Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-04-28
THE GUBERNATORIAL CONTEsT-A
SECOND TERM THE FORMER Gus
TOM-THE APPEAL FOR JOHN G.
BROWN.

genus mas HUeO sidciAuVA anu AciAVMn
upon the State. The public servant,
whose record is invulnerable and unas-
sailable, has always found a friend i'm
the masses. In other days, it has
been the boast of Tennesseeans, that
they knew how to garner in their hearts
and to protect with their shields and
strong arms, the noble men who had
given their lives TO the public service,
and who had CALAMITY withstOOd the
storm which beat with all its fury
around them. Guided by a sense of jus
tice and of right, the people of Tennes-
see have never permitted the fierce pas
siOns Of partisans TO drive into Obseurity
and disgrace an honest and faithful man.
The fickle-minded Athenians banished
their nohlest and best citizens, but they
repented of their error. The order BAN
ishing Aristides was revoked, and he re-
turned and proved himself blessing to
the State. The people of Tennessee
have been guilty of no such fckleness
and ingratitude. With sublime devo-
tion they have always stood by the men
who have served them. Andrew Jack
son always found a refuge in their hearts
from the wild dark storms that beat
against his name. The first Governors of /
Tennessee were all reelected when they
desired it. After serving two years, Gov
ernor William H. Carroll told the people
that be desired an Endorsement of his
administration by a second election. He
found no ingrates ready TO blast his rep /
utation by driving him into ignomini- /
Gus Obscurity. The people were just,
and stood by faithful servant by re-
electing Governor Carroll. James X. |
Polk was elected Governor in 1S49. |
After serving two years he desired an /
Endorsement. The people made him
their candidate. They were proud of
his career as Governor, and 4
would have hissed into shame
any man who would have dared
10 induce the people TO Tepudiate
a faithful servant. James c. Jones was
elected Governor in IS4l. Had the
Wing party of 1s4S been guilty of that
ingratitude which has been suggested in
1872, they would have sent Governor
Jones into retirement. But, instead of
pepetrating this scandalous outrage, the
moment that Governor Jones annOunc-
ed desire for reelection, a just and
magnanimous party rallied TO his sup
port, and made him their standard
bearer. When Governor TrOUsdale told
the people, after serving one term, that
he desired a nomination for the second,
his Just and reasonable ambition was
gratified. Governor Aaron V. Brown
served one term, and when it was
known that he wanted a nOmina-
ton for the second, he had no
serious opposition. When Know
Nothingism erected its hydra head
Andrew johnson was nominated as
a candidate for Governor. He rode into
the gubernatOrial chair on the waves of
4 fearful and exciting contest. His bold
and aggressive administration, his inde-
pendenee of eliques, and his simple re-
publican habits, made him enemies.
But when a State Convention was held, {
the old custom was observed. and An
drew johnson was indOrsed for a second
term. Governor Isham G.. Harris's adj
ministration was not only indorsed by
the people, but he was thrice elected
Governor of Tennessee. Two years ago
John c. Brown was nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
he made d vigorous canvass, and carried
in triumph the banner Of his party. His
administration has given satisfac-
ton 10 the people, and been as popu- 4
lar as those of his predecessors. He is
a candidate for denomination. As has J
been the invariable custom, he desires {
an Endorsement. But the people Of
Tennessee, for the first time, are asked :
TO repudiate faithful public servant; to
proclaim that Governor John c. Brown S
has been weighed in the balance and a
found wanting, and must therefore be
driven into Obscurity, with the ban Of
their disapprobation marked upon his /,
brow. God forbid that the !
people Of Tennessee, whose traditions
have been one Of fidelity TO faithful o
public servants, should peTpetrate this >
mOnstrous outrage upon John c. Brown,
a soldier, patriot and statesman whose
character is without blot or blemish. i
Governor Brown has not yet filled s.
out an unexpired term. He has
been Governor Of the State a little n
over year, and disregard of the old d
custom, after he has served so short a l.
time, would not only blast his political
career but send him into disgrace and u
obscurity. Our nature recoils from such n
injustice. We cannot be made party "
TO such an outrage upon one Of Ten
nessee's favOrite sons, and from this G
time until the election, in November,
we shall with all our ability, zeal and Il
advocate the reelection Of n
John &. Brown to the Office OfGOvelnOr; l.
for the same noble and just instincts
which induced the people Of Tennessee
10 make Carroll and Polk, and Jones
and Brown, and TrOusdale and johnson 7
and Harris candidates for second terms
viii make John C. Brown the nominee
and the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor in November 1872.