Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-07-18
THE CAMPAIGN.
Address OF Col. Cameron Last
Hvening-The Opera House
Overlooked.

didate for Superintendent Of Public
Instruction for the State at the coming
election, addressed a large, intelligent
and enthusiastic meeting Of his con-
stituency at the Greenlaw Opera House
last evening. In the course Of his re-
marks he drew bold and striking
distinction between Conservatism aud
Brownlowism in Tennessee. He alluded
to the Generals and the armies Of the
"Lost Cause as constituted Of gentle
men of high personal honor, who had in
every instance kept their paroles. &c
said this as Union soldier, and he
challenged any honest and unprejudiced
Northern man to gainsay the assertion,
During the war he had felt that he was
fighting brave and maguanimous foe,
and his intercourse since the war with
the people Of the South had in no man.
ner tended to lessen his opinion Of them.
He deprecated, in tho strongest terms,
the manner in which the South had been
treated since overcome by the superior
strength and facilities of the North. He
could expect nothing from bis hearers,
since the majority of them had been
DISTINGUISHED. On the other hand, how.
ever, he had only to say to the Radical
party, or to Brownlow, How do you
dc" and the best Office in the State was
open to him. He said this in order that
he might add he would not, for any per
sonal preferment, bow the knee to such
power or such party. He made
allnsion to the disgraceful manner in
which the Convention for amending
the State Constitution Of Tennessee
had been organized; how the nefari-
GUS franchise law had been brought
about, which had deprived four-fflhs Of
the responsibility OF the State of their
legal rights. He spoke of Arnell, a
leading spirit in the convention, as q
cross-breed between Massachusetts,
Puritan and a North Carolina Huguenot,
monstrosity that only such a miscege-
nation could produce. Many such men
who were originally rebels" now com
posed the Radical rank and file. Among
them he would instance Hardeman
Smith, who was an original rebel, while
A. j. Fletcher, the Secretary of State,
had fawned on Jefferson Davis for a
commission, but had been kicked out,
and then went for shelter, to save his
skin, to little town in Indiana, where
he oficiated as town clerk, and then
same back at the close Of the war to de-
prive honest, patriotic men oftheir rights.
Such men composed the loyal leaguers.
The Radical party was ready to receive
any one, and if Jefferson Davis would
only strike hands with Brownlow be
would be received into full Fellowship.
On the other hand he alluded to the
supporters of Mr.. Etheridge, among whom
he mentioned General Gillian, Maj. Gen.
Carter, and the majority of the officers
and men of the Union army in the State.
He charged fraud and foul play in the
registering Of colored voters in Shelby
county. He closed by giving some
account of his recent canvass of the
district, and concluded by asserting that
Etheridgo would enquestionably sweep
the State, unless Brownlow disfran chised
it by counties. The salient points and
happy hits of the speaker were provoca-
tive OF much applause, and frequently
convulsed his audience with laughter
All in all, the occasion was one which
must tell upon the result of the election
in the city, if the effort Of the gallant
Colonel reached the ears OF any suscep-
tible Of the influence of honest argument
and sound logic