Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-14
The SeyfaryiIla Sneakinr

Nh. EDITOR Last Monday, the 9th of
October, was the day announced for O. P.
Temple to speak to the good citizens of
Sewer, and quite number were there to
hear him. And Rev. j. A. Ruble was there
to ask division of time. But from some
cause Judge Temple failed to make his ap-
pearance- His friends say he was sick
Some Sewer Countians are want to say that
there may be some other reasons why Judge
Temple did not meet his appointments. 1t
may have been because he knew he would
have to meet the Rev. Mr. Ruble, or it may
be that rebel speech he made at Sevierville
at the beginning of our late civil war, when
he advised our people to submit
to the Southern Confederacy and
go into the Southern army.
The good people of OLD loyal Sewer did not
take the judges advice then, neither do we
think his advice any better now, when he
advises us to vote for Judge Houk, with his
terrible moral record. But Dick Austin was
sent to speak in Judge Temples place, and
he and Mr.. Ruble agreed to divide time,
Mr.. Ruble opening the discussion with
forty five minutes speech, mildly setting
forth the charges against Judge Houk. He
said Judge Houk had promised him if he
would give him his support that he would
not get drunk again, and if he did he would
never ask him DOR the people to support
him again, and Judge Houk asked him to
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and since Judge Houk had so often violated
his promise, he (Ruble) could not support
him any longer, He said he had no personal
war to make on Judge Houk, but he was
fighting for principle.
After Mr.. Ruble closed his speech, Colo
mel Austin was introduced to the audience
by our Circuit Court clerk Mr. Chandler
And for one hour and ten or fifteen minutes
he poured forth his stream of eloquence in
defence of his lord and master, "a. Camp
bell" And certainly succeeded in making
very deceptive speech, trying like Mr..
Houk, to draw the attention of the people
away from his masters record. Col Austin
tried at some length to array prejudice
against Mr.. Ruble on the ground that he
was minister of the Gospel, and it was his
duty to preach the Gospel to Sinners, and
not to fill the place of politician. To this
Mr.. Ruble replied he was native horn
East Tennesseean and fought for his coun-
try, and had as good right as any one to
say who should go Congress. And besides
that the Ten Commandments were a
part of the gospel. And one of them said:
Thou shalt not bear false witness" And
Mr.. H6uk had borne false testimony in that
calaboose speech, therefore he had a right
to take this command to preach to Mr..
Houk. Mr.. Ruble said he had never heard
but one man say that he believed Houks
calaboose story. The writer of this has
heard of one other, a delegate from the
18th district of Sewer County to the Houk
convention at Knoxville, and after his re
turn he was talking to his people, and say
ing they had treated Houk very bad at
Washington, for they had tried to ''pizen"
him.
Col Austin said we ought to accept of
Houk, because he was the choice of the
people. To this Mr.. Ruble replied that it
reminded him of the story of the negro who
was brakeing a brindle steer, and had
line fastened one end to the steers head,
the other wrapped around his
wrist, and the steer ran away
with him, and he wanted to pray, and could
not think of anything else to say, so he said,
Lord make us thankful for what we are
about to receive" So the Houkites want
us to take Mr.. Houk, and be thankful for
what we are about to receive. God deliver
us from such reception. And Col Austin
said, that when Mr.. Houk had an Office for
my one he did not go to Knoxville and
take one of Judge Bakers sons, nor none
of the sons of the rich, but he came to the
mountain counties and took your native sons
and gave them Office.
This Mr. RuhIa ranliad hat wi Mr.
Houk had two thousand dollar Office to
give to some one he Mr.. Houk) did not go
to the counties in his own district and take
a native born man, but went to the State of
Alabama and took his friend Col. Austin
and gave it to him.
Colonel Austin held up the
supplement to the Waterman and
asked Mr.. Ruble if he endorsed that picture
of Mr.. Houk's in the calaboose. MIR. Ruble
answered that he did not endorse the orig
lnal, and said it was common for friends 10
have their pictures taken together, and he
proposed that Col. Austin sit down beside
Houk's picture in the calaboose and let an
artist take their pictures together, and said
what was joined together in the assistant
door-keeper and Congressman let no man
put assunder. Mr.. Ruble displayed much
tact and ability in presenting and answering
arguments. He unmasked Col Austin's
decepnous arguments and bloody shirt
filings
Col. Austin read letter purporting to be
from Policeman Henery. In that letter
Mr.. Henery does no more than what Mr..
Rule or numbers of his friends would do
to recommend Mr. Houk's Republicanism
But Mr. Henery did not say that Mr.. Houk
was not in the calaboose. So with all
Judge Houk's Northern letters. They
speak highly of his Repubicanism,
but say little or nothing about his moral
character. A man may be a good Republi-
can, but morally he may be devil. 1t is
on moral principles we are rejecting Judge
Houk, not on political principles Colonel
Austin was forced to the wall and compelled
to admit that personally he did not know
whether the charges against Judge Houk
were false; thereby virtually admitting they
might be true. l submit this to all candid
men, if Judge Houk has not had several
months to bring forward his proof of in
nocence. And the simple fact of his fail
ing to bring the proof, when the charges
have been damaging to him from the be-
ginning until now, is sufficient to show the
proof cannot be given, for it is even now
full late for him to bring his proof. Judge
Houks friends are fixing to have a grand
rally at Sevierville next Monday They
are having flags made for the occasion. A
drowning man will catch at straw
A CITIZEN.
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