Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-09-22
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6pOnSlDlo Tor their aCJS IMAM Attorney
General Fain is responsible for the
misconduct of a Greene county
deputy sheriff. Viz
They call him a carpet-bagger,
when his only fault is he was not
born in Tennessee. Honest, kind
hearted, scholarly, eloquent, an. able I
lawyer, good citizen, moderate in
politics-are these the distinguishing
traits of carpet-bagger? In every
southern town and city viii be found
men of Maj. Pettibone's class, and |
they are respected and valued and |
the people who knew the real carpet !
Dagger never confound the two dis
tinct types of northern men. Nor
would we have done it had we not
bartered principles for dependency,
and nominated boy who knew moth
ing of principles on of history, and
who could only yelp carpet
baggers, and revenue ringster'
and who failed most wretchedly to
advocate the cause and defeated the
history Of our party. --+.
For over five years Maj. Pettibone
was my neighbor, and I have known
him for fifteen years, and in all that
time have never seen an action nor
heard a word to bus discredit as a
man or gentleman, and he is worthy
in every respect to represent this
district in congress, andif q repubi-
can must represent it, he should be
the choice of every democrat, for of
all our politicians, he has ever been
the most moderate in tone and feel
ing.
The south has given her pledge to
the union and / think that she has
endeavored to keep them. Peace
could not supplant anarchy in a day,
nor could government and society be
reconstructed in week, OF q year.
Progress in these things is the keep
, ing of the promise, but strangely our
/. progress is in the wrong direction in
this union part of Tennessee. The
laws of the union are broken, en-
couragement and sympathy are given
10 its -violators and the officials whose
duty it is to enforce them by calling
g violators to account are abused and
0 prosecuted Full citizenship is de-
Died to those WHO come among US, and
even after sixteen years residence in
t our state the right of an adopted citi-
y zen to hold Office is violently assailed
: because he is not Representative
d man" and this IN the true-blue first
e congressional district Of Tennessee
u boldly assert that no intelligent
. man can vote for r. L. Taylor anC
y justify his action to his. own con-
/ science, because every intelligen
man in this district knows that {
know-nothing un-American spirit pre-
q vades here to-day in consequence
r. of Taylor's canvass of two years ago
r that it has driven away many whC
q came to settle here and giving ouI
le section an Infamous notorlety ABROAD
n which has done US untold harm, am
&c threatens great future evil.
y Tennessee has settled whole state
q in the west and her colonies ar
J. scattered throughout the great no To
west.
te She has given governors, generals
l judges congressman and legislator
a to many states. In Connecticut te
a day native of Greene county repre-
is sents a democratic borough in th
"a legislature of that state, and anothe
IN represents republican county IN til
IT, Louisiana legislature. They ar
American citizens and should be en-
81 titled to hold office as we'll as to vot
~ for Office holders and the day sha
80 come when the same citizenship sha
=, entiUle its wearer to the same priv
y, ~ lodges in this congressional distrlc
49, The spirit Of American citiz9nshi
o will yet pervade this people; 1T vii
Fl serve, through all this ignorance an
nd bigotry and provincial prejudice an
Of I earnestly hope that the democrat
Ut will not cling to It's idol and thus CO.
an vince those who look forward to tt
Of coming of that spirit as do /, that tt
democratic party stands in its way.
t;c Respectfully,
..... ... H.V. SEWER.