Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-09
STATE NEWS.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Do m0cratic C0nventiOa-E Ed. Cooper
and Alb steele ON the Traek-A Stir
ring speech from the Latter

ID m0cratic ConventiOa-Ed. Cooper
and Alb Steele ON the Traek-A Stir
ring speech from the Latter.
To the Editors of the Union and American.
LEwIsBURG, July esterday the
convention and mass meeting met here
to nominate Democratic candidates fol
the Legislature. The utmost harmony
and good feeling prevailed.
Edmund Cooper was unanimously
nominated for Senator from Marshall and
Bedford, and Abner A. Steele for Repre-
sentative for this county. No nomina-
ton was made for fOater.
Lucius P. Bright, Of Lincoln, made a
speech declaring himself q candidate for
Floater for Giles, Marshall and Lincoln.
He has no opposition yet. Col. j. R.
Neill, of this county, is spoken Of as a
candidate for Floater. Marshall will give
large Democratic majority, and we
think the election of our whole legisla-
tive ticket certain. Frank Bridges, Esq,
has been appointed Registrar of voters,
vice R. J. Orr, resigned, who is the
Radical nominee for Representative of
the Montgomery Store Convention that
nominated VIM. II. Wisener for the
Senate.
Mr.. Steele IN his speech accepting the
nomination declared himself for univer-
sal sufrage-in favor of the most imue-
date and effective way to remove dis
reimbursement by electing delegates to
State convention, and that all citizens
ought to vote in the election of delegates.
All test oaths ought to be repealed.
Economy and retrenchment in all affairs
of the State; no further Indebtedness
Of the State and taxation. Was
for reducing the bonded debt
Of the State by scaling all
the bonds issued and sold since the
close of the war at the price sold for
repeating the present system of common
schools by aboiishing the State and
County Superintendent and all the par,
tisan machinery of the present law, and
if we have free schools, let each county
raise its OVID taxes to educate children
of the county, and that the County Trus.,
tee or County Court should be response
Bile for the funds. He wanted the legal
advertising law repealed, and new ap-
pOrtionment Of representation in the
Legislature on the basis Of the entire
white and colored voters in the States.
Every part of the State would then have
equal representation. He said that the
wild and reckless legislation of the party
in power had we'll ign bsnkrupted and
ruined the State. Every rejecting mind
was now convinced from the sad expe-
rierce of the last four years, that any
future attempt to maintain the State gov
eminent on the narrow basis Of a
small minority or oligarchy, being
the governing power, would prove
to be ruinous and disgraceful failure.
The system had already bred corruption
and class legislation, and extrsyagant |
to hold power by force
Ind frauds on the rights Of the people.
4 better day was dawning. and with |
equal rights and suffrage for every citizen,
he government would be restored to its |
'epu5lican theory and practice, discus
ZION and strife ceases-credit Of the
State restored and the representatives of
he people would be responsible to them,
because then the government would be
If the people and for the people, and all
would feel new confidence, and again
,et on the road to peace and prosperity
throughout Tennessee.
Industrious immigration would then
ome into the State, but it never would
ONE under the present prOscriptive sys-
EN-.
Crops of ,gheat and oats in this
ounty are fine. The corn crop looks
cry promising. Cotton is late-a larger
rea planted than last year. We arc
DXious to get a railroad to our town.
)r. R. G. Mcclure and other energetic
riends are hard at work to get the ne
esSary stock to build the Lswisburg
nd Culleoka railroad branch-distancs
3 miles.
The County Court took the necessary
teps to have survey made, so as to
ttach the convertible portion of Giles
ounty to Marshall The citizens Of the
onversible section desire it to be done.
his would make Marshall one of the
'est counties in this State. More
non.- OBSERVER.