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

We are indebted to friend for a copy
of the Knoxville Register Of June 29ih,
from which we clip the following
MURDER IN BRADLEY OOUHTY.--We
learn from the Athens Post that Michael
Baugh, an old citizen of Bradley county,
was waylaid, shot and killed within a
few miles Of Cleveland, last week. We
believe be was a native Of Virginia, and
AZ one time represented Hawkins county
in the Legislature of this State. High
way robbery and murder are getting 10
be quite common occurrences in East
Tennessee.
A company for home defense was
formed at JonesborO' last Monday, and
John q. McLin elected captain.
HOME DEFENCE. Persons not in the
service, will do we'll TO read carefully the
proclamation of Gov. Harris. II will be
seen that if patriotism does not prompt
a ready response TO the call for yolun-
teers for State defence, it will be neces-
sary TO make draft from the militia, and
those drafted will be placed in organiza-
tons for which they have no particular
fancy, and probably continued on duty
the whole six months, while the volun-
teers will be permitted to remain at
home and follow their usual avocations
until an emergency calls them to the
field. Which county in East Tennessee
will organize the first company?
Nearly all the counties of East Ten
nessee are at it in this vicinity.
The following editorial from the Reg
lister we reprint, on the strength of the
old adage, at is right to be instruct
ed by an enemy" There are many Con-
ventions outside of the rebel lines which
may read some of its suggestions with
profit:
Since the Convention at Winchester
small class Of factious persons, in and
out of the armv, have been loudly de.
claiming against its action, much to the
delight of the tory element of East Ten
nessee, who hope to sea discord in the
Southern ranks on the day Of election.
Ii is objected that conventions are part
of old party machinery that ought TO be
done away with-that they were the
source of untold political evils under the
old government. This objection is valid,
as regards the partizan conventions,
composed of corrupt politicians, unprin-
cip.ed office seekers and their tools
whose selfish aims were merely public
plumber. But of very different charac-
ter proved TO be the State Convention at
Winchester. The large attendance of
delegates, representing nearly every
county in the State and nearly every
military organization, was animated by
none of the motives that were wont 10
control the old political conventions. The
single desire of all seemed to be TO select a
good ticket upon which all could unite,
and thus keep down the pickering, ex-
citement and distraction of the public
mind that would be likely to grow out of
a scramble for office. The meeting was
dignified and harmonious, and the tick
ct was adopted with entire unapimty.
There is not doubt that it will be sup.
ported by the soldiers and citizens of
the State with but little dissent-not
because there is anything binding in the
action of the convention or any indiVid-
ual entitled to a vote; but because the
public mind is clearly aveyse to any political
struggle among ourselves IN the face Of an IN
vddin2 foe.
The Winchester convention, far from
being what the Registe, represents it in
the above article, was mere gathering
of vile, worn out political strumpets, the
social and political dregs of the State.
The fact that, in every case where the
name of member Of the present Con-
gress was presented for reelection it
was accepted by the Convention, was a
high endorsement of the course of the
Tennessee delegation of the last session.
1t was an evidence, too, that the country
prefers at this crisis men of experience
in legislation, to untried aspirants, how
ever we'll known their patriotism, or
whatever their general abilities or sup
posed claims TO office.
That there would be some opposition
TO the nominee of the Convention by
some malcontents was TO be expected,
but such opposition will be merely local
and cannot affect the great mass of the
voters of the entire State. The dissen-
tiers, even with the help of the Lincolnite
influence of this section, will find them
selves in a wOeful minority in the whole
vote, and the candidates, however wor-
thy, will but spoil by their factiousness
their prospects for future preferment.
The Wilmington IN. o. Journal a
rebel concern, whose editor has seen
Vallandigham, says;
We trust that our interior cotempora-
ries will at last stop blowing and talk
ing about Mr.. VallAndigham. There
are some things of which the least said
the better, and approaching this, we have
80 far said nothing about this very clever
gentleman from Ohio. We would now
state, however, for the benefit of those
whom IT may concern, that Mr.. Q. l..
Vallandigham is no longer within the
bounds of the Confederacy; also that he
is the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor Of Ohio; that he is strong Union
man, but does not think that Reunion
can ever be secured by coercion, but goes
for peace, hoping that Union may result;
but at any rate he goes for peace, prefer
ring even separation to su5ugation or exter-
mination.
A "strOng Union" but "preferring
separation 10 the subjugation" of rebels /!