Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-03
LETTER FROM -rIPToN.
Her Claims for the Sd natOrship.

CovISGToN, TESS. July i, 1859.
Editors ANIMAL; Permit me through
your valuable paper to ask that the
Convention at Brownsville TO nonl-
nate q Conservative cand idate for SEN
atOr in the General Assembly from
Madison, Haywood, Laiuderdaie ana
Upton be postponed fi'om Monday,
the 5th inst, to Saturday the luth
inst. This is necessary, as we nave
only Just learned that next MONDAY
is the day proposed for holdlng tle
Convention, and neither Lauderdaieo
Upton have yet appointed delegates,
and it viii be more convenient d
larger meeting of citizens AN be a
| on next Monday, being County court
| day, than at any earlier period.
| would also respectfully a L
the attention of the other cOun-
ties. to the claim that Upton
has on their courtesy for the
candidate on the present occasion.
The people who now constitute n
Conservatives of Upton county, have
never had the Senator since they were
represented by the Hon. John w.
| Harris. in the General. Assembly OF
1856, while Madison has had the
Senator four years in g. II. Kyle, two
wears in A. r. Reed, Haywood four
wears in James A. Rodgers, and Lau-
derdaIe two years in Isaac M. Steele;
besides which ThOs. I'll. NeWburn, OF
| Madison was elected Senator in the
General Assembly of 1866, on the
| declension of d. A. Nuhn, AMI served
until he resigned, when Mcfarland,
! of HAYWOOD, was elected and served
out the term. True Mccall,
the present Senator, resides
in linton, but he was elected
by the Radicals against the almost
unanimous vote of Upton, which was
cast for the Conservative candidate,
W. w. Vaughan, of Haywood. The
| Conservatives Of Haywood generally
eoneede that, in courtesy, Lauderdale
or Tipton is entitled to the candidate.
TT is true Lauderdale has strong claims
for the candidate, which Upton fully
recognizes and admits; and that she
has in Hardin, J. TurIler, d. NJ. Hen
ming. Frederick Burffeld, W. W. Lea,
James A. Lackey, John +. PursOn, j.
G. Murley, ]. l.. Green, Samuel a.
Thomson. J.. y. WaTdIaW, III. Par-
tee. Vim. B. Sawyer and James Low
ard and A host Of OtheTs-gentlemen
eminently qualified for the sta
ton. But neither Lauderdale OF
any Of her noble sons now
claim the position. It may be OBJ
iected that a candidates residence
ought not to influence his selection OF
rejection. one way or the other. Such
was not formerly the opinion Of West
Tennessee when her sons aspired to
the office of Senator Of the United
States against the monopoly of Middle
Tennessee.
In David c. Slaughter Upton has i
candidate who is every way worthy
and well qualified, and whom she de
lights to honor, who has served her a
Sheriff. who was elected by her Sher-
if, in 1860, 1862, in 1884 when he was
absent. not a candidate and did not
accept, 1866 and 1865, and Away.
against her best citizens, and who ha,
/ never been beaten; and who has
always discharged biz, duties in the
various walks of life, publicly and
privately, with the ~strictest fidelity
and TO the admiration of al to whom
he is in anywise known.
1t is hoped the foregoing considera'
tions will be respectfully weighed by
the nominating convention when II
meets. Upton.