Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-16
THE Observation-Disclosures OF A
GRANT ORGAN.

The New York Standard is Grant Or
gan of the bushwhacking species. The
following from its issue Of May il, is sub
United as a specimen of what it can do in
the way Of misrepresentation
DIS Tennessee for Greeley2 Some of
our neighbors who oppose Gen. Grant are
wonderfully conaforted by the report that
the Democratic State Convention at Nash
vile on Thursday, after providing for a
Democratic delegation to the Baltimore
Convention in July, passed a resolution in
favor of the Cincinnati ticket of Greeley
and Gratz. A close reading Of the report,
after all, offers very little assurance of the
eleven electoral votes of the State being
cast for our genial friend of the Tribune,
even If the Democratic electoral ticket
should be elected. We are told there
will be a full Democratic ticket in the field;
also that Gov. Brown made a speech, in
which he admitted that his party (the De-
mocracy) is in a minority in the State, and
could not succeed of itself He approved
of the action of the convention in indorsing
Greeley, and desired that the Democracy,
in spite of its discouraging condition should
keep up its organization. In other words,
the only hope for the Democracy in Ten
nessee is to steal strength from the RepUb-
lican party by dividing it. So till after
election it will be Democratic policy TO
court disafected Republicans. Possibly
by that plan a majority may be secured
for Electors who would be able to
vote for the Democratic candidate when
they meet in January. When we remem-
Der that Tennessee gave Gen. Grant ma
jority Of more than thirty thousand in 1868,
even though pernicious quarrels among
Republicans lost the last Gubernatorial
election, we can hardly see that either Mr..
Greeley's friends or the Democrats have
great cause for comfort from the cOntempla-
ton of their chances in that State. 1t may
be her eleven votes will be lost to President
Grant, but even if so, are they sure for
Greeley? Not quite"
1t seems almost impossible that such
statements should be put forth in a commu-
nifty where the facts for their refutation are
of 50 easy success. Gov. Brown admitted
no such thing as that his party (the
Democracy is in a minority in the State
and could not succeed Of ITSELF" There
was not the slightest reason for
such admission. Gov. Brown had
beaten his Radical Republican COM
petitor in the race eighteen months
ago by majority of 81, 1855, on a very light
vote, and he was never more confident Of
anything in his life than that the Demo
cratic electoral ticket viii be chosen by
much larger majority than that over both
the Radical and Liberal Republican tickets.
Every member of the late Democratic State
Convention felt as sure of this result as
that the day of election would come. There
fore, the recommendation Of the Greeley
and Brown ticket by that convention was
no empty or unmeaning compliment. 1t
meant that if the Democratic National Con-
vention recommended the support of that
ticket, no State in the Union was surer to
vote for it than Tennessee. The Grant
menthemsslves do not believe that the De-
mocratic party sis in minority In the State,
and could not succeed Of ITSELF" for in
their State Convention yesterday (Wedues-
day, May 49, they concluded that it was a
hopeless task to run candidate for Cover
nor, and therefore made no nomination.
The Standard displays its utter ignor-
ance of history when it asserts that SPERM
cious quarrels lost the last gubernatorial
election to the Republicans. Mr.. Wise
ner was nominated by State Convention,
had the undivided support of his party,
and pOlled the full Republican vote, and yet
Gov. Brown received a majority of S5,SSS
over him. The Standard will have to do
better than this, or it viii lose all respect
for truthfulness.