Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-25
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
Address Of the Executive Com
mitfnp.


A fancied security seems to threaten the
eople of Nashville with loss of all We
ave won, and TO plunge the corporation
1to absolute ruin. Fellow citizens, do
GU realize that your millions Of property
nay, by the result of to-morrow's election,
s reduced to half its value, or, indeed, he
endered burden to those who hold it2
n about eight months OF the last NUNS
'ipal year, the city of Nashville was bur.
lened with at least half million Of adj
iitional debt. Al that rate your property
viii soon be coAfscated by crushing taxa
lion. The laborer will be without en-
ployment, because all manner of public
enterprise will be stopped. No man will |
build house to be sold for the city's
debts. No street can be improved for
want of money to pay for it. No manufac.
turing business can be carried on within
the limits of the coDfiscated district.
Is there any danger that the Thornberg
ticket, which is TO carry on the policy Of
the lately dislodged ring. will sue
coed? We tell you, fellow citizens,
frankly, that there is danger. We ought
to be able to carry The city by fair ma
iority if our people would take one-tenth
the interestin this contest which its i'm
portance truly demands. But you are
inert. The enemy is organized thorough
ly, and is uncommonly active. They have
resorted to the foulest means, and are do
ing SO daily, to poison the minds of the
wOrk:ngmen-of our adopted citizens
and of the colored men, against our candi-
dates, and especially our candidate for
Mayor; and they have been doing this
with effect, because the honest men of the
city are too much engaged with their
private affairs to turn out and talk to
those who need information. We tell you
again, felloW-ciizens. that yon must WORK
every man Of you WORK. You must
begin IMMEDIATELY. Stop your business,
and spare neither time nor money 10 carry
every individual vote you can for our cam
didates: CLOSE YOUR BUSINESS HOUSES
ON ELECTION DAY.
OUR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR
Is woRKINGMAN himself. In the con-
vention which nominated him, his name
was suggested 10 the member who form,
ally proposed it, by a workingman-the
favorite of the Workingmep; and when
that nomination had drawn the strength Of
the opposite element, the same member,
who had already himself once received a
majority of all the votes cast, withdrew in
favor of Mr.. NJ orris, because, as he truly
and gracefully said, Mr.. Morris was true
and noble representative of enterprise and
progress mau who would not seek
economy in the oppression of "the laborer
and his wages" Our candidate, Mr.. Nor
ris, is behind none, in proportion TO his
means, in his efforts to build up the active
prosperity Of the city. Within the
last month or two he has invested
large sum to build up a manufacturing
establishment, to give employment to our
laboring population. He has always
been a liberal employer, and paying
liberal wages. To him the foreigner is
the same as the native born-the Catho.
lie the same as the Protestant-and he
has supported each class for Office with.
out thought of distinction. A man
himself Of the strictest morality, temper
ance, and integrity, he has ever mani
tested the broadcast federation of the
opinions, habits, and customs of others.
To the colored people he has ever
been kind. He has favored, and does
to-day favor their education and encour-
agement in habits of virtue and industry.
He has fed, clothed, and sheltered them;
and there is in our midst no better
friend of their true elevation as race.
Our candidates for aldermen and
councilmen are good men, and should be
supported with zeal. We cannot speak
of them in detail. We call upon all
classes of citizens to rally in support of
our ticket. The bogus workingman's
ticket is fraud. Those who have gots
ten it up are the enemies of the work.
ingmen's interests. They are the enc.
mics Of the colored mems interests. The
workingmen cannot live on q bankrupt
community, with its every energy
paralized by loose, refined prOdigality in
its government, our foreign population
are honest wOrkingmen, and have no
sympathy with men who only seek office
to live off the hard earnings of others.
The colOred mans interest is bound up
with that Of the white man. We MUST
ALL LIVE OR DIE, SINK OR SWIM, SURVIVE
Or PERISH TOGETHER. We regard the
question as now finally settled that in
our State all men will stand on perfect
equality before the law, whatever differ
ence may exist in race.
THE TENTH WARD.
We are sorry to learn that some cons
servative citizens in this ward intend not
to vote at the municipal election this
year, for fear that the fact may be in some
way used against the compliments in
what is called the Tenth Ward case.
The principal attorney in that case has
authorized US to say that there will be
no attempt made to introduce any evi.
dence in the case to show how many or
who shall have voted in the Tenth Ward
at the ensuing election. He pledges
himself as attorney for the corporation,
that no such evidence shall be introduced
by him.
The Executive Committee take this
occasion to add their own pledge, as gen>
tlemen and citizens, and are authorized
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