Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-03

ever be guilty OF such folly. | shall
never believe they will until it Ia done.
As took up my pen merely TO refer
To these ancient and time-honored
traits of the Democratic character, /
ought, perhaps, To stop, but at the risk
90 being considered unnecessarily
partial, | must sllude To another mat
ter, as striEingly illustrative of Demo-
cratic political morals.
Hon John g. Thompson, Chairman
OF tile state Dem nCratic Committee, in
Ohio, charges bribery and corruption
ON the Republicans, by means of
which. he says, they carried the late
election in that State that money
was freely used by them, aud that
/ large sums were sent to them from
their friends in other States. How
/ the facts are | will not stop to inquire,
! If any defense be needed, but | propose
| tn them that the Democratic party is
! not in condition 70 complain at
such, If it exist. That party inaugur-
/ ated such system of bribery and cor
| ruptiOn lift toe such. They have carried
| elections that way in former days
and they are no better now
than they were then. They have not
confined their reception of funds to car
| ~ elections from Democrats and Amer
| lean citizens, but used To receive for
eign aid. Aye, aye; foreign capitalists,
of whom they now seem TO entertain
such holy horror, especially il they be
bOndholders, used to furnish money
to carry the elections here, when
they desired the success of o party
the Democratic party-when they
supposed, by its success, measures that
| would promote their interests, would
prevail. This was the case in the
Presidential election of 1874, when
they supposed If Mr.. Polk should be
elected he and his friends would favor
such All adjustment of the tariff as
would let British manufactures come in
to this country on the free trade princi-
Pile. This was all right then now ii
IL all wrong; il is bribery aud corrup-
ton for political friends in one State
to furnish pecuniary aid to theil
friends in another. Assuming the
. fact TO be that our Republican friends
in Ohio did receive aid from theil
friends in other States, | have M
, doubt the Democrats did the same
and their only real ground of com
plant il that they lost the election.
3 Az evidence of the truth of what
say in regard to foreign aid, the Lon
don Times, in September, 1874, in sub
stance, said: \ subscription was re
Gently opened To raise funds TO circu
late Free Trade Tracts in foreign
countries. some Of the tracts ar
= to be printed in New York 70
circulation IN the United States, ant
at public meeting held in Manches
ter, England, pending the Presidents
o election in 18Th, the following su6scriI
= ton list was produced and read by
. Mr. Murray, each name as rehd, "bt
!, ing received with loud and heart
y cheering by the audience to-wit:
: VIM. Han, the Lord Provost, clio
> A. & I Dennison, George Square, 20
4, Charles Tennet d Co., &c
. William Dixon, u
:, Samuel Higginbottom, 20
, Dunlap, Williams & Co., e
;, Buchanan, Hamilton u Co, lC
y &c, DC, amounting to 100000"
. This is nearly a half million dollaTi
the larger portion of which was TO
= used in the interest of the then Dem
g ocratic party because of its free trad
n opinions. This, AS above, was all Tigl
- then, because II was in the interest {
a Democracy. English gold was the
In good odor. No paper money theI
q it was British gold and free trad,
: The English press was then loud an
:, eloquent, In favor of Mr.. Polk an
! Free Trade, as an American policy
;, Mr.. Polk was elected.
- have sketched the foregoing ia th
y hope that it may be of interest to you
- readers and the Republicans gel
a orally, that they may know VIII
- Democracy was in olden time
~ And that the present generi
- ton of Democrats may become AZ
~ quainted with their rude ancestors,
! so that they may not abuse Republ
II cans, even if guilty of what the
~ charge them, as thieves and robbe
'' for doing that which was sanctione
Il by such illustrious Democratic state
n men as Jackson, Van Buren,, Poll
= Woodbury.. and others. The Republ
=, cans, il guilty of what is charged then
y only followed in the footsteps of d.
a mocracy when in power.
- Very Respectfully,