Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-01
THE OHIO MISSIONARY

A young man from Ohio, a po-
litical missionary to the benighted
Tennesseeans, who fancies that the
State government of Tennessee
rests upon his shoulders, cssayed
yesterday TO instruct the Radicals
how they should vote in the pend
ing election for Governor, in little
speech at the City Hotel. This
missionary, who has had Ten
nessee under his special care for
more than four years, told such as
had the patience to listen to his in
coherent rawlings, that the present
was not a contest between two Re-
publicans for Governor, but be-
tween the Radicals and the Rebel
Democracy" that Gov. Senter had
shown an utter disregard of law
and every thing else in the removal
and appointment Of registrars, and
advised every Radical to vote for
Stokes as the only Republican can
didate for Governor. This con
science keeper for the Radicals Of
Tennessee was editor of the Press
and Times, the Senter organ, only
a short time ago, and he then sung
very different tune from what he
does now. In the Press and Times of
July ., we find the following:
CONsPIRAToRS FoILED.
At midnight, last night, our dispatches
from Memphis announced that the Su-
preme Court had reversed the decision Of
Chancellor Smith enjOining Boughner
from exercising the functions Of Regis
trar in Shelby county. Amen this puts
an end to the absurd attempt Of the
Stokers to fetter the hands Of the Gov
ernor, and prevent him from placing in
Office men who will execute the law. We
have now plain sailing before us, and
shall move grandly onward to victory
Hurrah for Senter!
Ii is well known how Gov. Son
ter was hampered at this time by
the courts, in making removals of
derelict registrars, and when the
Supreme Court united his hands,
this Ohio emissary cried out
"Amen!" because it "put an end to
the absurd attempt Of the Stokers'
to prevent him from placing in
office men who will execute the
law" Here is the confession of this
fellow that the Brownlow regis
trars were not executing the law,
and now he seeks to make capital
for Stokes out of these unfaithful
registrars. But this is not all.
Here is his deliberate opinion of
the man hc now recommends the
Radicals to vote for, expressed in
the Press and Times as late as July
ID:
"Gen. Stokes had magnificent OPP
portunity presented him, just after the
Republican State Convention. Had he
then. seeing the evident choice OF, the
people, magnanimously withdrawn from
the canvass, lac would have ennobled
himself and secured the gratitude of
Tennessee. But his grasping greed for
office blinded him. And now he will
soon sink utterly out of sight, or be re-
membered only as the most selfish demS
agosue and weakest political trickster
that ever sought the Governorship of 4
State"
Now, did he deliberately falsify
the character of Stokes then, or is
he. true to his instincts, playing
false now? He is guilty in one or
IN. other case. Does not his course
here show conclusively that he
"wears his principles upon his
sleeve ?" The mercenary fellow
will advocate any man or measure
lust as it pays. This is the man
who comes down here TO instruct
the people how and for whom they
should vote.