Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-23
vrIsnIurfrrD vENcEANCr,

Senator from Davidson, and United States
Senator elect from the State OF Ten
neessee. We have read the article over
several times, for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning the cause Of this unexpected ebul-
lition against ex-President johnson, and
equally unexpected ezaltation of Senator
Cooper. We confess our inability TO as
sign or find the reason for the one or the
other. That, perhaps, is our misfortune,
and not the fault of our contemporary. Be
that, however, as it may there are
certain facts b; politics and philosophy
which need demonstration to be received
and believed by the people. The masses,
it may be, are inclined to be incredulous.
Hence, they may be slow 10 believe that
ox-President johnson. is a devil or Judge
Cooper saint We have no disposition
to excite struggle over dead issues or
wage war against moribund individual,
but justice always requires that truth
should be spoken though the Heavens
fall.
''We had hoped this johnson nuisance
was abated, y says the Bonner. What
johnson nuisance, pray9 say we. Is it
a johnson nuisance for the people of Ten
nessee TO say that the people of Davidson
county, the constituents of Hon. Henry
Cooper, Gas little anticipated his pro-
motion to The higher elevation of
Senator of the United States, to the Ian
guage of the Bonner, as the Banner
alleges Judge Cooper anticipated such a
result
We profess to know something of the
convention which nominated the Senator
from Davidson. 1t is true, as alleged,
that he was absent from the
city when nominated, and there
fore it may be there was no
direct and emphatic expression of
opinion from him on any of the questions
which would come before the Legislature
But it was well known that he was the
brother of the frmest friend of eX-Presi-
dent johnson. 1t is well known that he
had been appointed by ex President
johnson, when Military Governor of the
State, one of the Circuit Judges. Hadnot
these facts been publicly known, be could
never, with his short residence here, have
been nominated as the Conservative can
didate for Senator from this county Ii is
most certain that he could never have
been elected. We do not pretend to say
that he wa nominated or elected as a
johnson man, but we do pretend to say
that if it had been known that he would op.
| pose ex-Prcsident johnson for the United
STATES Senate. He would never have been
nominated, he certainly never woald have
been elected.
All this, however, may be comparatively
unimportant. But there are points in the
legislative record of the newly. elected
United States Senator which can not be
glazed over.
If there was one man outside OF
the ranks of the Stokes Radicals
in the county of Davidson in the last
! Congress who was not in favor of State
convention with the broadcast powers, we
should like to know who he was. If
there was ore man outside of the Stokes
Radicals who disapproved of the position
of GOV. Senter in favor of an unlimited
| Constitution, we should like 10 know who
he was If there was a single, solitary
constituent of the Senator from Davidson,
who believed as announced in the
Minority Report, which he sustained in
all of lis trials and tribulations, that a
| convention "is the mere creature of the
Legislature; that it exists alone by the
| viii of the Legislature" we would be
| pleased TO know who lie was. If there
was citizen Of Davidson county out
side of the Radical ranks who believed
that "nO changes can be made by the
people of the fundamental law Of the
State by delegates in convention assem-
blcd or otherwise, acitbOW the consent
Of the cristiRg State Government giUca
by the General ASscmJW precious to
said mcctiRg,' we would be pleased to
have him named. II there was a man in
this Senatorial district outside of the sup
porics of Gen. William B. Stokes
who believed, as Senator Cooper has since
voted, chat it was well-scttIed princi.
pie of constitutional law that the General
Assembly has the UNREASONABLE right tC
enforce conditions, restrictions and lin,
tQtiOaS upon the action of delegates tC
the convention assembled we are
sure that the voters Of David
son would be glad to know
who that man is and from whencch he came
Senator Cooper knows, the B0aRc1
knows every voter in Davidson county
knows, every DISTINGUISHED person knows
it is scarcely eXaggerating to say, that tn,
world knows, that Judge Cooper would
have never received the county nOmina
ton, that he would never have
been elected county Senator; he
never would have been elected United
States Senator, if it had been previously
known that he entertained the views ht
has expressed and voted onthc convention
question. We undertake to say that TIA,
hand which wrote thr commmca
ton informing him of his. nom
ina,ion aS Stale Senator, and ask
INC his acceptance thereof. Will
the oiherhands which signed hat com
muuicatiqn, would all have been palsieC
before thgy would have touched pen tC
that paper, if they had known that the
views of Judge Cooper on this subject
were such as he has since expressed
THE DECLINE IN PRODUCE.
The following were the prices of pro
ducts Of the farm and gold in New YorI;
on the Goth Of August and 18Th Of No
ycmhcr.
Aug. D. NOV. b.
| Wheat per bush. per bush.
Chicago No. l....-........sl 60 81 -
Chicago No. 2---....----- 90 I 30
Milwaukee No l.......... Is IS5
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