Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-10-30
J. M. THORNBURGH.
SPEAKING AT JACkSBOR0'.
Large Turnout TO Hear the Working
mems Candidate.

At an early hour on Monday the Court House
Square began to be we'll filled with farmers and
laboring men generally who came to Jacksboro'
on that day especially, as it would seem from
the sequel, to hear the workingmen's champion,
Col. j. NJ Thornburgh. Eleven o'clock, pre-
cisey was the hour agreed upon to commence
speaking, but neither of his opponents being
present the Colonel, with his usual magnann-
nifty, wanted full hour. But twelve o'clock
having arrived without either of his opponents
being present and the crowd becoming restless
and eager, he addressed them in his usual fore
ible manner.
We regret that want of space and time pre-
vents us giving it in full, for every one present
said that it was one of his best efforts, and was
listened to with marked attention by large
number of citizens.
In his speech he made some excellent points,
q few of which we give.
Col Thornbugh spoke to u largo and attentive
crowd. He opened by saying he was not the
candidate of caucus or clique, who had given
him the right TO run; but that the workingmen
of the district, the hard handed, honest-hearted
sons of toll, who are their country's stay in war
and peace, who do not engage in political intri-
CUES, but devote their time and labor to support
and educate their families, had called him out TO
bear their standard, and if elected, to represent
their interest in the 49d Congress.
political Office seekers who endeavor to alarm
the country by vividly depicting terrible brea-
kers in the political ocean on which were to be
wrecked the hopes of 100000 people. But did
present a picture of this glorious government,
at peace with all nations, honOred and feared by
all mankind, home and free refuge for OPP
pressed laborng classes of the old world when
universal liberty and exact justice is needed out
toall.
lie showed how the government was making
rapid strides in progress, christianity and ira
ternity; that the fires of discord engendcred by
the late war had nearly burned out He here
referred to the war, and character of the war
that Isham Harris Dunington ct al were max
ing on johnson. He showed that one wing of
the Democracy had ostracsed every Union
Democrat in the State. He showed how Biz
zard and James, in the third district, how Gar
rett, Williams, Fleming and Nelson were
decapitated by the Confederate ring and Sock
Quarter Master Caldwell and Col. d. NJ. Key,
was put on as the representatives of that wing
of the Democracy, lie read from Harris and
Dunnington speeches, and said, if he was not
would meet lsham @. Harris on the
stump and reply to the kind and
quality Of red hot bolts forged in malice and
hurled by envy at the head of Union men,
| because they had patriotism enough to stand by
their country's flag in the day and hour of dam
ger, he would go, like David of old and select
| the five smooth stones from the brook and arm
ed with his sling, he would attack this proud
Goliath who invaded thesoil of East Tennessee,
made sacred by the blood of its best and purest
citizens, murdered when he was Governor,
without even protest from the Chief EXecu-
tive, whose duty it was to protect his people.
He discussed the coal and iron Interests of
East Tennessee, and showed how Caldwell 5
policy of taking the tariff of of our iron would
strike down our coal and iron interests and ruin
the workingmen. He fully ventilated the rev.
enue laws, and showed who was responsible for
them; how as many Democrats as Republicans
voted for them. He showed how the people had
been disfranchised in laying the State oif in
| Congressional districts read and commented
on DuBose's speech and asked if Harris ct nj.
and Du Bose, are not the extreme or radical
party in Tennessee, He glanced at his own and