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KNOW.NOTHING COLLAR.

Mr.. Schuyler Collax, the Radical can
didate for Vice President, has sneakingly
attempted to deny that he ever was
Know-Nothing. We say attempted, for
he does not meet the question fairly and
sauarely. Here is what the Frankfort
(Ky.) Commonwealth puts forth as his
disclaimer:
You know it is falsehood you
know that never in my public life, from
the commencement to the close, in any
year. month, or day, have l held any
other doctrines than that principles and
character, not birthplace and creed, were
the true test for official promotion. MeR
who may resort to. forgery may sign my
name with their felonious fingers, for a
! forgery IS felony
This is fair specimen Of insincerity
and lodging Of this artfuI demagogue.
He knows that he would be convicted Of
falschood if he had made plain, straight
forward denial Of the charge that he was
bigotted, proscriptive Known othing
at the time that order spread over the
country. The proof is positive upon
this point. The Frankfort YeOmaR
copies from the Frankfort Common
,cealH of June 13, 1855, the following
PHILADELPHIA, June S.-The X. n.
convention this evening entered upon
the election of officers, and, on the sixth
balloting, Mr.. Bartlett, Of Kentucky,
was chosen President.
"The following names were announced
for the committee on platform Gibson,
of Illinois; CoLFAX, Of Indiana Lyons,
of New York Gamble, OF Missouri ;
Colby, Of New Hampshire" etc.
The Commonwealth is a supporter
of Grant and Collax, and its files ought
therefore to be competent rs testimony
against either Of them. On the authority
Of one Of his supporters and apologists
we have the proof that Mr.. ColiaX was
not only a member Of the national con
vention OF that proscriptivo order or party
which met in Philadelphia in June, 1879
but that he was member Of the com
mittee on the platform. The platform
which this committee reported is pub
Ished in full in the Commonwealth o
June %, 1855, the eighth plank of which
IS in the following words
VIII. Resistance to the aggressive
policy and corrupting tendencies of sh
Roman Catholic Church in our country
by the advancement TO all political sta
tions-cxccutive legislative, judicial o
2iplomatic-of those only who do no
hold civil allegieDce, directly or indirect
", to any foreign power, whether civil o
= ecclesiastical. and " no are ImcTIcan'
, Jy birth, education and tT'dtntng-
thus fulfilling the maxim American
only shall govern America
There is the damning proof OF HI
guilt furnished by paper that now advo
E Gates his election to the second office /
the gift Of the American people. lie wa
a proscriptive Know-Nothing, who wouL
have deprived every foreigner of tn
right to vote, and who would have urive
the Catholic Church from this country
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Fv.v- citizen should rise from ms "e"
,,.fav with the foremost thought in ms
mind to keep tha peace himself anu 10
r-~s,aac others 70 keep it, ConseT-
ra,;.n IS peace. Disorder and ''o-
raB,o are utterly antagonistic to It. II
-om,5 hold thcaation within the confines
Of ,ls written law in order to preserve j.
r~,., destruction. 1t would restrain So
r:..~ hv the same means, to protect II
rom Gisiutegration. It's cardinal 'on''
;s obss:gce to law. 1t teaches that
frogrh laws may be unjust and tyrann''
cal. until they become intOlerable' they
should be respected. Crises Occnr' when
for III, preservation Of the chief ends o
.ovcrn,nert decisive and destructive
r.a,snras are necessary. These how
,~o~ arc so striking that the public
sense agpg.honds them at once, and theT
10 know. is for the people to execute
heir will. as lightning does the will o
GoeswioIy and completely. We W '.S
--.-,.-.l GUY friends who profess poI''l'I
.o-.a-vat;sn in the election, that no Su'I
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We had three franchise laws enacted
by the Legislature which was elected in
March, 1865, and assembled on the ID Of
April, Of that year, and it is a very grave
question which one Of these laws is le-
gaIlv in force to-day. The COnstitutio 0
of the State (article ., section H. pro-
yides that the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES, when assembled, shall
each choose a Speaker and other officers;
be Judges o. the qualifications and cleo
tions Of its members, and sit upon its
own adiournmcDSs from day to day,
Tr0-tbiTds o. each house snail con-
Stifutc q On orum TO DO business : but
a smaller plumber may adjourn from day
to day, az / may be authorized by law TO
compel tho attendance Of absent mem
bers.p The twelfth section of the same
article provides that each house may
dete, mine The rules Of its proceedings!
Tho "ruIes Of order for the government
Of the House Of Representatives, adopted
under this authority, provide that the
Sneaker shall have a right TO name
any member to perform the duties OF the
! Chair; but such substitution shall not ex-
tend beyond an adjournment Inc
House Of Representatives was composed
= d.
Of cishty-four members, and therefore Il
required the presence Of tiity-siN mem
/ bers TO transact business Of any KIND
| except simply to adjourn from day TO day
When -bc second franchise bill was IN
| der Iteration in the House Of Repre-
sentatilcs in February, 1866, quorum
Of THAI body was destroyed by the reslg'
nation Of a number Of members who
were opposed to its passage. A report {
the proceedings Of the House of Repre-
[ sent; tiyes on the 81 Of March, 1866
| published in one OF. the city papers, con
I tains the following
"TTors- or REPRESENTATIVES,, Satur
dav. March ,, lSG6.-- 81 Only
| g[o1t twenty members Of this body ap
TG9rcd in ;Leir seats After the journa
vas read. Mr.. Speaker Hciskell aske,
and cb,aiDcd leave Of absence till Apr
| tbc l5.h. but stated that he would re
INN LcC,rc that time if a quorum couI'
! be obtained"
And rhoreupon Mr.. Mullins was aP
pointcd to actas Speaker pro tenn
Another report says:
80, the suggestion OF Mr.. Arneil, th
C.rstn was informed that the House va
yitLouta quorum, and until the election
Of new members. would adjourn from
day TO day"
The first thing that occurred IN tn
6 nate on that day, after the reading G
the journal. is reported as follows;
The following message was recelVe'
from the Honse: -. MI
BLOUSE OF REPREsENTAIlEi- 'iS'S
. 1866 Mr.. Speaker: am directed =
The House Of Representatives 10 inIoLu
The Senate that the House IS leit "i'hoII
quorum. and will adjourn from day 10 ia.
until a quorum can be had.
U'''' al. II. CONVEX,
"Clegk Of the House Of Representatives.
Here We have the official evidence tina
: the House Of Representatives was with
ont a quorum on the Sd of March, 1866
md in that condition, leave Of absence
until the 10Th Of April ensuing wa
Granted the Speaker Of that body, ano
: S51rr Mullins was appointed to act a
r s,o,ker pro tcm." Here was bushes
Of q very important character transacted
notwithstanding the Constitution express
declares that not less than "two-third
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A LAST WORD

For nearly thirty-1Our years, four years |
during the war excepted, this journal has |
gone in and out before the people Of Ten
nessee. 1t has mingled in many politi-
cal contests, some Of them exceedingly
fierce. 1t has chronicled political victo-
ries and defeats. The intellect and en-
ergies of its conductors from time to
time, have been deeply enlisted and they
have approached the election morning
with conflicting emotions. But never
before in its history, embracing a period
in which the most important political re-
suits have been achieved, has it viewed
the situation at the eve of Presidential
election with so trembling an apprehen-
sion Of the consequences. Our part is
done, newspapers and speakers have
finished their portion Of the task. What
ever the issue, we have the conscious
ness Of having advised the people soberly
and discreetly. That part Of the
past is, at least, secure. We have but a
single word moro to voters, whose duties
will also be over, before we address them
/ again.
1t is no exaggeration to say that to-
day will decide the success or failure Of a
political revolution in this country. The
sun will set this evening on the Constitu-
ton, undergoing disintegration and re-
arrangement by the verdict of majority
Of the people, or it will witness the regis
tration of the popular condemnation
against the innovations which the pas
few years have made in it. The people
OF this country, are great enough to at
tempt stupendous changes. They ar
bold enough to believe they can max
them successfully and for the common
good. We are Of that school who distruS
this capacity to a great degree, and hol'
that fundamental alterations are danger
Gus, and that q license to the spiri
and desire for change is likely t
lead to disastrous results. Tn
word we would say then, to every maj
capable Of thinking and who intends t
use the faculty to-day, is to vote aga:ns
Radicalism. 1t is the organization an
embodiment Of the doctrine which teach
es that the popular caprice moulded an
+ welded by selfish demagogues while ye
the passions OF a civil war are uncooled
is competent to institute and ordain Rad
, cal changes in our system Of government
The Success Of Grant, no matter what hi
, | personal qualities may be, will be j
effect to say that a political party durin
| its Gsccndency may propose and cstablis
| radically organic alterations in the Su
| prone law. Mexican anarchy is but on
remove from this, and the triumph
! this idea will sooner or later bring thi
people to that condition.
This last word may not direct sing
vote, and certainly will 10: affect the r.
suit; but solemnIy impressed with tn
= seriousness Of the issues about to be dt
e cided. We have felt like saying it. It'll
4 decision Of to-day shall be fortunate "
t will rejoice. spai
= but work on and with tho people, (
n make their condition as tolerablo
y possible.
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Of each house shall constitute quorum
to DO business" According to the
Constitution the House Of Representa-
tiyes, in its condition at that time, being
"left without quorum" could not legally
grant leave of absence to the Speaker or
any other member, or appoint or elect
member "to act as Speaker pro tenn"
nor could the Speaker "name any mem
Der to perform the duties of the Chair"
beyond an adjournment. The presence
of the Speaker was then, according to the
rules of order ior the government Of the
House of Representatives" adopted
under the sanction of the Constitution,
absolutely necessary to preserve intact
the organization Of the House of Repre-
sentatives. 1t follows as a logical ard
legal sequence, that his absenting him.
self, by permission, though it may be, OF
less than quorum, broke the chain in
the existence Of the House of Represen-
|
tatives. A few men, styling themselves
the House of Representatives, with
Mr.. Mullins acting as Speaker pro tem,
continued to meet for full month after
that period. and Mr.. Mullins regularly
called the House to order and adjourned
it. During all that time the regularly
elected Speaker did not appear I" to take
the Chair everyday precisely at the hour
to which the House shall have adj
iourned.o Here we see that the lega
existence of the House Of Representa-
tiyes terminated on the third day o
March, 1866, and with it of course, tn,
two Houses as a legislative-body. Ye
after that date the vacancies which re
duced the House below a quorum wer
filled, and the two Houses proceeded t
enact laws. We had tive franchise an
various other laws enacted by tina
! Legislature, and they are to-da
enforced as legally enacted laws. Tn
present franchise law and that arbitrar
law which assumes TO authorize Govern
OF Brownlow to declare null and void th
registration in amy county, were enacte
by the Legislature afterit had lost its |,
! gal existence in the manner we hay
pointed out. This same body, stylir
itselfa Legislature, made it misdemeal
y. or for any one to vote CT attempt to vot
'by virtue Of certificate issued from
registration declared null and void |
=. the Governor This is specimen Of t
, legislation we have in Tennessee. 1t ma
tiers not how irregular the enactment
:. the laws may have been, they are c
forced without resistance. Which fra
chise law is the legal one? Who has t
nerve to test this question Is there
Judge in this State, who has any rega
for his reputation as lawyer, who won
y not declare the franchise Ian Of June
- 1865, as the only that has binding forct
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CnIORrn NOTFRS

Before voting to-day should step aside
and consult white friends upon whose
judgment they can rely, and upon whose
support and assistance they can depend
in time Of need and trouble. He who
follows the teachings of the carpet-bag,
ger is sowing for himself crop Of care
This IS the most important day that
many Of them have ever seen. Theyarl
commencing, as it were, new life. The
first wrong step will lead to many others
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THE UsURPATLONs OF A SHOUL-
DER-STRAPPED TYRANT.

THE ADAPTATIONS OF A SHOUL-
DER-STRAPPED TYRANT.
General Reynolds, the commander oil
the military department of Texas, has
shown himself TO be petty despot.
Without the semblance of authority, he |
has forbid the people of Texas holding
an election for Electors for President and
Vice President, and now he has ordered
a Judge to continue civil case, where at
least one party to the suit is anxious Tor
a decision Of the matter. The following
is as follows:
"To Judge Mcfarland, Richmond,
Texas.-For reasons made known by the
Governor and States Attorney, you Will
continue until next term the cases IN
volving the question of heirshlp to Inc
estate Of J. G. Clark, deceased.
J. j. REYNOLDS,
Brevet Major General"
A more outrageous usurpatiOn has not
been attempted by any military sa,rap
who has lorded it over the Southern peo'
pie. Greater outrages have perhaps been
committed, but none which show so fully
the petty tyrant as this act of Gen. Rey-
nolds. The President has been appealed
to to revoke this order, but under the
reconstruction laws he has no power tc
do so. He can only remove Reynolds
and this he should have done upon thu
instant of being notified of this last &C
of tyranny. A shOulder-strapped tyran
orders Judge Of State court to con
tinue case in his court, and the Judg
f has no discretion in the matter, becaus
e the satrap has bayonets to enforce hi
t order, while the President of the Unite
: States is poweTless to interpose againS
O this monstrous usurpation. Here is
O practical result Of the Radical reconstruC
d ton. In the better days Of the republ
It the military was subordinate to the civ
Y authority, but under Radical rule civ
e is subordinate to the military, at least
" the South.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

L should be remembered that Radical
ism Is q Zoe to individual independence
IN every thing. Il now proscribes men
politically. II it acquires permanent
power IN Ibis nation. it will ere long as
sumo - prescribe what religion pan
snail profess. The power Of government
is rapidly absorbing personal rights, and
there is 10 limit to the assumptions Of
IEc1nGous authority.
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FOR RENT--1S60

7 HAVE FOR RENT DURING THE ENSU-
ing wear 1869, the following desirable prop
erty, on favorable terms;
An Elegant Garden, on the Southern
border of the city containing eight acres, with
n small brick cottage on it. suitablo for a resi-
Jence Possession given Immediately for re-
maiuder Of the year. if desired.
Adjoining the above, a splendid Garden
sp0i. with twelve TO twenty-five acres of land.
Of the option of the renter, with n cOmmOdiOus
A. @. MERHITT,
oet23-tf Cor. Cherry and Union sts.
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OF Tennessee are to-day detarred from
the privilege Of exercising the freeman's
right to a voice in the choice of rulers.
Does any sane man, white or black, be-
lieYe that such state Of things can lead
to a satisfactory result Let the mer-
chant, the manufacturer, the farmer, the
labcring man Of every class and color
before depositing a vote to-day, ask him,
self whether it is wise to continue it.
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Closing of Liquor Saloons.

OFFICE COM. METROPOLTAN POLICEl
AZ and as SEDAR STREET. 7
Nashville, Oct. JIst. US. J.
The provision Of the Act Of July ., 1907, re
o1irinr the closing OF all Liquor saloons on
election lavs. will be strictly enforced on Tues
day. November Sd. The Law makes 1t the duty
Of Tho nolice 10 lock up all establishments found
open in violation Of the statute,
n arJar Of the Police Commissioner,
HENRY STONE,
y2-2t Deputy Clerk Met. Police.
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r,,r .FcTsTYATTON MACHINE

Was busy yesterday. COlored men who
have had certificates thrust into their
hands with instructions to vote, should
he told that the law is severe against
fraudulent voting, and that swearing 10 4
lie is a pcnitemiary otiensc.
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BUY AT HOME.
PLANTERS BANK NOTE

TN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT OF III
i General Assembly Of the State o. Aenn - On
approved December u. 1866. entitlo- an asS 4
oT35alite tbe distriUaIi,f OF tho effects OF ban !
which lave or Ray .aaaEo nsslgnul euls - -. III
their creditor" notice is hereby gwen 20 'u
Elders OF the notes Of tho Planters sD.-,;.,rc
- tns T1anI< in Nashville tor payment betHeol
now and the first day Of January. 1909 OF 'H'
will be forever barred. ,.,,,..,,,,v, rr-,,...
Eyl3 dkytiIjanI 50.
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the following described property:
Two HOUSES AND LOTS, on the east side Of
Market street, at the junction Of the Murfrees-
Foro pike with said street, fronting about sixty.
six feet 90 the same end Of said pike, and run
ming back 80 feet 10 an alley. Tho houses are
two story double brick, with six rooms in each.
and in gOOd repair. and comparatively new
houses. Also 1879 acres IN civil district No, g,
Davids n county. about five miles from the city
of Nashville. on the north side Of Mill Greek
Valley Pike. and adjoining Andrew Gregory
home place. being the same sold by ii. Petway
to A, Gregory, 18th day of October 1850, and
registered in the Registers office Of Davidson
county. Also three-ninths interest IN fourteen
acres in civil district No 5, in Davidson county,
bought by said Gregory of the Jgcob WAGNER
heirs. Also IA acres and y poles in the 9TH dis
trict Of Davidson county, bought by said Grego-
~ Of the Clerk and Master, Nashville IN the
year 1851. Reference is made to the ChaneeTy
Court, Nashville. for a more particular descrlp-
ton of these lands.
L will also sell, at the same time and place.
one two horse wagon, one carryall and nun
Der of plOWs and other farming implements.
Terms made known on the day Of sale,
A. II. HURLEY,
Oct7 1aW3t Assignee
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Notice to the Public.
Southern Mattress Factory
MARSHAL'S SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF A WRIT VEN. ENP0NAS
ID to me directed from the Circuit Court Of the
United States for the Southern District OF Ala,
hama, to ratify q judgment rendered by said
Court on the 18th day OF April. 1867, in favor Of
the United States Of America against Cado NJ.
GodboId and John NJ. Brown, for the sum Of
tS2-M 50 and the costs OF suit. | will
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
PROCLAMATION.

MAYORS OFFICE;
NASHVILLE, TEsE., Nov. z, 1908.
no PROTECT VOTERS, INSURE PEACE.
order and quiet during the
Presidential Election,
t, be held to-day November 81 and to re.
move, as much as possible, all those causes that
excite citizens and disturb the peace Dy virtue
of the authority vested in me, it is ordered:
FIRsr-That all Saloons, Bars, Groceries and ID
places where intoxicating liquors are SOLO, shah
be closed
BErwEENTHE HOURS oE 6 Am. AND 10 pm.
on the Sd of November, throughout the city.
SEcoND-That all persons not twentycone
| years of age. are directed to keep away IOni
the polls, and the police are dlrecteu 70 enforce
| this order. not permitting boys to congregate OF
stay about in the vicinity of the voting places
| In witness whereof, have hereto set my hand
| and the seal of this city OF ashXli1e, OF
t.. ST. this the ID day OF NoyemIpsSer' iSoo.
| nOY3-lt A. 4. ALIEN DluSOr'
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w. S. DUNNAvANT,

CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
4 Coz. OF ll!GHsT. AND CUMBERLAND ELEI'
,,ouI5 spectfllly inform his patrons, friends
and the public generally, that he has secure
fhe services Of Mr.. Geo. W. Hickman rs Agent
and Foreman, and is prepared to execute al
kinds OF building and job work with dlspatch
and in a wOrkmanlike manner. toctl
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ELECTORAL TICKET,
Tor tho State at Large.


Tor tho State at Large.
EMERSON ETHERIDGE, of Weakley.
EDMUND COOPER, of Bedford. Asa.
lst District Gen. A. A. KYLE. Of Hawkins.
b District-J. NJ. CLEMENTSON, of MeAfinn.
81 District-E. A. JAMES, of Hamilton.
attn District-A. A. STEELE. of Marshall.
jth District-FRANK P. CAHILL, Of Davidson.
9Th District-ELIJAH WALKER, Of Hardin.
7th District-H. J. TURNER, of Lauderdale.
sth District-W. w. VAUGHAN, of Haywood,
zz----@------
DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE.
GEO. J. STUBBLEFIELD, Chairman.
lst District. P. HoLTzINGER, Of Greene
md john WILLIAMS, Of Knox.
Srd e. A. JAMES, Of Hamilton.
4th Jcs. II. THOMPSON, Of Bedford.
5th ~. NJ. BRowy,. IRA P. JOKES
L. F. BEECH, A. ROBERTS, anl
J. 7. DUNLAP. Of Davidson. =
9Th DORSEY B. THOMAS, Of Hum
phreys.
9TH Horace P. BLANTON. SR.. Of Hen
~.
sth M. D. L. STEWART. of Shelby.
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Notice TO Show Causo-In Bankruptcy
THIS IS To GIVE NOTICE THAT JOHN
L W. smith. l.. D. Moody, W. a. Sowell, W
M. Pollock. X. H. Izor, Harrison X Kirk, r. I.
Matthews, David ". Allen. c. e. Cummings.
and J. T. Cornell have filed in the office Of
the Clerk of this Court their PETITIONS for DIS
CHARGE. and it was thereupOn ordered by the
Coart that hearing be had upon the same
On the goth Day OF November, 1865.
at the bours Of 3 81. 81. So 4. "a. ~ AZ, 3
and 81 Tespectively, at Office OF A. 5. Brad
lev, Register, in Courthouse in Springfield.
Tenn, and that all creditors who have proven
their debts, and other persons interested,
NAV appear at said time and place and
show cause, if any they have. why the prayers
of said petitions should not be granted, AMI that
the second and third meetings Of creditors Will
be held ut the same time and place.
L. X. CAMPBELL. Clerk.
US. Dist. Court, Mid Dist. Of Tenn.
nov1 sundaysSt
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TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1858.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITrEE.
\ VAST MAJORITY OF THE. WHITE
PEQPIE

a M. D. L. STEWART. of Shelby.
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ErNT0N AND AMERICAN,

BY
j. o. GRIFFITH & co.
o,,,vss. seT,I.WeekIy e4s weekly So
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Nashville and Northwestern
r A / L r O A d.

ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, 16TH.
~ and until further notice, PASSEhGEh
TRAINS will run between Nashville and Mem
phis, Tennessee. and Hickman. Kentucky