Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-07
THE CANVASS.
Senter and Stokes at Tul-
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The Substance of Senter's
Remarks.
Stokes Sticks Close to His
Old Speech. \.
The Crowd for senter.

The discussion between the candidates
for Governor, at Tullaboma, on Tuesday,
was largely attended, the audience being
composed of nearly all Senter's advocates.
There were about six hundred epersons
present, Of which number about fifty were
Stokes men. The audience manifested en-
thusiastic interest while Gov. Senter was
speaking, but kept silent during the reply
of Gen. Stokes.
There was but one disturbances during the
entire day, and that was caused by a
"young man from the country who gen
orally goes by the name of Daniels, and
who had imbibed quite often in spirituous
liquors, too much for his own good, for he
was snatched up by the police, and was pro-
baby fned yesterday. He fred his pistol
several times, and one of the balls struck
a negro man in the side, but having struck
the ground first, did not enter his body.
There was some misunderstanding in re-
gard to the place of speaking; some thought
| it was to be at Manchester, and others haV'
ing seen the announcement for Tulls-
homs, commenced coming into town IN
large crowds about ten o'clock. The crowd
was 30 large at the latter place that it was
agreed upon BY the candidates TO speak at
Tullshoma, when a special train was dis
patched to Manchester to bring down the
crowd there.
The speaking commenced at II o'clock,
and was held at Mr.. Elkius' beautiful
place.
Gov. Senter took the lead and addressed
his hearers as follows:
GOV. sENTER's SPEECH.
will begin to-day by stating that | am
a candidate for Governor-the highest of
fee within the gift of the people in the
State of Tennessee, directly with the bal
lot box. 10 making this announcement |
do it with that difidence that should char
acte-ise such an important trust. feel that
ifthis canvassis to be compared. with others
that have been in times gone by, that 50
far as am concerned, / lack tn at ability,
that eloqueuce and that logic which have
had before You in past times.
There ia one thing l promise you, that if
we don't give you an intellectual canvass
we will give you lively one, as we hsve
had in the other portion Of the State. j
am pleased to meet you under circum
stances 80 favorable. 1t is the recollection
of every boy fifteen years of sge that we
have passed through war such as no ma
ton, either democratic, republican or 9TH
erwise in its character, ever passed
through and survived-psssed through and
retained in no great extent its regular
form of government. l have always
acted with what is known as the
Republican party of Tennessee, and
of the United States. / claim TO be
acting with that party to-day. progressive
in its nature and comprehensive in its
views. | claim to have acted with that
parry from The beginning to the present,
and stand by the principles that it may
have enunciated in times gone by. You
have passed through war, your fields
have been desolated, your churches desc
| Grated, your school-houses broken up; and
scarce FIVE years have passed since an at.
| tempt was made TO reconstruct the State
| of Tennessee by the party in power. You
have attained q prosperity before une-
| aualled in your State. Your produce
commands high prices and your fields
never looked in better condition. Now
we claim nothing for this; we claim this
to show that the people of the State of
| Tennessee are as prosperous to-day in their
basket and store and as rich as they ever
were. But have an opponent with me
here to day who claims to be an advocate
of the Republican party Of Tennessee, and
claims that he WAS nominated a candidate
for Governor by the Republican party.
Well it lie; but this great Republican party
not Of the United States but of the State
of Tennessee had introduced within
is own limits an element of dis
cord, Of rupture and an element of de-
struction but an element like fire will
purify, consolidate and run together. |
have Just finished a canvass in East Ten.
nessee With the "Bald Eagle of the Noun
tains" and if you can find any place where
there is left scars upon our political
bodies be will point them out TO you. l
might say that he has never found blood
upon Lis paws in this canvass. But you
people called a convention at Nashville for
the nomination of candidate for Cover
nor Of this State.
The Governor then related what trans-
pired in that convention (which have been
heretofore published
The next morning after the convention,
said the speaker, | found the name of
William Stokes, the Bald Eagle Of the
mountains, floating at the mast head Of the
Press and Times, at that time a Stokes or
gan. Gov. Senter denied the fact that
sixty -four counties, represented by 233
delegates, voted for Stokes in that conven-
| ton.
Twas member Of the State Legislature
? | ia 1869, as we'll as in 1868. As a
, | member of that Senate, / endeavored
, to discharge my duty but A. M Cate the
, | Senator from Hamilton, introduced Sc
ries of resolutions in the Senate in Novem.
Der 1868 declaring that Senter was both
incompetent to hold a seat as member Of
the Senate or as Speaker of the Senate
, the resolutions were laid over one day
according TO the rules. The next morn
I ing the BANNER came cut in an article
: and accused my competitor VIM b. Stokes
1 who has a mono mania TO be governor Of
e the Stale, of being connected III some
= | manner with those resolutions. The
Speaker then read the paragraph referred
| 10 ABOVE anu bdlu thdL DLOhcs n7u prom
. ised Cate if he would introduce these reso,
4 tions in the Senate aud disquaIity Senter
: he Stokes would be elected Governor ant
!! that he (Cate) could run for Congressman
y = for his district. He has been too prolific
y in his premises He promised the samt
u to Woodcock, Joe Blackburn and othe
u men who had influence in that district.
q have asked this hero of the Calf killer t.
e send his resignation to the Speaker of the
= House of Representatives and enter upol
i the canvass. fairly and squarelv and no
}. to hold on to an Office worth $4,000 yea
10 to run for one which is less than that Oh
William, there is more than one cleve
, man in the state of Tennessee and a Cong
- ressman at five Thousand dollars a yea
e and being Governor, which is the steppin
= stone to the Office of Senator is swallowin
70 things too fast. The resolutions ofiere
W by. Mr.. Cate were brought up and Gig
r teen nineteenths of the Senate vote
Is against them. Mr. Gates name had sun
ID so low that be could not ge ia second Go
g, Septer read the communication addresse
n, by Mr.. Gale to the Banner, also lette
xt from A. G. Tharpe to J. A. james.
Is. only read you these, he said, to show 20
IN from what depths of infamy men ca
e. be led who would attempt TO deceive oth'
On fellow citiZens. Gen. Stokes and hs
a. been in the same party with Mr.. Cate, an
hv like an Indian was following me, stabbir
'ct me in the back, yet at my face frien
he What, this Bald Eagle from the mountain
this proud emblem of the people of Il