The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-07

court-martial, to which General Smith
has been detailed as a member. Whether
this court. martisl has been summoned
in good faith, to punish a delinquent
officer, or TO furnish a miserable shelter
into which to run the General from the
stress Of the charge of having wholly
abandoned the duties of one Office, and
still receiving its emoluments while he
is so industriously canvassing for an
other, is a point that is debated in the
district. This attempt to relieve Gen.
Smith from the full responsibility of his
most culpable position, by placing him
on this court-mArtial, is only less despica-
Die than he coaduc, Of the man i0hose case ii
is investigating.
MeDzies is decidedly stronger than
the other opposition candidates, and it
is very apparent that the contest is be-
tween him and Smith. If the other IAN
didates were TO withdraw, or lsi gene-
rally dropped at the polls, Melz.es will
be elected by a decided majority, OH
e~rvoise tie Blach Republicans of Cincinnati
wiH hare dictated a Representative of their
ogn politics bhe people of the Kentucky
Sixth, and will have got permanent pos
session of the district.
A KEETUoK1AN.
These rich letters were thus editorial
ly endorsed by the Journal;
We publish in the Joane1 of this morn
ing two communications touching tie Re-
publican increment IN tie jSirth District.
The communication under the signature
Of "a Kentuckian" is from the hand Of
one Of he most distinguished and most jealous
patriots IN nc Commonwealth,
The contest in the Sixth District is at
tracing the attention of K~entuckians
everywhere. And dsservedly so. 4he
contest is really one ehOeen Ohio Republican,
ism and Keatucky Unioaism,
Another paragraph says:
We certainly are not prepared 20 be-
lieye that he Sirth Congressional District
Of KentuckAf forms bit he political outskirts
Of the abolition metropolis Of Ohio
OF the NJ. M. Bentan, alluded to in one
of the quotations given above, and who
has been elected by the Union men, to
the Legislature, by an overwhelming
majority, the Journal spoke in the follow
ing complimentary turns:
"The effort of Mr.. Benton is to hitch
he Union party Of Keatucky on 10 the adolf
ton party ofHe North and he makes the
effort in defiance of the expressed will
Of the Union party of Kentucky.
The true and patriotic Monzies could
ask for no mightier auxiliary than the
spirit of Mr.. Benton himself would con-
jure up. If the spirit of the great Clay
lie abroad in the Sixth District on the Sd
Of August, tie majority of Mr.. Mensies ,oiU
be undoubtedly a to0ering and shining one.
CohD
Mr.. Benton and his faction arc thus in
effect the allies of the s~ecessionists
the Union party, and, being the weakest OF
the three decisions, simply promote, as tho
net result Of their action, the triumph Of
the secessionists There is no c
from this conclusion.
Nj. Benton, with the true radical
distaste for halfway measures, rounds
Oft the partial scandal involved in the
celebration Of himself by vilifying all
the prominent members of the party he
has betrayed and is lsbOring to destroy.
Mr.. Benton may be in motive a second
Cato, bit his acts are certainly those Of a
Grebrand and oatgmniator.
The wotld-be dictator Of the Journal
rallied in this sort, at NJ NJ. Benton, the
friend and c%oadjutOr of General Smith,
through several editorial columns, aided
by 3 corps of letter writers The peop2.
of Kentucky, have elected and endorsed
Mr.. Benton as well as Gen. Smith, by q
truly astounding majority. The resull
has shown clearly, what we have believed,
and often asserted, that the loyal people
of Kentucky are far in advance of the
p~ro-slayery clique which seeks to dictate
to them through the imbecile, superannu-
ated and reckless Journal Had Smith
or Benton been the candidate for Cover
nor, the Union maj ority would have been
greater than tits.
Loyal men Of The Sixth CongressiOnal
District and Of Kenton county the
Union men Of TENNESSEE hail your glor-
iOus work with delight and welcome you
TO their side, in this great revolution
Your triumph is all the more grand
and shining, because you have not a
newspaper in your State to advocate
your views. Thank God you hsvo a
Smith, a Benton, a Holt and a Rousseau,
that glorious morning star Of Kentucky
ohivalry whose silver rays first dissipa-
ted the icy darkness Of EARNED neutral
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