Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-11-01

The election is now close at hand, and it
is the duty of every voter to cast his ballot
understandingly, untrammeled and free
from any influence whatever, save those
which love of country and devotion to
principle would dictate No man can af
ford to sacrifice principle for the sake of
place, or support man whose principles
and practices are antagonistic to his own, no
matter what may be the inducements of
fered
1t is not only the right, but it is the SOL
emn duty of those who elect man to high
Office to rebuke him and hurl him from
power when he disgraces himself and dis
honors his supporters by his own shameful
conduct.
Then we should not support Judge Houk
for Congress for the following reasons;
l. Because he is confirmed drunkard
and has no control over his perverted and
Unsuitable appetites and passions.
2. He has repeatedly and openly viola
ted solemn pledges made to his friends and
supporters.
8. He has used unfair and disreputable
means to secure pension and keep himself
in power.
4. He has failed in the discharge OF
sworn duty, and absented himself from the
post of duty when most needed, thus neg.
lecting our interests and misrepresentine
his constituency.
3. He is using the basest means an6
vilest methods to advance his own interests
and conceal his own debauchery from the
people, and, by exaggeration and misrepre
pose upon them.
6. He is witfully and persistently under
rating Captain Rules strength and conceal
ing his own weakness.
Z. Having disgraced every position witt
which the people have honored him, ant
thus betrayed his trust, we can no Longer
rely upon any promises made by him.
8. He has utterly. untitled and disquali
fed himself for any Office by his own dis
reputable and reckless course.
9. He cannot expect the support of sober
moral men, and surely he would not, coul.
not hope to have temperance men and mem
bers of the church of Christ to lend hin
their aid, and thus bow the knee to Baal an,
worship his God
We should cast our votes for Capt. VIM
Rule, for the following reasons:
l. He was gallant soldier in the Unio
army and was honorably discharged.
2. His Republicanism is unquestioned
and he has advocated long and vaIiantly tn
principles for which he battled.
, 8. His character and standing in the com
munity are without reproach and fully en-
) dorsed by our best citizens, irrespective o
party
4. He is well qualified for the Office an
would discharge his duties faithfully,
elected.
Most encouraging news comes In from a
! over the district, and his election is now as
:, sured Our good people are becomin
: thoroughly aroused and are in dead ca,
nest.
They now fully realize that they cannc
afford to sacrifice principle, manhood an
. religion to crafty an ambitious, but drunk
> en- and disgraced demagogue.
s They cannot and will not support ma
who for drunkenness and profanity has bee
= locked up in common prison on the Lord
= day; for one who has been driven from
S first-ciass hotel in our capital for lewdness
g and who has otherwise made a secord whic
d has become a kissing and by-word wit
: good people all over the land.
= Every day adds recruits to the gallal
: army who are battling for truth and tn
, right, and on the 7th of November we wi
. pile up such majority against L. Campbe
e Houk and his practices, that it will be
: lasting rebuke to drunkenness and Gcent
J. BUSINESS in high places through all time
S come. Then, let us vote and work for Il
election of Capt VIM Rule and all is wei
II REPUBLICAN.
g October 81, 1882.