Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-17
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DIS
TRECT.
Canvass Opens at TayIorsvIlle.
County Ablaze for Hon.
A. HI. PetfaboRe.
One Thousand, Five Hundred
PEOPLE Present.

People Present.
Mr.. EDITOR: To-day witnessed the
grandest demonstration ever made. in
johnson county by the republican party.
A long procession of more than 500 peEa
sons formed in town and marched in order |
under the stars and stripes to meet Hon.
A, H. Pettibone, who was approaching,
heading like column from the lower end |
of the county. From the meeting of the
two columns one continuous hurrah for |
Pettibone thrilled the air, until this vast |
column marched through the streets of |
Tavlorsville Every door was filed with |
ladies waving their handkerchiefs to their |
distin nguished nominee and le1der, A. III. |
Pettibone At 12A O'clock p. M, the lis
cussion was opened by Maj Petiibone, VIII
made one of his ablest and most argu-
mentative speeches.. He arranged before
this vast audience the democratic party
and their leader in this district, the
Hon. r. l. Taylor. He showed
that the democrats held to the prin-
cipIes and traditions of traitors and rebels.
For the major said the democratic party
clings to the teachings of jackson they
must also cling to the teachings of John G.
Calhoun, Robert Toombs, Reagan, Stevens,
Ben. Hill, JEFF. Davis ard oil that class of
statesmen, and that their traditions were
the graves of 709,0~0 soldiers and debt of
So IS9 coo 600, $40 to each man, woman,
child and baby in this republic He said at
the present time We are in debate as to
whether the party of principles Of Sumner,
Morton, Thad. Stephens, Blaine, Conkling
and Garfield shall triumph or whether the
party Of the principles of Calhoun, Toom bs,
Davis, Ben. Hill and Wade Hampton shall
succeed.
He said, I take up the debate where
left it two years ago. He said " Robert,
come to judgment"
He then took up Mr.. Taylor'a record.
First his promises to the people two years
ago; his promise to repeal the resumption
act. to repeal the revenue law, to pass an
act to pay of the national debt IN green
| backs, etc.
He then showed Mr. Taylor's vote from
| the Record TaYlor's first vote was for
Randall for speaker Of the House, against
! Gen. Garfield His second vote wss for
Gen. G. ". Field, Of Georgia, rebel brig
| adler, against Col. Melton, of East Ten
nessee, a union soldier, and that he voted
along with Acklin, Blackburn, Gen. Joe
| Johnston, Money, of Kemper county,
| Stevens, the vice president of the southe IN
confederacy, and uncle Bob bVance. of North
| Carolina He then took up the extra ses-
sion of congress, and showed what democ-
racy attempted TO do through threats OF
starving the nation to death. he read the
law which the democracy tried to repeal
the law relating to keeping peace at the
polls. He attacked the extra session in q
mastery manner. Here logic, rhetoric,
eloquence and truth all combined to ex-
hibit the evil acts and guilty intentions oi
the democratic parry in repeating the law
| TO keep the peace at the polls" and th&l
the Hon. Z. l.. Taylor was part and parce
| ! n oh p
Taylor voted to seat Hull, of Florida, in
stead of Bisbee, who was shown to be hon
estly elected.
He then referred to the Hon. r. L. Tay
lor's speech on tue bill in reference to re
moving the tax from leaf tobacco, anc
showed from the record that said speech
was never delivered in congress.
This is only q meager sketch OF MaJo
Pettibone's speech, given in great haste
but suffice 1t to say he made speech tina
did honor to him as a debator and to thu
, great republican party that gave him th
nomination.
: The Hon. E. L. Taylor next appeared
} on the platform. He did not deny any @
the votes as alleged by Ma; Pettioone bu
claimed that he had done other things
and for which the people should not forge
him. He said Pettibone comes before yo'
, with fraudulent nomination. But unfor
! tunately for Mr.. Taylor, two of his com
l pettors for the nomination marched wit
= him in procession to-day, one on each side
! and the other has out list of appoin:
ments.
MI Taylor is q good speaker, but, lik
poor Tray, is now found IN bad company
He can certainly read defeat in the coun
tenance of his auditors, in the hurrahs to
his competitors. Unfortunately for Bot
the majority of the people Of East TenneS
see can not follow anything but the star
K and stripes. and the grand party of pre-
a gress, of liberty and of truth.
The replies were limited to half an hour
: Major Pettihone produced a letter froT
n Gen. 10. Cooper which stated that aoot
4 the time of the consolidating of this reve
: nue. district that r. L. Tsy lor and Dal
; Ellis applied for positions in the revenu
:, department. This Mr.. Taylor denied an
q so did Ellis, and said the author OF the le
y tee was liar, but Msj. Petlibone prove
= the hand writing to be Gen, Coopers.
n The reply of MIR. Taylor consisted
q re ading the epitaph which ne proposes
inscribe upon the tomb OF MAJ. Tettiooi
after the next election.
But we feel certain that the boys tn
wore the blue and those that love progress
peace and liberty and an honest count
+ the poles, will snow Mr.. Taylor under
y deep that he will never seesdaylight aga
- as politician.
u Tomorrow tney speak at CODD creek'
e. The democrats cut down the stars al
% stripes in the ninth district of this count
70 and stole said flag. They did it on Il
S night of the 10th inst. To-day Hon. Il.
.e Butler delivered them another flag, al
ff made an eloquent presentation speech.
= The rebel spirit is not dead yet. B
n still the stars and stripes floats over 10y
v johnson. F., Youts, ETC.,
SOLDIER.