The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-07-30

Observation-Disclosures Jn,v,.s,

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Happening to pass through ihe 2stl
Ward ofthis city on the night of the 25ti
: nst., my attention was called TO dis
, cussion going on between the opposing
: candidates for Floater, and learned from
it, much tony surprise, that there were
three candidates for that position-to.
} wit, w. ON. PERKINS, WIN. WooD, Esq,
and Bill. WooD. Can this be true? ]
report what L heard said, and give tho
names of the parties, that youmay refer
to them for the truth of the report.
HENRY JONES said he was for PER-
KINs, because PERKINS was a native
Tennecsean, lnan of good common
sense, some experience in Legislation,
identified thoroughly with the people to-
day and in times past, was honest, faith
full and efficient; and for the speedy res
-toration of the people to all their rights
and privileges PERKINS, being but
little given to talking, would be short
session man.
Ton SMITHwICK said he was for WM.
WooD, Esq, that bile jnrist, profound
scholar and cultivated literary gentle.
man. whose traits of character were but
feebly portrayed in the communications
published in the COLUMBIA HERALD of
April 9th, 10th, and sd. These commu-
nications failed to do justice to the elo-
quence, wisdom and wind of his candi-
date-an eloquence that morcd listening
crowds, held in wonder and admiration
the bar and bench of the courts of the
country, and would sway legislative
body as the storms bend and level the
Forests wisdom that has controlled
County Court, and whose profundity has
struck with awe an hundred (Coroner'sl
Juries. That he was one of the most
promising lawyers and advocates in the
State, and that there was none who Dos
sessed "A greater variety of TALENT OF
whose researches have been more labori-
Gus in the literary, judicial and political
world''-and withal, was the candidate
first selected by the Democratic party for
this position, that he had inexhaustible |
acitd, and would do more talking in one |
session than any other man would in |
two. For proof OF all which he quoted |
from sundry communications in your |
paper, written by distinguished lawyer |
and ruffie shirted gentleman.
Upon his subsiding, JAMES COLEMAN
spoke hurriedly and rapidly for his man
BILL WOODS, whom he said had lived |
here longtime. Everybody knew him,
he was an honest, upright man and in |
dustrious mechanic-was against the |
lawyers and merchants and ruffle-shirt |
fellows, and Coolies, and such like.
His remarks. were excitedly delivered,
and made i'm tone which seemed to in |
vite debote, or rather as much rs to say,
who will dispute what ] am saying?'
At least the result OF it was, that up |
spoke a gentleman, they called BILL
THOMPSON, who said,
Look here COLEMAN, and you fellows.
am Il mechanic, and not ashamed of
my calling. / know 'BILL WOODS and
WILLIAM WooD, Esquire, and | say
here that they arc one and the same per-
son. BILL WOODS is an honest man, j
reckon. L don't know anything to the
contrary lie was a mechanic-a good
one, Isuppose, but he got ashamed of his
calling-more the shame TO him land
did set up to play merchant and lawyer
both. ] could forgive the merchant part,
but the lawyer is Il reflection upon his
past good name. In these two characters
think, fellows, whenever Il chap goes
back OH his companions, and sets Up to
be a ruflie-shirted merchant or lawyer,
and gets beat and fails to make tie ruff
fJc, we ought not to allow him to play our
hand on tue first deal =
Bully for THoMPsoNr rang out from
the crowd which had gathered around,
with cries of How about the Coolest
THOMPSON good naturally answered
that he knew nothing about the Coolies
only that everybody was against them
lie however had heard that BILL WooDs
had said, they were cross between the
negro and the monkey, and that he was
against them, not that he had anything
against the negro or believed that the
negro was willing to the miscegedation,
but the monkey was, and for that he had
a very small opinion of the monkey
'Bullyr again from the crowd.
COLEMAN, somewhat irritated, rose
and said that il was untrue that BILL
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merchant, or that he ever wore rufiled
shirt, or that he ever run for profound
scholar or 'able jurist' or accomplished
gentleman That this was an election
eering trick Of them fellows that had :
brought out PERKINS that BILL WooDs
had never been anything of the sort.
Tom SMITHwIcK, interfering, said that
t was true that BILL WOODS had not run .
or an able jurist, able scholor, accom-
Dlished gentlemen, or anything of the
ort, but that WIN. WOOD, Esq, had, and
lad been elected, as is proved by the Co
.UMBIA HERALD-and that if WIN
Noon, Esq, wore clean shirts, and paid
or the washing, it was nobody's bust
less. Things indicating a breeze, JONES
he PERKINS man, said that he believed
hat BILL WOODS and WIN: WOOD, Esq,
vas one and the same man, proposed
hat all hands meet at BLACK THoMP-
oN's on the day SENTER and STOKES
peak, and then and there settle the
question, with this agreement, that if II
"M. WooD, Esq, the eminent jurist:
rofound scholar, the cultivated littera-
eur, the eloquent advocate, is not BILL
VooIs, then everybody shalltrcat them
elves, and if BILL got beat in running
or ruille- shirted lawyer, then everybody
hall treat BILL THOMPSON for his crpose :,
f this dead beat =
The public are interested in the decis- p
OH of this question-wi,l you let us know r
Trough your valuable paper how the a
acts arc, and who stood treat? IL. u
AT the Auction House, g
ANDREW j. WALKER has just received di
large lot OF excellent goods, when he W
csircs togivc away to the peoplc-ncar- lie
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