Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-19
CONFIDENTIAL
KNoxy1.LE. Tenn. Juu

hNOANl-Lk, Tenn. June icO5.
TO Asssrs- II. Z " .Hynah. Russell B. Gibts, p Z.
Roberts, and Pleasant johnson:
Gentlemen The IN lersign, ID having been ap-
pointed committee Of The Opposition psSty fer
The county of Knox, with power to appoint sub
committees ia each civil district of the county. for
the purp Sc Of efeeting more thorough orgsniza-
tion Of he Iarty-snd knowing you be men Of
energy and discretion, aud having the Utmost con
fidence in your integrity and zeal in behalf Of the
principles Of our party. ha7e Appointed you com
mitiee for the MAeTIx L. MYsAFr's or Fourth Civil
Distrietof the county. And we viii expect you II
20 10 work Immediately, TO arouse the members OF
our party in your district TO proper feeling in
gard the present canvass, and TO do whatever in
your opinion will most tend to the drawing out Of
the full Opposition vote in your district and in any
otherwise aid the SUCCESS Of our ticket in the ap-
preaching election; TO effect this end, we will
pect YOU be the alert fren this time until the
el5ce OF the polls on the 4th day of August. We
have The promise before Of a most brilliant tr-
umph, If our friends throughout the State will oaly
do their duty. NErfEaLAND is making gallant
and glorious fight and will only need full vote to
make him Governor by an overwhelming majority
Lei all then 60 to work, CONTINUE to work up
to the lsst moment, thst no blame may rest upon
a. old Knox when the result Of the election is made
kuoSn. We would direct your notice to the follow
ing points, to which we hope you will give your i'm
IN diate attention and careful attention.:
lst Talk 10 every man, of our party, in your
district, and see that there is thorough organize
tion Of the party.
81. Make Immediately athorough canvass Of your
district that you nay report 10 US the number CT
voters in your district-hOw many of them are for
Nathtr.snd-how many fer Harris-hOW mlny
doubtful and at the same lime make a canvass in
regard to the Congressional candidates.
Sd. IF YOU FIND DOUBTFUL OR WATERING
VOTERS, LEARN WHAT INFLUENCES WOULD
PROBABLY AFFECT THEN, AND SEE THAT
SUCH INFLUENCES ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR
4th. See that every man inclined to vote for Meth
erls I'd or Maynard at the pells. Stimulate those
that are lukewarm, and see epecisly to the old and
in6rm that they provided with means Of getting
to the polls
5ih. Repcr! to us as soon as you have made the
canvass of your district, and at least every two
weeks from that time till the day of the election,
that we may know the state Of things in your dis
trict.
h. We would also suggest that should doubtful
voters be found in your distrist-0R DEMOCRATS
INCLINED TO VOTE FOR ANY CANDIDATE
UPON OUR TICKET, THAT THE FACT BE KEPT
QUIET, for should Democracy make the same dis
covery, every effort will be made to secure their
votes for the Democratic nominees. We beg you to
remember that the indifferent, the undecided the
WaVeriBg, and the infrm in the Slate, in each cleo
lion amount 20 many thousand votes and that if we
can secure these we sore to triumph. They
always constitute sufficiently large number TO turn
The observation-disclosures party is the most Gctive
during the canvass and the day of election in
securing these votes will succeed.
We beg you, also, to remember that we lost in
Knox county two years ago about Fix hundred votes
by of our party remaining at home threshiDg
wheat, &C.. &C, AND THAT MR.. MAYNARD WAS
NEARLY BEATEN By REASON THEREOF. Let
us be guilty of no such folly again Let us pcll
every vote of our party in the couaty. THE CHAR
ACTER OF OLD KNOX MUST BE REDEEMED
We have appointed a committee in every civil dis
trict in the county, and hope they will give these
matters their immediate and earnest attention
With the proper union of effort the State will be
Observation-Disclosures triumphsutly made Govern
ora msjority of Congressman elected-and the
Legislature secured.