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Hon. n. B. Spears wants to be in
strueted, and has therefore issued the
following circular to the Democratic
voters in his Pictorial district, COM
prising the counties of Hamilton, Ma
rion, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Van Buren,
and Grundy:
FELLOW CITIzENs:-As you have
elected me to a seat in your Legisla-
ture: as that body viii elect some one
to represent us for the next six years
in the United States Senate; as l ex-
pect to take a part in his election; as
there are so many distinguished aspir-
ants for that place; as there IS such a
great variety of opinion among you as
to the most suitable man to fill that
honorable position; and as l desire to
know and obey the will of at least a
majority OF you when ] come TO act II
that behalf, l therefore respectfully
solicit an expression from you in that
regard. The representative Is the peO-
pies agent to 90 the peoples business
IN the manner pointed out by the peo-
pie. And when the peoples agents
come to select a man to guard the peo-
pies most sacred rights for six long
years In the highest council of the ma
ton, if the people are awake to their
interests they Will instruct their agents
for whom they want them 10 vote. Re-
member the midnight caucus that
elected Cooper and defeated the people.
If you express yourselves l will do all
in my power TO secure the election of
the choice of majority of you, if such
expression indicates a majority choice;
if not, l viii go for the plurality choice.
If can't get him will 60 for the next
most popular man among you, and 50
on. If you remain silent Twill vote for
the man who Will in my opinion serve
the people well and give an unfinching
support to the great principles Of the
Democratic party. / am a Democrat
because l believe that the principles
of that party are the only true rules by
which this government can be admins
tered and continued as our fathers in
tended. No half way Democrat viii do
me if am left uninstructed. To such
1 Will sayssget the behind me Satan, for
it was written by old Hickory in the
good old days of the Republic that
good Democrats will serve none but the
Democratic party. want to be in
structed.
With thanks for past favors, 1 re-
main your obedient servant,
N B. SPEARS.
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NOTICE.

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in the county, I am now in the Collectors
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for the collection Of taNcS, persons owing the
same viii please come and pay, and save costs
and penalties -
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Dyersburg Progress.

The Memphis AUalanche, an "inde-
pendent" journal, is queer. In one
column of short editorials, when appar-
emily unmindful of itself. it calls the
victories of the Sd the democratic VIC
tory" while in the next column it ridi-
cules the idea of straight out Democrats
calling it a Democratic victory"
Again, it believes strongly In devotion
to principle and not to men, and vet
bows like serf at the shrine of An
drew johnson. No other man but
Andy Will do for the United States SEN
ate or anything else. All this. and
still the Araldnche believes in devotion
to principle and not to men.
Athens Post.
Our friends are admonished in time
to keep away from the State Capitol
during the struggle for the Senator
ship. The contest is likelyto be fierce,
and there is no telling where the light
ming viii strike.
st. Louis Dispatch.
Not for Andy this year are Tenues-
sees Senatorial garments. TaiIors
make clothes, II is true, but events make
the purple
Shelbyville Commercial.
Andrew johnson is the only living
ex-President of the United States. He
is a candidate for a seat in the Senate
of the United States. Heis native Of
North Carolina, but a Tennesseean by
adoption. One Of her most gifted and
leading statesmen. of whom everybody
should delight to honor. For the IN
valuable services he has rendered his
party in the past, our next Legislature,
Democratic as it claims 10 he, should
throw the Senatorial robes about his
shoulders. He is of the few gen
uine Democrats remaining amongst us.
a
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
BRowNLOw AND HARRIS.

The Chattanooga Timoshas taken up
on itself the special championship of
ex- Governor Isham G.. Harris, and
thinks his administration superior in
every respect to that of Gov. Brown
low. speaking of Harris, it says:
We do not altogether endorse his present
position upon all subjects. but we are tired
and sick Of hearing men who endorse
BrownlUws arbitrary and despouc poilcy
in peace, attempting now to arouse Old war
prejudices against him.
The dear, good soul whose genius
sciutillates in every paragraph of the
lively journal referred to, fails to see
anything wrong in Harris forcing
Tennessee into the rebellion, and the
hi-h-hanGed measures he resorted to to
sustain it. Hisoppfessions of East Ten
nes,ee Uuionists was all right, and
Brownlow was horrible man, accord
ing to the Times. It says, further:
If the Republicans of Tennessee wish TO
take up old records, they will discover that
comparison Of the records of the rebel
State government Mt the commencement OF
and during the war, with those OF the
Brownlow party in Tennessee, in peace, up
TO the division between Senter and Stokes
and the election of Senter will not be cal
culated to strengthen their cause with the
large number of Northern Republicans
who have settled here sence that time, and
know nothing of the outrages that were
perpetrated for several years in Tennessee
in the name Of loyalty.
In our opinion, Northern Repub-
licans" regard the hanging of Union
men during Governor Harris admin
istration, and the oppression Of others
as the darkest spot in the past history
| of the Volunteer State.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
THE CHRONICLE AND FUNDING.

The CHRONICLE favored the passage
of bill by the last legislature, funding
the past due bonds and past due inter-
est of the State. Our readers will re-
member that we went no further. We
never had the opportunity to examine
critically as a legislator should do, the
bill that finally passed Had we done
so we should not have voted for it.
That part which prefers the bondhold'
crs' debtto the salary ofour Judges aud
the costs OF our courts is unjust ana
Discrimination against our own people.
When, therefore, Judge Houk shows
the CHRONICLE favored funding, lie is
proving what we never denied. But
he never can show we went as far as
the bill that finally passed. Neither
can he show that we ever favored his
assessment law, which was but ten
der to the funding bill. We hare made
no wGr on HoUE for going rs far in
favor OF funding as weS did.
What we have complained Ol
is his sudden change Of front
and the unsatisfactory reasons for that
change, We d',CoySJ dUorcd funding
our past due debt We Hcrcr changed
front. We never favored his assess
ment law, or favored prererring bond
holders to the debts due our State Of
ficers, jurors, court officers, SC, &c.
Houk, therefore, makes no poin
against the CHRONICLE on our pas
record.
The article from the CHRONICLE
complimenting him as our Represen
tative in the legislature was written BE-
fore the developments were made con
tanned in Hon. Jesse Martins lette
and before he admitted he voted for tn,
assessment law lCithoW reddHgH. w,
admit now that like most Republican,
we trusted Houk further than we eve
ought 20 have done. We nOl0 see GU
error. We trusted him once and wert
deceived. If we trust him again ant
he deceives us again it will be or fault
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
COEGENIAL ASSOCIATES.

From a gentleman who heard the
discussion between Thornburgh and
Houk, at Jacksboro' we learn that
Judge Houk was specially abusive and
scurriIOus rs to the editors of the
CHRONICLE, Judge Andrews and
Sheriff Gossett in his abuse of the
latter, he brought forward and used the
charges trumped UP by Charles H.
FlournOy, and used by the latter against
Mr.. GOssett in the late county canvass.
This is entirely consistent with Houk's
character. Mr.. Gossetts name was
used by Col. Thornburgh in his speech
here in a perfectly legitimate manner.
Houk did not abuse him here, where
he thought it would hurt him. He
never denied that he had told Mr..
GOssett that he should have to vote for
the Civil Rights Bill if in Congress
He did not deny it at Wartburg, or
Huntsville, or Jacksboro', but at each
of those places, when he thought he
agas ont Of reach Of GosSCtts friends, he
assailed him bitterly.
1t is fit and proper that he should
use Flournoy's ISLANDERS against Mr.
Gossett, for Flournoy used them in the
interest of Houk's ring in the last can
vass. Flournoy is non one Of Houk's
principal supporters. He and HYPER
ger are his chief fuglemen. They did
all they could to defeat the Republi-
can county ticket in the last election,
and they are doing all they can no,y to
aid Houk in defaming every Republi-
can who does not favor their man.
They We're disorganizers in the last
election and they are disorgauizers
now and will be boilers if the coming
convention is not fair" in their OpiR-
ion.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
SEND REPRESENTATIVE MEN.

We appeal to Republicans in the va
rious counties to send their best men
10 the Congressional Convention,
which meets here on the 23d of Sep
TENDER. Choose those who have char
acter and influence, whose action will
command the respect and approval of
all. There are those in every county
who care nothing about results and
who have no interest in common with
the masses, who are willing TO attend
the convention, but they are not the
men TO send. Let the solid men of the
country take an interest in this impor-
tSnt question, aud make their inhu-
ence felt. Conventions are not free
from Objectionable features, and eonse-
quently are unpopular, but sometimes
they are a necessity. The only way to
remove all objections, is for the people
the honest people Of the country, TO
take charge OF aud control them. We
hope to see every county represented
in this convention by the very best
men.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
DEMocRATTIC IEsINCERIY.

The bitter aud proscripuve speech of
Gus. Henry, the President of the late
Democratic State Convention, serves
to show how insincere the Democratic
party was in 1872, in accepting Horace
Greeley for their leader, and in accept
ing in their Baltimore platform the
fnality OF reconstruction. In that
platform the Democratic party said :
+" We pledge ourselves to maintain the
Union of these States, emancipation
and acknowledgements, and to oppose
any re-opening Of the questions settled
by the thirteenth, fourteenth and ff-
teenth amendments 70 the Constitu
ton"
In accepting the Democratic uomi-
nation for the Presidency, Horace
Greeley said Gentlemen, your plat
form, which is also mine, assures me
that Democracy is not henceforth Il
stand for one thing and Republicanism
for another; but those terms are to
mean in politics, as they always have
meant in the dictionary, substantially
one and the same thing, namely,
Equal Rights, regardless Of creed, OF
cline, or color. I hail this as a genu-
inc New Departure from outworn
feuds and meaningless contentious in
the direction Of Progress and Reform. -
How does Mr.. Henry and the rem
nants of Hoods army, lately encamp-
ed in Nashville, reconcile their decla
rations aud professions with the vio-
lent temper and vindictive sentiments
of their dOtard chairman. The spirit
of that speech was Infamous. 1t was
the signal for the violence, the intoIer.
ance and proscriptive spirit that has
since that convention grown with
alarming rapidity. 1t proves unmis-
takaDly that the Dem0cracy's New
Departure" Of 1872, was an empty pro
fession, mere political trick to Obtain
power. It's course in 1874, proves it tC
be the same party IL was in lsGi-S, ant
that 10 still hopes for success in the
future, upon its policy Of White
Mans Government, and " opposition
to the results Of the war
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

WE MIGHT as well expect the Mo-
docs to carry on civilized warfare as
to expect Houk to conduct an honor
able, dignified canvass. 1t is impos-
sible for him to be anything but
clownish, vulgar and vituperative. Be
fore he went to the hastings, he OPEN
ed the canvass through his papers by
a food Of billingsgate directed against
all whose loyalty to his flag he had
reason to suspect. He sees now that
his defeat is certain and he is endeav-
oring to make the canvass rs low as
possible in the hope that he may drag
Col. Thornburgh down with him. The
latter has been as dignifed and gem
tlemanly as any one could be in de-
batting with Houk. The latter, as yet,
has failed to make any impression
upon Thornhurgh's record that
would be Of advantage to a
Democratic competitor. There is
nothing yet shown against his
Congressional career that weakens him
before the people. As yet, Houk has not
brought forward a single weak point
against Col. Thornburgh that was not
already known to the Democracy, or
that their candidate could not readily
have developed. But on the contrary,
Republicans may congratulate them
selves that Houk is not their candi-
date, with his change-of-front on the
Funding Bill, his voting for the AS
sessment Law without even reading it,
his declarations that he should have to
vote for the Civil Rights Bill, ETC., etc,
hanging over him. In the hands of a
skilfull Democratic speaker HOuk 5 re-
cord on these points would melt away
a much larger Republican majority
than the district now carries. Thorn
burghs record stands even before the
INSCRIPTIONS misrepresentation of il
that Houk makes, and he could carry
our flag to as brilliant victory as he
/ did two years ago.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

gressional Convention. His letter was
sent here and delivered to us yesterday
evening. 1t was evidently not sub
mitted to Col. Thornburgh before it
was sent here for publication. The
object was to get the advantage of him
by submitting, without his knowledge,
what, at first reading, will seem a fair
proposition. We have no authority to
accept or decline it. Speaking for our.
selves only, the objection To it is, that
on its face it ignores the Republican
party as an organization, suspcuds it,
functions, and makes 10 i'm this district
Thornburgh and Houk party. \
Congressional Convention, gotten up
by those two gentlemen, might not be
acceptable 20 the party at large, or to
those who have other Iuvorites. The
party has its customary organization.
1t has n Congressional, Committee,
which i'm the absence Of one
appointed in the usual way is
stll entitled to recognition as
the only body competent to act
in this matter The act of calling a
convention and fixing the basis Of rep
| resentation is not one to prove of any
material advantage to either party.
The committee calling the convention
provided for elsewhere are all repre-
sentative men and their action will,
we believe, be endorsed by the Repub-
licans of the district. Several counties
have already taken steps to elect dele
gates to the State and Congressional
Conventions, and their action coming
from their own local committees will
meet with the endorsement of the
party,
The proposition of Judge Houk fol
Col. Thornburgh and himself to each
select three friends to provide for a con.
vention is open to objections other than
the one named. 1t is, in our opinion
a mere subterfuge on the part of HouB
to obstruct a convention. The friend:
would be equally divided and they
might disagree upon several point.
necessary for calling a convention
especially if it were SO .pre-arrauged-
and thereby an excuse furnished fo
not having one. 1t has been on
opinion from the beginning, that Judg
Houk did not intend to submit to
convention, if one were called. w
can, from his first steps down to tn
present time, track his movements 70
bolt and Reorganization. Letter
were received here yesterday, from hin
announcing himself a candidate, con
vention or no convention. Such let
tiers came the day before. Simila
. declarations have been made all owe
the district. AS we said at the begin
ming, in this article, we speak onl.
for ourselves. we have no authorit,
to speak for any one else.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

a call for a Republican Convention
TO nominate a candidate for Congress
from this district appears elsewhere.
The time designated gives the counties
notice sufficient to enable them to call
their local meetings to choose delegates.
Let these primary meetings be largely
attended, and the best men sent to the
Convention, 50 that there can be no
cry OF cliques or rings"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

Col. THoRNBURGH's strength before
the people consists in his having dis
charged his duty faithfully and his
having two years ago, when the chan
ces were al! against him, taken the
Republican banner and carried it
through to victory. Why should he
be set aside now, simply because Houk
has taken a notion that if he can't go
Thornburgh shan't go either? Is that
the way the people propose to allow
faithful and efficient representatives to
be slaughtered .
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02
THE CHATTANooGACo CONVENTION.

We earnestly hope that every county
Of East Tennessee will be fully and ably
represented at the Republican State
Convention at Chattanooga on the 10th
instant. The placeis so accessible that
it is earnestly hoped every county will
be represented. Let good men be Sc
lected as delegates. The recent out
break of violence in so many parts OF
the South, the necessity for decided
and vigorous canvass of the State, to
the end that all men in favor of law
and order may find an opportunity to
express at the ballot~boX their alb
horreuce for anarchy and wholesale
murder by voting for competent man
for Governor, whose personal fitness
and political affiliations will be guar
antee that under his administration
no such inhumanities shall stain the
fair fame Of the State, and the oppor-
tuuity for uniting the Conservative
elements of the State against a party
that has shown its unftness for power
should combine to make the Chatta-
nooga Convention representative one,
and its action of Importance in the
future political history of Tennessee
We understand that arrangement;
have been made for half fare tickets on
all the railroads centeriug in Chatta,
nooga and the Convention will be
/ largely attended.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

THE Democratic platform adopted
at Nashville, among other things, re-
solves that the Federal tariff law shall
be repealed, and wants law enacted
solely with view 10 the collection
of the necessary revenue" Now will
the Democratic newspapers and poll
ticians favor US with an explanation OF
their views on this subject? What
kind of law do they want? Will
they have a tariff law, or will they
raise revenue by internal taxation
alone? If they have a tariff law, will
they please tell US what articles they
would tax, and what per cent. they
would collect? viii the Union and
american, Appeal or Press and Her
aid, explain these points?
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

THE Union and american hears that
" race conflict is about TO come off
at Columbia, and with head and tail
up it snufis the battle afar off" The
Banner correspondent pronounces the
story gross and absurd exaggera-
TOM The negroes still live and the
U. d; 4. is sad
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

JUDGE HoUK's numerous circulars
of recent date entitle him to a place
in the Circular" family, and hence
forth he should be known as LEONE
DAS CIRCULAR HOUK!
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

THE Press and Herald feels badly
because Republicans will not accept its
advice in reference to calling conven-
tions. If left to the editors of that
sheet, they would fix it up in short or
der. We are looking with some ankle
ty for its editorial taking up Judge
Houk as its candidate for Congress.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

The Union and american apollo
gizes for Gov. Browns weak policy in
suppressing the disgraceful act in Glib
son county, Gand furnishing the out
laws by saying:
Owing 20 Brownlow' abuse of the Office,
the Goycrnship has been shorn Of many
powers needed in such an emergency.
This is about the most absurd propo-
sition that we have seen, and it surpri-
ses US TO see it coming even from the
Union and Am'ric0a.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

improbable. We sincerely trust, for
the honor and fair name of our beloved
Commonwealth, that such acts will not
occur again. 1t is a disgrace to the
State, such as we can not afford to
laor
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

JUDGE HoUK, in his private - cir
cular, copy of which appeared in the
CHRON ICLE Saturday, says:
take an early occasion to place myself
in opposition to the so-called Civil Rights
Bill" And Maynard and Thornburgh,
being both committed to the measure, are
therefore not in an attitude to be elected,
even with Republican nomination. The
clique here are looking round to find some
suitable man with whom to beat me, if
within the scope Of their power.
Will the Judge or any of his friends
tell US who the clique" are looking
after to beat him. Give us the names.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-02

THE Memphis Appeal like the mis-
cradle, blind partisan it is, attempts in
a double-leaded editorial to hold the
Republican party in Tennessee re-
sponsible for the recent riots. 1t is
sufficient answer TO this to say that
there has never been so little disturb
ance in the State at any time since the
war, as Immediately after the election
Of President Grant, and seven Repub-
lican Congressman from Tennessee in
November 1872.