Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-26
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81 Editors UDioR and Dispatch. a.
WOODBURY., June "a, 1861. Matters in
our political history have been getting
along 60 quietly in our little town, and in
the county of Cannon, for several weeks
back, that we would hardly know therewas
an election coming of iu August next.
| The people in Cannon, both white and
black, are straight out for Hon. Edmund
Cooper for Congress; Captain Sheafe, of
Manchester, for the State Senate and
Hiram Morris for the House OF Repreken-
tatives in the State Legislature; and the
majority are decidedly In favor Of Ether
idge for Governor. -
Ia the Mountain disfsiaf, 81 IL is czEsed,
VIM. B. Stokes being the candidate for re-
election 10 Congress, a week ago had APP
peintments to speak at various places in
his district, and found on last Monday That
he had opposition in the person of Capt.
Flemming, who belonged to Stokes regi
ment during the war-a gentleman Of high
order of talent, courteous and brave--a man
whom Col. Stokes had shamefully mistreat-
ed while a soldier, so much 50 that he
chastised the Colonel BY putting some loyal
lead about the Colonies short ribs, from a
navy pistol On learning that Capt Elem.
ming was a candidate and was coming TO
his appointments 10 discuss the questions
Of the day with him, / understand that
the Colonel abandoned his appointments
and left his district, saying that Fleming
would assassinate him that that was what
he became candidate for. ~. h.. 81
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have just learned, went to your Congress
sional district, at Lebanon, on last Saiur-
day to help out John Trimble, (who, un-
derstaDd, says that Rebels have bat two
rights, and one is 20 be hanged and the
other to be damned, and also to carry
Wilson county for Wilson Waters of the
present Legislature, who is a candidate for
recollection, and who il opposed by man
by the name Of Evans who was Federal
soldier during the war, it being manifest
that Evans would beat Waters without
something could be done. Alone Stokes
took the stand for Trimble and Waters, but
before doing 80 Evans notified the Colonel
10 keep in proper bounds, which he agreed
TO do; but, as soon after he commenced his
speech, he began to eulogize Waters, Evans
interrupted him, when he denied what he
had just promised Evans, and the lie was
passed. Evans drew pistol aud fired, bat
| the pistol went off before he got his aim
and unfortunately the bail struck black
man ia the thigh, making a slight flesh
wound, while the Colonel went tumbIing
out of the back pat Of the stand. Gel.
/ Blackburn being present succeeded in re-
storing order. IL is hard, indeed, that the
Colonel should be run out Of his own dis
trict by his opponent, Capt. Flemming, and
when he goes 10 help out the sinking cause
Of Trimble and Waters in Wilson, should
be shot at and run off by one Of his own
party, for, | am told, that no Rebel OF Con-
seryaiive had anything TODD withtheniatter.
Col. Stokes asseilants were all Radicals,
and the only ground of their difficulty was
as to which was the best Radical / sup
pose you will have a full account of the
matter before this reaches yen. am anx-
ions 10 know what the Press and Times will
sag about IT, II am a subscriber to thst
I paper me on5Y lalsef take 1koa5. Nsshs
vile. He has said so much about the dis
loyal Rebels that he had got me almost to
hate Rebels; bat | have lived among them
ever since the surrender, and have never
seen men set better nor more Loyalty than
they have done. If the Press and Times
says that Rebels had anything to do with
this Lebanon affair, | meyer will believe
anything the truth that see in that paper
hereafter. More than that, will not vote
for any man he advocates in his paper.
But if the Press and Times truthfully says
il was family fuss, because there were
not offices enough for all our Radical Office
/ ea.lyars al that tho IfH,o,,Ifv uvoo r,o4far
up by and between themselves for office
without interference by Rebels, then Of
course | will stick to the Press and Times
/ have said a great deal more than | ex.
pected when l concluded this morning to
write You only about Capt Flemming' S run
ming Stokes out of his district, and to let
you know how peaceably We are all getting
along in Cannon. linus. close, as the stage
leaves at 8 o'clock, and our postmaster here
is punctual to the hour.
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