Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-01-28
The -EirSt Congressional - District Wh0a
Shall be the Next REPRESENTATIVE


Shallbe the Next Representative?
MEssRs. EDIToRsi-In all portions of
the First Congressional district the ques-
ton is now frequently propounded-"Who
will be the next Representative From
the most palpable indications which are
now exhibited in every county in the dis
trict, it appears to be II self-evident fact
that a large majority of the Republican
party are becoming tired of their present
Representative, and as to what gentleman
shall be selected to succeed him. is n uues-
ton of most decided importance. The
opinion is quite prevalent that Mr.. Butler
has occupied his present position long
enough, and it is now the desire that he
should retire and suffer some other gentle
man to assumes his robes of office who is
more competent to discharge the duties of
the position and more capable of rejecting
the wishes of the people of the district in
the councils of the nation.
We are unwilling to allow that Mr..
Butler is entitled to any pre-eminenee
whatever In regard to mental ability, sur
passing that which n variety of other gen
tlemeu in the district can rightfully claim
and most truthfully boast of We could
name several, who, in our estimation, are
far more entitled to public distinction in
this respect, but at present we shall content
ourselves by presenting the name Of one
gentleman, who, in every particular, Is
worthy and well qualified to sue.
coed Mr.. Butler rs the Representative
in Congress from this District. The gen
tleman to whom we allude is Major A. II,
Pettibone, who Is so well and so favorably
known throughout East Tennessee as one
of her most able, unsullled aud distinguish
ed citizens. In all the walks of life, which
he has from time to time pursued with I'M
erring step, Major Pettibone presents
naught but a bright and spotless record :;
and If the Republican party of this District
shout suffer wisdom and foresight to gov
ern their actions, when they are called up
on to select standard-bearer in the next
Congressional contest, they will be almost
lntultively constrained to give him their
decided preference. And If Major Petit
| bone should be chosen to bear the Repubi.
can standard in the approaching cam
palSn it would then be plainly seen by all
who may gaze through the political horo-
scope of the future, whose pretlgurations
will eliminate in the month of November
next, that he will be triumphantly elected
TO the Congress of the United States And
if he should be the chosen representative of
the people of this Congressional District,
| we feel quite confident that no man would
! lobor harder to maintain the interests and
| reflect the wishes of his constituents in the
| liz
| Major Pettibone is a gentleman of unques-
toned ability and stands in the foremost
| rank OF his profession in this District, and
| If he should be elected to Congress- he has
the capacity, as well as the boldness, to
take part in all the debates which may &C.
cur in that great political arena, whenever
he might conceive that his participation in
them would be legitimate and proper. He
| would never cover down and shrink back
from the great conflicts of mind with mind,
burdened and oppressed with feelings and
monitions of mental inability, for he is IN
full possession of all those accomplish
| ments of mind which are calculated to in
| Spire him with confidence in his perfect
| capability to Use with the greatest effect
those invincible weapons of the most alb
| struse, logical deductions, to enable him to
| overthrow the arguments of his political
| adversarles, and achieve for himself the
bright and glittering coronet of intellectual
| renoWH.
If Mr.. Butler would voluntarily decline
| to become a candidate for the next Congress,
it would be the most commendable act of
| his life, which would ensure him the re-
| spect and the lasting regards of very many
of his old friends who have unhesitatingly
! supported him in all his contests for Con-
| gressional honors, but are now unwilling
for him to monOpolize the position any
! longer, to the exclusion of all other gentle
men in the District many of whom have
far greater claims upon the Repub lican
party, for their public services, than Mr.
Butler could ever boast of.
PCBLIUs.
Elizabethton, Tennessee. O.