Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-07-29
Feom the Nashyille Trne Whir.

just now, by democratic prints, all over the
State, to fix censure upon Major Henry, for de-
clining to speak here, on Monday night, after he
had spoken at Gallatin, on Saturday Like a
Rolling ball Of snow, or the story of the 'three
black crows, the farther it travels, the larger it
grows. The Chattanooga Advertiser gives it
form and proportions as follows:
Many suppositions might be made to appolo-
gise for the course pursued by Major Henry in
refusing to address the laboring classes of that
city who could not be present at the regular
speaking, but nOEe, we can conceive OF, seems
to meet the emergency of the case. Are not
the laboring voters worthy Of notice?
This is a little the smallest specimen of poit-
ical electioneering we have ever known to be
praeticed, on-so large scale, in canvass for
Governor Of Tennessee.
The insinuation here put forth that Maj Hen
ry was ln'cilitng to address the laboring class
es' or any other "class" voters in this city, is
rankly and inexcusaby UNJUST Here, where
the facts are known in reference to getting up the
invitaton-the activity of Democratic partisans
to get signatures to it for publication, Gtter it
was klo'cn that Henry and johnson had anutu-
ally agreed not to speak--the request made of
johnson at the stand, after that agreement, to
say that he was willing to speak II Henry would,
&c. &e., all stamp the transaction as a move
ment perverted into an illiberal, petty partisan
maneyre, which should carry along with It its
own utter condemnation and rebuke, in the esti-
nation of every candid and fair minded man.
We repeat, here, where all these things are
well known and understood, together with the
fact that large proportion Of the signatures at
tached to the published letter Of invitation were
neither laborers or mechanics-that some Of the
signers were present at the discussion in the
day tme-that names were attached to the let
ter without the knowledge or consent of the par
ties-the utterly unjust charge that he was an
aciiliRg TO address the mechanics and laboring
men here can do him no injury whatever. We
are unwilling to believe that the chivarous and
justiceloving people of Tennessee will entertain
so unjust an aspersion, to his prejudice, in any
part of the State.
The truth is, that Major Henry's health and
strength, at that time, were such that he was
ttaGLle to make an additional Speech outside of
the regular list of appointments, with any show
OF justice to himself or his regular and previ-
Ously existing engagements. Here, on the very
day this transparent scheme was on foot, and
before the letter was presented at the stand it
was seen and known by the large crowd present,
hot ba Rod t,,lo 4,
speak out his full time-and in Gallatin, on
Sunday, after speaking there on Saturday, he
was confined to his bed, under the treatment of
physician, when managing democratic parti-
sans, 1t seems would have had him travelling
back here, twenty-five miles to speak till twelve
o'clock on Monday night, then travel thirty miles
the next morning and speak again at Lebanon,
the thermometer ranging daily at about SO de-
grees in the shade.
To have actually performed the labor thus
generously cut out for him by democratic parti-
san managers, would have endangered not only
his health, but his life. 1t would most likely
have prevented him from filing his regular APP
pointmentS in East Tennessee, where the Union
and American would have US believe it is anx-
ions he should meet johnson in debate, and for
which end it prays so ardently. At Lebanon,
after resting the greater part of two days, Sun
day and Monday, he went from q sick bed to
the stand, and was unable to remain and reply
it possible, that knowledge of these facts
had any influence in inducing the Union and
American to give place in its columns about
that time, to the prediction" which it says, it
had "often heard' made, that Henry acould
"take sick" about the time he had to cross over
the mountains to go into East TENNESSEE
Thank Heaven, the mountain air, upon the con-
fines Of East Tennessee, appears to have exerted
a most salutary and invigorating influence upon
his health and strength which had fully recov-
cred when we last heard from him in the "Swit- |
zerland of Tennessee" where he was larriipping
Andrew Johnson's political heresies, most beau
tifully.
These facts are sufficient to show the mon
strous wrong done him, by those who would at
tempt, for party purposes, to fix censure upon
him as being unwilling to "address the laboring |
classes" because he did not speak here second
time-for not doing, in short, what he was phys
ically unable to dol Instead of injuring him,
with any one it should rouse his friends, ofevery
class and vocation in life, throughout the whole
State, to redoubled exertions in his behalf to
signally rebuke the monStrous injustice thus
against him, by giving currency to
such reprehensibIy illiberal and unwarrantable
Impressions Is this democratic justice? Is
his democratic magnanimity? The masses Of
The democratic party, we are quite sure, will not
50 receive it, or any way sanction and endorse it
for themselves.
The aspersion here sought to be cast upon
Major Henry, as man and a politician, is fully
md triumphantly met by him, in his remarks on
he mechanics lien law at Gainesborough-
rom the published sketch of which we here
luote as follows:
"But the attempt was made to prove that he
vas hostile to the mechanics. Nothing could
,e more false. He was their friend, as the
verdict of his neighborS at home
would testify, and as their votes for him IN l843
'roved when this same question was raised
-galnst him, and he received larger majority '