Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-06
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
The Flag of the Union Cut Down
by the Democrats, Hated by the
Democrats.
& Nuisance to Democrats, Never
Raised or Followed by Demo-
Gratis.


Mr.. EDITOR: Democrats have much to
say about the s'bloody Shirt, they have
much to say about the war being over
they have much to say about the "loyal-
ty'' of democracy, they prate long and
loud about democratic patriotism All
these professions of democracy are simply
blatant hypocrisy, for facts speak louder
| than woIds, events are logic irresistible
| 1t is evident to any observing mind, that
even here in this mountain home of patri
| Otism. here in East Tennessee where
| LOYALTY lived ev n in the darkest days of
the rebellion that treason turks in the
heart of hearts of the democracy. In the
democracy of this district still lives and
flOurishes the same spirit that animated
the rebellion, and consequent bloody war.
The democrats are rebels still. They still
fe ID on the rubbish of the lost cause, and
grow IN the hot e that there is a day when
the democracy will secure, through fraud
aud corruption the control OF the gov
eminent. The animus of democracy is
| hatred to lOya ty, to the union OF states,
and the stars and stripes. Why should
| any one say this? Because this spirit Of
| eternal hatred which turks in democratic
| hearts maniiests itself in the actions of
| democracy IN the county Of johnson the
!
went to the 9th civil district, and cut
down and stole away the stars and stripes
thai was reared by loyal hands and was
proudly foa ing in the pure air of liberty.
| At johnson City democracy raised flag;
but it was not the flag of the union, it was
not the emblem of con ,titutiOu al liberty,
it was not such fla as all American could
clam protection under on a foreign shore;
it was made to play to rebel fancies and to
crafty the heat OF treason. IL had on y
ten stripes and fourteen stars. At ROg
ersville MIR. KIT Spears had the grand old
stars and stripes, without a star erased Or
Il stripe left off, floating over his door, but
when espied by TWO of these loyal o.
patriotic q Bob Tallor' democrats, who
were boarding with him (Spears) OF
course they quit. The names of these
loyal democrats are Walter Carson and
Richard Jones. A crowd of democrats
collected under this flag and cursed it, and
yelled for jeff Davis. dr. Spears or
dered them away. You may travel
throughout this state, and be at al politi-
ca meetings, and democracy will not
honor the flag Of the nation. Strong
democratic ], calities never have the fl
of the nation. Such facts may be taken,
and certainly are, the opponents of the
power III which dlslOyalty and treason
exist in dem cratic hearts. This hatred
to union ofstates, to the flag of the nation
IS being bred, inculcated and nurtured in
the hearts OF young democracy. 1t i:
treason trying to sap the foundations o1
constitutional iiberty; il is treason ekeing
out the life blood of the nation. Suct
traitors ought to he branded with the
word treason" on their foreheads, so that
they might net deceive the honest patriot
Let every patriot, every lover of liberty
brand such men as Infamous, for they arc
men unworthy to live among God free
men unworthy the blessings of liber y
unworthy of country ana ought to b,
denied a burying place on the soil dedi
Gated to liberty and baptized by the BLOOD
of patriots. AID their. names, like Ia
of Erostratus, should be Infamous, a Wort
Of Ioathing a I'd disgrace.
Yet, democracy is the party of reform
: the party of honesty, the party OF patriots
What would Washington or jackson
Or Lincoln, think of the patriotism of
man or party, that hates the flag of tn
t union? Language would be ia equat
t. express their contempt of such char
acter.
but, thank God, the stars and stripe
still float in grandeur o er he land of til,
free and home of the brave, nOtwithstand
ing democracy to the con rary