Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-14
LETTER FROM HON. D. A. MUM.

The following is a specimen of letters
which we are receiving every day,
aud although not intended for publica-
ton, we take the liberty Of giving it to
our readers:
BROWNSVILLE, April ., 70.
Hon. ". q. BrowHiOw, KBorUiNe!
DEAR SIR: Please find enclosed
money order for $1,000, the sum being
for "A club of ten subscribers for your
KNOXVILLE WING AND CHRONICLE,
weekly for one year. These names
were presented to me while idly sitting
in my office, and | shall send you more
as opportunity offers.
/ must be permitted, my dear Sir, to
congratulate the Republican party, es-
pecially Of Tennessee, in that, they
have now q paper and an editor, who
can and does advocate with such signal
ability the principles Of their party /;
one who, having been tried in the
fiery furnace of secessionism,
can point with pride to
his past as AN earnest of
his future course. The times de-
mqnd a bold, aggressive leader the
| principles of our party need an ardent,
| defiant, intrepid defender, and such,
Sir, we esteem you in West Tennes-
see. | have read your paper before the
| wcr, was reading il up to the war, and
/ can truly say, your bold, uDtlinching
course, your manly and patriotic ca
| reer nerved me great deal in those
| trying times-enabled me tn see my
country first, last and all the time, "
and to repel with horror the hydra
! headed. mOuster--seCesSiOn. These
same wild theoristsn-these same
! leaders of the "rule-Or-rulnn party,
are gathering their forces now for an
other contest, and we must meet them
at The threshold prepared to contest
every inch of ground, determine to
rout them and perpetuate our country
untarnished; and you, Sir, in your po-
sitiOn as editor of the WING AND
! CHRONICLE, can accomplish a
great deal. Oh, how / yet love
that old name, Whig" with its
broad national principles and under
the leadership of its battle-scared vet
Grams, how often | have followed it to
victory l drew my inspiration from
it when a boy, and in manhood, the
old mantle still fingers around me; by
its teachings / have ever fought De-
W htbhtl COllllllS III TIC bulSG
of parallel lines to heaven or in the
hideous form of dis-union. On all oc-
casions, wherever the many-headed
monster appeared, it always gave me
delight to give it blow, and l am sure
l am giving it the worst and most ia.
tai blows by contributing to the circu-
lation of your paper. Go on, then, in
your way, lay on heavy blows, hard
and fast, exert all your powers and let
US crush this new tangled, bui
same old Democracy before il
assumes all its proportions o
destructIveness. Your clarion note!
will amuse many an old Wing slum
boring in idleness now, and induce
him once again to assume the harness
Shout but the word Democracy, anC
he will start up eager for the fray, giro
on his trusty armor and rush for hi
natural foe.
Excuse this letter. When writing
q. you about subscribers | could not hell
saying little something" in prais
of the good work you are doing. Pleas
send 10 the enclosed names.
Hoping you will long be spared t
deal out death and destruction to De
mocracy, | remain yours,
Very respectfully,
d A NTrNN