Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-28
STOKES APPEALING TO THE AID.
MINISTRATION FOR HELP.

Poor Stokes having become
thoroughly alarmed at the prospect,
has abjectly appealed to the Grant
administration for help. A Washs
ington dispatch of the oath inst. to
the Cincinnati Commercial says:
To-day Postmaster General CresN
we'll received a telegram from Mr.. Stokes,
saying it was. time for the administration
to speak out and let the people of Tens
nessee know definitely whether Stokes or
Senter is its representative in the pending
struggle in their State.
We now see how it was Stokes
got the dispatch from Creswell, with
which the Stokes organ here "settles
the whole question" Could Cres-
well do less, in response to the pit
eous appeal Of Stokes, than to
assure him Of his sympathy in the
hour of his dire distress? Stokes
had canvassed tho State from Carter
to Shelby with his competitor, and
every where he has been met with
the same tale of detection among
his cohorts. Returning to the CAPT
tai, he flew to the telegraph office,
and imploringly urged Postmaster
General Creswell to speak one
word Of endorsement in the hope
that the tide might be turned. The
word has been spoken and what
does it amount to? Creswell might
as well whistle against the wind in
the the hope Of stopping it, as to at
tempt to turn the tide which has set
in SO strongly against Stokes, by
his assurance Of sympathy with the
hero of the Calf Killer. Alas for
poor Stokes! the development of
this plot completely destroys any
influence it might exert in his be-
half. Here we have candidate
for Governor, who finds that his
chances for election are growing
more hopeless every day, making
frantic appeals by mail and telc-
graph to the members of Grants
cabinet to let the people of Ten
nesseo know how they stand be-
tween him and his competitor. The
history Of political struggles in this
State presents nothing so pitiabte as
this. The fact that a candidate
for the highest office within the gift
Of the people Of Tennessee can so
humiliate himself as TO beg the in
terposition Of the federal adminis-
tration to save him from defeat, is
a degradation to which we did not
suppose even Stokes would let him-
self down. The interference of
members of the cabinet in the poll
tics of this State, and especially be-
tween candidates who belong to the
same party, is Justly condemned by
every honorable man. The Cincin-
natl Commercial RADICAL, takes a
view Of this matter which it must be
confessed is q sensible one from n
Radical standard point. That pa
per says:
Certain members of the Cabinet are Of
the opinion that it is necessary to do
something for Stokes. Postmaster
General Creswell has telegraphed his
Endorsement Of that patriot, and it is
understood that Boutwell, has written a
letter recommending the Republicans of
Tennessee to support him in preference
to Senter What else it may be thought
necessary for the administrations to do
has not been announced. General Grant
is at Long Branch, or shopping in New
York, and is not likely to spoil the pleas
ure of his vacation by severe study Of the
merits of the candidates for the Cover.
norship Of Tennessee.
Were he to deliver himself up to alte
nate admiration Of these champions of |
the people, it would result in expressing |
his feelings in the language of the poet
How happy could be with either.
Were tother dear charmer away"
For there but slight shade Of differ
eLce between Stokes and Senter upon
any important political question Of the
day, as, indeed, may be inferred when it
is remembered that their joint discus
sionS have been mainly confined to per-
sonalitieS and efforts to prove each more
a Rebe', in 1861, than the other.
Why should the administration prefer
Stokes to Senter? Not because Stokes
is the regular nominee Of the Republican
party in Tennessee, for no regular nomi-
nation was made. The convention broke
up in a row after vainly seeking to har.,
NOME, and the factions put the present
tickets in the field. Not because Stokes
is better Union man than Senter, for in
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