Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-19
A RRIGHT RADICAL IDEA.

A BRIGHT RADICAL IDEA.
Perhaps we should not be sur
prised at any claims, however pre-
posterous, which the Radicals may
sci up. Bat they advance some
claims which are almost too ridicu+
lous to be treated with ordinary
civility. The most ridiculous idea
yet advanced in regard to the late
election, has been put forth by the
McMinnyille Enterprise, that Mr..
Stokes is the legally elected Gov
ernor, because he received major
ity of the votes cast in previous
elections. The process by which
this important factis evolved by the
enterprising Radical organ at Nc
Minnville is as follows:
alike "rule that works both ways"
Gen. Stokes vote in the late election
goes to show that he received majority
of the registered vote as polled heretos
fore, both the presidential and gubernas
torial election in 1867 and rs, count it
as we may.
ain 1867 there were 81, 600 votes pol
led. 0fthis number BrownlOw received
1900, Etheridge q, 900, making Brown
lows 10000. Stokes vote in the late
election is $4,000, which is majority of
the vote then cast of 1900. And it
will be borne in mind that this it the
largest vote polled since the war preViN
Gus to the late magnificent farce.
"In the presidential election in Nos
vember last there were $4,000 votes
polled. OF this number Grant received
$1,000, Seymour 10000, making Grants
majority $1,000. Stokes vote shows q
majority of $1,000 of the vote then
polled. So that under the franchise law,
as shown by both State elections, held
since its passage, Stokes vote shows q
decided majority Of the vote cast in
either of them.
"And even under the Brownsville des
cision, which, according to BrownlOw's
estimation, added to the registered vote
| 10000 voters, his vote still shows de-
cided majority, suppOsing them all to
have voted, but which is never the case.
Giving Senter the entire Democratic vote
cast for Seymour, and the 10000 rein
stated voters, together with the Repub-
lican vote cast for him, and which cannot
be placed beyond 1000, his vote would
be $4,000, which, taken from the vote
polled for Stokes leaves him clear
majority of 5000 votes.
From the different showings here
made, land figures cannot lie,) it is an
evident fact, that had the registration not
been interrupted, Stokes would have
received a majority Of all the votes cast
ofS,000 or more. And the evidence is
conclusive that he is the legally elected
Governor, and the candidates voted for
on his ticket are the legally elected mem
bers to the Legislature"
| We showed few days ago that
previous to the first of March last
the registrars appointed by Gov.
Brownlow had registered III, 449
citizens in seventy counties. In the
election for Governor in August,
1867, the vote in the fourteen counr
ties from which returns of registra-
ton were not received footed up
| 1854. OF course the vote in these
counties fell considerably below The
actual registration. We are there
fore safe in saying that BrownlOw' 8
registrars had rasistered I40,OU'
citizens in this State previous to the
LIST of March last. Then add The
10000 restored to the right of suf.
frage by the decision of the Su'
preme Court, and we have 1G0, 00C
as the number Of legal voters in
the State previous to appointment
of registrars by Gov. Senter The
| Radicals are stopped from quibs
bling about the legality Of these
voters, for they have endorsed the
registrars appointed by Brownlow
1t is in the face of these facts that
the McMinnvillc Enterprise sets up
its ridiculous claim that Stokes is
the legally elected Governor of be
cause he got moro than majority
of the number that had voted in any
election previous TO that Of last
month. There was an eXtraOrdi-
nary amount of rascality perpetra
ted by Brownlow's registrars, but
the Radicals will find no fault will
them for it, for the good and sufii
cient reason that the frauds anC
rascalities committed by these lOya
appointees of BrOwniOw were
in favor of the Radicals anC
against the opponents Of The
Radicals. For instance, i'll
strong Radical counties such q
large number of certificates were
issued as to lead to the belief that
each voter was supplied with from
two TO five certificates-under diff
ferent names very probably-so a:
to enable them to 'Evote early and
vote often" The following table
gives a few notable instances of The
frauds committed by the BrownloW
registrars, the first column indica'
ting the number registered up tt
the first of March last, and the sec
ond, the number who voted las
month
Regtd. Void
1 Anderson l,3l4 l,o2
2ab l,S9
| Bradley ........- ''''-''' Z,U0I ~
Campbell i,oL9 ~
5,45l Si0
ia 80
/ Knox -.-.........,... ............ AK so
Morgan 44S ~
......'.'''''' 90 ~
Union,................... l,llt 10
Total........................ 2O.5s6 174S
Hero we see that in ten counties
in East Tennessee the BrownloW
registrars issued certificates to $500
more citizens as legal voters than
voted in the late election. nOtWith-