The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-09-08
FOOte and Harris.

NV ihii'N NiiiN C"fc"''tt dnoN CI'
the charges made against ex-Gov
Foote by the Democratic Sian
ders. The Chronicle says:
The Democratic leaders in Ten
nessee who were forced, by pub
lie sentiment, to drop Gov. Har
ris from the electoral ticket, are
now hard at work trying TO make
it appear that the selection ofGOv
Foote on the Republican-,electo
raj ticket is a parallel case. The
premises upon which such an er
roneOus conclusion is based are
all false. A man can not max,
such a charge except through il
nOrance, or with desire TO wilful
ly misrepresent. The objection
to Gov.Harris is, not so much tina.
he is a rebel, for there are mel
who were rebels during the wa
who are now good Republicans
There is nothing inconsistent il
this. If man who was a rebel
now accepts the situation in gooC
faith, he may be a Republican. Il
he does not accept the situation
in good faith, and intends to ac
complish if possible, at the ballo.
box wha BE failed to do with the
cartridge tho,rne ought no.
to be a the Sid can no:
be.
The OF to Gov. Harris is
that in ~ lien an overwhelm
ing maji the people of Ten.
r%sssesio y,Xs1tterly opposed to
at defan their wishes as ex
pressed ~ the ballot box, anc
forced them to espOuse a cause
which. in their hearts they hated
But for him, Tennessee would oc
cupy a very different position il
the Union to-day. We would
never have had to go through the
formal process Of reconstruction
Our school fund would nevei
have been invested in worthless
Confederate bonds. The merci.
less ~cOnscript laws would not
have been enforced todrive Union
men into the mountains and
into the jaws Of death. In short
Gov. Harris was a tyrant. Witt
the aid Of his official position.
backed up by the military power
or the Southern Confederacy, he
forced the people Of Tennessee tc
go into the rebellion, by which
the Stateiwas we'll nigh ruined.
In view Of his inordinate ambition
his supres e self slness, and his
t%yrannic$ predictions, the peo.
pie Of TesDessee do not REGARD
him as a I fe leader, and it is gen
orally aos |ledged that placing
his nameirE the vSSctoral ticket
meant tl@ be was TO have a sea-
the Senate Of the United
Gov, Foote was not an extreme
during the war, although he
was an avowed rebel. Before the
war he defeated jeff. Davis fol
Governor Of Mississippi, he run
ming on the Union ticket. In the
Senate of the United States he
supported the compromise meas
ures Of which Henry Clay was
the author and champion. Dur,
ing the war he opposed the ex.
measures of the Southern
.onfederacy. AT the close of the
war he accepted its results cheer
As he says, he endorsed
The sentiments expressed in Gen
eral Grants first inaugural adj
lress. lie has been a warm sup
porter of the Republican policy
ever since. He admits that the
'ebellion was a mistake. Does
Harris admit anything of
he kind! Fit were possible to-
lay that Gen. Lee could be res
directed and, with Gen, John
ION, placed at the head of Con
'edate army, and jeff. Davis be
placed back at Richmond presid.
ng over the Confederate Govern
nent; there is nothing in Harris
'ecord since the war which would
'ender it at all insistent for him
o be the same extreme iire-eat-
ng rebel he was in 1862. 1t would
re unnecessary for him to make q
explanation MS his fidelity
o the cause would not be Ques-
toned by any one. Not SO with
Foote. His rebel associates
ook upon him as a deserter from
ranks and would punish him
S such were it in their power.
his is the difference between the