Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-05
70 the Editor Of the Union and American.

To the Editor OF the Union and American.
LEwIsBURG, Tenn, Sept. 2, 1871
Gov. Jon G. Brown addressed large and
| attentive audience here to-day for two
hours, on Federal and State politics. Not
more than one week ago it was announced
through posters that the Governor would
be here, and notwithstanding the short no
tice and busy season with the farmers, the
people commenced pouring in from every
part of the county, and by IL O'Clock sew
eral hundred were gathered around the
stand to see, shake hands with and greet
the appearance of their choice for
Governor of Tennessee. There was
no mistaking the indications of approval
as the speaker opened out and continued to
expose the usurpations of the Radical par
ty, headed by Grant, in the passage and
enforcement of the Kn-Klux laws, suspen-
sion of the writ of babeas corpus, and many
others destructive of human liberty and
violation of the most sacred rights guaran-
teed by the Constitution of the United
States. Suffice that the Governor didn't
deal in bare assertions, but had the docu-
nents, and made good with proof incontro-
vertable every proposition.
he also made modest yet telling allusion
to the policy Of the State government since
and during the short time he has been Gov
ernor of the State-announcing himself a
candidate for reelection, called out not by
any wish or electioneering of himself, but
by the unanimous voice of the convention
representing the people on the 9th Of May,
1872. ~
He came out squarely andnnconditionall
for Greeley and Brown. The former he
said was an honest man, as well as great
man, never undertaking anything witho ut
accomplishing it, from the time he co m
menced his war upon American slavery to
the time he was nominated at Cincinnati
and Baltimore; forcing the party in power
to pass the General Amnesty Bill, and thus
removing the ban under which so many
good men in the South have been held
including his success in overcoming and
conquering the great rebellion in the South,
of which the Governor said he had some
"Slight recollection" The Governor closed
his able speech Of two hours by exhorting
the people to organize, that the alliance of
the great Democratic and Liberal move
ment was to defeat the monstrous and I'M
paralleled usurpations of the party in power;
said that political parties aud conventions
were no new things in the country, that
they had been in existence ever since the
second term of President Washington's ad-
ministration, and that now since light was
beginning to break upon US from the great
North, throwing now and then some hope
of relief to the down-trodden and oppressed
South, every man 10 the South should take
his place, and those in favor of overthrow
ing the Grant-Radical dynasty should at
once unite with the Liberal movement,
headed by Greeley aud Brown.
Tie Governor gave succinct history of
political parties in the government of the
United States and in Tennessee, showing |
clearly that success usually and unerringly |
perched upon the standard of organ
ization and united effort; said he did not |
wish to bring the war or bis individual |
war record into this canvass, but that he |
was accused of being connected with |
military ring, and an effort was being made |
to have him ostracised on that account. He |
denied belonging to or having any sYmpa-
Thy with any such ring; that he had figured |
q little in military circles during the late
unpleasantness; that he stepped from the |
walks of civil life into the line of a private |
soldier as volunteer; was made Captain,
Colonel and General without solicitation;
hat when the war was over he again re-
tired to private life, and there remained IN
Ill called out by the people and elected
Chief Magistrate of the State; that he had
Always endeavored to do his duty, wherev-
Or placed, and upon his record he was will
ng to stand or fall.
Thanking the good people of Marshall
or their patient hearing he closed, when the
Lewisburg brass band sounded 1te to
he tune of Dixie and several other patri-
)tic airs.
Let every county in the State do as well
Is Marshall county, and John C. Brown
will be the Governor of Tennessee for the
lext two years after the ides of November
next, against any and all foes. -.