Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-29

KIsospoRr. july %. 1859.

hIkGsPoRT July 70, 1903.
EDfrons or USfos AND AMsRIcAN: The caadi-
dates for Governor addressed large number Of the
citizens Of Sullivan and Hawkins counties at this
place to-day. This being tae birth place Of Col.
NETHERLAED, be was met and escorted to the hotel
by band Of music and some forty or fifty citizens
though music seemed to have no power to inspire
the Colonel his friends. He looked the very pic
ture Of disPair, and all could plainly read in his
face (what he would have gladly conceaed) that he
felt and knew ne was beat, and badly beat.
At 4 o'clock the Colonel led off in the hscknisd
TRADE of denunoiatiOn Of Mr.. BUcH2NAN-grumb-
ling complaint Of extravsgant expenditures, and
unrestricted banking system, commoa to the OppO-
sition orators ofthe day upon each of which points
the answer of Gov. HARRIS was not only tsium-
plant, but positively crushing, carrying dsmsy and
terror into the camp of the Opposition. Having
disposed of Col Ns. whole speech in about half an
| hour, the Governor then proceeded to show to the
satisfaction of all present, that the leaders Of The
! Southern Opposition and Northern Black Republi-
ems had sOlsmny contracted union of those two
elements Of Opposition, the only means Of s;rik-
ing down the Democratic party and getting the con-
troll Of the government into their own hands, aud
with great effect appealed to the masses not to be
transferred into any such unhOly and reasonable
alliance.
The Governor then took up Col. Ms. legislative
record, and showed with telling effect that while
the Colonel was willing, by his Tariff policy, TO tax
the axe, the plough the hat the boot and the blank
ct of every man in Tennessee and by his direct tax
alton policy, was in favor of taxing the poorest
acre of land, the humblest home Of the hum
blest citizen Of the State he was opposed TO taxing
pleasure carriages, the capital ofths note shaver
By his vote, he said to the note shaver. notWith
standing the fsct that you receive at the hands of
the government the same protection extended TO
other men-OotWithstanding the fact that you use
the institutions of the government the courts Of the
country in the collection Of your claims, an hun
dred fold more than the farmer yet will tax every
farmer in the State to support that government for
your protection and convenience, while you, The
nots-shqUsr, the favored pet of Col NETHEaLAND,)
shall not be taxad single cent. Aud when that
nOte-shaver chances to have an execution against
the humble and unfortunate farmer Co.. NEITHER
LAND says to that farmer by his vote in 1888, tie
shaver shall not be delayed in the collection Of his
debt he shall have the pOwertO sell your last hoe,
your last axe, and your last plough-aud thus de-
prive you of the means of making bread.
Col. NErHERLAND in his rejOinder. made loving
appeal his old friends and nsigh5ors, (le over
whelming majority of whom will vote against him,
and ss set-Of to his class legislation, charged that
Gov. HARRIS had, in 1885, voted against increasing
the pay of the soldier In reply to which Gov.
HARRIS said that he voted against bill in 1850,
which proposed to increase the standing army in time
OF peace, from 10000 to $4,000 men, and which
gave to the new and raw recruit bounty over and
above the pay that the old soldier vas re-
ceivng. That he voted against the bill for two rea-
sons: first, he opposed to increasing tae stand
ing army in time of peace, and secondly, he was
opposed discriminating between the soldiers of the
regular army, giving to boy who joins the stand
ing army to-day more pay than the soldier who has
proudly maintained the rights honor and flag Of his
country on the battlefield, was receiving. Hesaid
the pay of the rank and file should be uniform, and
if Determinations made at all, they should be
made in favor of the soldier who has severed the
country, and not the recruit who has never seen
battlefield. He said his competitor did him great
Injustice in his representations of that bill that
he could not get his competitor t. read the bill to
the people, orthe Opposition press przt it, because
they know that it would refute their gross misrepre
sensations of it. He said tina. the Opposition press
aud class of little crossroads politicians, have
been Industrious in their Misrepresentation of his
vote on this question. Some represented him as
having voted against increasing the Of the Hsriean
soldier; others, having voted against increasing
the pay of the Tennessee U9Iuateer In answer to Gil
Of which gross Misrepresentation, and all other
representations of this matter other than the bill
as explained by him as above stated he said we're
utterly false, and s-men vAo make them are gully Of
SciLfuI deliberate and uamigGted falsshood He said
the Mexican war had been over three years when the
bill was introduced, and had no earthly connection
with it. Notwithstanding which glowing pictures
of that war were luggei into the discussion of this
question By his competitor for the purpose of Great
ing false impression upou the public mind. Gov
HARRIS said his policy had been just and liberal
10 the soldiers that he voted in 1850 to give to the
Mexican soldier bounty land, in addition to his pay
aud had been arraigned for that too. He said he
wanted the people tc understand that he justified
his votes, and would give them again under the
same circumstances: This charge recoils on Col.
N. wherever it is made
At the close of the discussion the Governor had
most beautiful wreath of flowers thrown over his
head by the ladies, which honor be acknowledged
in very appropriate terms, and Democracy went off
rejoicing. You may look out for Democratic ma
jOrity of at least 100 from OLD SULLIVAN.
RoGERsyILLE, July 25, 1859.