, 1869-08-07
Gbr Gribunt.
sATEkDAY, AUGUST !. lSGa.

AdcE4Ss ! llUCuA LONfAf1%
Chicago. n
sATEkDAY, AUGUST !. 1850.
THE TENNESSEE ELECTION.
J1lc rnuet excited election contest which
Inns taken placa in the United States, since
t}4:t If Lincoln md Douglas in Illinois in
lh'e, clte,ed in Tennessee III last ThrrHlny
II Inns exceeded als previous elections
iii tla. State, in Tho bitterness WHICH has
,lnrAclcrizcd the discussions mud tho ,,rs.
F"n"f hntre.ls which lavc marked thc Hirue-
s:lc. The competing candidates for Guv-
'1noz scrc members Of the sane party.
They aerc Ja,litical and party nss'xnicE
during ilc wnr, n,ltl in III the nng nt'd fierce
contentious with Tho trholR at,I with An
drew Lnliu@,n. Governor l'rown1ow. lIur.
nsr' Alosnnr,l. Cnluncl Fsokea mud u. W. T..
S'nt,r earned n tns'pnnl teimtatt"n for thu
,nflr1i,,lr pats1utiR,Ii mud ,1ntinchihK rnnr.
HEr whjcl, lkey t!tnJlnyut during ia" wight
,sura n fsl",lltn mil .fs,1Ine',nss.n. Upon
ihr reorganization u tim Ntni". 1!rnwnluw
..'4.,nr di"x. r,,"r. a,el subsequently t)nitnl
SsHs"n Hrunt"r; Maynard nml stnk"n r,,lrr.
r,t t"r,!17n; md hrL.c. l'nean.n psnnlout
II tlsr h.atu H,,a.n, l,y visina II wl!!rh in
lre4,ur tiuIrr1ln. MlA,n lIfuwnl,w'n rlutlui,
~ the StMutr. Hcnter n.ni StuEca becaulu
ra,.anAtcn fur tiuvrr,ms under circul,-
l:.,.nc.n Nhicl, nrt familiar tu the country.
Mr.. Stokes represented the nYtrt,nn Rrpul,.
liral.s, including II large majority u .he
eoloreL population. lls waH fur continu-
ing and enforcing tho rigid 1isunfsAnchisiuG
laws which confined the snnrage practi-
c;Ily 10 those who were voters when tho
wns closed, and which excluded thousands
nf men who have reached manhood since
Muy, lsf;'. His policy isnot only repuguant
10 Tie pulley aSd principles Of the national
Republican party, hut ii nlso the very
policy which il most calculated H. prevent
tL,. establishment and harmony uf the peo-
pie Of Tennessee, The State has an
enormous debt its ,nate1iul interests require
the hearty union and cooperation Of all her
people and at tbs titne the question
whether A or II is Governor Is OF very
rcnotr consequence, except to the extent
TINT the person elected will MD in abolishing
tbs proscHptiye, and no longer toleral'le,
1istr4nchisement Of SO many thousands Of
the 1hnd-owning, ta1-paying and substantial
citizens. Stnter lad the wisdom, ut the
very threshold Of the campaign, to step from
TIE previous contracted platform of the
party in the State, and to place himself on
that Of the National Republican party uf
tie Cnited States, He had the good sense
to perceive that IN election would be but
questionable honor if il wills to be purchased
by perpetuntion Of the blood line of dis
tinction between voters, with the white
race DISTINGUISHED. Tennessee is Hch in
n:uernl ores, in forests, in broad acres, in
wnter power, md in navigable streams
md these want hut the hand Of
industry, guided and governed by a
Ibe,l State authority, to make the whole
State perfect hive OF wealth and indus
ty. This result can never be obtained by
keeping tie people separated, politically. by
I line Of color, aul the property holders
placed under & ban which the county now
regards as palpab1e persecution no longer
jastlhatle. 1t IS no disparagemeut to Col
onea Stokes 10 say thnt in an election upon
such m issue, the aynpathies Of the Re-
publican party in the North were for peace
and union, and for that reason in favor Of
Governor Seuter.
The election has taken place, and Senter
has been chosen. OF the two candidates,
VIC know OF no personal objection to either
which would make nrcfer one To the
uiner; s1l representing, Ms they Gu, .,.~
one d INFLOW, pro6criptive and wholly
indcfenable policy, md the other tho poll
cv Of The National Republican party, VIC do
rot hesitate 10 say that VIC congratulate the
people Of Tennessee on the result.
It is objected that, under the division Of
the Republican party, the Democrata hayo
succeeded in elcchug large portion OF tho
Legislature, and that this result ought TO
yitlatc tho whole election. Tho timo when
the legality Of Nh election depended upon
the politics Of The men elected, it may as
well br understood in Tennessee rs else
where, hns passed by and is never to 1e-
trrn. A division Of tho Republican party
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, or any other
State, would result in the election OF tho
Democratic candidates; but TINT would not
furnish II Ttahon for setting naido the cleo
tion, much less for tho interposHion OF
Congress in q matter utterly foreign to the
duties mud powers Of that body However
unfortunate may be Tho election Of Demo-
cratic LcgiBlaturc, il il hut NATURAL result
of " division uf the Republican party. Tho
eltctien in Tennessee, if contested Mt NIL,
must lie contested in Tennessee, under Tho
lawH Ct Tennessee, mud by the proper
authorizes OF Tennessee. Let Colonel
Stokes. Who il member Of Congress, nc
ceit The result Of the election gracefully. 1t
is no personal defeat it III dcfent Of tho
policy which hu advocated, and which
Mt this time Ands no supporters, savo those
Hhu do not wish tho Union ro-e6tablished
ind peae" hIl industry resumed. We havo
in previous nrticle refused to boliovo any
of tho sturieR attribu.ing to Colonel Stokos
in intention to resist tho o!ccuun Of Cover
uus Se1.tcr hy force. I1e il too old a 1soli-
ticih1,, tl.ti has too much nj stalc in m
honorable future, 70 graufy hin cncniva by
an attempt nt anything Of that kind.
TLu election Icing over, the new Cover.
NOT md tln' now Legislature hhou!l tko
the earliest opportunity 10 remove 20 far
III they can I'LL political acknowledgements,
md practically n,alc political equality the
Fundamental law Of thu State, md disilaa
TINT dshtrac'ing question forever from the
local politics Of Tennessee. Having dono
that. tt them uddrtss their energies 10
bniliiug M thu financial credit Of tho
State. to helping forward its highways Of
trade and commerce, and to making it the
Immediate Interest of the whole population
/, apply themselves at once to labor, and
tLas give Tennessee the opportunity TO
1nalo her mines Of wealth productive TO tho
whole people.
THE REFORM OF OUR VICIOUS CLASSES.
AS II means Of protecting society against