, 1869-04-14
TENNESSEE.
The Ensuing Elsetions--The Can
didates.
The Colored Voters.

ulaLe2,
| The Colored Voters.
/ The hu-Rlu1 Superseded. i.
| Oawning Prosperity of tbs stata
t<HoA CUE seEcIAL cukanaroxpxsr,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Apttl q 1sap
POLITICAL
VIC are faptd1J Approaching tin o.r sa. yo, ,,.,.
uas nonans1ous for Stats officers menar.tnrv :,
hhe eIeeuon u A1Eusf xnd an aiso on fhs .,s -
~ e'eeuon ior SupEemc JudFea and Ctaaeeun-
- ne scfetN dlststess, Where judicial Offices h.y,
T Tn;5s.o,ote pesn nlled BY appointment Of aoye,no
~. lug Meseat lncumoeuz Hon GeofRT
| AsaoIe 1enneasce, ard Hon Henry q gn1,,t ~ y.
| Aenent ase taoet tatted Of for g1n,eme In,,r,s
put 70 secnre entire harmony Of action In ~,
paoueao party, Judicial Nominating conse5.
| lea called 70 assemble IN tic A1th nrnr,nn =
! u1 1R1eaEeas POLITICAL interest Il ceutred IN n :
.oo@'4ons 'of GoTefnoE ant thu prospects t11d
! ue1sa oi candidates are Pretty eenera1y c,r.
'sheea- II u conceded on ali hants TIA, rhory57
'Es tae hepnouean nonainst1ou Is sure Of elec.
.ra &c 1seaofA4 afe La hopeless minority.
e9u toele AFe no Indications Of = milf In III, ~.
Pnnlcan party. Al Jet there ara t,nt .vn 1r-35;T
aeas caadtdatea before the people: Hon h. " -
&c nSe1. ae saccessor Of Qovesno. Browp}ov. and
- ntokeS congressman from this district M
SsoAes n4s ha1 fen Interested GtendA WIN h,ve
ueen sHiottng tnd1sotoustJ 10 secase n1s no1,1ss
uoa ahd have not been spartnR q, eorta Ia .-r+,-
notice Tor him through soch avenues Of thn r7h.
nc pfees ss they could control, Thus far tnese ex,
e1eons mare not been Crowned With snttrs euere.
no paper Ia the TIRES leadtng cttica Of tue s.,4
~ AeupaA SaanS1He aud Knoxv0ie, has ri
ahVoeated the clstrns OF HI. s,otrs ~
ta4 cftf The Republican paper ba4 been loud IN hi,
pfalse, but, as It was weBfk.aoxn The prhiiaher,,
F&4 on die Tor tho pos.staa ef pes.vo !.
Ter ne1e, and thst he had received epcou,.,ntn@,,
several months ago. the eject Of what has hc-n
6sid VIA entirely Lost On knowing ones And ,he
MnneDca OF tha paper destroyed, e1eep. amoaa
tae L" Or a0 mo1ntatuetn who a1e ignorant of
tne prospective consideration for these enthuxts.-
ue lsaaesa. Na wcll known tbAt the leading Re-
puoaeanz OF Knoxville, Nsshvtlle And Memphis
ae u tsFor OF Nr scnter, md tne strength Of the
pai1J Il present centred upon hin. tAoueb M
nosse OF heuster Ia made o1cr hlA p.ospectA
GorERsoK akS1xK
h staunch Unlon man, snd q gentleman
o. INC talent md culture. He has hesn
prominent politician Tor many years. aud hi,
coufse has been honorable and s,,a.7htforxar1i
u @aA thtng1 He Is looked upon by men
u ~ parties - gentleman Of hirh
n.sats Aaa Independence ct chataE.ef Co
~ VIC ptcsens ufne be nas not stopped 70 any Of
the low ufcks and dLty work 20 familiar tn III.
most OF our poltctanA In tnls city he IL orr.
lerfcd By very Large number Of men uhn haye
'een identified with the Republican party,
AGrRHsKaTALvE s.u1ra
Elsn&cen years ago. 1t Is said on good authority.
Stokes nas gambler. "nIggtr.tssd.ran nnd hnrss,
Jockey About that ttne be WIS iuYolyet In son,o
dtncultT With PARTIES In gambling house at nash,
WE, ena shortly afterwards teys the couotrT.
aver remaining q ycar In Texas he returned ami
seft!ed On fssm ia one Of the mouuts.n countiea
Of East Tennessee, but soon turned hta s,t.rt,o,,
70 politics. and ~u ultimately e,act1.,
TO Congress, where be served onr ttyn7
ocfose fds Wal, sud to which he has stttce been
twice re-elected 1Ils education Is apparently In
uinefens, aud he was often made the subtect or
ndlcu!c BY the accomplished EtheEidse whea.thsy
met on tho stur1p IN the canyass Of 1877. A.
politician Ar- Stokes has proved m eminent xpc.
CESS bJ FcsaoD Of the facility with which bc c.o
enange the planks OF s,ts political platform to sufs
e1a1 emergency. This happy tacuit, Is wc,i nlus.
tAted By bis coussc In 1851. when he rrnt. ~.
ment OF men to Dive the "lucola hoysaes" ,rr,n
inc South. But shortly. seeing the e,rur Of NJ.
WAY, auu II appearing about the Same tlme that
une!e Sam "ss IN earnest about putting down Tim
rebellion, aud prove too powerful fur the goou0
ConiedeEacJ, Stokes became IN enthusiastic trnInn
man, and Immediately proceeded to raise
regiment for the purpose Of A.
slslng in the preservation Of the
"sao''oas Union Of Che 5tateA" His regiment
was largely oomposed OF deserters from tne. rebel
army, and VIA very effective against busaehars.
crs, but does not seem to hare inspired a yery
lively tcrrpr In tho hcaru Of nel,-orrant,e1,
poopa 1t Ia sa,d that while tho rebel Genera,
Forrest MAS on one OF his raids through Nfdd1e
Tennessee, on being Informed that q certain tovn
was occupied BY Stokes Regiment, tent .nor,i tn
the lndAettanA to "Nmoyc atI wouro AMI chi,
dren, non~conbatanta and Stokes Cavalry, - ~ hr
proposed 10 honbana the town. This story is
souceed 1oT, huti grossly unjust to Stokes aud
la19e nntuDe1 o. INC loyal men In the regiment who
were a. brave a any tfooIa tn the army.
After the var Stokes ran for Cooe,es. AZ n con-
scfrntire Republican, and f4dicuied and sb,,cr-
guarded his opponent without stint for 1ayor11r IN.
en1faaehtsencnt Of the nfggrr." Tro Yearo 1,,a-
nc asd discoserett1 perhaps, BY the same prore,a
Of reaAonlu1 wh!ch made him 3 C1tan n.n
u st, saat tho "d-i ntsgef had rf9ots not alnne
which Ere !nalicnablc but the exceeding usrfni
privilege OF depos'tins biz ballot for good Repub
llcan HE himself and he could has,Iiy ind Tnr,
autnctcntiy stron2 to express hls aimlra,,on for
the loyalty Of tho down-coddcn African, and bis
10. at their newly-aeQalrrd houots. When these
sudden changes were mentioned 10 him In debate I
he ~as wont to G1tf.cate himself b. letting nYa
soHe5 OF 1aaagsFz:e, OF tcl'tog runp stor,. In
which his coloEnd fnana, "Old Unnlc HI1y.r q.
sotnc other "nlgger, :" was prominent character.
md which wpnld aawaya ptoTr aat1sfactorr min,
ton TO his coiored ffiends nnd elicit hearty chres
Of Huzrah for Stokes" As pdtHca, h1sckRparu
It 10 ps hoped that feH eqnA him, aad 1ost4tnly
none can excel It IL this accomplishment which
hss made him tmpervtous 10 The tuer
E1dieule aud satire OF such men a. Brook.
OF New York, and Edrdsr, Of Wisconsin, shoueh !
tn5 are considered specimen hrcrs ssurn tho nur.
setJ q political c1sft and drmxsoSuerJ, His
eoutse II blocked ont for the Unttei States Senate
when Fov ler1 term e1ptrca, provided he can ~ |
curc hh election a. Governor. Ius fxct,,tr rnr xt
talnins popularity Away nom home Is yery fslriy
Illustrated By recent article pubtlahed In tne
" Waahipgton Rtpnt{iean, In which Stokes |. !
ocse9ahed a. N '.houest cid tatnner, Hhose mind
Is stored with the sterling logic necesss-y to core
with and defeat johnson In the race for t3or.-nnr
Whna these opinions creep Into papers abroa.,. n
il knKulat faet thAt he ran benc HIS rfcsa. ia1s
fall and would probably run still further behtn,f |
ROW, a. IN his cndeavor to catch the breeze from
Ill Quatters he has lost the confidence Of maar Of
thoae who Ners isnosans Of his s1tesetens.
ANDY JOHNSON
- - " t''1s NV as 1ae pfooaole Den-
y. NJ .".etoG ~ Hofesaos, oos sh1t ~as At {
~ sao aauas nuPsa "ere ea1efSasDed that our |
ass.aa souss4 osIa 'euo~uhem soud be enfrac-
..s H.ss,,,.t ~ 1.osauuonn snenameut- Although
Ks Ks sote " ls@. majority Of III
nv .es.' a4a.' po.a1@oa IN see stase, Jet from
tns 10 @oet hne-sentas ot she wealth Of the |
- ~ 1oAse ~ INC conservative element {
- oe! toe Democ4a1s would te able, tn case
w aiAAeAse NJ" e1tchoc'1 10 Astfact enough !
'u1sa @ .i'ta hs ehotea pof1ou Of the Republican !
M esAs ~ ese. tae1 1eAet AS toese L. no nkelf-
aoD0 o. my chAnSH In The Franchise law <8,acte3sr