Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1847-08-26
THE PRESIDENT AT HOME.


The result Of the election in Tennesses a.
state IN which the President resides whe, (.
IS at home, and where he ought % Sc personal
ly popular, If any where's not axastlv ~
officially known, bu, 1t is so well nscsr,,,..,
as 70 leave nc room for donb, Fvsr 4.
1 Washington Union virtually comedies <.
i lection Of MIR. Neil S. Brown. The VIII, ~
didate for the office Of Governor IN. -.
! provokes some recolleciions, with oonss,a..
tons TO match. For instance. here !. = =
trac; from letter published in the rrn,~.N
bout month since. which shows how coas.
IDENTIFY the party Of the presidea, wen, ~
4 election -
"TEsSEssEE. July l6, ls47
| Our election is close at hand. Yon r..s
| have no fears of the result Governor pra,.s
will be re elected By an increased naiar,v
We shall have the Legislature. which NM,
por,ant, as Senator is to be elected an5I
shall be much surprised IL a Democra, Is -,
elected 10 Congress in the second dls,rIr,
| (Cock's) The Wings here say it they a,s
defeated this time. il will be their last fight !,
AfBHtSSSts w tlie We elluti ttt lfltfn TEST
peace, for they have been right troublesome
The reader must bear in mind that sGoyer.
nor Brown" means Aron V. Brown, the pre
sent Governor Of the state, who is the Demo.
cratic candidate.
But something more significant is afforded
in the annexed editorial paragraph, which we
cut from the Union some months ago. and
laid aside to be brought up when occasioa
should require. The occasion presents irseE
now, and we'reproduce the paragraph for the
heedful study of the venerable writer
"A candidature for the Governors chair Of
Tennessee, is no slnecure. II involves the
greatest exertions and sacrifices of personal
comfort The contest is now gong on. The
Democratic convention, which recently Assem-.
bled AT Nashville, has renominaied by acela
nation the present Governor. Aaron Y. Brown,
one Of the ablest statesmen and most accom-
plished debaters in the South. The Wig
convention has taken up Gen. Neil S. Brown.
OF Gates county, who is very liue distinguish
ed in Tennessee, and scarcely known beyond
her borders. The election takes place on the
9Th Of August. and the stump speaking has
already commenced, and by a series OF Joint
appointments between the candidates, the fire
is TO be kept up until the election. They are
TO have II meetings in April. IL in May
and sometimes on two successive days-l2 in
June, 20 in the month Of july, and meetings
on the I'd and 4th of August. The lists are
shifted TO the different counties, and yet the
candidates are compelled TO omit some ten or
dozen counties, which are situated too far 10
the right or left of the only line they could ae-
eomplish. They regret the necessity, and
sincerely trust their fellow citizens will excuse
visit they have not the power TO make"
Now the consideration" that suggests II
self runs in this wise. According to the Uni
ons own account the personal advantages in
the contest were all with the Democratic can
didate. He is zone Of the most accomplished
deba,ers in the South, "where, as we alIknow,
'.stump- speaking" IS in vogue, and knack
of tickling the popular ear from "the stump"
is of vast importance 10 candidate. HIS
competitor, on the other hand, was livery little
distinguished in thestate and Scarcely known
beyond her borders - and we have seen il hi
umphanly mentioned in the Union that as a
''sturnp orator" the Wing Brown was far in
ferior TO his Democratic namesake. Yet the
personal popularity and the oratorica. skill Of
Governor Brown have ayaied him nothing.
He is defeated by the comparatively unknown
Wing. What can be the reason? Ii mast
be the unpopularity of the measures and the
party with which Governor Brown is ldent-
fed The political dislike Of the Tennessee
people for their fellow citizen the President.
and their disapprova Of his acts as President
have been potent enough to ruin the otherwise
flatering prospects OF the Democratic candi-
date.--.N Y. Commercial.