Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-12
THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.

Stokes and FIeminG-The Legislative
'Canvass I'm Warren-Why tine Regis
tratf0n was Set Aside-Capt. sheet
All RIght-AnaIrs in the 4fh District
Cooper and MuIIins-CannOn Conn
ty-HfehIy Encouraging Facts.
Correspondence Of the Union and Dispatch.
Woodbury., July s, 1867.-When I
wrote to you last, / promised soon to give
you some Information in relation to the
race between Stokes and Fleming, for Con-
gress, and Col. Cliff and Lewis Faulkner,
Representative of Warren county, but pc.
litioal mattersi IN Cannon county are more
particularly engaging my attention at this
time. will only say that Stokes will not
meet Capt. Fleming on the stump, They
met at Spencer on the 29th. Stokes had a
company Of loyal militia with him, which
hs directed TO not LET Fleming get within
one hundred yards of him-that Fleming
would kill him-and positively refused to
divide time or speak at all with Fleming !;
and therefore il was announced chat Capt
Fleming would speak at place designated
in the town. and the principal part Of the
crowd, which was large, withdrew to the
place designated for Fleming to address
them, leaving Billy, his loyal militia, and
few others, whom Billy harangded, and
Capt. Fleming addressed large crowd Of
the citizens of Van Buren, entirely to their
satisfaction Mark the prediction, Capt
Fleming will beat Stokes for Congress by a
handsome majority.
FAULKNER BEAT AT HIS OWN TRICKS.
Lewis Faulkner, the opponent of Col.
10. Gilt for Representative Of Warren eoun-
~, was the Commissioner of Registration
for that county, and finding that Col Cliff
would beat him forthe Legislature; if all to
whom he had issued certificates voted, he had
his own registration set aside by Rrownlow.
and a new registration ordered. This act
now turns with full force upon Faulkner
for all the loyal citizens, both Radicals and
Conservatives, say that they will vote no
more to sustain party and keep them in
power, that is continually prescribing their
own party. They say they always under
stood the policy of the Radical party to be
to sustain and support the Union and
loyal party, and to prescribe the Rebels !;
but they now see and know that the Brown
loU"Radical party are prescribing all the
Union and loyal citizens of the country
making the test of loyalty in Warren
county, at leasi-"Are Won for BroWnlow,
Stokes and Faulkner if you are, You are
loyal, if not you are disloyal, or a Rebel"
| The people say they are tired having to
prove their loyalty so often. This will be
the third time they have had TO prove their
loyalty and get certificates thereof, and no
| general election yet They will prove it
| again 30 they can vote in August, and tie
moment they get their certificates, they say
they will vote TO keep those proscriptiVe
men out of Office. In Warren, they say they
know Col. 10 Clft to be good and true
loyal nan TO the government of the United
States. who proved it by taking up arms
against the rebellion at the commencement,
and as a soldier and an officer, bore himself
brayely and manfnlly fighting for the flag
of his country until the rebellion was
crushed out, while his opponent, Lewis
| Faulkner, at the commencement of
the rebellion was on the side of the
| rebellion. II Faulkner denies being a
Rebel during the first year Of the war, the
writer Of this communication l. 10 posses
sion Of all the facts, knows BY WHOM he
was employed, because he was a Rebel,
| and after both armies got in this country.
| there was a certain thing occurred, that
| from the force Of circumstances, he took
refuge ia the Federal army. The cause of
| this sudden change in Faulkner is known
| to but few, not even to Col. Gift; but if he
desires it the facts are known. Your COR
respondent is in possession of them and
win give them to the public, since he has
now taken the proscriptiye stand he has.
But ] must tell you something about
Cannon. | wrote you a week ago that
trouble had sprung up in the Radical
j ranks here. Mullins spoke here on Mon
day last, as was expected, but 10 the mortif-
cation of Mullins and the Radical party,
/ only one colored citizen could be got out to
hear him speak. Mullins and Morris,
the Radical nominee for the Legislature
and three OF four other Radicals held a
caucus while here, but what they did do
! not know, only that it caused some Of the
respectable Radicals of Cannon to denounce
their proscriptive policy and declare them
selves in favor of the Conservative Union
party. This cannot be said TO be a Rebel
lie, as is generally said. l will give some
names r. S. Robinson and j. NJ Young,
two old and respectable citizens Of Wood
bury, and who, il is well known, were con-
nected with the Federal army from the
commencement of the rebellion until the
close of the war, and have ever since acted
with and been strong supporters of the
Radical party now in power, have de-
nounced the policy of the Radicals, and
are now acting with the Conservative party.
/ only give these two names, but could give
twenty more. Morris will have opposition
before this week is out We hope to and
believe We can get our worthy and highly
esteemed and patriotic fellow-citizen, the
Hon. VIM. Barton, to consent to become a
candidate. His course as a member of the
present Legislature is well known, and the
cause of his resignation also and if be will
run he will beat Morris at least three hun
bred votes in this county. Captain Shee
speaks at this place on the 10th. RAIDS say
| RillY Stokes will be here 10 answer