Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-04-22
WNLOW TRIUMPHANT.

The bitter struggle is ended. The
people have spoken. Their verdict is
recorded, and from that verdict, as far
as the Republican party is concerned,
there car be no appeal. The fnality
is to Mr.. Brownlow and his friends
what A%ppomattox was to the Union
army-a most decisive victory-to Mr..
Anderson and Mr.. Milburn and their
friends what Waterloo was to the
battalions of France-a clear sweep
from the field. But this defeat to the
defeated candidates does not mean
what Waterloo meant to Napoleon
humiliation. They exercised the right
of every American citizen-aspiration
for the public service. And if in this
ambition, which has failed 30 far as
the present is concerned, they bore
Themselves like men, eschewing all
that was d~ishonoriDg, they have won
the confidence and respect of the peo.
pie, and their future is still a horizon
of hope. In selecting the candidate
it deemed the most worthy and capa.
BILE, the party has said to all with an
unmistakable emphasis that it has
high and glorious rewards for the
worthy and capable, be they who they
may, Mr.. Anderson, Milburn or any
body else
With the close of the struggle all
passion and prejudice-all illwill and
unfriehdliness should vanish like the
shadows before the sunburst of the
morning. W. are still one party with
the same principle, the same hope and
the anne destiny. We should meet as
brothers-not as warning factions
under the outstretched wings of the
angel of peace and reconciliation, lift
high again the old party banner EN-.
blazoned with fadeless splend dor of a
glorious past, sing the same old songs
of triumph, and with arm to arm, feet
or the same battle line and guns point
ing in the same direction, fight for
new victories. The Republican, whose
heart does not leap and bound and
throb with this sentiment is unworthy
of the name, a discredit and curse to
his party and deserves political ostra-
cism and humiliation.
Mr.. Brownlow has no enemies to
punish, except in that way which will
heap Goals of fire upon their heads and
drive the red hot steel of remorse
through their hearts. Naturally, he is
a man without hate, malice or a spirit
of revenge. These low born qualities
would ill become him now as the
crown of an exalted honor is just be-
fore him. They would tarnish the
glory of the triumph he has won. They
would be a stain upon his personal
character. They would be a reproach
to every man that supported him in the
primary.
Whilst Mr.. Brownlow will be the
impartial and unbiased servitor of all
the people his gratitude to his staunch
and persistent friends will be intense
and lasting. He is just like any other
man, he will trust no enemy, but unlike
most other men, he will do him on
wrong, but a kindness when it IL asked
for. So no nan need fear the people +
choice for Congress. If he does, it is
the suggestion of his own guilty con
science, it is the ghost leering and
peeping out of the grave he himself
dug for Mr.. Brownlow.
Of the election of the Congressional
nominee there can be no doubt. His
majority will be unprecedented, and
he will be one of the most valuable,
influential and efficient members of
Congress ever sent from this District.
He will execute the trust with rare in
~telligence, signal fidelity and an eye
to the general welfare.