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Show history and attitude of parties, the more clearly they will see that Republicanism Republican-ism means the protection and encouragement encour-agement of every iute'rest they haye. THE CONVICT MINERS. The Ilemocratic state of Tennessee works its convict burglars, felons and murderers in competition with the honest hon-est miners in that state. Disheartened by numerous vain appeals ap-peals to the Democratic majority, the miners have recently been led into the error of trying to remedj' by force an evil which they have not yet been able to romedy by their votes. Yesterday the militia, under the orders or-ders of a Democratic governor, turned gatling guns on the miners, and today the coal campainthe vicinity of Knox-ville Knox-ville are in a state of war. We do not believe that it is right for capital or labor to take the law into its own hands and appeal to force. But ue invite workingmen to look upon a party that is overwhelmingly powerful in Tennessee and that chooses to use its convicts as laborers in competition with honest men. The Times does not believe in the employment of convict labor in square competition with free aud honest labor. Neither does the Republican party, which has everywhere established the most favorablo conditions toward labor that could be put into law. Tho more workingmen look into the |