Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-22
THE CITY ELECTION.

On Saturday next the voters Of Nashville viii elect
a Mayor and Aldermen of the city. These cleo
tons haye not usually been made and never should
be made, political tests. 1t is, perhaps, impossible
entirely to exclude political feeling; because mem
bers of the majority party viii always, to some ez-
tent endeavor to arouse that feeling when it is TO
be used to their advantage. A gentleman Of the
minority party has been named in cOnnexion with
the office Of Mayor, in whose frmDess, integrity
and industry the whole community have entire con-
fidence. Almost the entire community also feel a
pressing necessity for a change in the management
Of the city's business. We hear but one objection
to the election of the gentleman above referred to
viz: that such result would be heralded as dem
ocratc victory in Nashville and that the UNION AND
AMrlacAS would erOw over it as such We doubt
the sincerity Of those who urge this objection We
believe it to be partisan trick only, designed to
frighten the timid and excite the prejudiced. They
who urge it strongest are those who most
strongly interested in maintaining the present order
of things.
We are ourselves toOdeeply interestedin the pros
periy Of the city to permit 50 bunging scare crow
longer to brighten those who are honestly imid. We
choose to set this matter at rest by the frank decla
ration that acknowledge the existence Of an anti
democratic majority in the city of Nashville. Our
opponents have the power to elect whom they please
The election Of Gen. CHEATHAM as Mayor would not
be democratic triumph, for the democratic party
Of the city have not the strength to elect him, if the
full vote Of those who are opposed to him should
be cast against him. We should, therefore, REGARD
his election a personal compliment to him, and as
evidence that the majority in Nashville is capable OF
rising above partisan political feeling in a city
election, involving matters Of high concern to thai
city andi its inhabitants but political result. As
such, and only such, should we regard the cleo
tion Of Gen. CHEATHAM.
This declaration will leave those of Gen CHEAT
HAMS political opponents who desire his election il
the belief that he viii make the best Mayor thai
could be selected free to vote for him, without fear
that Intercourse will receive political construction
unfavorable to the party to which they attached
This is all we had intended to say, when sar
down o write But as we write gentleman, himsel
a gallant participant in the glorious scene reminds
us that this day, and at the exact hour when we
Write-9 o'clock Of the DIST September-eleven years
ago, FRANK CHEATHAN led a company of Nashville
boys in the charge Of the Tennessee regiment al
Monterey and bears upon his person the glorious
sears of that bloody field. What he did then is re-
membered with q thrill of patriotic pride by every
inhabitant of our city. His brother officers, of al
grades have been remembered by their fellow-cit
zens. Taylor Campbell Anderson, Nixon, Foster,
and Others have filed and graced the highest posi-
lions in the gift Of the people reward for THEN
services With still another campaign, as Colonel
Of regiment of Tennesseans in the valley of Next
co, TO the close Of the war, FRANK CHEATHAN has
claimed nothing and received nothing from his
fellow citizens, beyond that afectionate regard and
respect which he could fail extort by his kind
ness Of heart, his humanity, and his gallant and
chivalrio bearing. His modesty even now would
have prevented him from acceding to the wishes #
his friends; but the appeals to him from all classes
and from all parties were too strong to be resisted.
As Mayor of the city he will exhibit those sterling
qualities which have distinguished him in every re-
lation of life. His election viii be a deserved
tribute to him. and an honor to the city, while viii
also give vigor integrity, and economy to the
administration of the city's affairs There ought
not to be doubt fthe result and we do not believe
there is