Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-31
From, Greeneyllle.

MR.. EDITOR Last night the Gar
field and Arthur club, Of Greeneville,
was addressed by Mr: VIM. Rule, Of
Knoxville, upon the political issues of
the times. Mr.. Rule gave us an ele
CANT digest of democratic inconsisten.
cies, of democratic absurdities and of
democracy. He made an able speech
and showed that he was we'll posted In
political history. He elected frequent
applause. he is eminently mstterof-
fact man. He appeals to the better
Judgment of his auditors. Ihe repub-
ficans were all we'll pleased with MIR.
dress them again before the close of
the campaign. He left here this
morBing, in company with Capt. Joe
Hacker, for Caney Branch, where he
will speak to the Garfield and Arthur
club of that place.
| The republicans are alive in old
/ Greene. There are already sixteen
Garfield and Arthur clubs organized
In the county and 10 splendid working
order. There will be about ten more
organized In L0lS county.
The republicans will carry TINS
county for Maj. Pettibone by at least
/ 200 votes. and it may reach u msj nrlty
of 500. To this county there is large
element of original union men who
have been voiing with the democracy,
but thew fiud that the rebel element
has no use for them only to vote them,
and henceforth large proportion of
these "uuion democrats" so called
will vote the republican ticket. They
see that bourbon democracy seeks only
to establish by the ballot, through in
timidation, the shotgun and the rebel
brigadiers, what they failed to accom-
plish on the field of battle. No union
man can get q nomination at the
hands of democracy where it is posi-.
BILE to elect rebel. bourbon. shot
guDman, a ku.klux, a white liner, or 6
bulldCzar.
But as good luck will have it, these
: rebels always will show the cloveu
boot Wade Hampton stuck it out in
Virginia, Bob TOOmbs in Georgia
They are trying to hide 1t behind tb,
: blue coat and brass buttons of Genera
I Hancock. But Hancock, with all hi.
beef aud mutton, with his blue ant
3 button, is too thin to hide such mon
ster as democracy.
In this congressional district. they
D are trying to get behind Bob's RECORD
of being a union boy Who ''toted
bread tc the union men hiding il
saltpetre caves 10 time of the "wah,
r but that is not sufficient. Bob is to-
r small a man to practice fraud on tn
a good people of this district more thar
once. Bob has record now, demo
=, n h.
9 in favor of gathering the nation
=, ballot with the shot gun, and of in
h creasiug the vote by fraud. He is dow
on the record as companion Of tn
"brigsdiers." Republicans, be awake
Mai Pettibone is certain of a seat il
the next congress of the United Ststes
= His majority will not be lesr thai
, 1900 votes. The whole district is beip
thoroughly organized aad the republi
? cans are in earnest and are perfecti.
: harmonious. Msi. Pettibone wi
honor the position. He is a man G
/, talents, of erudition, of energy, indus
try and perseverance.
Though man who is not altogethe
r popular in his manner, yet on an ex
q tended acquaintance he never fails
:, win the respect and esteem of his assC
: ciates. Maj. Pettibone will take hig
rank as DICTATOR in the halls OF con
Q gress. and, il he lives, Will be mum
/ hered am ng the first statesmen {
Tennessee, and will become the prid
of his constituency. Yes, he will b
l more; in ten years. the name OF A. q
q PettlbOne will chime as star of tn
: frat magnitude In the constellation {
, American statesmen aud patriots
"Pettj50ne major coltnlnG y
GRADAsSO.
Greeneville, August IS 1880.