Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
TENNESSEE POLITICS IN THE FUTURE.
What the Press Thinks of the Situation.
TOO THIN

What the Press Thinks of the Situation. |
TOO THIN.
The larger proportion of Mr.. Johnson's |
supporters, who are genuine Democrats at |
heart, misled only by the enthusiasm of an |
hour, will come back to the fold firmly re-
solved to support principles instead of
men, however great Union and Amcri-
can Of yesterday.
Lay not that flattering JUNCTION to your
virtuous soul. The manner in which you
have abused, revile,i, misrepresented and
endeavored to intimidate the Johnson men
will not soon be forgotten by the men who
were too true to principle to go back on the
man who seemed to you, and las you
believed" to be 1.-THE choice of the Demo-
Gratis of Tennessee" the man you were
the first to nominate for the position you
strove so hard to prevent him from OBJ
tanning. We have heard hundreds of
Johnson men-older Democrats than the
r Union and Americdn-swear by all that
was sacred that they would never never
follow the Union and american and its
organization again. We knew that the
organ and organizers would lay aside their
truncheons, after the election, and put on
the. old hypocritical smile, and talk as mild
as milk, with the false lips yet reeking
with the curses of hate and denunciation.
You will never yoke the johnson men
with yoUr dog-collar again. Never
Whatever the result, your set are in beg
carly minority. The mountain will not
come to Mahomet; Mahomet will have to
come to the mountain.-NdshriIeB Banner,
7H inst.
HOW 1T PANS OUT.
The result of the Congressional election
is the census Of the Secession Democratic
party in Tennessee. AS compared with the
aggregate vote of the State, it will be re-
vealed beggarly minority, and when you
take out of it the hundreds and hundreds
of men who voted for General Cheatham
upon personal grounds of affection and es-
TEEN, together with those who, from feel
ings of resentment, voted for him in order
to beat Johnson, to which add the num-
bers of votes that were bought and swap
ped, and it whites this insignificant lit
tie minority down to an exceedingly fine
point. And yet the drill-sergeants Of this
Party, like the three Tailors of Tooley
Street, have had the cool assurance to say
all this time, /" We, the People, in the eff
fort to carry out their own selfish schemes.
There are numbers of good men-gentle-
men, whom we know TO entertain politi-
cal opinions Numerically opposed to tho
political managers of the so-called Demo-
cratic organization, but who voted for
General Cheatham, for other than politi-
cal or party considerations So whichever
way we may inspect it, we find that that
imperious little Organization" cannot
stand alone.-NdshUile Banner, III.
The AUd1dnche supported Greeley, not
because he was the nominee of the Demo
cratic party, but because the movement
in politics which Greeley represented was
designed for the destruction of the old
Democratic party, that stood and stand:
in the way of the prosperity of Memphis
of the Southwest and of the whole
South.-Memphis avalanche, 7h.
THE DEFEAT OF LANDoN c. HAYNES.
The Ninth Congressional District has ;
Conservative majority, and Mr.. Haynes
opponent was, in many respects, the mos
Objectionable man in his party. That h'
would be defeated by less than two thou
sand majority no one anticipated. The
victory was considered on all hands al
easy one. But instead of Judge Lewis !
is Mr.. Haynes who has been defeated
His record as one of the old 'original Sc
cessionist' leaders of 1SG0-6l was objection
able, as uniting him to represent tn
New South. He belongs TO the class whc
dragged the South into the war.
His Liberalism dated only from Balti
more. He was regarded as one who still
CROPPED in the shadows Of 1861, and stub
bornly resisted all entreaties to step fort
in the clear sunlight. Now that the can
vass is ended, we can only reiterate wha
has been so often said in these columns
that the class of politicians to which MI
Haynes belongs have had their day of pub
lie honors, and that the people have mad
up Inelr minus nov 10 give lllelll II IeLeMu
of public trust or honors.--Men1phis Ard
lanche, 7fh.
A LICK AT ANDY.
1t is now shown that Andrew Johnso
is not only beaten, but that he was frs
duped and then beaten. He was not sup
ported even by those who were his chiefes
admirers and sycophants, who dawdle
about the great mongrel chief when in thi
city. A few of JOhnson's sweet admirer
supported Barbour Lewis and voted at tn
same time for Maynard. There was trea
son to the man, to party and worse tina
treason to this city and district. A powe
has been organized here by these me
which sweeps them, the city and distriC
into black vortex more terrible to GU
practical and personal fortunes than all tn
evils ever inflicted upon people by thu
incompetency falsely ascribed to Genera
Cheatham. Memphis bows in shame
facedness and passes under the Radios
yoke and this is thecentral city of Africi
Thanks! a thousand thanks to that nor
grelism which Johnson's selfish ambitio
begat-which his mouthpieces here tostere
and fOndled so tendery.-.nemphis II
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