Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-15
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stokes ON the stumP-A LiIIpuiian
JeiKreys-" Leaving The FOuI Party :,
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Weather and crops.
CorresPohdenco Of the Union and Dispatch.
SM1TH County, Aug. 8, I86s.--Cnee
more | undertake to place at your disposal,
IN brief manner, some items In regard 10
occurring events in this region. Weeks
ago Il was announced in large bills that 4
Radical gathering would take placeat New
middleton, at which Bill Stokes and Others
would hold forth. To-day that gathering
came of, and Stokes was there, and so were
the other speakers, such as they were. It
was large gathering but such a motley
crowd was never before seen in this coun-
By. They, came from all the adioining
counties. The best estimate puts the num-
Der at about twelve hundred, aud don't
think there was one more, or these, at
least two-thirds were negroes, leaving only
fOhr hundred whites. Two hundred Of.
these were from the counties Of Wilson,
.DeKaib, Pulnam, Jackson and Macon,
leaving net more than two hundred Of the
lEIsite people Of this coupiy present, md
fqilg haif these Eese Conservative fleiao
erais present a. 1ookers-on. L ID fact,
very encouraging in Itself that very few Of
the decent men who have been acting with
the Radical party in this county, were pre-
eent, and those few held themselves ,aloof
from the disorderiy and uproarious pro-
ceeding They showed-evident disgust
Stokes spoke his speech, and we have no
word to write against IL. Not that he NJ !
Tered one word that We could approve, but
d it was % weak II he will make that |
kpeeeh all over the district we can forgive |
much Of The past-the Duncan letter and |
The speeches az Alexandria and Cherry Val |
icy, HE namelessg outrages at Carthage and
Granville, ETC. In ie0hpAfibon with his
speeches since he hasbeen Radical-Rebel, /
that to-day was as the zephyr to the tofna-gI
do, as the mildhess Of the lamb 10 the IA
pacity The wolf / fheepeech was very /
poor one, and bad in spirit but there was
30 much less loW-dowD, vulgar abuse and 4
ignorant brag, than heretofore, or than we
Expected, that we are almost disposed to |
praise IL 'lisaa az - 1Slsf .'At3llI
But whateYer Stokes speech lacked in
sileRess, was made up by fellow named \
Hamilton and by our carpet-bag member
of the Legislature. They appealed to the
lowest passions and fears Of the negroes
and the latter declared that If the disfran-
chised intended TO vote or die, they had az
well make up their minds to die, for vote
they never should. 'i.
Our Circuit Court has been in session
Two weeks. We have Circuit Judge, Hon.
a. McClain, in many respects good one
hRd Of some ability as a iurist, but unfortu-
nately, exceedingly egotistic, and much
pulled up with his own Importance. He
took the occasion ofhis charge TO the grand |
jury on the first day Of the presenLIerm TO
deliver low barang, which Disguised
every man that heard it, no matter what
his political opinions He showed the
venom OF his partisan feelings still stronger
when a gentleman summoned as a Juror in
answer TO the inquiry, care You legal
voter p answered, "No, but hope to be
Soon" He few into furious passionE
fined him and threatend 10 send him to
Jail. Only think A man fined and abused
and threatened with the Jail for expressing
The natural hope CT becoming a legal
voter. Have we a Lilipdtian Jeifreys
among us? #Nia's'.
As | have intimated, the decen1 men are
having the Radical party ia this county.
am not mistaken in this. The evedent dis
honesty and incompetency Of their leaders ia
having its effect. What honest man
can prefer a negro TO white MANI
What honest man will take one dol
lar and fifty cents day, good and lawful
money Of the United States, more than
The law allows him? What honest man
will burden the workingman with
taxes beyond endurance TO keep himself
and fellow plunderers in Office What has
gone with the seven hundred thousand doll
lars Of taxes collected in 1866; the fifteen
hundred thousand collected in 1861; the
nearly two millions being collected this
year? Where is the school tax taken to
Nashville bat never returned 10 the coun-
.ies2 Why, with ali this money drawn
rom us, is the State under protest What
have they done with all this money ? Some
have hoped the present Legislature would
10 something TO remove the disabilities
rom the white men of the State. Vain
hopel Our only hope Of legal redress is in
he success OF the great Democratic party
North. -n-s 2.
We are having fine rains and the corn
,rop promises an abundant yield.
.i. LOCKER On, 1