Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-16
A Card.

10 tie People OF anderson and Knor Counties
FELLOW CITIZENS In making up my mind
to ask your votes to elect me to o seat in the
House of Representatives of ttnt next General
Assembly of Tennessee, l haVeNpeea actuated
by reasons personal to myself, as well as others
more directly affecting the public interests, and
especially the interests of the people of the two
counties | desire to represent. Of the personal
considerations it is sufficient to remark, that
trust they are the offspring of "A laudable ambi-
ton, and have no mercinary relations what
ever. 1t would be improper to parade my own
merits before the public, if L have any, and
shall only suggest, that it is my wish in this, rs
all other matters, to so demean myself in the tu
ture as to etface from the memory of friends the
mistakes of the past and win the good will of
any who may have been enemies. A public
endorsement of those who have known me
through the course of my past life, sometimes
warmed, guided and guided by the splendors
of the sun of prosperity, and sometimes under
the shadowy and gloomlike clouds of adversely,
would be exceedingly gratifying to me per-
sonally.
And l am persuaded that the extraordinary
drift of the political current of the times is
such as to open up to the young men of the
country an opportunity to repair much of the
injury and correct many of the mistakes which
have been perpetrated and are still adhered to
and gloried in by that older class of politicians
in the South, who live in the past and fail, re-
fuse, to comprehend the new order of things by
which we are surrounded, and which should
rations for the future of his country.
candidly confess to you, my fellow citizens,
that desire to occupy position where L can
come in contact with, and take active part in
moulding into form the chaos of political ele-
ments which now seems to reign in Tennessee.
Perhaps l misjudge the signs of the times.
Perhaps 1t is an error of judgment in desiring
to mingle with the disturbed state of political
affairs. But, unless l am wholly deceived, the
early delivcrance of the people from partisan
oppression is clearly foreshadowed by the pres
ent troubled condition of fsctions leaders and
l have something more than an impression, in
deed it amounts to an opinion, that if selected
as your Representative, may be instrumental
in accomplishing some good for the people,
through constant, prudent, thoughtful, and pa
triotic endeavors, which promise shall be my
purpose in your behalf
These considerations may be attributed to the
vanites of an aspiring mind | shall not stop
to resist that conclusion. Of the many matters
of public concern the limits OF this paper will
not permit me to speak in detail | claim to be
| one of the people, and think have some knowl-
edge of their wants. While | am q friend to
all classes, and desire the success of every char
scter of business; and shall if elected look to
| the Interests of all alike, yet will be pardoned
| for the statement that have a profound SYM
| pathy for the working men and mechanics of
| the country, of whose struggles | have that
| knowledge which results from actual experience,
| having spent several years of my life in the
workshop at my trade. This statement is made
| that the wcrkingmen and mechanics may see
| that am at least in situation to sympathze
with them. If elected shall strive to be the
| representative of the people, irrespective of
party, though l am Republican in principle
and policy, the existing questions Of political
| economy. Respectfully yours,
| L. C. HoUK.
Knoxville, Tenn, Oct IL, 1872.