The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-07-25
Forthe Rebel.
James aIcCaliuIn, Esq.

FOf tle ltuti.
James McCaiinn, Esq.
The Winchester Convention, in preserlns to th,
people OF Tennessee ticket upon which tue men o
all the old political parties can smelly selg ia th
time that literally 90 fies men sOnls, su,gestey
the Aaale u Jamaa-& eallnm. % Pnlaski % repro,
sent IN the national legislature, the people OF the l
Congressional District composed Ot the counties a
Lincoln, Giles, Marshall, Maury, Levis, Lawrence
and Wayne. As IL appears ir0m publication which
s extensively circulated that he is 10 have opp sit
the writer hereof deems Il not Improper that he houd
without consultation with Esquire MEGA lqa place
before the pubic statement oil bis knOwedgb Of this
gentleman, which none who know him viii g6insay.
To know James AcC@lam is 10 love him. hi name
not before thc voters OF the State horapied by
achievements upon the hotly contested batllt~ield
His age, now about fifty five years. indicates x a the
period In which be has lived has been such tb 10 but
small opportunity has been afforded him 10 seek tepu-
taton at the cannonS mouth Az d schOo iuas-
ter, and clerk and master IN chancery, tie greater
pant vi his lie has been spent His achieve meats
have been lair aams and an exalted reputation tor
energy industry purity Ul life Justice 10 hs follow
ma kindness TO the poor, patriotic peFt0rnal ees OF
every duty, public and private, in an un0Bt msve
manner, Ia The spirit OF that charity which valnteth
not ltSell--s not puhed up'--and IN obedenci 10 a
lalth which may, and II perseYered in 10 the end p
viii remove mountains, conquer prcudicns and
command respect from all. Where James Met alum
is known, be Is respected unambtioushe has never
sought place. Though pn old lne Whg (when party
lines were rocogniaed) his integrity, his good lease,
his patriotic adherence To trnth-tO the cause NJ his
beloved south pointed him out as the man to spre-
sent district which in former times, was oyerwilelm,
ingiy democratic This nomination came unslngLt
by him, when gladly II would have bseo accepted by
dozen men who figured largely as politicians when
COons and chicken cocks were the figure heads OF our
pol tical newspapers,
II Esquire McJaum has not been upon the l,a6te
field during this war he has in every stage OF it, been
It's supporter BE aided IN arousng the YOUNG men
TO fly - armsi he has given largely Of his Ia lifted
means tO arm and equip oar soldiers he has bee the
guardian OK the wives and families of the absen SOL
diers In his County--Giles and has laDured without
ceasDg for their comfort and welfare. ask tiles
county soldiers II these assertions are not true. When
Donaldson fell, and our brave boys had to Plreas
south OF their homes tbe writer hereof heard ha in
a public speech urge tue people Of Giles county to
rally to the standard Of the country, and strike Tor
their altas and dresides whenever and wherever our
leaders might d,termlne to make stand
James McUalum represented he.county of Giles In
the last Lsgs an'e OF tennessee and poist 10, M M
erase Of me Pay OF The plpate soldier.
lie has made no compromise with the enemy has
taken no parole oaths, and throughout this struggle
has been an nuncompi0misng, steadlaSt and untifinp
friend Of the South. Every and every kinsmaa Of
ms, capbe OF bearing arms, hus aided 10 SVEN the
RANKS o our aluy Young men who knew him. love
HIM; ivr he emphatCally is, aud ever has been the
young mans lrtnd. when he takes q stand his force
OF Will Is such, that, sustained by reason and stu-
lated by a conscience highly cultivated he is immlya-
bic, Interchangeable and undaunted, amid the var,ing
fortunes and vcistudes Of war. WiseEin councI, he
Il the man Tor the times; patriotic in his nstnCt4 he
Will never betray hs country sympathetic 10 his lor
a organization he will never be other than the sol
ilers friend; just by habit he can never forgel the
debt Of gratitude due to his countrys deendeTs un.
ambitious, he will never stOop TO the Wes of the dem
lgogue TO secure place at the expense Of principle
10 mas been urged that ESQ. McCaum is an Obst are
lnknoWn man; that by some tricksOmej h0cus D. etg
II the politicians, through the machinery of con
'enton he has been thrust before the public TO an
wer some bad end that others, better known to
anne, should have been put forward ia this crisis We
yrant you that his characteristics have not been TX
libited IN partzan conventions Of former days-that
,riOr to the present crisis, he has not figured in the
llls OF legislation. But like the humble private, who
ares his bosom TO the iron rain and receives no men.
ion Ia the report OF the bdtle he has been none he
ess useful IN his own sphere because bis deeds hive
lot been proclaimed to the world
The truth is the nomination Of Mr. McCallum by
he Winchester convention ia spontaneous tribute TO
he merit OF private citizen who has never sou,ht |
mce; but whose prudence, ilrmness bodness, nd
patriotism, have marked him as man lor
be crisis.
Thus much, without the knowledge Of the subjecIof
bis article, we have deemed IL inst and proper TO sly,
We REFER TO every soldier aud citizen every man and
oman, who has known James McCallum before or
ince The war with tbe assurance that Our statemelta
lll be confirmed. His opponent cannot, gan'0y
ZEN unless at the risk OF a sacrifice Of truth.
In conclusion we would suggest that in these tyipg
mes we need 0id hGi for counsel and V0tng mNi or
AR TENNESSEkAN