Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-09-10


'6g. You will thus see that all hi
talk about " fraudulent registration" |
just 50 much bosh for he would have beef
defeated by his opponents getting 1900
maj 'rity had there been no new registration
He bases much of his assertions abou
fraud in the elections, l believe, on tn,
point of there being such heavy vote cast
but be could easily explain the increased
vote " he chose to. The decision OF the
Supreme Court of the State, you will re-.
member, some time before the election, de.
cidcd that all those who had been granted
certificates by the first enfranohise law, but
WIN were deprived OF the right OF voting
by the second enfrsnchise laF and by exec
utive procli imations should be allowed to
woe Tnis admitted 10000 votes that had
Been heretofore kept out. As for the char
ges tnat the election was carried by my
| appointing corrupt Registrars, they are alb
smd. | appointed the best men | could
iud. Indeed, removed r gistrars in Will
son aud several other counties, whom
knew 70 be strong advocates Of my cleo
ton, because they refused to issue certi6-
Gates according to law, as fixed by the Su-
preme Court decision. Among others |
removed a Registrar whom found selling
certificates to whites and blacks alike for
twenty hve cents apiece, Was the rem1v-
al of such a man fraudf" Why, sir, all
the charges NJ frand in the world canno,
change the ac,nal .esnlt of ,ba eIec,ion
In the calf killer district, where s okes
fought his only battle during the war, and
got whipped at that, he didn't get single
vote. He was beaten In his own county,
in his own Senatorial district, in his own
Congressional district, in fact, beaten in
district Rroohs the g restrictiven y candidate
cot 35O votes less than thornburOb. the rad
ical candidate In 1867. Gan Stokes charge
thar 10 the registration deciioo which ad-
mittad so maoy add;ti,,n,i votes
Reaor,ar-Wbat do Won tbinL Governor
ahort syhat ,b,, .aros,r;c,ive,, n,r,, s,v oo,
csrn;ng Govarnor RrowrIow. shoy, b;s n.s
inc made a no,itical somers,uIt
Senter--Poli,ical som.rsauiti 7 tell Won
Mr. Rrownlow ia 10 dav as strong az araant
and ss pndinchino Republ- can as he aver
was In what has he changed ? He Ia an
entbpsiastic Grant an Administrator man.
and that,s inst what am myself S,mer,
s.nlt indeedI Wbv Brownlow is the yonng-
sst man of his sge-ir I NAV he nermitted
a seanning narad1x-in the ITnitsd States
u a. ,tnt, ,,ro,rassi,a u ,n,bI;os, D.
hail. con ramexher the f,ct that ho mi
,n h,s ,nassa9a 10 the I,sois,st,ra q,
Ioez ~, ~ I'S ,ba ,i,os ,s,rIS com. 'shan ,hu m
rr"ot'isa 80 ,sonId have to he eytenSsSN,hat
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h,r1 co. th,. r ,nphlican marty In tho S,aIa
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sa, somo,h;nn "
So. ~ ,h;DL ,hs, ,ho nauros
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cur =, 'r,,, ~, 80 -, =, -, ,ha,
.S;an, 7, w;il do no,hir, ,hat ,h., Rannh
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l,,, 49, es lii ;n,rra yi,si ;n,erasts Of
.,u ~ '. ,ha, a; nrssan, ex;st The
So ,,l,,I. c,al S,ndlv tots ard the ,esroes
WI ms S.I,I PJvp'' I;S 80 :osaI trnlv xyhen be
.,i ~ 80 - u ho,inning 10 nersecpte
~ sdaet, - IA A. far his talking
.,,o o'SohI a' ~ ,ao,;an r'aI,;6ed bv The
nDyuv ~ .s...a, ~ ,bat Ia an hnpcomha
~, a. a. e., Il, was "a fair
~ Nv e,u' ava, ws. hold In anv state. and
,ho s,neraI eovernment would have no more