The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-27

HthBoLDi sept. III, lSbs
The conservatives in this State are at present
thoroughly aroused TO the dangers they have already
incurred by long period of inactivity and are going
to work with will to make up for the precious time
they have lost. In almost every county in Middle
and West Tennessee the people are now of but one
mind as to the manner in which the campaign should
be conducted and in order the better to promote
harmony among the rank and file petty differences
as to certain disturbing policies and measures
have been buried out OF sight In Davidson
county three colored Seymour and Blair clubs
have just been formed in addition to the one
already in existence headed by Elias Polk. Shelby
county boasts of several organizations of the
same kind, numbering altogether 900 members,
and Gibson county Is also organizing the colored
friends of the party into regular associations which
are to be made available election day. The upshOt
of this activity the part OF the democracy in Undue
ing all the coored men they can influence to aban-
don the radicals has been general prescription of
the black democrats by the latter. Wherever they
have been employed by republicans they have been
at once discharged as soon as the 'boss" was made
acquainted with the detection of his ''friends and
brothers, This is not all. lnevery county in which
the clubs have been found TO exist the radical mana
gers have made it known that coored man viii
find employment at their hands who cannot come
furnished with certificate teshfying that he
il member in good standing OF some
loyal league. on the principle that what is sauce
for the goose is equally sauce for the gander the
democrats as Offset to this, and at the earnest
solicitation OF one of the coored clubs have deter
mined that any colored man seeking employment
and who give satisfactory written proof that he
ia a member of q democratic club will be employed by
them at all times in preference to any other person
of color This nice little game first limited at 10y
the conservatives in Gibson county b1t the mere
mention OF the intended strategy" was received
with such storm OF denunciation that they were
compelled to let the matter drop there and then. II
was soon afterwards discovered, however, that the
hue and cry had been made by the radicals only the
more easily to deceive their opponents to their
own doings, which were precisely what the Gibson
men had proposed as s,rategical and beneficial TO
the party, 40 the democrats natural consequence
have turned to and gone TO work theoretically at
the same job. In the towns where the radicals the
corporation machines and control the public moneys
they are enabled to retain an immense num-
Der OF negroes in their employ In various ways.
and whose votes they can count upon with unerrng
certainty Just so long rs they are kept AT work; but
on the plantations and farms and in the rural dis
tricts generally, where the property holders all
conservative, the radicals don't stand a ghost OF
show In the prescription lne while the conservative
darkies get all the work they want for the mere ask
ing. The whole thing has resolved itself down TO
this. whichever side supplies work to the greatest
number Of negroes that party viii have the largest
colored harvest on election day. Should the pro-
as il no doubt soon will, the radicals will be very
hard pushed Unfortunately for themselves they have
pegs in their household rack than they have holes
10 put them ill., and large numbers OF c0lored men
who are peroeiying this tact already, and who find
ing that their loyal league certificates do not obtain
them work, are abandoning the leagues and Joining
the Seymour cubs-otherwlse, going for their bread
and butter. There are many men In the ranks OF
both parties who denounce prescription as demOral
iZing.
AZ large and enthusiastic meeting of the conser-
vatves, held IN Davidson county on Thursday even
lat nI1 lral i md
Cooper, formerly private secretary TO President
Johnson and now eector at large on The democratic
ticket. Cooper's well known familiarity with the
views of President Johnson on the Tennessee qucs-
ton gives his speeches an Importance which IA all
probability they would not otherwise obtain During
his speech he referred to this question OF inducing
the negroes TO desert the radical ranks. His opin-
ions az to the remedy the people should seek for
In their present difficulties and why they should
avoid any resort TO foul or illegal measures are be-
lieved to be merely the reflex of the Presidents
views on the same subjects. After arguing al great
length 10 prove that "a convention of the people t.
oyerurn the present state government would be ini-
possible and even II possible, an evil thing in itself,
and cOntending that war was no remedy Tor any
political evil, he said that the only remedy was
through the ballot box. True, 10000 white people
were DISTINGUISHED In the state, but all they had TO
do was 10 go hand IN hand with the colorcd man,
the States OF South Carolina and Georgia and Louisi
ana were doing. II the black men desired TO link
the white people 10 them with bonds OF steel they
should stand up with them in good faith. What had
they got to show for ranping the streets or sitting
up all night away from their wives and babies in the
10y al leagues What had Mr.. Brownlow ever done for
them The white men oil the South and the blacks had
been reared together and knew each other well. There
never had been ii feeling between them before the
war anu there was no reason why there should he
any now. They held the DESTINY o the state IN their
hands, and the whites should not hesitate moment
10 extend to them the right hand of fellowship in %
common cause. The colored men should he asked
a. citizens To assist IN rescuing the white people
from their present thradom. II ia The cultivation
OF the land the white man was prosperous the CO.
ored man would also be prosperous. fIe was part
oil the lawmaking power, aud arguments should he
addressed 10 him by which he would be- convinced
that his own interests should lead him 10 side with
the whites Of the south politically
Now. Notwithstanding these strong appeals which
are being made for he negro vote and the trickeres
AMI prescription slrategies that are being brought
into requisition to induce the colored men to leave
The radical party do not think the democrats have
the remoest chance Of CARRYING tennessee newt M.
vemoer Just as certain az the day OF election comes
about Il will he found that the darkies themselves
nave all along been playing very sharp game: they
VIII make the most they cut Of both parties until
the voting time comes. when they viii ego back on
Their most enthusiastic friends. There are on the
plantations, however, a large number of negroes
VINO VIII certainly do their masters bidding ana TO
Tor "Smore aud Blaar." but they will not prove so
strong as entirely TO prevent the result that have
| predicted. The fact Of the matter L. saw what
the democrats may. the blacks In Tennessee have not
that blnd confidence IN the promises Of the white
rtsWells liai the negroes IN other southern states
seem 70 nave so suddenly acquired. Throwing aside
| this fact. stubborn though it NAV be and even
supposing for moment that n sutfcient number
OF the negroes could he brought or bought over
TO the conservative ranks 10 defeat the radical ticket
al bioWnioW mas to do IS to declare the vote Of
by law 10 10 ana he has the election in the hollow of
his hand. IN my opinion the democrats may make
all the appeals 10 the blacks they can manufacture
from now until the eve Of the election. spend every
cent they have In the world, work day and night aud
hold barbecues Dy the thousands vet they Will I've as
far from success then as they are today; for the GOV
ernor Is king and he II is who viii decide for WHOM,
the state shall throw her electoral vote no matter
how the vote stands
There are many democrats who feeling that they
cannot carry the state, are deysinp methods by
which they hope two or three democratic CronQress
men may he elected. or course the Goyernor NAV
put an end to these hopes by the same power which
enables him 10 determine which way the state shall
go at the general election, but is generally believed
that he will not nave the daring TO cast out the vote
In certain districts where all the democratic voters
known 10 be legal voters by every republican In
my opinion these are the very districts which
Br0wnlow VIII dare" 10 count OUT nor will he ask
anybody's advice about the matter one way or the
0ther. The ssrguine democrats, however, think