Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-17
THE ''GALLANT CHIEF RE-
TURNS.
All Covered Over with War Pain,
He Wildly Yields His s.StaIwart
ARM and UnsheaIhes His
ssTrenchant Blade"

Arkn ana InSne3thes His
s'Trenchant Blade"
The gallant chief" of the ispa,ch
has returned. He has rolled up the
sleeves of his "stalwart arm" and with
his "trenchant blade' has commenced
to ''cut and carve" the fostering mass
Of villainy and corruption" that has
grown upon the body polite" while
he has been away at Nashville cutting
and carving at the excrescence of re-
pudiation which was about to mar the
beauty Of the great and glorious de-
mocracy, Of which he is The acknowl-
edged knight errant.
He takes up more than u column of
valuable space, in which his "tren-
chant blade" is unspsringly used in
cutting away all that is left of Sheriff
Reeder and the miserable radical"
party. He just shuts his eyes and
wades right in, regardless of logic
facts, truth. decency, propriety or CON-
mon sense, and when he had exhausted
his supply of billingsgate we fancy
that he eat down and, like Alex
snder of old, wept because there
were no more Reeders to
conquer, or rather that :he
must confine his diatribes to so mar
row field. We suggest that he take
down the files of his paper and search
his recent dissertations on the peni-
tentiary ring, the man who beat him
for Mayor, and mis- denunciations Of
the railroads, and see il he has not in
these choice productions used some
emphatic expletives that he may Eow
apply to our wicked sheriff, and the
wicked republicans who believe that
he did right in his recent decision
touching the sheriff's election. Or, if
he can not find the article he wants in
these, let him refer to the articles in
which hepoured his righteous iDdigna.
ton upon our city fathers on account
Of the Sunday laws-he may find some
terms there that would do the subject
| justice. But if after all he still pants
for something viler, dirtier and more
bitter, let him confine himself for a
week to diet OF gall, and see if his
naturally mild aud christian spirit cam
not be screwed up to the proper point.
AS he is a minister of the gospel, and
believes in the efficacy Of prayer, let
him in his daily devotions petition a
throne OF grace, for power and fuency
to curse all hardened sinners upon the
face of the earth who wickedly persist
in differing from his Immaculate con-
clusions.
And when he has done all this let
him strengthen his vivid Imagination
by reading the writings OF Baron
Munchausen, his great prototype, and
draw valuable lessons ia an art in the
study and practice Of which he is al.
ready proficient. And when all this
Is done, let him supplement the state
ment against Mr.. Reeder by few Jail.
birds, by going to the baudy-houses,
the gambling hells, the back rooms
of disreputable doggeries, and
finally to the penitentiaay
and see if he can't get some
certificates in tLese delightful resorts
showing that the sheriff of Knox
county acted fraudulently when h'
certified that Gossett was duly elected
as his successor. Let him cap tht
climax by reiterating his choicest pro
family and blackguardism as a clinch
er, and let this be done early and often
. Now that the gallant chief" has un-
, sheathed his "trenchant blade" an(
has raised his "stalwart arm," let al
the boys stand back and give hin
plenty of room. Let him cut anC
, carve and cry: clay on McDuff
damned be he who first cries hold
enough" II this doesn't give him re
lief his case is hopeless. But il h
: will in this way follow the natura
bent OF his mind until the dog day
have passed by and the autumn first
@ have come with their soothing effect
upon his over-heated brain, his valua
BILE life may be preserved, and hi
@ great services spared to expose all sort
of fraud and unrighteousness for th
benefit of future generations.