Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-26

Il was the iron clad oath he took when be
went 70 Congress-the oath that he had never
siven aid OF comfort 20 tie rebellion. lie said
ia the Duncan letter: The South ought 10 be
"A uoit IN this war" Was not that giving aid
and comfort After such a letter, none but
Radical could take that oath
In bis statements referring 70 me ne has n"t
told you single word Of truth. He SAYS ulat
man from Wilson county. who was delegate 10
the Conservative State Convention lold nun
thaf the Conservatives nominated me because
they knew that l could not be elected; | want
10 know the name If that man. Here the
speaker turned 10 Stokes Iehlt 70 me! Tell
me his name! Tell me
Poor Stokes shrunk back Ia bis chair, the
sweat streaming down has uu-burned face,
looked sheepish, but naintainet q doRCet si-
Ienee while the hooiing and Jeers from the
crowd drowned the voice OF Ethendge as ne m
sisted upon learning the name Of the Wilson
county delegate.
HeEays thai ran This j. another mistake.
] Ras confronted by three hundred men who
s,ughtmy life and leil the state because my life
was Ia danger. You stayed because you knew
ylHrs wa not worth taking,
IL takes an apostate Rebel 10 make good
Radical He admits writing the DGncan letter
Now he either has an honorable discharge, ls "a
desersr from the Rebel army, or q liar.
II C. says he wants loyal men 60 rule 80 do l.
/ went TO see no man vote VINO cannot take the
required oath. He Says all the Ruerullas and
hushWhackers are in my party. The Radical
have got most OF the Fuerrillas la Bu county.
There are horse thieves in all great parties bat
is this any reason why honorable men should
lie Intimate that / left the Union party. He
must stop that allow no man 70 make that
Esscruonl
more f1r the freedmen than that Of any other
state aud that II BE- IA the advance Of al other;
y s you have advanced. on have adyaueed
until ygu have your feet upon tue necks Oh men
whose shoes you arc not worthy % wipe and you
aTs 10 the hands Of despOt who can reduce you
1opohucal seridom at any moment.
he says that str uP hatred AGAINST me t. ca
eral soldier. il there be Federal soldier here
AGAINST whom have stirred up hatred, would
like 10 see him. When did / defend the Rebels 2
Why / stigmatiZed the rebellion with every
epithct known to debate.
Il @ asserts that he wrote a letter from Wash
inrt0n that would do credit 10 ng head, and be
Lrag1 about IL. That letter was solid playa
risIn from the letters written 10y Amos hendall
against secession IL was published IN the Star,
and he cut 10 out Iu Vulches, tied 1t together
sent il home 10 his constituents. and At was pub
h-hei in the Nashville Wing. He steals the
words Of Amos Kendall and palms them of upon
the folks in the mountains ~ has production
Why, all the Bill Stokes ia the unlg eTse haY nj
sense enough b. write such thing
Ia 1862. be says i ran again from PaTls MOB
when ] had come back 10 address the people
IN hear no more Of that. ] did address the
people AZ thattime, ana lmpl0red them 10 stand
w the Union. | tell you III bear no more
of IT,
II there il any man IN this State who does not
want the white man 90 have equal nights Witl
Il
vail agree not 10 Duncanl7e and wall take tht
field IN favor Of equal nights he may take my
place. and will forgive him. and galloway TOO
for being a Rebel.
blackburn. he says. will come and | viii
again get away and take the school fund with
me. Did you ever see q Radical who did not
keep bis eye on the school iundE II BroWnloW
should die be would 60 TO heaven. Stokes wa
never set there. Er0wniOW D. a monOmanlac
and he would be saved.
There IS a statement that / introduced a reso-
81 afHrfr IfHrr H.
Stokes Did anybody tell you that introduced
that resolution
Stokes: Yes it was Mr.. Bilbo.
Etheridge Bilhol Bible
There's another apostate Rebel Wei, Mr
BIlbo told you what was not true.
Was Bill Stokes an ahOlttOnist when he used
70 sell has negroes ! was NO aDonuohlsl. wa
TOO poor 10 buy negroes and free them; aud be
sides, IL was against the laws Of the state. aud
they would have 90 be sent back 20 Africa. J
will not attempt 10 deceive the colored people
lie accuses me Of trying 90 dIsiranchise Tor
Cignerg. The Know Nothngs were never Ion
DISTINGUISHING foreigners. How are You gong u
d,sirrnchse men who mover voted Ihe hno"
NOthings did not propose 90 keep foreigners from
voting. They only advocated an extension OF
the time Of residence required " TT foreigner
for voting.
lie saws the rebel soldiers are not 10 blame
end that there would be no trouble but Tor me
,bat trouble am | giving him He drew the
Rebel soldier into the army and ought 20 treat
hun well now. IL was by such teachings q.
those Of the Duncan letter that men went mo
the Rebel army. lie got pay Tor putting ms
negroes In the Federal army, and great many
farmers treated their negroes in the same way
40 not countenance or defend the outrage.
Ucrpctrated by either army during tho war !
doubt not that the wTctcheS who commit tea
those outraEes are now acting with the Radical
party Turning 10 Stokcs.l Do you intimate
that would conuivo at an insult TO your Wlie
and children mo reply.l These ouuagef
we're the work of the refuse Of both armies. The
courts arc open, and you have loyal Judges.
Why don't YOU try the perpetrators
/ doubt whether den. Thomas ever saw the
papcr disapproying of tho Judges Of the Court
Martial by which / was tried. That man " hip
ple was there, and that accounts for the paper
read BY Mr. Stokes. On the very day OF tual /
oaught a clerk ia the act Of swindling witnesses
and had him DISCHARGED.