Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-09-23
CANVASS IN THE list CON-
GRESSI0hAL DISTRICT.
The Discussion at Stoney Greek, Carter Co.
BY A. H. PETTIBONE, rs
R. L. TAYLOR.

Nh LDlloh'- SIOucy SICChs Cu-
bracing two voting precints, is the
Gibralter of the Republican party in
Carter County. Out of over 400 vo-
tiers not more than ten democrats can
be numbered, and it will be a strict
party vote between Maj. Pettibone
and NJ. Taylor here in November.
A large and orderly crowd filled
the church at Stoney Greek listening
for one hour and a quarter with ca
ger ears to Maj. PettibOne, who laid
bare Mr.. Taylor's record and his al
lance with the rebel b~rigadiers, and
in denouncipg the treachery of the
democratic party.
He charged upon Mr.. Taylor that
he (Taylor) went into caucus with
the eighty-fve brigadiers, and that
he voted in the caucus for the guer-
rilla, Joe Blackburn, Of Kentucky,
for speaker Of the House. He charged
that Mr.. Taylor was in caucus with
Money, the representative in Congress
of Kemper County, Mississippi, the
county where Judge Chisholm was
assassinated, where his bright-eyed
little boy, Johnny. was shot to death
clinging to his father. Where his
sweet, innocent and beautiful and
bright-eycd daughter, Cornelia, was
shot to death with her arms clingipg
around the neck of a loving father;
and that Mr.. Taylor was in caucus
and voted with Gen. Dibrell, Gems.
Gibson, Joe Johnston, and the POST
master General Of the Southern Con-
federacy, Reagen, and the vice
President of the Confederacy, Ste
phens, etc. and voted with them on
every party question. He proved
that Mr.. Taylor voted for Randall,
against Gen. Garfield. and for Gen.
Field of the Southern C~onfederacy
against Col. Melton, IL brave Federal
soldier of East Tennessee, and a pure
and noble man. He voted to seat
Hull, from Florida, who was fraudu-
lently counted in, while those who
committed fraud were suffering
the penalty of the law in the peni-
-entiary, instead of Mr.. Bisbee,
who was honestly elected. He showed
that Mr.. Taylor voted to repeal the
following law: Sec. 552s, Of q. S.
Statutes;-"Every officer of the Army
or Navy, or other persons in the
Civil, Military, or Naval service, who
orders, brings, keeps, or has Under
his authority or control, any troops or
armed men at any place where a
general or special election is held in
any State, unless such force be neces-
sary to repel armed enemies Of the
| United States or to keep the PEACE
AT THE POLLS, shall be fined not more
than five thousand dollars, and suffer
| imprisonment at hard labor, not
less than three months nor more than
FIVE years." Sec. 5529:-"Every
officer or other person in the military
or naval service, vino, by force, threat,
intimidation, order, advice. or other
wise prevents II attempts to prevent
any qualified voter Of any State from
freely exercising the right Of suffrage
at any general or specified election in
such State, shall be fined not more
than five thousand dollars, and I'M
prisonment at hard labor not more
than five years.
Sec. $3.50: Every officer Of the
army or navy who prescribes or fixes
or attempts to prescribe or fix, wheth.
er by proclamation order or other
wise, the qualifications Of voters al
an election in any State shall b
punished as provided in the prece-
ding section"
Sec. 5531: "Every officer or othel
person in the military or naval ser
vice who, by force, threat. intimida
ton, order or otherwise compels o
attempts to compel, any officer hol
ding an election in any State to re
ceive a vote from a person not legal.
qualihed to vote, OF who imposes, o
attempts to impose, any regulation
for conducting any general OF spe
election in State different fron