Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-27

policy has. always been to put none on
guard but Simon pure Browplow men.
1t matters little how devoted and true
a man may have been to the Republi-
can party, If he does not fully ally
himself with Brownlow and his fac
ton, and obediently bow to their be.
hests in all things, he will be denied
all participation in the management of
the party, as we'll as in the distribu-
ton of the spoils. Boss Brownlow de-
mands that every Republican shall
vote for him and his pet candidates on
election day, but voting must end his
participation in the councils of the
party unless he he a Brownlow man,
pure and simple"
A complete refutation of this elon
gated string of robust falsehoods and
puerile accusations lies in the fact that
Hon. NJ. Nj. Fitzgerald, a strong Mil.
burn man, was nominated for Senator
in the Second Senatorial District at the
johnson City Convention. Mr.. Fitz-
gerald was completely in the hands Of
Mr.. Brownlow and his pets, "and had
they 80 desired and willed it, he would
have returned to his home q badly
battered and shattered candidate. But
they had no bossism to assert, no ven
geance to wreak, no malice to crafty.
This iridescent purveyor of rot and
nonsense, in the flamboyant aud con-
ceited style characteristic of the man
who imagines that he has some secret
worth telling, proceeds in a gruesome
attempt to SOW the seeds of discord and
precipitate q rupture. This is the clos
ing paragraph of his screed:
about 5000 Republicans and Demo-
Gratis voted for Brownlow in the late
primary election, and about 1000 Re-
publicans voted for Milburn and Ander-
son. Most candidates, situated as
Rrownlow is, would have been very
cautious and concilatory to ward these
10000 loyal and true Republicans, who
supported Milburn and Anderson. but
such is not Boss B%rownlow's policy.
He says to his henchmen, boys, we
have got them down, let us keep them
down. The Milburn and Anderson
men of the First Congressional District
are thinking, and some Of them have
ever gone so far as to ask the question,
shall we bow the knee to Baaly There
were 1000 found at one time in Israel,
who had not bowed the knee to Basl.
There are $4,000 Republicans in the
First Congressional District who may
yet conclude not to bow the knee to
Boss Brownlow."
1t is a fact that in the late Congress
sional canvass Mr.. Brownlow did not
have as his most active opponents the
men who had been HE most aggressive
enemies in the past-the men who had
charged him with "bossism," and "a
desire to rule or ruin the party; but,
OH the contrary, he had to fight as his
most bitter foes the men who had re.
ceived most substantial favors at his
hands, and in a large measure, owed
what political prestige they have en-
joyed to him. While he was spending
his time and devoting his abilities to
secure political favors for them he was
all right, a patriot pure and simple,
and nothing too good could be said of
him. But now that the people have
had an opportunity to express them.
selves as to his worth and deservings,
and have chosen him as their represen-
tative in the contest to occur this fall
in the First Congressional District, all
their admiration has turned to con.
demnation and their estimate of him
as a leader and a safe counsellor
changed to hate and bitterness. Now
that the party has chosen him as their
standard bearer and are giving him
such unsellish and magnanimous sup.
port, he has become u BOSS" a mere
partisan, governed only by selfshess
and vindictiveness. Out upon such
folly.
This is the wall of a place hunter,
from whose vision the pie counter has
faded forever.
The CALLED jade" should not vince
SO vehemently and uproariousIy be
fore the pnblic. The public has a cold
shoulder, a marble heart an icy hand,
and takes no interest whatever in the
private grievances of individuals.
The purpose of this letter is perfectly
apparent In whose interest and for
whose qualification it was written can
be discovered without any supernatural
aid. The writer belongs to a class, and
is the tool of a class, who have foment.
ed strife and made divisions in the
party in this District, and it is the in
tention to do 80 again if possible. But
they have 40 influence nor standing.
They have brought discredit upon
themselves by their treachery, treason
to the party, and disreputable methods
employed to accomplish their selfish
and nefarious ends. They have no
politics above their own greed and no
party patriotism above their own ad
vancement. The people are united
against them and their race is run.