Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-30
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rooms,
NASHVILLE, July %, 1859,

and publish the circular DelOW, as IOllOWS:
10 ACTIVE WORKING FRIENDS OF THE OPPOSITION
IN TENNESSEE.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rooms
NASHVILLE, July %, 1859.
FRIENDS: We have a cheering message for
you; but we think it expedient that all knowl-
edge of the actual revolution in progress.
should. at present, as far as possible. be kept
from the Democratic leaders. We now have
very full information from nearly the whole
field of conflict, and we are filled with conf
dence that We will elect an Opposition Gov
ernor, Legislature, and more than a majority
of Congressman
We addressed letters to leading friends in
every county, requesting reliable information
of the state of the Canvass in their respective
localities, which letters having been generally
responded to, we deem it our duty now to
give you the substance Of the information
thus elected
East Tennessee seems to be in q blaze of
enthusiasm for Netherland, which seems to
be carrying along with it our candidates gen.
orally in an unusual triumph. Letters from
various quarters of that division assure us
that they are confident of giving to Neither
land a gain of not less than five thousand
votes East OF the mountains, and that they
will make net gain of five members of the
Legislature, and carry all three of the Con-
gressional districts in that division of the
State.
OF Middle Tennessee, we must speak lit
tie more in detail. We believe that Neither
land will gain near thousand votes in the
Hermitage Congressional District alone-fve
hundred of this will probably be made in
Davidson county. He will gain largely in
the 4th, 9th and 9th Congressional districts.
From the 9TH, (Wright's,) we have only par
tial information, and fear that our friends are
M in, tha q
Humphreys, Hickman, Perry, Hardin and Nc
Marry. Still we are sanguine that Netherland
will gain in Middle Tennessee from 3 to 4 thou
sand votes. We expect TO carry three Con-
gressional districts in this DIVISION electing
Quarles, Stokes and Hatton,) and to gain
four Senators and three Representatives in
the Legislature. That is, we expect to elect
to the Senate, Stanton, from White, Jackson
and Macon; Burdine. from Smith and Sum-
ner; Kendrick, from Giles, Wayne and Law
renee, and Horn, from Robertson, Montgom-
cry and Stewart-all gains. And, with al
most equal confidence, we expect to elect to
the House OF Representatives,, Bugg, of Giles;
Riddle, Of Sumner, Smith and Macon, and
one other, whose name we think il advisable
at this time not to give publicity to-all
gains. There are two other Representative
districts in this division, which we think we
will probably gain, but we are not so conf
ueHL ol 4utH VI COQuteTUalHQce, we
fear We may lose the member from White, in
of the two Opposition candidates
From West Tennessee, we have not full in
from all the counties. But from
every part of the 9th Congressional district
we learn that the popular excitement between
the friends of Ethridge and Atkins is unparai-
leled. We are advised that Ethridge's cleo
ton is very sure. We are also told that
Netherland will gain In every county. There
Is a bare possibility that swapping votes,
among some of the more intensely excited,
may somewhat vary results. We would warn
our friends to guard against this. Let the
whole ticket be voted, and the whole ticket
will triumph.
In the l0sh district we fear that cur friends
are not every where fully aroused. The
news Is most cheering IRON Haywood. and
one or two other counties. but from Fayette,
Hardeman aud other counties, we fear our
friends have not walked up to the realization
Oi The revolution In progress We are conf
dent from the Information before Us, that we
will gain the Senatorial districts composed OF
the counties OF Henderson, Bsnton Hum
phreys, Perry and Decatur; that of Madison.
Haywood, Upton aud Lauderdale, aud that
OF Shelby aud Fayette. And that we will
gain four Representatives. two from Shelby,
one from Haywood, and one from Upton,
Fayette aud Shelby.
SO that, cur conclusion Is, that In the whole
State we have IL In our power 10 carry
majority OF eighteen 10 twenty In the Legls-
latare, seven OF eight Congressional districts
cut Of ten. aud elect John Nethtrland Gov
ernor of Tennessee.
Frleuds VIII You not work for these
Curious rs~ultsl Aonns your horses-see
oar active friends 10 every neighborhood-
give them the good news, and urge. ghenl to
mount aud stir out among the pe0ple-sell
them that their friends are striking die same
lick all over the State. and that victory Is
ours II they will bat do what i