The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-10-20
The Congressional Race.
Another Account of the TazeweIl
Discussion.

Discussion.
TAzEwELL, Tenn. Oct. Z, 1880.
! To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
The anxiously anticipated discus
sion between the Hon. r. L. Taylor
and the Hon. A. H. Pettibone, came
off to-day, and. as all expected, was
another glorious victory for the
mountain boy. Taylor's friends
have been little uneasy as to the
vote of Claiborne, on account of the
unceasing efforts of some Of Mr,
Pettibone's friends to arouse the
prejudices and partisan feelings Of
the people.
GARFIELD CLUBS
are being raised in nearly every yot-
ing precinct in the county. But the
people will not be deceived, Every
body knows these clubs are gotten
up for the exclusive benefit Of Mai.
Pettibone. And azores of honest
Republicans-men who are Republi-
cans because they believe in Repub-
lican principles-will not be duped
in any such a manner to vote for a
professional shylook aud of1ce.seek-
er.
THE DISCUSSION.
Mr.. Pettibone led with speech
of an hour and a quarter; fifty MIC
utes Of which was devoted to perso-
nal abuse of Mr.. Taylor, and the re-
mainder to the goar. He made the
serious charge that Mr.. Taylor was
q Democrat, and that he voted with
the Rebel Brigadiers. The FIRST Of
these charges neither Mr.. Taylor nor
his friends were inclined to deny
and the second seemed to be salts
factorily explained to the Major.
But he was particularly anxious to
know who he was for for President,
devoting several minutes of his time
to baWling: "Pm for Garfield; who
re you fur?' In order to please the
Major, Mr.. Taylor calmly took the
stand and with digniied majesty
said: |
Sc I'm for Hancock. Gettysburg and
The Union %
This was greeted with such a fu.
'er of applause as to confound the
speaker so that he seemed not to un-
lerstand what Mr.. Taylor had said
Ind continued to charge the false
leod that Taylor wouldn't tell who
le was for.''
To cap the climax and if possible
'ender his miserable effort more de-
.estable, he produced a little mean,
dirty affidavit, making the charges
hat Mr.. Taylor in 1868 had forcibly
,aken possession of some hogs that
lid not belong to him.
This is the first time the Major
has ever produced it, and if he is
not dead to shame, will certainly be
the last. If the whole vocabulary
of the English language were to be |
searched, surely a more scathing re-
buke could not be found. Mr.. Tay-
lor told the people at that time ne
was only.13 years old, and turning
to the shrinking form behind him,
said, that those we're the words of
peTured scOundrel--an unmitigat.
ed, malicious lie, and that he (Petti-
bone) knew it. Then it was a mark
of extreme littleness and meanness,
for an aspirant to the Congress Of
the United States, to resort to such
degrading means to secure such
lofty ends. Mr.. Taylor's speech
was eloquent. dignifed and logical.
He was in the everything, moving
present; scorning to grovel in the
dead scenes of the past; or delve
among the bones of departed braves,
for whom he has a greater reverence
than even his competitor. He was
several times interrupted with the
applause of earnest, honest men,
who recognize in him the peoples
candidate-the champion of truth
and honesty. FARMS