Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-30

met with that success they so well de
| served. The American people cannot
will not endorse the scenes of atroc'
|i.y that are daily chronicled through
cut this country.
Oar friends are awake to the nCces-
Sues Of the hour, and victory viii
crown our efforts. Sweeping like an
/ avalanche the last surviving hope OF a
/ ii suerate Democracy, and setting the
seal of condemnation upon this cpl
| d-mic Of crime, bringing peace to the
/ southern States-security to lie ana
equal and exact justice to all. Let us
| awake to the duties and possibilities
| of the hour-eXert ourselves to bring
union and harmony to our ranks ana
move them in solid column against
weak and demoraliZed opposition on
! the LIST Thursday of next November.
[ did not intend To say so much IN
accepting your nomination, out alloW
me To say when l have served you as
| long IA YOU and | desire, my highest
ambition is TO have such men as | see
assembled here to day, representatives
vt the intelligence and morality Of
the district, say in commentator,
=" well done, thou good and faithful
-ervantin
On motion of a. J. Kicks, Esq, one
delegate from each county was APP
pointed as Congressional Committee
for the ensuing two years, "a follows {;
w. ;. Patton, Roaue; V. Il. Cos
sett. Knox w. p. Hoskins, Jefferson !;
ID. f. Owen, Monroe; j. Nj. Greer,
Blount; John Il. Lowery, London /;
ii. c. Blair, Union. q. w. Leath, An
dersou; j, II. Byrd, Morgan; James
Agee Campbell J. c. Parker, Scott;
d. p. Gass, Sewer.
1t was moved that three committees
men be appointed from Knox county.
Carried. Col. Isham Youngan Eman~
uel johnson, were added to the COM
mittee. The committee then retired
for organization.
Hen. David Richards was again
called upon to finish his speech, lie
sta ed that he felt pretty well. When
he first came to- the convention lie
feared that there would be dlssentlons,
but was glad to see the convention So
harmonious. He always wanted TO be
a peace, maker, but woe Ia the man
who i not for war when war Is neces'
-ary Hewas for making peace among
the Republicans, so that they could
: unitr In making war on the Democracy
) Il is said that if house Is divided
e against itself it will fall, but it viii
7 take something like an even division
Take his own family of sixteen, fol
. instance: Should one or two rebe
h against the rest, it would be but al
> easy Job to throw them out and so Il
j is m the present Congressional race
, The division is but very small, anC
: will amount to nothing. He went into
+ the convention free man, and 10 one
b ever heard him say that he was fol
: Houk or for Thornburgh, but he hat
q said that he would support the strong
est man in the convention. he sal,
! that he found fault with both Houl
q AM Thornburgh for making the can
Vass before convention met, ana
y little fault with the CHRONICLE 10
e taking sides. [NOTE.-The Senate
i failed to tell, However, what he woul'
have done if one of the candidates ha'
"a goue around in the district abusing
:. aud slandering him, and had used wv
u or three organs 70 the same elect
u After making some further remark
= about the material interests Oh Eas
ie Tennessee, he closed amid loud cheers
he Col. Gaskel, of Chattanooga, wa
D. next called upon aud made Drle
speech. He had been working twenty
Al five wears with the democratic part
e until the late npleasantness.' III
a, was born in the North, but reared /
j. the South, and when the war came az
although confident in his mind tha
the Southern people were wrong ]
\ : making war, he took side with III
ar section in which he lived, and lnstea
IS OF saying " my country, rlght {
in wrong" he said my section, right
wrong. But when the war closed /
nd took the oath To support the Cover
n ment, aud now he felt that he WOul
ty not keep that oath and belong to IL
as democratic party. If the South Ia
,al accented the situation and done rlgl
,Or after the war had closed, the
GU would have had no troI
he ble with the Government
Die But as soon as the war closed, tn
noble man, President Lincoln, WI
Ter murdered, aud unfortunately for Il
in South, a President succeeded to Il
ST, chair, whose chief aim was to bui
ith up party which would re-elect hi
has 10 the Presidency. He failed in tn
las while his measures brought ruin
i've the south. lie urged The Old Wits
he who ne was addressing TO take note
IN what tie Republican party had &
de comUlishtd for the country, and Inc
our much Of the Old Wing doctrine h
nd been adopted with the platform
"W that party.
ug Nttbe conclusion of his speech {
Congressional Executive Commit
ere reported permanent organizati
ice with Y. f.. GOssett, of KnOXyil
Re- chairman, and w. > Patton,
Alb R0auo county, as Secretary. 4
be Convention then ADJOURNED until ::
lay IT, At when 1t was announced n
tn Hon Horace Maynard and otht
ms would deliver addresses.
eve
,s's o. D.mmycrats and have sou heard
her Il. news that going round,
w Our cause !. l. forbid by laW
Ma To grow on Southern ground.
led The cgpperhcad no more can his,
or Nor stars and bars be seen,
~, Because bloody lot Of fools
~ Have reused Ulysses spleen.
'Ir- Oh, met with William Allen
"n And TUX him by the hand
lch 90 Sen J. - How's Old DimmOcracyf
an And how does she stand
Of " She the most distressiul party