Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-09-23

sonally himself, discouraged the cal
ling of Democratic convention to
re-nominate him, and to adopt q
platform, and consequently he is
the nominee of no party, and stands
OF no known platform, and fire
elected to Congressman not be relied,
upon to act with the Democracy i'll
any emergency, where such action
by him might traverse the viewssef
the handful of Republicans for
whose support of Taylor we are
called upon to hide our feelings, dis
band our party and almost to deny.
u principles.
With no visible body to our party,
its growth is arrested, and its future
I-chained to- the man who cam draw
enough votes from the opposition to
elect him. If these voters came. in
to IL own party, there would be a
reciprOcay of benefits and a common
interest to serve; but when ii is not
even pretended that those voters
come into tonE party, lin the name
of the .commonest.. Kind Of
common sense, why should
we support a man, and in his cause
sacrifice every thing he demandsy'
when he will not even humOr us. by
accepting our nomination DE- adoy7
ming our. platform by his noble
preSence? =
Two years past we have's beer
laughing in our sleeves at t~hatahand-
fall of Republicans whom our. irresis7,
| tibIetRobert sedueed from the Majors
| ranks, but if the presidential elec-7
| ton should go to the House will
Taylor vote for Hancock to please
tEhiS democratic constituents, who, of
themselves, cannot elect him: or for
Garfield, iii Orderto please his Re
publican constituents? [ venture
if questioned'Oh the.stump, he would
not reply fairly toSthe question.
HIS REAL PLATFORM
is opposition to the execution of the
laws and denial of citizenship to all
persons born outside Of Tennessee:
|, Disguise it as they may, the war
made upon Maj. Pettibone because
of his connection with Revenue
prosecutions was a war made upon
the official whose duties required
him to prosecute viOlatOrs of an Nh
popular law, and not because .ofany
abuses committed by him. Abuse or
wrong admits of specifications, YET
they have never been able to show
a solitary instance Of cruelty, op-
preston, eXtortiOn or abuse on the
part of Mai. Pettibone.. There are
no mor ~norgreater opportunities for
one occupying his position to. wrong
the people, than for one of Our own
Circuit prosecutors not as Inany.
The Federal, grand and-petit juries,
/ drawn;from among our W people,
are responsible for any abuses com
mitted there. 1t is true that the
deputy marshals have been guilty
of many gross outrages, but the u.
S. Dist. Attorney and his assistants
are no mole responsible for their.
acts than Attorney-General Fain is
responsible for the misconduct; of Il
Greene equity deputy-sheriff..h
They call him a carpet-baggef,
when his only fault is that he; was
not born in Tennessee. Honest,
,kind-hearted, scholarly, eloquent, an
able lawyer, Il good citizen, moder-
ate in politics-are these the dis
tinguiShing traits Of a ~carp6tbagf
gers In every Southern. tOwnand
city will be-feund men. of Mai. Petit
bones class, and they are respected
and valued and the people whoknew
the real carpet-bagser neNeny oon,i
found the two distinct types of
Northern men. Nor would we haze,
done it had we not bartered priiici-
pies for expediency, and nominated
a boy who knew nothing of princi';
pies or. of history, and who cOuldI
only yelp.. .F'carpet-bagger,". and
''revenue ringster" and who failed
most wretchedly to advocate the
cause and to defend the history of,
our party.
>. For over five years Maj Pettibone
was my neKt-doOr neighbOr, .and,,I
have known him for fifteen years,
and+in all that time have, never Seen
an action nor heard a word: to hts
diScredit. as a;man raa gentleman,
and he is wOrthy:i every respect to
represent this District in Congress-,
and if Republican must represent
1t, he should be the CHOICE Of'evefy
Democrat, for of all our politicians,
he has ever been the most moderate
in tone and feeling. .
The South has given her pledge to
the Union and think that she has
endeavored to keep them. Peace
could not supplant anarchy in aday;
nor could government and society be
reconstructed in a week, or. a 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 brokens en-
enlargement and sympathy. are given
to its violators and the. officials whose
duty it is to enforce them by 'clliing
,violaters to account are abused and
prosecuted. Full citizenship is denied
to those who come among u.s. and
even after sixteen years residence in
our State the right of an adopted citi-
zen to-holds Office is violently assaied'l
because he is. not "a Representative
man" and this: in. the true-blue First
Congressional District of TenEe see!
boldly assert that no intelligent
man. can vote FOR r. L. Taylor and
Justify. his action to his own con-
science, because every intelligent
man III tits District knows that a,
Know-Nething, un-American spirit
,preyades. here to-day, in consequence
of Taylor's canvass Of two years ago;
that it has driven away many who
came to settle here and has given our
section All Infamous notoriety abroad
which has done us. an-told harm. andf
threatens great future EVIL: @,s.4
Tennessee has settled whole States
in the West and her colonies are
scattered through out the great
North west. ..
I She has given governors, generals
judges, congressman and legislators
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