Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-08-23
THE CANVASS.
Col. Garrett Speaks at Carthage and has q
Lively Time.

Col. Garrett Speaks at Carthage and has a
Lively Time.
/ CARTHAGE, TENN, Aug 49, 1872.
! EDITORS CHRONICLE: This has been a
great old day for the Secession dyed-in-the-
wool Conservative-D Democratic -Liberal-Re-
| publican party in Smith county. Of
haye,not given the proper name of the
thing, you will pardon me, as live in the
mountains, and may not have heard the
last name given it, Chancery Court be-
ing session here, quite a crowd assembled
in the court house and was highly edited
(at least wasl by the Hon. A. e. Garrett,
M. c., from the Third District, who made
a complete expose of the recent Democrat
ic muddle at Sparta, that gave birth to A.
Caldwell as a Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Second District
ttFor ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain.n Garrett says they beat the
ssHeathen Chinee." Garrett rolled up his
| sleeves and "went for them" in his peeu-
| liarly able style. He proved to fair mind
| ed men that the Sparta Convention was
unfair, only two counties having held con-
ventions to select delegates to it, that dele
gates sold and bartered the votes of their
counties as they would crippled mule.
| This he says he will prove upon the stump
when he meets his competitor. Garrett
does not care for a seat in Congress, but he
knows he is the choice of the Democracy
of the District and he intends giving them
q chance to vote for him in November,
saws he is candidate until the day of
election. He says, however, that he is
willing to canvass the district with Cald-
well and then let the Democrats of each
sv,y
county seats and decide who they desire,
| Garrett or Caldwell, the weakest to with
| draw. Garrett says he will submit to this
| if Caldwell will, which proposition we pre-.
sume::C Caldwell will treat with contempt.
Colonel Garrett is champing the bit and
is impatient to meet Caldwell the
grand Democratic mogul of the Second
District, who signed the Foot -Colyer cir
cular advising the demise of the Demo-
cratic party. AS to Grant and Greeley,
Garrett says there is no difference the Gin
natl and Philadelphia platforms, that they
are both Republican in principle and that
he supports Greeley on personal and not
political grounds.
At the close of CARROTS speech all were
surprised to find that Caldwell had his
electors and henchmen in the field at so
early day. One J. III. Windle, a carpet |
bagger from the county of Overton, mount |
fur fly from the Congressional fate. He |
stated that change had come over the |
spirit of the Colonel's dream. He rem en-
bered that the Democrats held conven-
ton at McMinnville in 1870, which NOM
mated Garrett. He (Garret) thought that
convention was all right, but in his esti-
nation the Sparta Convention was all
wrong, because it did not nominate him.
The Sparta Convention was as harmoni-
Gus in every respect as the one held at Nc
Minnville. At this moment Garret asked
if there was not fight in the convention
at Sparta, and about what did it originate.
The carpet-bagger from OvertOn failed to
explain. Garret, however, explained that
while the contest was bitter between Cald-
well and Fleming, that Crozier, of Knox
vile, made a speech in the interest of
Caldwell, in which he stated that this
was fight beween Union men and rebels
at this one ofthe Gtoterrifed denounced
Crozier as q Radical, and then Crozier
went for him and a general row ensued.
The carpet bagger from Overton then
charged that Garrett tried to get his name
put in nomination before the convention,
and could get no one to place him in nomi
nation.
Garrett positively denied the allegation,
when CaldwelPs assistant elector, in the
person of Capt. John Allen, stepped for
ward and stated that Garrett asked him to
present his name name on the End day of ,
the convention, and that he positively re-
fused to do so. Garrett again denied it,
and so it stands.
Windle also charged that Garrett had
been in collision with the radicals of East ,,
Tennessee and that this was radical
trick to defeat the Democratic party.
Upon demand from Garrett Windle
gave the names of Brooks and III anderson, ,
from East Tennessee as his infOrmants. :
Garrett denounced the statement as {
lie. 1t is presumed that after reading the
life of Horace Greeley, he will change his
phraseology to the more gentlemanly style:
. You lie, you villian.n
To make the matter short, it was rich,
md would take Josh Billings or Bret
darte to do justice to the affair. Suffice it !
% say, that, if Caldwell is not more judi
,ious in selecting his electors in other To- ]
,alities, he will be most numerically !
chaDed." Garrett did not leave creased :
pot of Windle, who, we believe, has q ,,
ihingle sticking out in this town as attor-
hey at law. If all his clients fare as bad
y as did Caldwell to-day, we say, God !
1ity 'em.
Garrett will sweep the Democracy OF this j
section unless something unforeseen turns
Up. will try and keep your East Ten
Sfo6 oc To fho corr1I