Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-18
POLITICAL.
OrgeOIZEtiOn-Thc Necessity and
the MOde-FaNatiOD,e etc.
To the Editors of the Union and American.

Observation-Disclosures Necessity and
the NIOde-EaNatiOn, etc.
To the Editors of the Union and American:
GREENEvILLE, Tenn, Aug. 4, ISL
Whoever may Intermediates for the Pres
idency and for Congress next year, the
ami Radicals of the First District are
alresdy manjfesting deep interest in the
coming contest, and an earnest desire for
thorough organization, without which,
experience has proven their inability to
succeed in this and the Second District.
The same necessity may not exist in the
other districts, yet We hope for the co.
operation and assistance of the State
Committee in our efforts. Ia some of
the States an organization so complete and
efficient has been established that the State
Committee during canvass can tell with
in g thousand votes of the number that
will be polled On each side at the election.
To this end, and also that Tennessee may
send an entire Democratic delegation to
the next Congress, permit me to suggest
the following system of organization for
our STATE:
lie. the member of the State Commit
tee resident in each district be Chairman
of a District Committee to be composed
of one from each county therein, who
are to be respectively chairmen of the
several Central Committees cf the coun-
es to be composed of three or five mem
beTs living near or at the
county site. Then let there h in
esch civil district committee of one,
two or three persons 10 distribute docu-
meRts, encourage activity, disseminate
Information, and above ali, see that every
voter is at the polls on election day. Let
these district committees make out and
furnish TO the Central County Committee
a full list of voters in each district with
the political standing or preference of |
each one, to be kept By The Secretary of
the County Committee.
The almost daily intercourse Of the
County Committee with the members of |
the district committees will render that |
body an efficient ard intelligent organ |
through which the State asd CIngressi0nS
al District Committees may accomplish |
their purposes during The canvass, on very
short notice, and enable them at any time |
to obtain reliable information of the DO |
Itical status Of the county.
Thus organized the great army of the |
may hope for success in the |
first and second districts of the State; |
without it We shall, as in time past, suffer |
Cefest at the hands of vigilant, active |
minority.
Let it not be objected that such IS sys-
TEN of organization involves too much |
labor. The hearts Of tie people are
warm; properly understood, the issue is
the very existence and continuance of our
Democratic republic with its three Coz
ordinate branches with its constituent |
States with gOvernmentso of like character;
with such stake, too much care and
labor cannot be expended in preparing for
the contest, in which appears now so
much of hope and promise to the friends
of free government.
Next after this subject, the material
of our State is engaging the
minds of the people; and those who have
reflected upon thus subject say that which
most delays cur progtess ia the develop
mtnt Of our material resources, is the
Nretchtd condition of our public roads,