Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-02-06

c0nclaves and became one of the
chief conspirators. He hoasted to
leading Democrats that he had Gun
sheathed his sword and thrown away
the scabbard." When all the lead
ing Republicans at Nashville were
endeavoring to secure Harrison
withdrawal, knowing that the crisis |.
had come and that it must be May !
nard or Democrat, he gave COM |
fort to the enemy by declaring that |
he would prevent such withdrawal
if possible. What he did towards |
preventing it We do not pretend to
say, but we do know that it was
prevented, and we know that the
result was d Democratic Senator.
Reverse his published motto so as
to read: SO lrse'ves first, our party
next, our country last" and we
have Gibson in his purity.
But he did not stop with Mr.. May
nard's defeat for Senator. The
night after the election he remark
ed, in substance, to John K. Helms.
editor Of the Morristown Gazette 'we
have defeated Maynard in Tennes>
see. l am going to attend a meet j.
ing tonight for the purpose OF
taking steps to kill him off at Wash =
lngton." Now he has the cheek to
proclaim through his paper that the
Republican party was defeated be-
cause "principle was sacrificed to
person" He has the effrontery to
say that if Maynard had remained
in Washington city, and if Sanford
and Thornburgh and their subs had
remained at their respective posts Of
duty, we would now have Senator
elect from Tennessee" The devil
himself could not beat that. He
tells now a Republican Senator
could have been elected, and pre-
sumes to criticise men who were
f honestly working to secure that re-
suit, but his acts show clearly tina
he preferred Democrat rather
than see the man elected who wa!
practically the unanimous choice o
t Republicans throughout the State
e But we have said enough for Thu
= time. 1t is not our purpose to en-
9 gage in a personal controversy
This is purely political matter an
as such we propose to deal with il
2 When man who aspires to politica
n leadership tramples upon and defe
n the voice of the people, his acts ar
:. public property and legitimat
n subject for discussion. The RepuE
e licans of the State and Of the natio
10 are Indignant at the defeat Of NJ
lie Maynard and the party of which
d is an honored leader. and we PR
10 pose that they shall know where tt
re blame properly belongs. We sha
is do this fearlessly and we think
us the satisfaction Of every unprei
lis diced mind. We owe it to the Pc
or pie, and especially to the Repub
n cans of the State, to show up t
ais true character Of the conspirato
lst who, with piratcal intentions, ha
he sailed under false colors, with pla
zen 'prearranged and schemes predict
iay mined, to accomplish their supren
e's ly selfish ends, or if that could l
as, be done, to overthrow the party b
too base betrayal to the common enc
hat upon the eve of battle when a glt
; it Gus victory was just about to
rior achieved. This duty we shall
ONE deavor to perform, not for the p
,bli- pose of injuripg any individual.
for the general welfare of the coun
and of the Republican party.
rles, In addition to his ability, fde
mon and general efficiency as lie
}, 1t lator, Hon. w. H. Dawson,
men. Monroe, is also spicy newsp'
step correspondent. We make the
ID In lowing extracts from his letter
lated lished in the last number of
lay Loudon Journal:
that The vast time consumed in hnl
Iash- e eonu E,n n0 a., 1n1 oe,'ef bo'
the he O1gI t to make full code Cf
for his instruments, hence it Is
u W showers OF bills are preseI ted en-
g for IL al, ., were era ena,t-h, or to become
soul of the ea t..