thought of
the Southern Democrats in 1862 is pub
hshed above. 1t is expressed in Horace's
most vigorous Saxon, and we hope his
Democratic supporters in the South will
relish it. Some Democrats may swallow
Greeley and all these bitter pills, but we
know good many with too much man.
hood and self-respect to do if.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

IT would seem from our dispatches that
during the course of year, almost every
class OF workmen find an opportune time
for strikes" 1t is funny that the an
houncemento or theapproach of the cholerais
accompanied with the notice of the grave
diggers' strike in England. 1t must af-
ford pleasant sub. Jet for discussion to the
London press.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
A LIE MAILED.

| From the beginning of his administra-
ton, Gen. Grant has been bounded by a
set of INSCRIPTIONS libelers, who have
stopped to every thing low and mean to
blacken his character and rob him of the
glorious reputation justly earned as q SOL
dier and statesman.
After five years of privation and heroic
service, the war ended and General Grant
found himself General of the armies of the
United states, occupying an exalted
public station-a poor man.
Patriotic wealthy citizens and merchants
of the East, who had made millions in bus
mess while Grant saved their country and
made their wealth secure, thought it emil
nently proper to contribute of their abund-
ance to the end that the great war hero
might with decency discharge the social
duties that would be expected of him as
the head of the Army residing at the cap
ital of the Nation. With these motives
they raised fund of one hundred thou
sand dollars and sent it to him as a gift
Fart OF this fund they expended in salts
lying q mortgage on house in / street,
Washington, which Gen. Grant bought
and expected to pay for out of his salary.
became President.
The Greeley organ of this city yesterday
charges that this fund was given him on
February 18th, 1860, and in proof publish
es letter from Gen. Grant of that date to
zen. Butterfield, acknowledging receiving
that sum. This letter, so far as it purports
to establish the fact that this present was
made in 1860, is q fraud. The original
letter, as we recollect, was published i'm
1867 The Greeley organ knew when it
published the letter that this testimonial
oil patriotic men without reference to party
was made to Grant before he qcaS elected
president, and wholly because of his ser.
vices as a soldier. The statements oc-
e5ompanying it are false, as its editor well
The following letter, written by General
Cowen, OF Ohio, Assistant Secretary of the
interior, and a friend of the President,
plain?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

GRAFT BEowN is reported as having said
in a speech at New Haven the other day
that the Liberals would carry Illinois by
$1,000 majority. We do not wonder at his
sickness after that. The only wonder is
that Snakes" was not the cause of his ill
ness instead of cherries.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

WE give additional proof to-day to sus-
tain our statement that Grant has nor re-
cetued a gift of Valle since he became
President. The Greeley organ of this city,
and superzealous stump speakers the conn,
try over, charge to the contrary but it il
false as the proof shows. We have shown
It so and yet they do not make the correc--
ton.
Their maxim is to
Destroy the truth and swell the lie.
And pile the pyramid of calumny.''
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

A TENNEssEEAN travelling inI Europe.
writes that though river hut fiftv vords
wide divides Bohemia rom Saxony. their
customs vary as wide a. the French and
German, and that thay know very little
about each other" 30 7rcat is Their yrej-
"dice." We dare say he has given the
correct reason. 'i''
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

GRAFT BROWN was interviewed last
week by . Herald reporter. He must have
been eating more cherries" 70 i, said
he could not give Grant more tLs. three
States, i. G., Connecticut. Nassa. lsetts
and South Carolina. He was eve. 4. kind
enough in a subsequent part o. i.- con-
versation to make these states .a- tful
He probably gives up Conuectici. bee ause
Of the effects of his maudlia Me-, f,lyen
speech.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

A good story il told of clergyman in a
massachusetts town who forgot his notes
on a sabbath morning, and as it was too
late TO send for them, he said to his audi
ehce ny way of apology, that this morn
Lord for what he might say, but that in
the afternoon he would come better pre-
pared F''
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

EXAsPERATED with the prosr. % de-
feat in North Carolina, and ola decided re-
action against Greeley since Ball.uaee. the
Democratic press are opening their GOOD
gates Of vile ISLANDERS upon GaC Gr.nt.
Every exploded lie is being re-pabli4 he'd
in the Greeley organ of th. GIN. and IL
presumes upon the iguorange % hit an
munity 10 believe them.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

- =, " NSIfINuIUN, JUne 70, 1872.
DEAR GOVERNOR The Secretary has refer.
RED your letter of tho 10th instant to me. with
directions to reply for him to the heterogeneous
Relative to the receipt of valuable presents
by the President; Since he became President
and, in fact since his nomination for President
IN May, lo6o-he has never received single val
liable present from any person whatever This
you may rely on as being literally and strictly
true The Long Branch cottage he bought and
paid for himself, and furnished it at his own
expense. O""1
before ms hrst nomination he did receive
some valuable presents, as did also McClelion
and Sherman, and which, presume, no enc
VIII md fault with. Since that time, any
charge to the contrary is malicious and un
founded. Very truly yours,
b. T. CowEN
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
= ESF5 W.T. .
What Greeley Thinks Of Democrats.

let the soldier understand that he is enrolled
toFght a parcel Of kndres all liable to iadict-
meRt, trial, sentence and erccution-mea qcbo
hare 'cickcdty disturbed tie peace Of the arorld
iriHow prorocatioH--nea lrith lrho,a no terms
are to be ndde-Dick Tu1pinS, ,cho call them
seircS Generals, and Capt. Kyds, ,cho call them
SetceS commanders. A hicfis hief--a liar is
Har-a perjurer IS pcrjurer; AND
ETERF OUTTERN TRAITOR, VINO
rs MORALLY RESPONSIBLE rs All
THREE TOGETHER Pran do not let as
hare aug more talk about or ''misg,aded South
ern 5rethrenF There is one thing achich
Southern success cannot compass, and that Is
an odtirion in history and tradition, of the
fralods, fetonieS and .falsehoods ariH 7rhich the
ignominious enterprise began THESE
TRAITORS ARE OUTSIDE THE
WORLDS RESPECT FOREVER. Neither
in its inception nor in its progress has the thing
been respectable. There has been, too much ra.I.
gar dishonesty lire that Of gamblers .footpads
md pickpockets, about it.-Horacc Greeley.
August 16 1862
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

AFTER all the noise and artificial enthu-
siasm Of Knoxville Greeleyites on. Satur-
day night, we have yet to hear of single
conversion from the Republican ranks.
Try it again, friends
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24

But nevertheless we mean to conquer then
not merely to defeat, but to conquer, to SUR
JUdATE them-and we shall do this the mos
mercifully the more speedily we do it. BUT
! WHEN THE REBELLIOUS TRAITORS
| ARE OVERWHELMED IN THE FIELD,
AND SCATTERED LIKE LEAVES BE-
| FORE AN ANGRY WIND, IT MUST NOT
| BE TO RETURN TO PEACEFUL AND
| COMMENTED HOMES. THEY MUST
FIND POVERTY AT THEIR FIRESIDES.
AND SEE PRIVATION IN THE ANX-
IOUS EYES OF MOTHERS AND THE
RAGS OF Editorial article
headed " No Half Measure" Tribune. Nav l..
1861, p. a, col 4.
" We hold traitors responsible for the work
upon which they have precipitated us. and we
warn them that they must abide the full penal
ty The rebels of that State (Virginia)
and Maryland may not Aattcr themselves that
they can enter upon war against the Govern
ment and atter'rdrd return to quiet and peacetuI
homes They choose TO piaythe part of traitors,
and they must suffer the penalty TIE aeorn-
ont race Of e0tdScuLatcd first families must gire
place to St"dier people, 7ohoSe pioneers are noiO
on their cayto Washington, at this moment, in
regiments An allotment of land in Virginia
would be fitting reward to the brave fellows
who have gone to fight their country battles"
Editorial article headed "Confscation," Tri-
June Apru %, 1861.
Point wherever you please to an election
district 'chich you WiN pronounce morally
rotten, 9i,en up in great part to cie6auch-
cry and Uicc, a0hoSe rioters subsiSt mainly 6y
keeping policy Offices, gambling houses,
9rog shops and darker dens of inan,y, and
that district tpiH be found at nearly or quite
reTy election girin9 q majority for that
uhtch styles itself the DEMOCRATIC" par
W. Take all the haunts Of debauchery in
the land, and you ,cW find ninc-tcnths of
their n'dster-spirits uctive 1oartisdns of that
same Democracy. What is the instinct, the |
sympathetic cord which attaches them so
uniformly to this party? wiz you con-
slider '-HoRACE GREELEY.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-07-24
"EXTERMINATE THE TRAITORS -

The people, 'choSe Constitution and Union are
at stake 1ciU tolerate in their ruLcrs anything
necessary to preserve them. They uiU forgire
them for doing almost any act tending to this
end. BIT they wiH not excuse then, for hesita-
ton, timidty 6lund@ing nor, especially Jo7,
doing or not doing anything through fear of hurt
lug, Of despoiling, OR Z YEN EXIERATINA r.
INC SOUTHERN TRAITORS, or Of offend
ing their secret coadjutorS In tie North, and
their open apoiogiSts in the Southern States
Horace Greeley Sept. f. 1862
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-15
The National Centennial.
10 Mc Editor ofNe VcrmOm Earpler!

TO the Editor ofHe PermOm farpler!
A meeting of the Vermont Corporators for
the Centennial celebration of American In
dependence at Philadelphia in 1876, was held
on Monday evening, the nth inst, at the
Van Ness House, Burlington, and was at
tended by Lawrence Barnes, of Burlington,
DR.. M. Goldsmith and George a. Merrill,
of Rutland, Lawrence Brainard, of ~. AL
bans, IL. G., Root of Bennington, Jacob
Estey, of Brattleboro, and Henry Chase, Of
Lyndon. The meeting was organized by the
choice of Henry Chase for Chairman, and
Lawrence Brainard, Secretary. The act of
congress designating the duty of the corpo-
ll,togs and Of tie commissioners was dis
eussod. and on motion of Gso. 4. slerril, the
several National Banks Of the state were
appointed MS proper agents for soliciting sub
scriptions to the stock Of this corporation.
The par value of shares is $40. and the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-11-15

We supposed that the North Star, blind
end sene as it is, would not willfully tell a
wrong story, so we sent the editor marked
copy of the FARMER, showing him that We
did publish the result of the White River
Convention. But not correction does he
make, in which respect he is on par with
others; the editor of the Montpelier
Argns among them, who told his readers that
the FARMER is az Grant political paper,
and persists in the willful misstatement, al
though he tries to cover it by leaving the
" Grant off, which was the " nub Of his
offense against veracity. The FARMER does,
and always will, when occasion requires,
treat of political subjects from an independ-
ent standpoint, and so far it is a political
paper" but no farther.