Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-28
cprswELL FOR STOKES.


The Grant Cabinet have thought 1t
proper to express themselves in favor OF
the election of Colonel Stokes as Gov
eruor of this State "a matter, as we
hold. they have little to do with. 1t Cres-
we'll succeeds in making q good Postmas-
ter General, it will be all the people re-
ouire of him. But any responsibilities
he should assume outside Of this would
be in bad faith, and only show the Secre'
tary az deficient in common sense as his
master, Grant. We we're not aware that
all power in the States had been coneen-
trated at Washington, and that the peo-
ple of this or any other section should
submit themselves to the dicsatios OF
Grants Cabinet. If Grant would ssiAs
the reins of government and rule s. TIE
absolute monarch OF the country, then
let him come out boldly and declare his
purpose so to do. We deprecate mon
grel State government, and shall oppose
any illegal attempts on the part of the
administration to control, by force or
otherwise, the destinies of Tennessee
notifies. The following 10 the telegram
sent Colonel Stokes from Postmaster
Creswell, which We take from the Ten
nessee State journal, published at the
Banner Office Nashville:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. July "a. 1861.
To Hon. W. B. Stokes. City Hotel:
Believing you to be the true represen-
tatiye of the Republican party of Ten.
nessee, / earnestly advocate your cleo
ton, and / trust that every sound
Republican in your State will rally
enthusiastically to your support. The
President is absent from the city, but |
am confident thst / declare his opinion
and desire.
JoHx A. j. CREswELL,
Postmaster General.
1t is the opinion of this renegade
Marylander that Stokes is the true repre-
sentative of the Republican party in this
State. The question is, nevertheless,
one subject to debate and difficult to
determine. There are large classes Of as
true Republicans in Tennessee as the
"Bald Eagle" who differ with Mr.. Cres-
we'll on this point, and express them
selves openly for Governor Senter. Ard
10 chow to our readers that in favoring
Stokes, the proscriptionist in this State,
is not a reflex Of Republican feeling, we
take the following from the Cincinnati
Commercial of July 26ih, which sheet is
regarded ct all times as the true ex.
ponent Of Black Republication. Ia
speaking of the candidates in Tennessee,
1t says:
Certain members Of the Cabinet are of
the opinion that il is necessary to do
something for Stokes. Postmaster Gen
eral Creswell has telegrsphed his en-
dorsement of that patriot, and il is under
stood that Boutwell, has written letter,
recommending the Republicans of Ten
nessee to support him in preference to
Senter. What else it may be thought
necessary for the Administration to do
has not been announced. Gen. Grant is
at Long Branch or shopping in New
York, and is not likely to spoil the pleas
ure Of his vacation by severe study Of
the merits Of the candidates for the Gov
ernorship of Tennessee.
Were he TO deliver himself up to alter
nate admiration Of these champions Of
the people, 1t would result in expressing
his feelings in the language Of the poet
"How happy could l be with either,
We're tother dear charmer away"
For there is but slight shade Of diff
ference between Stokes and Senter upon
any important political question of the
day, as, indeed, msy be inferred when it
Is remembered that their joint discus
sions have been mainly confined to per-
sonalities and efforts to prove each more
a rebel, in 1861, than the other.
Why should the Administration prefer
Stokes TO Senter2 Not because Stokes
is the regular nominee Of the Republican
marty in Tennessee, for no regular nomi
nation was made. The Convention
broke up in row after vsinly seeking to
harmonize, and the factions put the
nresent tickets in the field. Not because
Stokes is O better Union man than Sen
ter. for in the beginning Of the war the
one was as strongly implicated in the Sc
cession movement as the other. In this
respect the difference between them does
not amount 10 q row Of piss. They
finally sided with the loyal party Of the
State. and we're nnalterable in their at
esohnent 10 Il from that time forth.
The canvass 10 Tennessee Turns upon
very much the same points as that which
has recently closed in Virginia The
,n.st;on nf removing the political dis