Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-27
William II. Wisener.


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II. Wisener, the Radical candi-
date for Governor. He thinks
W. 81. has an eye to business, in
making the race. A Federal Of
fice--say another chance for the
New Orleans collectorship-would
be a very palatable addenda to
this campaign. The Governor
ship being beyond his reach, as he
knows, and the day for exorbitant
drafts upon the hard earnings of
an impoverished people having
passed away, his "reward" must
come from an administration that
favors relatives and political
hucksters rather than merit:
+ William 81. Wisener, the nomi.
nee of the Republicans, is neither
a weak man nor strong one, nei-
Their popular nor unpopular. He
is a good lawyer, and usually has
an eye to business. Running for
Governor of Tennessee at the pres
ent time on that ticket would
look like poor business, but it may
not so turn out, for after Wisener
shall have travelled from the noun.
tains to the Mississippi stumping
in behelfof the Republican party,
and then after being beaten, as he
certainly will be, is it not likely
that he may receive a Federal of:
fee at the hands of the President
l believe such things have hap.
pened once or twice in the history
of our glorious Government, fol
otherwise it would be difficult, if
not impossible, to get men to run
doubtful races. Wisener is not
related to the President, but if he
stumps the State for the party he
ought to be considered as having
as much claim upon the executive
as he would if a second cousin OF
something of that sort.
Wisener has a record, a misfor
tune which all the Tennessee poll
ticians labor under. II they could
get rid of these uncomfortable ap
pendages as easily as a tabled fox
once got rid of his tail, it would be
an inestimable boon and salve il
their declining days. But there
is no relief for those suffering from
attacks OF old records. The hail
may turn gray, the teeth may fall
out, and the entire body be re
newed every seven years, but thu
record still sticks, and looks crook
ed. A politician with a straigh
record is as hard to find as an un
adulterated African with straigh
hair.
It's charged by the Democratic
press that Wisener was a rebe
while a member of the famou
Harris Legislature. ALI the foun
dation they have for this is tina
he voted for blankets and increas
ed pay for the Southern soldiers
and so on. But it is doubtful if
be was ever a rebel, or had an,
sympathy with the secession move
ment. Voting supplies to rebe
soldiers, under the circumstances
was no evidence of anything NOR
than humanity.
But he did do something ate
the war that is not so easily ex
planned. Upon Brownlow's cor
der," he drew seven thousand fiv
hundred dollars out of the Stat
Treasury for merely filling a brief
before the Supreme Court, an
making a short speech in q cas-
wherein the State was a party
and that, too, at time when th,
Treasury was well nigh bankrupt
Ten per cent. of the sum would
have been large fee for the ser
vice performed, and in justice t.
the overburdened taxpayers,
portion of it ought to be refunded
or, rather, ought not to have beef
taken out in the first place. Be
cause the State was at that tim
under Republican rule, and be
cause he was a Republican, di'
not justify him in taking the larg
sum of seven thousand and fiv,
hundred dollars out of the Stat
Treasury for services worth sever
or eight hundred dollars.
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