The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-06-27

nearly every Union maj yielded to the
pressure Or surrounding circumstances
and gave in to the cause of the Confed-
%crstes, and in support Of this assertion
he referred to Brownlow's Wing, where
in'the Governor then said that the PEG,
pic OF East Tennessee ought to elect
members to the Confederate Congress,
and that be would be no party at that
late day to an invasion of'that portion
ofthe State by Federal troops. Mr.
Cooper had Secretary Fletcller's ad.
mission that he held at one time in his
pocket Coloncl's commission, gran.
ted by Confederate authority. Mr.
Coopcr's opponent, who lives in The
same county with him, had made {
speech in said county, in which young
men were most earnestly advised tt
join Capt. Morris company for service
in the Confederate army, and if tho
young men refused, Mr.. Mullins adyis
ed young ladies' to send their petticoats
to said young men, DC. II these mel
yielded at one time to surrounding cir
cumstances and erred, did it look rght
in them to ask forgiveness for them
selves and not forgive those who fol
lowed their advice! This argument o.
Mr.. Cooper was pointed one. We
wish We had time to give it in full,
With that modcsty Of merit, avcrst
to asking half It's due, Mr.. Cooper re
fcrred to his own course, and VIC must
aver that every unbiased man in tic
assembly felt that while he set down
naught in malice against others, he
claimed only a fragment Of what was
his own merit as q friend under all cir
cumstances to the Union. Speaking
for ourself we will say that we knew
him to be one ofthc few in this State
who nerer swcrved in word or act from
| devotion to the Union, and Brownlow,
bad as he is, was compelled by some.
thing like Il voice Of conscience still
left, to say in a late number Of his pa
per that while he differed politically
with MI. Cooper, Mr.. Cooper was n
gentleman. Even Col. Jas. Mullins,
his opponent, has found nothing in the
past, of Mr.. Cooper, either as Il private
citizen or Congressman, to urge against
him, AS for oursclf, we wonder what
it is induces Mr.. Mullins to run against
Cooper, If it be not to help party with
out regard to consequences. Certain
ly Mr.. Mullins record for treatment OF
the colored people when they were in
slavery is black compared with the
treatment received from Mr., Cooper
Certainly Mr., Mullins aided the rebel,
lion while Mr.. Cooper was boldly stand ,
inr up for the mon, and we don't see {
how he, or BrownloW, or Stokes, ,
Fletcher, or nine-tenths OF the Radical I
can take the oath they prescribe 4
o others as u test Of loyalty. But SO +,
t is. Mr.. Cooper is the enemy Of no [
nan-isa Conservative, and according ,
o the pitiiuI, abomniablc and infamous ,
ry Of the Radical organs, he is arcbcl. 5
We may say iorthe sake ofbrevity, but t
the fear OF successful contra {
lotion, that no man in America has a !
nttcr record for devotion to the I'm
than Hon, Edmund Cooper, but he {
Is n soul that scars far above the sac 6
o%fprinciple forexpedicncy, hence {
cannot be 4 Radical, and Radical cd. !
dity for rule therefore makes him a [
ebcl. Speaking for 6urself again, ne ,
nsider the term no 5rcproach. I'VE /
We no regrets as far rs we arc con- q
ned, for we acted conscientiously re ,
orpolicy, and are not attempt ,
3 to defend Mr.. Cooper from a charge {
ious to us. BY no means. But ,
ice devotion to the Union during the 1
II is now the test of loyalty, we say /
Justly applied, Mr. Cooper would pass
rough such an ordeal unframed, while c
ownlow and nearly lis whole party
this State would be consumed, world >
th0ut end. SH ~ ,
Mr.. Cooper alluded in the kindest ,
inner to his treatment when he was !,
in the hands Of the C0nfede. -.
e government. Gen. Forrest had ,
zen him prisoner, and Gen. Bragg, ,
mmanding, granted two requests of
+. Cooper-one that he might visit
. bedside of his dying wife, the other ,
at he might be allowed~to take his (
thful servant, Damascus, from slave t
into freedom, for which Mr.. COOPER !
pressed q grateful remembrance, in ! :
lguage that melted many to tears. We +
sh that every lcolorsd man could 4
heard this speech of MI. Cooper |
could have yscen the man, and the U
press Of honesty and kindness in his y
20 and eye, and then would have |
en- settled the question as to whether {
or his competitor was their friend. L
Q could here relate Mr.. CoOper's acts o
lie Mr.. Mullins was selling negroes
Confederate money, end carryine +,
M about %lfandcuffed, that would put p
blush the assertion that he is the III
ok man'sr peculiar 4 and especial
md. This great moral cheat the