Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-15
3tnion aud dispatch.
Tuesday. JANUARY Is. 1857.
Largest Circulation in City and State.
LETTER IN TIE WRONG BOY.
RadicaItsm az Knox NsIIic--WHii of a
u-nnnman.

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have found its way to our table. But so it
is it is here, and not knowing to what par
ticular Radical Gazette it is addressed, We
give it publication in order that we may
not be unjustIy charged with its conceal
meut-Eps
KNOxyILLE, Tenn, Jan. 9Th, 1857
Eds. Gazette. The expectations so conf
IDENTIFY expressed in my former letter, / re-
grct 10 say, have not been realized. The
municipal election came OF here yesterday,
and / announce with much modification
that our ticket was badly beaten in every
ward in the city. The result is not only
mortifying, but surprising 10 the true loyal
lists. Our "leagne" had, several weeks pre-
vi0uslv, taken the matter in hand, and
resolved that none but the truly loyal should
be- placed in Office Under the stringent
terms Of the franchise law, we felt secure
IN our own strength, and in the weakness
Of our opponents. True, the leading law
vers Of the place had issued their manifesto,
declaring said law unconstitutional but
among the members Of our league
not a single man was known TO
pay any respect 20 that opinion.
Indeed the Judges Of the election, al
I though COpperheads themselves, seemed
not 20 deem it necessary to act upon the
! opinion of the bar, but confined the suffer
/ age 10 the registered voters under the fran
/ chi4c law. So well satisfied did they APP
! pear TO be of the result, that they were viii
/ ling 90 iOregO the advantage offered in the
advice of their lawyers, and actually eX-
/ cludcd about One-half Of the voters eniran-
! chised under the charter. Yet, strange 20
/ saw, ds before remarked, ne did not succeed
/ ia rIlc'iug IL single C1udiduci The vote in
| the city was about tr8 10 one against u.s.
/ The mayor elect Mr. Lultrell, has held
/ the Office for some eight or nine years, and
| although he was regarded throughout the
war a. an UuhinChing Union man, yet il
/ was well known 90 our league that he
! has been out-spobeu in his condemnation
! of our Congress, and in his approval of
/ "mv policy" This being so, il becomes
/ more mOrtitying and discouraging to think
/ that so overwhelming a majority Of men
! deemed sufficiently loyal 90 vote under the
! franchise law, should support such a man
/ aud such "a ticket This election would
seem 10 indicate that the hre men
( of 0ur State cannot safely rely even upon
our franchise law lor success. Never
! theless. though somewhat discouraged, we
! do not despair We have some faithful
! -entinei7 here ou the watch-tower whose
zeal and wlchfulueas have endeared them
20 our Ieagle." Without wishing 10 ap-
pear iuvidious, ] may soy that prominent
! among the active men I'm our behalf, on
YESTERDAY, was Mr. James Davis. Although
/ his living comes Ia him through humble
D a. ] a.. &
/ the city at all, and does not own q foot of
soil 10 demand his time OF attention from
! his business. vet hc had the patriotism and
/ courage 60 espouse the true cuHss, and
/ abandoning his bellows and anvil for he
! is au artiicar of metals came upon our
! streets with dauutlcss look, and bearing
! under his arm a very good 'prrsuader' in
! the shape of q conveniently fashioned
hicorv cudg,l Ii matterci not that the
! C5ppabfaI urchius and "boys of larger
| growth" spoke dcrisively of his "douch
| hat" and dirty face" and cold blue over
coat." he needed not such puerile taunts,
but stood heroically at the polls and eX-
pounded the law and challenged the votes
| Of lordlv property owners whenever they
/ rendered their votes.
Mr. Isham Alley, also, one of our oldest
citizens, whose prohity of conduct and ul-
questioned loyalty have for sometime past
secured for him the responsible and highly
honorable office of stall keeper and hay
weigher In the market house, and who
could have had no selfish interest aside
from the position he held, also was con.
| spicu0ua in his patriotic efforts to place the
government of our city in 'oyJl hands His
influence will not soon be lost upon OuI
community. Without intending to further
individuaIizc ] feel that ! would be guilty
of gross injustice If / did not mention the
actthst the two gentlemen aboye-named re-
cvivcd a hearty support and very valuable
aid from Brcvt Brig Gen l.. :. TrOw
bridge lately of Michigan, whose disintcr
cstCd patriotism on the OCcasion of oul
| election has marked him "a the favorite O
| our "lCague" / say bis 4IstRtrCsied patriot
ism. for il should be known that he could
not possibly have been moved by any self
| ish purpose iuasmuch as he Is IN no
wise interested I'm the property o
the town He owns no real estate
hut so careful was he of the Interests
Of the country, that Notwithstanding b,
ls "a lawyer of eminent distinction, en-
loving an annual practice amouin.
To- at least seven hundred and tiy
dollars. and Notwithstanding our Chan
r,rv Court in which he has some two OF
three suits Of great importance, involving
at least five hundred dollars In the aggrc
gate. was I'm session, he nevertheless hat
the unsclGshncss TO forcgo the profits Of hi
lucrative business. and devote one day C
his country lie was most valuable arc
90 Nc-srs Davis and Alley. i is nothing
I....T !.
country lie made a record during Oh,
war that our people viii not soon forget
It was his good fortune 90 command the
gallant and well disciplined 10th Michigan
regiment of cavalry. The loyal people %
this section will long remember the aC
c0mmodating splrltoi those war-worn vete
rams 10 will NOT soon be- forgotten that
seemed Co De their especial desire 90 saw,
the property OF Union men from th,
Rebels. aud a0 earnest and persistent weu
they in their humane and benevolent pur
rose. that they generally found il necessary
Co take personal charge of all such proper
/ o., aud Co take exclusive care of it withau
/ charging the owners a single cent
While there are some here. to the "mHua
born. who seem willing O. come iorwlu
@ and recognize. m D fitting manner. surI
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