Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-04-24
Nomination OF Etheridge-..A Broken
Down Party Hack In the Field.

The nomination of Emerson Etheridge for Gov
ernor by the Democratic State Convention Of yes
tsrday, bodies good for the party which is seek
i-g the defeat OF Brownlow, Stokes Triuble, Ar
nell and Maynard The ticket is, it is well KNOWN
/ a desperate resort. Neither Ex-Governor Camp
bell Nelson Netherland, Cooper, nor Peyton would
have the nomination, for it was fOre-doomed to sig
nal defeat and place upon 1t meant martyrdom
without the possibility Of resurrection. Baxters
antecedents were so bad that his nomination would
have been an open admission of Waterloo roat.-
So Etheridge, the baSc party sculon, tie Therstes
Of the stump the traficker of the most FOUL vulgar
and filthy slang spewed up by obscene mind
upon the hustiDgs politician who, for years prior
to his Punishment TO private life was dead weight
TO his party; an extravagant and unprincipled par
tisan whose violent passions always carried him to
offensive extremes, was placed upon the track
The nomination Of Etherdge is exactly such piece
of party tactics that of Vallandig5am for Cover
nor Of Ohio, few years since. Both have a certain
gift Of CAD" on the stump, but it always hurts
thsir own party than their adVersaries. Nei-
Their of them have the slightest discretion o, ever
steer their craft within thousand leagues Of the
firm fixed continent Of reason and common sense.
During Johnson's administration as Military Gov
ernor Of this State, Etheridge denounced him as
Lyrant usurper and scoundrel on all occasions. He
told gentleman few weeks since that he would
not take back a word that ne had said Of Andy
johnson, because be had the same opinion OF him
then that he always had. He was &C violent in his
Remuneration of Mr.. Lincoln's war policy that he
was arrested and kept in prison for some time at
Columbus, KY, by the military authorities. Mr..
Etheridge represents the observation-disclosures par
~. He himself, in December, 1868, vas guilty of
one Of the most audAcious and nfamoas attempts to
disranchise five States and stAe the voice of their
representatives in Congress, witnessed in this
country An election to be held for new
Speaker and Clerk of the House. Esheridge was
Clerk, and wanted to hold his Office and elect Smut
Cox Speaker. To effect this, in making up the roll
he left off five Republican States without the least
plausible pretext, and endeavored to bold the cleo
tion without suffering the Representatives of Ma
ryland and four other States to sit.
The infamous plot Was promptly stifed by the
action Of Stevens, Washburn and Kelly and Col
fax and Mcpherson elected on the first ballot.
The crestfallen intriguer skunk out OF the House
amid the jeers of all parties He narrowly escaped
a Judgment in the old Capitol prison. OF all the
Copperheads who polluted the Capitol with their
abuse of Mr.. Lincoln and his emancipation proc
lamstion, Emerson Etheridge was among the Bit
'erest, viest, and most INSCRIPTIONS. His nomina-
ton is an insult to public morals. He will seek to
stir up strife and bloodshed, if possible. He will
be beaten by a majority ranging from 10000 to
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