Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-11-05
THE END OF THE CANVASS.
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
Tho-nhurgh, Garrett. and Caid"eii ""Ae
Their Final Appeal.

v,,oA.,, Garrett. and Caldwell Make !
Their Final Appeal.
A few minutes before twelve O'CLOCK yester-
dav the ringing of The court house Dell gave
notice 70 our citizens that the hour for speaking
had arrived. and in q short time fair crowd
had collected, some never having heard either
of the candidates during the canvass.
COL. j. NJ. THoRNBURGH
onened the discussion. He had come to Knox
county six years ago, young man without
property, without experience, and without
reputation, save what he might have earned As
soldier for the Union.
He briefly alluded to his course as Attorney
General, to which Office he had been elected by
the people, when by partisan enactment he had
been legislated out. He made no complaint OF
the action of the Legislature although he had
been Disseminated against and forced IN nonor
to resign because he was living in one district
and holding office in another. He had never
used his official position for the purpose OF adj
vancng partisanism, and although f0r more
than ten years an hum Bile member OF the he
publican party yet little more than month
ago he had been called out by seven hundred
workingmen and requested to bear aloft their
banner in the present cenVass, and he had re-
sponded.
In regard to the one-term principle which
Mr.. Caldwell was very fond of advocating, If 1t
it was right that the President be restricted,
why not make n clean sweep and take zen.
John G. Brown off the track and also his oppo-
| nent, Mr., Garrett.
His personal relations with his competitors
| had always been OF the most pleasant character,
notwithstanding reports to the contrary. mas
much as his competitors had evaded question In
| the general line of discussion, he would ex-
press his views on those matters IN Wnlcn Inc
| people were so much interested. He showed
| that the revenue laws, about which his oppo--
| uents were so much interested, had been passed
| by Democratic votes. Objections came with
| bad grace from that party which had tried to
| disrupt the Government, when the tax on wills
ky and tobacco was to aid in paying the war
| debt.
If elected, and he expected to be, he would
use his experience in ferreting out the thieves,
whether Republicans or Democrats.
Abiding to Mr.. Caldwelfs war record, he
| charged that at the commencement OF the war
| be was elected to the Legislature as Union
| candidate and when he came back urged the
| Young men to go into the Confederate army,
/ though taking good care to keep out himself
| When the conscript law was passed he got an
| exemption on accouat of having a sore ear ana
| afterwards was again exempt tor the purpose OF
procuring socks for the Confederate Quarter
| master department He was an anomaly IN mil
| itary science-a private soldier without cap
tain. But he thought he knew the command
it was company e."
His time having expired,
| COL. GARRETT
took the stand He said that being compare
tive stranger he would be compelled to refer to
his mast record He had never been in favor OF
| extreme measures and cited his course IN the
| Legislature, where he favored the removal OF
disabilities imposed on ex-rebels lie showed
up Mr.. Caldwelrs war record IN a mastery
manner and while he didn't blame him for be-
ing a confederate in principle, he thought he
should have given vent to his feelings and car
ried them into practice by lighting for the cause
| he professed to espouse, but he did blame him
for being a sock quartermaster or mess commits
sary in preference to shoulderlng musket.
| He thought Caldw ellis nomination at Sparta
| was obtained through fraud and that if he had
told that convention what his record was and
that he had no confidence in the purity of the
party they would not have endorsed him.
| Col Garrett took exceptions to the app!Ica-
ton of the oneterm principle to other Offices
beside the Presidency, because neither Govern
ors nor members of Congress were capable OF
the same abuse. His speech was well deliver
ed replete with argument and anecdote, and
was we'll received by his heareas
MR.. CALDWELL
Look the opportunity of announcing himself q
candidate for the 49d Congress from the "a Dis
trict. He also was the accredited Standard
bearer of the Democratic Conservative party.
He took high grounds for discussion, such as
he said befitted the dignity OF the high position
to which they nspired Ignoring the arguments
| of his competitors, WHICH U0 ueHOulCCu 90 Wv
ial and more adapted to the bar room and cross
roads store than to an audience of intelligent
men.
With peroration to the purity in the ear
lier wears of the government, he passed down
to the present and made the old string OF char
ges against the administration, albeit IN a
change of dress. 49,,
Mr.. Caldwell used glittering generalities in
preference to specific charges, His charges
were sweeping against the workings of the rev.
enue law, alleging that the whisky and tobacco
taxes were passed in the interest of rings.
He admitted the charges as to his record Pc
fore. during and since the war, and under the
same circumstances would do it again. HIS
speech was loudly applauded.
| REJOINDERS.
The reioinderS were in tho order OF the
speeches and were limited to fifteen minutes,
which compelled degree of condensation SIM
liar to that of Prof Liebig, who, by his process;
of preserving meat, puts an entire buffalo IN
two pound can.
DEMONSTRATION IN NORTH KNOX