Fair play., 1874-11-05
The Chattanooga Convention.

Never in the annals of any country did
a more sorry LOT of rasca's come together
under pretense of pOlitical business than
those whom Poker Jack. Powell CLAYTON.
John Patterson. Charles Anapias flaws
.spjnch - and Chandler assemble. ,t chat.
tanOOua. They seem to have sat to fhf.
nrcss Of the co,,ntry for the n,.n-nortr,its
If a national ro0ues, gallery M resm,t
able n.1ySn,m.r b.S treated ,h.n other
wise than with mpm,.,Sr,r,i contcm,,t
Onr oon,a,,nnr.r,- the M yorL IT,.
E.lic;tat,S ;ti r....,i..rs mon th, unbannv
n;ro,'S,.n, t,,at ,,.,. a1.,,,,ii,, s..,.,r.,,n',
,v;,bn,t ,inin,I init. ~, the jisrcn,,t.,hl.
th;n,rS thc,, ,..,,,,i. to do
to ;na,,,rnr,,. Nh, h;r,i.t..r,n ,.,m,,;1n for
Grant ,nJ ~,.t contrnj of tfnonS and n,t.
rn,'an'. i, ,..,,',' h,,, cr.,nt i,.t him nm.
,I..rs,o,J th,t ,I,a nart;c;n,f;nn ,,f !, ,.nu
Ill, H. rn,,iJ r,,;,, ,",ar,,,,;nr anj ~ L,hn
,I;,,, - ,.,.,, ,,,,, j., nm a;,n..,r:,nc.. J.Ln
ND NJ. MI 1.,.,nt Rim w.r.. :.
strn,,,j,, ,.nmmi,,,d IN ,hn third fern ,l,,,
;s,t.',, -, I..',, ,,r.,, th..r. ,,,.,,IJ ,..'..
h.an no tc.,,in,r !, in th,. h.cL ,,ronnL
Al -, Inh,i -. in ,h.. ,,nn,.r.,;,,n -,
1ar,..,- -h,,S,'r. vent bom,. from Wasb.
;nnto,, mi ,hoE,J or tj,o ..utirn ,clc,,,.
ton
Vb.u thos. so,mn- ,.,,n o,.r,,;o,c
thov f,unJ ,I,..,nS..j,,os ,.rn..ilr I..c,.;,,,.d
rh. nrnyr,,n,ne WIS sInru ~ ali it's fair
nronar,ions h,- tI,nS. ;,.x.r,,,io nr,i..r.
tro,, W,sh;,,:ton ,nJ tb. really, ,,;st;,,.
,,u;.b.d n,rr;iS hi all c,;I,T ~ conn,
V,yn,rd mnt only r,.fi,s.d to nro.;,l.. hnt
6.cl;neJ To come within a hundred miles
Of Chatt,noo"a will. they wcr,. there
From aiaI,,m, there we're Parsons and
CI,y,on. from n,,i,i,n. pinch ;:
Thcs,. were. thr men of note The rank
and file consisted of small fry thieves and
hu,on,rs ,hout fine Government offices in
the various S,,rc>- Rut Spcncer and Clay
ton held rb,. yao,Fopd ('onur.ss with :,
firm hand and .,,,,e.Zed IL ,,lroitly so aS
to make II rmir an ,hund.,..e III ..out.
r,y,.s hut nntj,inv ,l..
Oufr,,. m,nu,,r,uro tb.n w,s all that
WAS l,tr ib.u IN ,In. and ,.ycn This
seems +, have. bccn !, f,ilur. While
the Conmittcr ON Facts ,ud Statistics
wcr,. n,infi,IIv ,o,l,tjno th, cans, q,
nosc-p,,Ilinu and hontiur in which
the uusuSpccieI c,ru.t-hipprrs had
suffered. all the way from ISG:
downward. there. cunr distant ruInors of
th, ,.I,criops in OHIO ,uJ Indian, A.
,or,linU tn !. sv,n,,,tbiz;ur r,nnrt th;.
mad, thrm very s,d And wei, i, mirht
The h,Isinrss has hr,n ovrr,lnn. .,nI thc
cursc has come hone ia roo.t II al, ib,. ,,r-
nct-bar~,rs in ihe S,uth wer,. to "cntwine
their lender cons,i,.rm,..., in ., .iuyIc o,th
If wouIJ fail tn nrnv,. an o,,,r,,r,. IN ,h,
Eor,h,rn ,uinL In,rIns .u,,;.s II,vs
has lived in vain. and th, bourful s,h,n,.
of Williams John Patterson, and the REST
tn ,.,; m, :, t;,,i,ins r,.;,u of terror ,nr tl,.
,J.;,,Ja ,,,,,,.so "a, ,..,,,;,,,r 10 ,.L,.,;,.s
tbis fall and inyitirg = ,jirI fern ,,r ran,
!. !, ,n,.I f,iinr.. Ch.v h,v'. nor'.~,.t
themselves with Ers far no,h;nr and have
~r.t,,i,ousl,. t.nu,,,t ,h. J,,..nt ,,nn,,i" ,,,
Eew Ynrl ,nJ p..nr,vlv,mi t,,.,t rh;I,.
Grant r,.n,.,irs in no,y,r W., arr. ,n ,h;nt n,
no no,i,i,.,j tr.,,J and M imno.j,inm ,,nnn
nnbl;,. crrI,,i;,v ,s stno,n,n.trnu. t,,. ,i,.m'
10 ,ircnnr
We hear os no ou,r,"cs in the Sou,b .x.
cent 1hrou.h Willi,ns and th, s.,i,w,~,
.nJ c,ru,.i- -h,,,,,.rs ~ Ill 10 In, t,,r