Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-19
WHO WAS RIGHTe

Not long since, We published the
notorious editorial Of the Okolona
S5mfern States entitled, "Thank
God, We've Captured the Capitol -
We claimed then, IS we DO now,
that the States only spoke the feel
ings cf the great majority Of the
Southern Democrats. We held
that the great war Of tie Rebellion
had only been transferred from the
battlefield, where the Rebels found
themselves conquered, 10 the Con
srsss Of the United States. The
Tribune Immediately, through is
columns. stated that the Stats was
not a true representative Of the party
70 which It belonged and cop.
paragraph from 3 Vicksburg journal
. f,-tify is position. By this
rLsv would seem . mean that :
mans standing q: home was the
proper criterion By which 70 Judge
Of hin. We accept this as perfectly
true. and think tha: 10 sane nan
VII deny. Now TO prove that We
were correct II our remarks, and for
the benefit Of the Tribune and
other Democrats and the delec-
ta.ic2 Of Republicans, We viii
give some extracts from various pa
pe-s published IN Mississippi; al
q them Democratic organs. We
clip
The Ozol--a States IS s. Simon
pg-s Democratic paper .-EI=.5hslTst
Mss CopiGhGa.
The OkoIora States circ1la:as in
twenty-five States. Merit never fails
% win. '-2Ic5H HISS. S-I7-
The SAFES, one OF the pUres. znd
best Democratic papers published il
CIR S-z-s bss entered upon snC lsr
year. - oxford { Mss EEg.s.
The OkoIo1a States sPsEkl5s Ike s
CrowE OF precious gems Every ear
nest bater Of Rzdicalism should read
it, Columbus Mss Democrat
For intelligent consistency, mark
q ability, supero dic.ion. and vigor-
Gus logic. the OkOlonA States ranks
with the frat OF Southern Dewspa-
paTs. StlrIrilIs Mss Times.
Col. a. Y. Harper and his $3.50
cisse, ". 4. Herman, Of The OGOlODa
States, deserve special mention among
the tsieDted editors OF the State. -
PTsBtiss Mss P'5ader.
e We, in the main, like such Bour-
boCs IS Harper. On some poiRts We
might differ, tut We admire his cool,
steady, sledge-hSmuer blows in The
interest OF Democracy. He asks no
compromise neither does he propose
10 give any. That's right. "-Nelrton
lfsSS. Bulletin.
Col. A. Y. Harper, OF the Okolona
States, has associated Nj. VIII. II.
KEENAN, with him in the sditsliSl
conduct OF his paper. Mr.. k5TDSa Il
one Of the most brilliant Of our young
writers, aud has been connected with
the press il Ohio from his boyhOCd
where he showed himself an able de-
fender OF the doctrine Of States Rights,
snd sn earnest Zoe of Rzdic4lism. ~
Columbus lIiSs J Democrat.
now yelling ST the heels Of the States
Little papers never heard Of fly miles
from home sre trying 10 convince the
Northern people that the States does
no. represent the true sentiments OF
the Southern people sid that HsTPsT
and keTnsu aFs both c-zZy. '-Cz.f0rd
(AE5ss.l EGg's.
IF the Tribune Is not satisfied
with the above extracts, an will
say 50, We have vet another batch
which We vii give It. It isn- at
all difficult 70 predict the TTi5lgs's
course about this. 1t viii attempt
TO get of sharp things about "the
boy" but IS far as refutation IS
concerned, nothing Of the kind viii
appear.
From the States Of the 18th, We
obtain some more paragraphs which
viii be interesting to the Union
men Of East Tennessee and
their relatives. Especially will
those who we're wounded
battling for their country and the
old flag, and on this account re
ceiying pensions, admire it. Il
says:
I'VE are taxed 10 pension LiEe0la
iireIigQs for killing cur people, burn
ing our homes, laying waste our fields,
Stealing our property and hurting Us
headlong into yuia, poverty and
despair
I'VE are taxed 10 psy for the en-
fOTcsment Of false snd fraudulent laws
that were enacted 10 COW, huDiliste
snd PCT rs utterly 70 shsmen
I'VE sre taxed TO pay the salary OF >
criminal who stole the Presidency"
1--WE are taxed 10 pay the Returning
Board thieves and pe1ureEs and IN