Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-16
THE GATHERING RAM DISTRICT.
Thornburgh-Gnrrett-CnIdMeIl.
JAMESTOWN, TENN., oct. G.

1AmESTOWN, TENN, Oct. 6, 1872,
EDITORS CHRONICLE: During the past
week posters were distributed through the
county announcing the fact that Caldwell
and Garrett, the regular and irregular
democratic candidates for Congress from
the Battering Ram District, would address
the dear people at Jamestown, Saturday
tbs 5th," the people believing pretty gem
orally that Mr.. DuBose and his Democrat
&c friends had succeeded in DISTINGUISHING
them, and supposing the contest was be-
tween democrats alone, did not respond
largely 10 the invitation and the attendance
was slim indeed.
Those of us who are of opinion that the
Nation Will survive the election of Presi-
dent Grant, and that Horace Greeley
would not make q first-class angel without
considerable overhauling and repairing.
took but little stock in the speaking. We
We're, however, prepared to receive much
ngnt IN regard to the merits of Demo-
crat who had been a Union man
and Democrat who had been a
rebel, and were in hopes that we would
learn whether the Union Decocrat had
gone TO the rebel Democrat or the rebel
Democrat had gone to the Union Demo-
crat, or whether they met on halfway
ground. In fact we expected to see q kill
not realized, for about o'clock Col. ]. NJ,
Thornburgh put in his appearance as can
dldate, which, of course, had the effect of
concentrating the fire of both regular and
irregular Democratic candidates upon him
and left no time to gouge Democratic eyes
or pull Democratic wool. Jake, however,
spared them this trouble-he done it for
them.
Caldwell opened the ball to a crowd of
less than one hundred. He handed out the
lip salve to us all very literally, and dis
pensed Democratic chin music for an hour
but didn't say one word about his war
record never told us who he was for
Governor; never said word about Cheat
ham and johnson. He undertook to defend
Democratic conventions in general, and
the Spafta Convention in particular. In
this he made complete failure, of course.
Heclosed hisspeech by relating an anecdote
of a cat that was on its way to HI,
which / think was very cruel in Mr.. Cald-
well. | am sorry for that cat If L am
any Judge, Mr.. Caldwell will be very sor-
ry that he made it. The subject of his lew
ity and about the time the returns get in
from the District, Mr.. Caldwell can come
pretty near that cats feelings, by his own.
That cat has the sympathy Of ever Chris
tian man and woman who has heard of its
terrible mishap.
Thornburgh followed Caldwell, and in
the hour allotted him, done good service.
He defended the Republican party. He
showed in true light the mismanage-
ment of the State Government under
Democratic rule-compared Horace Gree
ley and General Grant as Radicals, and
convinced every one that Greeley was W
far the most Radical. He read some
choice extracts from H. G.'s love letters
to the Democratic party, that were written
while Horace was a''nigger equality
~ smoke ahlU and tlXyn Of 40 viz hfe
OF the laboring man and expected them to
stand by the Republican party as their
only hope. He made quite number of
Democratic votes upon the labor question
alone. Jake is personally popular in the
mountains and will get more than his par
ty vote by large number. His election is
foregone conclusion. Thornburgh was
cheered several times during his speech.
Neither of the others were.
Col. A. E. Garrett spoke last. He told
what he had done and what he would do.
He handed the President few licks.
(Don't put this in. Grant would hardly
survive CARROTS opposition if he knew it,
He told US all about GENERALIZATION,
Military Despotism," "Nepotism," &C.,
&c, and told us that Andy johnson paid
one thousand millions of the war debt in
two years and nine months of his admin
lstration. This will probably be news for
Andy-let him use it against Cheatham,
and If it is disputed he can prove it by
Garrett.
In the evening the Republicans serenad-
ed Col. Thornburgh, who made a neat lit
tie speech expressing the strongest conf
dence in his ability to beat the opposition
and the triumphant reelection of Presi-
dent Grant in November.
You will hear from Fentress when the
polls are counted.