Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-10
THE RADICALS AND THE TENSEs-
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THE RADICALS AND THE TENNEs-
SEE ELECTION.
The Radical press of the North
take rather a philosophical view of
the result of the late election in this
State. The fact that the election |
passed off without any disturbance
having been one of the most
quiet elections ever held in the
State--has dissipated the fears
which the Suckers excited that
trouble might grow out of the cleo
ton, and these papers now see that
we have a law-abiding people in
this State. Under the fullest and
fairest registration we have had,
the people of all colors and of every
hue in politics have gone quietly to
the polls and exercised the rights
of freemen, without hindrance or
the fear OF molestation. We have
not had so free and untrammeled
an election since the reorganization
of the Stategovernment, and this
fact has opened the eyes of the peo-
pie of the North to the true senti
ments of the people of this State.
The Cincinnati Gazette, which
strongly sympathised with Stokes,
says in its issue ofAug. 6:
1.-THE Democracy will probably have
large working majority in each branch
Of the Legislature, and doubtless will
topple over good deal of the work
which has been done during the period
of the Brownlow ascendancy. The
present condition to affairs in Tennessee,
unfortunate as it doubtless is in many
respects, is due to the Incompetent man
/ agement of the weak men to whom the
Republican party Of that State gave
| power and influence. C5% The
conduct of the campaign by Gov. Senter
has developed one of the weaknesses Of
the constitution Of the State, which very
likely, now that tbs power has passed
from their hands, the Republicans will
notsbe unwilling to have cut out. How
soon the party will regain power it is
impossible to predict, but it will now,
while out of Office, have an excellent
opportunity to throw off its tickle and
worthless leaders, heal up old sores and
reorganize for future operations" r..
| The Gazette has the candor to
confess that the incompetent men
who have heretofore controlled the
State, are responsible for the almost
irreparable ruin brought upon Tenn
essee, and that this fact has con-
tributed in no small degree to
bringing on the revolution that has
swept the Radical party from power
The Gazette sees moreover that
the invention through which the
Radicals were enabled to con
troll State In which seYen-eighths
of the white were opposed to them,
has returned to plague the inven-
tors, and reasonably supposes that
they will be willing now to have
this feature abolished. The Radi
cal party should pritit.by the advice
of the Gazette, but it will never
regain power in this State.
The New York Tribune of tn,
9th inst, makes this confession:
For long time the result of tn
Tennessee election has been concedet
on both sides. The fight made by Mr.
Stokes has been the hardest kind of up
hill work, and his chances have dimin
ished more and more certainly as tn
time for voting drew near"
| The Chicago Tribune, the leadin!
Radical paper in the Northwest, il
a notice in its issue of the 9th inst
of the Louisville Courier Journal
canard about Stokes getting up
revolution and proclaiming himsel
Governor and his candidates mem
bers of the Legislature, with the as
sistance of "Fighting Joe Cooper
at the head of militia force, says
1--WE do not believe Mr.. Stokes con
templates any such thing in the Uniteo
States, and the pnblic will not listen will
any favor to the proposition that tn
defeated candidates shall declare them
selves governors, and get up a civil wal
in their States to get into Office. ThC
result of the election as disclosed at tn,
polls will be accepted by the American
people as final, and if necessary, will b.
upheld as such against all forcible con-
testants, whether it be in favor Of o.
| against Mr.. Stokes. We have already
referred to the case of Virginia, where
the governor in Office, who has been voted
out by the people, proposes to hold on
and expects the Republican party in
Congress to keep him in office. The
Republican party has higher aims anG
ends than the mere keeping of one SET
of men in office to the exclusion o
others, particularly when those propos,d
to be kept out have been duly
elected by the people. The Republican
party will insist that the President
shall exercise all constitutional powers
to sustain Col. Stokes as the duly elected
Governor of Tennessee, provided Col
Stokes be elected For the same reason
if Gov. Senter be elected, it will expect
the President to sustain Senter against
all attempts by force to disturb him. The
fact is, that men are apt to Over-estimate
their personal importance. Neither the
Republican party nor the people at large
care much whether A or b or & hold
Office; and there has been entirely toe
much civil war, rebellion and strife fol
them to tolerate for moment any such
thing as an appeal to arms, or to force in
any shape, to put A into an Office to which
the people have elected b. The country
will demand that short work be made
with any attempt TO get up civil war
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