Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-01

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ley voted for Senter, their votes would be
lken from them, and that their children
lould be bound out, and that their rights
Iould not be secure. When you see a
lan making you promises which be
nows 10 be unfair, you may know
hat he will swap you of at the
irst crossing he comes 10. He
sked the colored people if they thought
{ was right for the tax collector TO collect
2 so from the white people for his POLL
ak and not from you. You are as good
Is white men, but not 81 so better. Stokes
Iaid in a speech at Chattanooga in 1860,
when he was running against James Hood,
that he was opposed TO negroes swearing /
and voting in Tennessee. sat
Afer some further remarks, he said in
conclusion that this was the last speech In |
the canvass, and he would now turn this
case over to the jury and he wanted them
to settle it, and the verdict would be salts
factory to him. Thanking the audience
for their kind attention, he descended from
the stand amid tremendous cheering
Here confusion ensued, caused by the
hot rays from the sun, which had by this
time moved around to the north side OF the
capitol. The crowd then moved to the
east side, and after some delay, occasioned
BY the rush of the crowd to procure
good standing place, quiet was once
more restored, and Gen. Stokes assembled
the stand and made one of his old speech-
es. almost the same as he has been speak
ing since the beginning of the canvass. He
was loudly cheered by the negroes and a
few whites. He commenced by saying
that he did not want TO be candidate for
Governor; that he did not want to make
the canvass, but at the same
time he said 10 his people In
different portions of the State
that if he was elected as the standard
bearer of the Republican party that he
would 90 forward and do his duty as best
he could. He was the friend of the peo-
ple in Davidson county regardless of party,
and was not there to-day to excite their
nreiudices or appeal to their passion, but
to discharge the duty of man who
il the candidate of the Republican
marty of the State, and he
would do it in respectful and courteous
terms. My competitor says there was no
nomination made, and yet he says in his
letter of acceptance that he accepted the
nomination. lie has gone over and Joined
the Rebel. Democracy, horse, foot and dra-
coon. There was not Republican, white
or black, who could go to the polls
and vote for Senter without dis.
Oraeing himself forever. He had
helped to frame the platform adopted by
the Chicago Convention, and was of course
in favor of il and Endorsed. Gov. SenteI
was one of the leaders-chief cook and
bottle washer in riveting the irons Of serv'
itude upon you; he was member OF the
LEGISLATURE that fastened these humid
cuffs upon them. His competitor
stood in the capitol on the might
of the 2Otk of May and said that
Nthe time may come when the disabilities
upon the people would be removed, but
that time was a long ways of; that it would
break up the Republican party" Pulling
p dollar bill out of an old pocket book ht
/ offered il to the Governor saying, that i
| he would get up and tell the people, if ht
| told the truth that right or not, and ht
| could have the money. About fifteen days
| afterwards his competitor said that if cleo
| ted Governor, as he expected to be, he
| should certainly recommend the removal
| of the disabilities of every citizen who
| paws taxes and those who do not. Whal
| didsthe Rebels do in this interval thai
| made you turn such a somersaull? Some
| demagogues in the Legislature who were
| fishing for the colored mems votes hao
| sptung a question as to whether the STATE
| constitution had any superiority over the
| United States constitution. Everyone knows
| that when a State law comes in contiict
with a United States law it falls overheard
II took sixteen thousand dollars of my
connection and heuchmen's money TO take
nv name from the head of the Press and
| Times, and he came forward and bought
| their candidate out at Athens for five dol
| lars. He recommended the calling of 8
| convention the first week the General As
| sembly were in session; that convention
would do its work, and by the lst of Jan
| nary the work of restoration of our dis
| franchised friends would be commenced
| and carried through with earnest. HI
had been voting for the last seven month";
for the removal of disabilities. He wa
the first Republican who stood up ant
broke the first link in the chain of the fran
chise law. He then dwelt on questions
which have been frequently discussed anC
so well known that they need no publics
ton, In conclusion, he said that Sentel
had taxed the people beyond all endurance
and has had his militia hunting the boy
| in Ku-Kiux dress for some time, and how
many have they caught and hung
Every soldier who wore the blut
spurns and detests him, anC
he will not get a half dozen Republics.
votes in this city. There was some talk o
his sending the militia over into Els
Tennessee, but the gallant East Tennes
seeans told him, if you poke these militis
on us YOU had better take them away soon
| He saws that when a Chancellor or Judgt
shall refuse to dissolve an injunction tina
he, az Governor, will arrest him and pu
him in Jail if it takes every man able Il
bear arms, in the State. He says tina
Stokes has threatened you with the army
He had done no such thing, but he die
say that the Republican party and Con
gress would not submit TO this wholesale
slaughter and violation of the constitu
ton. He dared him to bring ou
his militia and arrest the Judge
The moment it was done crack from tbs
boys in blue will be heard. Cheers. Ht
then referred to the terms of the surrender
between Lee and Grant, and said that his
competitor had changed the registrars and
they have Issued certificates to every man
who would agree TO take one, and it was
done without requiring him TO take
an oath. The Rebel soldiers agreed
to preserve their paroles. The
laws have been violated and trampled un.
der foot, and if the Congress of the United
| States comes forward and asserts its rights
and dignity in the protection Of the Union
| men in the State, then it is their fault and
| not his. lie warned them TO keep clear
of this man Senter; that by lawful regis
tration he would beat him fifty or six.
ly thousand msjority. He was the
| first man who sat upon the public rostrum
and proclaimed negro suffrage. After t
few brief remarks he concluded, the ne
| groes making the fair sonorous with theil
yells.
| GOVERNOR sENTER's REPLY.
Governor Senter replied in speech 0
half an hours time, when Stokes aid thai
he had been trampling the laws under foot
he told falsehoOd. lie talks,to the Rebe
soldiers, and tells them not to take certif
cate. The amnesty proclamation issueC
from Washington relieved all the Rebel
soldiers of their paroles. If he had vic
lated the law, why didn't his competition
prosecute him? lie said that Sentel
would not get a bakers dozen Of Re
publican votes, and that he threat
ened 10 send the militia over into
East Tennessee, both of which he knows
to be false. This has been very heavy
canvass, and to7day's speaking will finish
il, with the exception of one or two APP
pointments his competitor has made neal