Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-05
farmer, who has struggled all his
life with poverty's wolves, instead
of feeding from golden spoon.
PETTTBONE AND TAYLOR.
Taylor was Forced, after he had
Made Twelve Speeches. TO Come
Ont n Democrat.

Mr. EDITOR: At Arcadia Mr.. Taylor
said for the first time in this canvass that
he was a democrat and always had been
one. At Elizabethton he in the most EN-.
phatic manner denounced the cardinal
doctrine of the party, that of state soVer-
eighty. He said the man who would
''resurrect" the question of state
sovereignty" was traitor to himself, q
traitor to his country and traitor to his
God At Church Hill he declared that the
question of state sovereignty" had been
settled by the sword, and had gone down
forever, and nobody was advocating it.
Mr.. TAYLOR is not posted in the politics Of
his own party. Senator Whyte, Democrat,
on May 2lst, 1879, sad: Sovereignty Is
lodged with the states where 1t had lie
home long before the constitution was
created. The constitution Is tins
| creature of that sovereignty. Inc Ieoeral
| government has no part or lot IN lhis Fas'
| mss OF Inherent sovereign power anu us
| interference Herewith Is utterly unWat-
ranta0le,
! Senators Wallace, Williams and Msxey,
! AL advocated the doctrine of state soyer-
| eighty ut the same extra session OF con-
| grtss. Mr.. Taylor IS certainly either y
/ weakened democrat, or one not informed
| rs to the cardinal doctrines and teachings
| If ii long line of lllustrious statesmen
SIR Taylor further hsrps, that he got
| 5000 for the Improvement OF the CIlnch
river. 81. OJJ for the French Broad, and
an order for the survey of the
Holston as far as Union, and the promise
40 % for its Improvement. He says, l
am for internal improvements; | stand on
the plank with Clay and Webster, but they
were not much democrats" Msjor Petit
bone urged that this was republican doc
trine aud that he had urged it two years
ago, and stated that Calhoun opposed such
| doctrine and that President Polk vetoed
the river and harbor bill, Pierce did the
same, and President Buchanan vetoed a
| bill fer the Improvement of rivers. Bob
! breaches republican doctrine and swears,
| since Pettibone forced him to
! that he is democrat and always has been
| one
Mr.. Taylor said: PETIT bone, you are con-
nected with the revenue ring and you can
not get out Of it. | will put it on your
back and no man can carry, in this district,
the revenue ring and live. Maj. Pettibone
showed in an able manner, that he was not
en- officer of the revenue department and
that he had nothing to do with it. He
showed that Mr.. Taylor branded
| all the grand juries of the federal
court and nll the petit juries
! and the Judge as perjurers, and all yielding
| to PettiDone's say So. He asked Mr. Tayl or
why be did not repeal the revenue law;
| that his party was in the majority in both
| houses of congress. He proved that Taylor
had tried to get q position in the revenue
department as still cutter" Taylor abuses
others for doing what he tried to get to do,
to be revenue raider. Taylor says he is
for abolishing national banks, but he pro-
vides no substitute. He is for taking all the
tax off of brandy, all off of whisky but few
cents, and is for taxing incomes. He says the
bondholder pays no tax; that W. II. Van
derbilt receives $490, Co every ninety days,
IS interess on his bonds He says he is in
favor of taxing all incomes over 81, 600 5
per cent
Mai. PettboDe showed that Sherman, by
resumption had been enabled 10 exchange
bonds bearing per cent. interest for bonds
bearing per cent. interests and that where
W. II. Vanderbilt received 81, coo in in
terest on per cent. bonds, he now received
only $GG62, thereby saving $685. to the gov
eminent where Mr. Taylor's policy would
only give an income of $50. What states.
manlike idea 1884 against $50, or where
w. Ii. Vanderbilt had an income of SO, co.,
0 0he now only had an income of 81, 600, 600.
Wise men would prefer Sherman's policy
to Bob's on the bond quest OF.
More anon. ALEXIS.
Septem Der, 10Th, 1880.