Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
A Voice from Hancock County-Demo'
cratic Dissatisfaction.


Democracy of the Fist District has all of
a sudden, through communication lined
by a Democratic pen. ~purporting to be
from Rogersville over the signature Of
"a Republican got wonderfully alarmed
at the strength and unanimity of the Re-
publicans Of the First Judicial Circuit,
and comments deliberately on the Hawk
ms county convention, And all! how
deeply sad aud grieved II feels 10 hear Of
dissatisfaction among Republicans, aud
how hard it strives to heal the wound;
but sad again 1t is for those partisans, for
whom 1t is trying to work up a boom that
there is nor cannot be any healing balm
manufactured or furnished by this cess.
pool or its understrapers, to deceive, en-
trap or blind. fold Republicans into voting
the Democratic ticket, especially by fraud
and false pretenses.
Still | am not surprised at this sort of
canvass, for their platform and policy,
State and national, is and has always
been simply a batch Of opposition, backed
by no principle, false, corrupt and con;
trary to good government, to education,
and avowed enmity toward labor; and
now, driven 10 desperation, on account Of
the present NAL. administration and result
ing hard times, they dare not defend it,
and having nothing else to fall back upon
they now resort to SANDER and attempt to
stultify the Republicans Of Hawkins
county because they helpedsto nominate
Brown and Campbell, whose sterling in
tcgrity, qualifications and devotion to the
Republican party will admit of no defeat
at the ballot box in August.
What do they care for Judge Hacker,
John Fain or any other Republican can
didate or voter? Just about what the
spider cares for the fly; get them into
their net and then devour them.
Judges Of the election, open and close
the polls legally, for they are then going
to halloo fraud. Justify and loud, and al
though buried beneath a large majority of
the popular vote they will resort to any
extreme technicality of law to secure that
which they most worship and less deserve
office.
To Republicans st. John and Burrow
write, 'rebuke the fraud'-that is, Re
publican nominees principles and policies;
in other words turn the rascals out and
put us in.
"This is not q political race" they say,
to trusted and tried Democrats, "Our side
will win If we can succeed in playing the
game right. Boost the thing up-write
letters 10 the Comet and Rogersville Re.
rier saying that we are all right your way.
OF course VIC must keep politics out Of ii
as much as possible; but, after it's over,
if we are elected, verify you shall have
your reward"
What does this mean Republicans? Irr-
pressibly the answer comes, we are sorry
you have the elective franchise right, but
as you have II, we will resort to any
means to get your vote-thcn, thou fool,
go thy way.
When Democracy has a majority, as in
the supreme bench of the State, q strong
4 bourbon ticket Is thcfvrder Of the day
but in the minority they say. ooh! nc
politics in it." My notion is, they had
better be looking after the gross fraud In
the person of Snodgrass who they propose
craming down the Threats Of East Tennes
see Tories.
7 Now as to the Hawkins county conven.
5 ton, 1t Is over, and the Republicans are
l satisfied and united on the ticket, and
don't propose to be dictated to by Demo
cratic tricksters. To say'that the conven.
ton was dictated and controlled by two OF
} three men is q lie patent on its face as will
be seen by their united vote for the ticket
in August. The Comet puts 1t to wit;
Campbell's brother in.law the chairman
and others specified were Federal soldiers
in the 9Th Tenn, cavalry, and drawer.
truer men to their country during and
since the war never shouldered amusket.
/ have taken pains to know the situa.
ton, and this is what / find: Was that
Comet letter written by a Republican?
Echo answers, no; principle answers, no;
integrity as a Republican answers, no;
common decency answers no, and patriot.
ism to the Comet answers, no.. Now the
query arises, by whom were st. John and
Burrow nominated? By Republicans?
Nay, verify; and they are just as far from
getting Republican votes as they were
from being nominated by n Republican
convention, or anything that savors Of it.
They are partisan bourbons whose bitter.
ness knows no depth. How come st. John
Chancellor? Elected by the people? No,
nor never will be. He got his appoint
ment from Gov. Bate, caused by the death
of our Republican friend II. G. Smith
who was elected by the people and whose
position was filled by appointment with o
partisan Democrat from n Democratic
Governor-still there is no politics in II.
The fact Of it Is st, John and Burrow
were too unpopular to go before q respec-
table district Democratic convention, but
they are before us as the candidates Of
Democratic sink-hole or midnight con
ventions, and they arc thus allowed to run,
the Democracy knowing there is not q
ghost of a chance for them.
Now, fellow Republicans, they are
making the same fight on us in the August
election that they will in the congression-
al and rubernaterial In November and