Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-06-19
sharp Debate In 7Tennessee.

/ Sharp Debate In 7Tennessee.
Gen. W. B. Stokes is the Union can
didate for Congress in the third district
of Tennessee. His opponsnt is Emer.
son Etheridge,' copperhead. They
had spicy debate at Nashville, recent
ly. To show the tone and temper Of
political stump speeches in that section
we quote from the discussion, as fol
lows: Bra ,e1-.-l5 q - -ifr9al f- -.-
Mr.. Etheridge resumed the stand
with much agitation, and spoke with
great heat and passion:
1t is unpleasant to debate with man
who tells falsehoods, and who persists
in uttering them after he knows them
to be false. What this man has said
know to be false, have proved 10 be
false, and be has not the manhood to
reply. In Memphis, he publicly CON
fessed himself liar. How am l to
meet such q man N de6ate-a man
who has no more respect for truth than
if he never heard the word.
He told the eolored people that every
Conservative voted against the Consti
tutional amendment, and that every
Radical voted for it. Now, I'll bet him,
or any friend of his, FIVE hundred dol
lars, that there is not word of trrth
in what he said. te
He says | ran away from the rebels.
| did no such thing. only left be-
cause my life was in danger from the
rebels. He is either q deserter from
the rebel army, or has an honorable
discharges from il, or else he is har.-
He says the Tennessee Legislature is in
advance OF all other States. Yes, it is
in advance in infamy. scoundrelism,
rascality and crime. It IS not fit to
wipe the shoes of the men whom il has
disfranchised. He says Event back to
West Tennessee with the army. That's
lie, and I'H bet q hundred dollars he
can not prove it. He says ran aEsy
again in 1862 from 3 mob Of rebels.
That's another lie.' I don't want the
vote of any man who does not want
every rebel IN the State 10 vote, for
they are q great deal better than the
Radicals, and no decent nan viii deny
it. Stokes says that 4 introduced q
resolution in Congress 70 amend the
Federal Constitution by securing slave
~. That's another lie. Now / : want
you to tell ne where you got that
resolution, turning around TO General
Stokes. IL afsG zeeq a.sseig1zzE
Gen. Stokes said that il was handed
him by gentleman. l. ~
Etheridge-who Is he ef-s-'-
Gen. Stokes-Gol Bilbo furnished me
this copy. -sT rirssf al a. ssaEl -7.a
Etheridge-Blboi That. Is another
apostate rebetI 1 never introduced any
such resolution, and your statement Is
a vile slander. There is aoc word OF
truth in ID, and I'll bet $500 that you
can't show that / ever offered such an
amendment to the Constitution. .r-
He accuses me Of trying to disfran-
chise foreigners. The Know Nothings
we're never for disfranchising foreign
ers. How are you going to disfranchise
men who never Votedf The Know
Nothings did not propose to keep
foreigners from voting They only sd
Vocated an extension Of time of resi-
dence required for fitting foreigner
for voting. -sz.
He talks Of outrages and insults offer
ed to his family. have no defense 10
make for the Wretehes who did 90, but
| know that all such men are acting
with Brownlow's party. All the scoun-
drels go into the Radical party. These
outrages were the work of the refuse OF
both armies. The. courts are open and
you have loyal judges. Why don't you
try the perpetrators? ..-...---
he tells you that the Reconstruction
act of Congress disfranchises rebels. I'll
bet one thousand dollars that il don't |
do any such thing. All that they
sWore In the Reconstruction oath Is TO |
support the Constitution of the United |
States. He says l am q deserter from
the Union party. That's q lie. i am /
with Grant, Sherman and Frank Blair. I
would not have voted for Lincoln, bus
| would have voted for Mcclellan if
had had q chance. The Radical despot-
Ism must be put down. The Radicals
want to rrle the State with ten thous-
and whites and twenty thousand blacks.
De says that l asked Galloway and
other Memphis rebels If played my
part well. FL bet one hundred dollars
mat l did nothing of the sort. for
give Galloway for being a rebel ineen-
1iary, one of the most inhammatory
zen in the world-that's what he was
and I'll forgive Stokes if he viii
write no more Duncan letters.
As to the pretended order of General
Thomas, assert that he never saw it.
General Thomas left that sort Of work ,
% man named Whipple, who stayed
n his Office and did that kind Of work. ]
de Is the man who got up that order. I
General Thomas never saw it.