Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-05-17


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"a sd HIS FRikSps DEMONSTRATE.
The Register was not alone in his fears.
The Governors friends, as well as bis enemies,
were alarmed and after consultation, Judge
Trigg and Col John Wiliams-gentlemen
Of unblemished reputation, of high standing,
and of deserved influence in the country, and
Union men who never waverod--seeing
where the Governor was tending, agreed 70
make an effort TO reclaim him. For this
purpose they called upon him, and held a
long interview with him, and each of them
well knows, and will, confirm what say,
that it was the repulsion of the leading reb.
els on the one side, aud their Intervention on
the other, that prevented Governor Brown
low rom iaiiing mo tue SIN OF repeihon
,nat !. was owing 70 the,r timely intervention
and ipiconseouence of whjel, he il "a. day The
un,oorthv Governor of the State. using hi,
official influence to oppress them both.
Now. after publicly advocating in the Whip
the running of candidates by the Union par-
ty for the Confederate Congress. he p,ivately
urged me to become a candidate for this dis.
trict. This is a fact which is known TO non,
but the Governor and myself-it il fac,
which affirm and he denies. I offer Il no,
by way of extenuation for being candidate
mot at all. / do not seek to transfer thai
responsibility, assume it myself-it is men
TONED merely by way OF estopel upon The
Governor, inasmuch as he has several time'
paraded the fact as evidence Of my disloyalty
to the Union. l knew him well enough Il
know that he would deny it-he has done 81
lind we are now before the people on I
question Of veracity, and fiatter myself
that in this locality, where we both live ant
are known, there is very little division o
public sentiment upon this question. II 1
therefore merely necessary for me to fortify
myself with proof for the information o
strangers.
pRowxrov pRaxs THE rrpc,,eu On aAxrrp r,
THE ooNrrprpIrr ooNap,ss
When CONSENTED to become candidate
he (Gov. Brownlow) requested me to furnisl
him statement of my position and that h
wou'u inser' II ia 'ne wing as an edl'oria
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'se, ~ aPPea,eu as "ae 'edce, IN ms ne1' 'ssut
WIN an eo,'oI'al pa.asfapn, M'ei ~ na1 lel
my nanos, Dut wnetnee written ~ sne GOV
ernor OF my ilienc, l nave never known.-
Inc paragraph REFERRED 10 was as io'io"s'
q" Such, we are satisfied, is cor
rect statement OF Colonel Baxter's past cours
and present views. We have given it in OF
! der that he may not be misrepresented by on
class of men, or misunderstood by another
, We have known Colonel Baxter for man
years, and although many may not agre
with him in opinion, we can safely say tina
more honorable, high-minded and patrfoti
, gentleman than he never presented himse
as a candidate to the people OF Tennessee
, He is one Of the ablest lawyers In Tennessee