Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-28
knoxville TENN SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 2s 1879
for current expenses was SLIT per capita, or less

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On the charge of corruption he claimed moi
that all Republicans were honest, but thieves
were punished when detected, and the losses by
corruption or theft in the Treasury Department
is so small that if q like amount in gold coin
mad been handled the abrasion therefrom would
have been greater The charges of corruption
against the President could not stand the est oil
Investigation. a'-ts FFl- eFaF
Republicans had never shown disposition OF
revenge and he wished he could say the same OF
the other side, but he could not Shortly after
heleft East Tennessee at the commencement of
the war. Landon G. Haynes, brother lawyer,
whose children; had gone to the same school
with MS, had his property sophisticated by the
Confederate authorities, including. furniture and
even little keepsakes of hls,shi1dren, some of
| whom were dead. He did not whine about the
hardships he had endured, but Mr.. Haynes was
now candidate for Congress in the Memphis
district and complained of i'll treatment, not
wlthstanding, his lHaynesD property had not
been molested by the government = ~
The private property of even soldiers in arms
had been guaranteed by Gen. Grant, for when
at the close of that memorable interview with
Gen. Lee, just before retiring the latter explain
ed to Grant that in the Confederate service the
cavalry horses were private property and asked
what disposition he would make of them2 Gen.
Grants noble reply was "Gen. Lee, tell your
boys they can take their horses home; they will
need them to make crop" And when Lees
arrest was clamored for Gen. Grant protested
against it as aviolation of plghted faith and the
matter was not pressed.
PROTECTION FOR ALL.
In some parts of the South it was necessary
to proct Union citizens from outrage where
their political opponents were in the majority
and In regard to the kuklux laws, the question
should not be were the laws enforced but
whether they should not be- Even with their
enforcement mono had been changed, the most
severe punishment being Imprisonment
The era of good feeling would return when
all were free to vote their sentiments without
danger or molestation. The condition of af-
fairs IN France, where communists were still be-
ing tried by court martial, was in striking con-
tEast with that OF this government, in 1866.
None had been tried for treason, and looking
over the history of nations we should thank
God we were Americans. Mr. Maynard clos cd
with glowing tribute to the women of the
country, whose sphere was being widen by the
dawning of new cycle in their history.
Mr.. Maynard spoke for two hours, the
length of time allotted and the interest mani
tested by his hearers was a noticeable fact
Gen. Cheatham's Speech.
Amid great cheering General Cheatham took
the stand and explained his position. He was
the regular Standard bearer of the Democratic
State Convention. His competitor, Gen. An
drew johnson, had characterized that conven-
as PAINFUL Uub IL WIS dS IalF anu Iull q con-
vention as had ever assembled in Tennessee,
with one exception. He appealed to Conser-
vative voters to stand by the regular nominee
and preserve the integrity of the party. Recur-
ring to the allegations of his competitor as to
that body being packed, all he had to say on
that subject was, that if there was any of that
done it was by Mr.. JohnSon's friends. He an
imadverted on his effort at Gallatin to array the
ex-Confederate soldiers against their former of
tcers, and asked the "Johnnies" present if he
had owe fob 61-oU forr g h l. il,
ger, or had failed to share the privations of his
men? [Cries of 'Never!" and "Hurrah for
Cheathamr']
He gave full history of the conven-
ton that nominated him and told how Mr..
johnson had been repeatedly consulted as to his
candidacy. Since the war had ended he had
faithfully observed his parole and had yet to
find Federal soldier who fought for his coun-
try that censured him for fighting for his people
He did not believe that his war record would
cited the reception of Gen. Ransom, of North
Carolina, and Gen. Lewis, of Kentucky. He
was an original Greeley man and supported
him heartily, and not rs one of two evils, be-
lieying him to be the candidate of reconciliation
and peace.
He was plain farmer and not a politician like |
his competitors, but he would promise that if |
elected he would work as faithfully for them |
as was possible. He wanted custom houses |
built aud the vigation of our rivers improv- |
ed, with other public improvements, and APP
for educational purposes. He was |
not the champion of the poor man or of the |
rich, for he was opposed to the antagonism of
classes, believing that III free country like |
ours all should be in harmony but being |
working man himself his sympathies were nat
urally with the laboring classes.
At the conclusion Of his remarks the air was |
rent with enthusiastic cheers.
Mr.. Johnson's Speech.
Mr.. johnson, as soon as he could be heard, |
said he proposed showing that the illusions |
made to him were done for purpose. Allu-
ding to the action of pseudo conventions, he
thought that the people knew him as we'll as
zen up by committee: He thought the people
had better take their rights in their own hands
for they were gradually being encroached on by
designing politicians. The people were as COM
petent to judge of the qualifications of himself
and competitors for Office as a committee of
eleven men.
When people attempted to repeat the CONVEX
'ation of others they should be careful to have
heir authority in proper form, abiding to the
TACT that Col. James White was not really
member of the convention that nominated Gen.
Chatham. He declared that he had repeatedly
expressed himself as determined not to go be-
fore the convention when it was called, as it
vas to relieve the State Central Democratic
Committee from the responsibility of nomina-
ing him or any one else. He denounced con-
ventions in general and the Nashville conven
ion in particular. They were before the peo-
pie and he wanted to know if the mere fact of
/ nomination gave man any claims above ono
who came dicrectly from the people.
THE PEPoLE
neld meeting in Nashville and adopted pre-
imble and resolutions and nominated him as
heir choice. The convention who selected
him were variously estimated at from ten to fif-
zen thousand persons and he thought that the
action of q convention of the people themselves
was certainly entitled to as much consideration
IS that of pseudo or packed body He advo-
Gated the election of the President by the peo-
pie direct. Gen. jackson, the popular candi-
late was elected inl829 over a caucus candidate
after which king caucus disappeared for q