Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-14
STATE POLITICS.
The GubernRIOFiaI Race-EhO Shall
be the Democratic Standard
Bearer.

\ be the Democratic standard
From the Memphis Register, April II.
Gen. Frank Cheatham is out for Cover
nor. We are sorry that we cannot elect
both Cheatham and Brown. But we see
no reason at this time for raising question
between two good Democrats and excellent
gentlemen. And no more do we see any
public good which is TO result from the dis
Placement of Brown at this time. Cheat
ham may come in very well for another
term. But we are not aware that the
safety Of the State depends on bis being put
in Office Just now, at the expense of displac-
ing as good a Governor as the State of
Tennessee ever had, or is likely to have.
For Gen. Cheatham we have Che highest
possible respect and good wishes, and be-
lieve him eminently worthy Of any position
an the gift Of the people. Our predisposition
is against change at this time. But we
shall bow to the decision Of the State Con-
vention, feeling well assured that we shall
have tirst-class Governor, whether one or
the other of these distinguished gentlemen
is the nomiree.
From the Memphis Ledger, April IL.
Gen. Frank Cheatham, in an address to
the people Of the State, announces himself
. candidate for Governor. People who can
not like such man cannot like anything
that is good, great, noble or comely. He is
splendid soldier, beloved by the men he
commanded, honOred by the men who COM
maD3ed him, and respected by the enemy.
We have seen in the papers many hard
things said of many men, but we do not re-
member to have seen in al our reading q
reflection upon the character Of Frank
Cheatham. He is a true type of the Ten
nesseean, brave, Just, Outspoken and perfectly
honest. He has been strongly pressed, by men
who know his worth, to become candi-
date for Governor, and has consented. In
taking this course he is opposing distin-
guished soldier and civilian, and a model
Tennesseean, the present Governor. A con-
vention will settle the claims Of these gen
tlemen and these of others who may come
to the footlights as candidates. The diff
Guilty is, the people cannot reward all the
men who have served them, and find it diff
cult, among so much worth, to discriminate.
Governor Brown has done well, though there
is little sppeTtaining to the office Of Cover
nor that affords a man an opportunity Of
either discovering new qualities or Of illus
trating old ones. No matter upon whom
the official mantle may fall, we shall
have a representative of the pc pie, geIl-
tleman far removed from the tricks Of the
demagogue, and unlike some public men
in another part of the Union, out of the
reach of corrupt influences. Who would
be bold enough to approach Brown, or
Cheatbam, or Forrest, or QUarles with a
corrupt or a dishonOrable proposition? No
man in his senses would dare TO approach
any representative Tennesseean in that
way. This is the glory Of our State, Of our
public men. They never steal, they never
lie, they never Cypress, and never outlaw
the majority that they may mount TO pow
er from the bent backs Of a barbarian mi
nority suddenly brought from the fields to
the ballot-box as the governing class.
From the Pulaski Citizen, April Il.
There is no doubt but that Gen. Brown
will be the nominee Of the coming State
Convention for Governor, with hardly a
dissenting vote. The country press Of the
State is almost a unit in his favor. The
GAINESVILLE papers and the Shelbyville Res
cue have expressed a preference for Gen.
Quarles, but would give Gov. Brown a cor
dial ald hearty support. He will doubtless
receive the nomination by reclamation and
without opposition, and for the reason as
expressed by the Gallatin Examiner, that
Eihis administration has been wise and prU-
dent; he has made an excellent Governor,
and having been elected but for a portion Of
the regular term, is fairly entitled to an
other" This, we believe, is the feeling Of
the people Of the entire State; in this section
we know that it is the unanimous opinion
Of our people.
From the Memphis Appeal, April p.
ba vnpov,f announcements IF
one of Tennessee's most distinguished SONS,
Gen. Frank Cheatham, as a candidate for
Governor, ADDS TO these complications. His
friends have put him upon the track, and
they are at work in a way that indicates de-
termination. They are, throughout the
most of West Tennessee, demanding by
letters and otherwise Of the committee that
the convention shall be postponed until after
the August elections, and we doubt not the
the Executive Committee viii favor their
Just demands. They say: eve only ask
fair play and if it turns out that Gen.
Cheatham is not the choice of the people
for the distinguished honor he aspires to,
they will be satisfied. We speak advisedly
when we say that Gen. Chatham does not
intend to run independently Of the cOnyen-
ton. His is a candidate for the nOmina-
ton and will abide its decisions, whatever
they may be; but be ought in justice
be allowed TO canvass his claims
for the office before the people
Of the entire State. His record in the past
is without a single blot. lie is too good a
Democrat, too pure man, and has the sue
cess of his party and good of his STATE too
much at heart to disregard the voice of
,p"ople who love him so well as the people
" Tennessee. Besides, he is not an office
Becker or politician, but a plain farmer.
When the clangor Of arms ceased h retired
TO his farm in Coffee county, where he now
lives. His integrity is uuquestioned and
UNREASONABLE. As we said on yesterday,
there is a magnetism about the man that
draws the people near to him. He inspires
confidence, respect, admiration, love and
enthusiasm. lie has rendered services to
the State and country that viii not soon be
forgotten by the people Of Tennessee. We
say this much in his interest, because we
appreciate the man, and without any view
or purpose to take sides in contest, the
principals in which are among the best and
frr1asf Of 0Tlr Duh lie mon