Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-27

negative man is of no service in pub
lie capacity at Washington now.
"Goin' into the postoffice department,
are you?" sneeringly inquired a man
who had just been told by gentle
youth that he expected clerkship in
the postoflice department. There's
only one use you could be put TO in
that line, and that would be To stand
near the letter box with your tongue
out for people to wet their stamps on"
Bates friends are really surprised ut
the heavy vote cast for him to-day,
and, to tell the truth, many who have
been voting for him would regret eX-
ceedingly to see him represent Tennes'
see in the Senate. He Is a lawyer at
more than average ability, fortunate in
the possession of the gift of gab,"
developed to remarkable degree,
with very lively Imagination,
all of which have combined to give
him a reputation with the great un-
washed, ~ far beyond his real merit.
If there is any one kind of oratory in
which the average loafer and ignoram-
us delights more than another, il is
that kind which deals with the ola
ship of State,n 1.-The tempest-tossed
bark ,n"t the broken column of Demo-
cracy, ivy-twined," " the grand broth
erhood of States" and such twaddle
and Jest. This kind of stuff Gen. Bate
can ladle out by the hour, without APP
parent effort Personally, there Is not
a more popular man in the State, nor
one of more generous or kindlier im~
pulses, but in all the qualities which
go to form the character of
the man needed to represent us
at Washington, with the patti
ence, perseverance and industry
needed to render those qualities effect
i've, Bate il wofully deficient, and the
inferior of dozen men who might be
selected from our present Legislature.
Should he be sent to Washingtou. hp
would improve the first opportunity
to indulge in two hours tlowery ora
ton, wherein the old Democratic ship
would be represented as scuddiug TO-
der bare poles over the tempest-tnssed
waves, rolling mountain high, with
out sail or sailor, and then that same
unfortunate vessel would be pictured
as coming proudly into port with spars
all set, full sails, flags flying and every
thing lovely and the goose hanging
remarkably high, and all this without
word of explanation as to where
those spars, flags and sails came from,
or how they could be set on a ship
without sailors.
1t is matter of surprise that Gen.
Quarles has not made better race, for
he is certainly able, conscientious, and
is possessed of considerable leg
islative ability. He is q
practical, common sense man,
and has been one of the most efficient
members of the present Senate. The
disappointment he has met with in
the balloting of the past five days is a
keen one and one from which he will
not readily recover. His manner was
really touching when he announced
) his withdrawal Immediately after the
convention re-assembled this afternoon
after the noon recess.
As for Ewing, it is surprising to
know that he has run So well--fre-
quently receiving seven votes on n
single ballot. He is at least sixty years
of age, is well educated and-I have no
doubt merely from having seen him
twice and from what / hear of him
was a Wing in the olden days. Gus
, Henry, of GAINESVILLE, was a Wing
when Henry Clay was one and when
to be a Wing was eminently respecta-
BILE and ] judge Ewing to be Gus
! Henry depressed and polished off.
When the Democratic Convention,
which nominated Porter, met in this
city last August, Henry-the " Eagle
OratOr'-was elected chairman. it was
, one of those involuntary tributes
of respect to gray~haired ability and
= distinguished merit which are wit
messed, alas! too seldom in these de-
, generated days of salary grabbers and
subsidies which will not subside. So
. deluded public thought, but delud-
ed public wondered when il saw the
i Hon. Gus. A. Henry whip out an inn
mense roll of manuscript from his
coat tail pocket and, after thanking
} the convention for the distinguished
and unexpected" honor conferred up
on him, deliberately proceeded to read
speech " hich filled four columns in
the next mornings papers This be-
ing the Hon. Gus. Henry, of Clarks-
p vile, and, as l have said, the Hon.
| Edwin II. Ewing, of Murfreesboro'
being Henry smoothed down and pol
ished off, it is astonishing to know
= that the latter has been voted for on
all the forty-eight ballots Of the last
five days, that he has actually sue
ceeded in polling as high as seven
votes at one time, and that he is still "A
. candidate.
III "lbhuldnl nS at JuC Illlit ne hlh,
Gov. Brown made a point. His aC-
ton has been universally commended
by leading Democrats here-and ell
/ the leading men of the party are here
now-and all those who rally under
the watch cry of anything to beat
, johnson" realizing the efficient ser.
, vice rendered the party at this crisis
J by Browns withdrawal are loud in
promises of something better in the
! future for the gentleman who has thus
, distinguished himself. To be sure he
could not have been elected, of which
fact no man is more keenly conscious
= than Brown himself, but there was
r Qnarles and Ewing, neither of whom
had ghost of chance of success, but
neither of whom had as yet intimated
the slightest intention of leaving the
track. There is fictitious Glamour OF
desiring the party good and a willing
! ness TO sacrifice individual ambition
+, : about Browns action which will cause
: it to be remembered-for a week or ter
I days at least.
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