Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-06
JUDGESHIP OF eth JUDICIAL CIR
EEJIT


JUDGESHIP OF eth JUDICIAL CIR
QUIT.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
The new Constitution has without
doubt been sanctioned by the people of
the State. Under its provisions Judges
will be elecued in the various Judicial
Districts. In the Seventh Circuit there is
no one to whom the minds of all turn
more spontaneously than to Maj. w. II.
Williamson, of the county of Wilson.
He is in every specification ga proper
man " for the place. II seeks him. A
student, accomplished in the learning of
the schools-a lawyer, devoted to the
first and noblest of sciences, rather than
a pettifogger; a gentleman, rather than
plaoe-hunting politician soldier with
out fear or reproach-with calm, cult
waited and well-stOred intellect, he is
well qualified and peculiarly fitted to hold
the scales of "blind Justice" evenly,
"without fear, favor or affection" The
people of this circuit are willing to risk
their interests in his hands with no sus-
piciOn that he will, on the bench, ever
know the friendships or antipathies of
the past. We call upon him to take the
field in behalf of peace and good order,
because we know that he is true soldier
in the cause of right, and we call upon
you, unless he shall positively forbid, to
announce him as candidate for Judge
of The SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
sS----
A Card from Terry HI. Canal, Esq.
To the Editors of the Union and American
In reply to the call on me to become q
candidate for the Attorney Generalship in
this Judicial Circuit, allow me through
your columns to accept the same, with an
assurance of my heartfelt appreciation of
the confidence reposed.
However, it is proper for me to say, as
my war record has been alluded to, that
desire nothing from this community based
upon that ground alone. simply did nay
duty, and claim no praise for its faithful
discharge. served the Confederate cause
from general impulses and honest convic-
tons, and 1 accord to others equal honesty
in service rendered upon the other side.
The war is over. Let its passion and pre-
judice die. Let us bury its hatred and an
mostly, and rising up into the clear at
mospnere of principle and patriotism,
prove ourselves worthy of the demands of
the hour and the responsibilities of the fu-
turo.
1t will be to me source of qualification
to be selected to occupy a position, which
will enable me to contribute my humble
mite to the promotion and maintenance of
these principles. TERRY H. CANAL.
THE Wanted religious liberty of this
country is becoming exceedingly doubt
full. Now comes Tennessee with a pro-
position to include the following in its
new Constitution:
''SeG. 2. No person who denies the
being of God, or future state of rewards
and punishment, shall hold any office in
the civil department of this State. -
Chicago Times.
Tennessee came into the Union with
that identical proposition in her Constitu-
ton in 1896.
In all New England there are hardly
5000 negro voters to-day. Iowa has but
ia, Minnesota but SO, Wisconsin but
195, Oregon but 81, California but 6S1.
The free ballot will not change the
Ethiopian skin, nor the prejudices of
race, color and condition, Unborn within
all of the human family. 1t will, how
ever, give what the law claims, and we
trust not ungrudgingly, or by resisting
that which has become inevitable.