Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-11-02
EAST TENNESSEE.
e Editor of the Union and American

| To the Editor of the Union aud American:
! KNOX COUNTY, Oct, 31.-The "con
! verging lines" of Johns0n's Jacob's-ladde
Democracy, which led him to the Republi
can party in 1864, again by some wild
! freak has brought him into rather queer
company. At the speaking at MorristowI
few days since, John Baxter and CAPT.
Kicks, Grant Electors for the State at large
both went on the train to hear what Gov
Harris had to say on the great questions a
issue. Baxter replied to Gov. Harris, and
walked into convention nominees. He was
an ardent friend OF johnson, and thought he
was the very man for Congress. After eu.
| logizing his candidate, he turned on our
candidate for Governor, John G. Blown
He was fully as much for the defeat of Gov,
! Brown as he was for the election Of john
son. After Baxter concluded, Capt. Kicks,
one OF Maynard's warmest friends, was per-
fectly satisfied with BaXter's denunciations
of Brown, and did not think it worth while,
as E!ector for the State at large, to take
any part in the discussion.
BE saw at once that the advocate Of
johnson, John Baxter, might do more to
aid freeman by getting Andy's friends to
vote against Brown than ne possibly could.
The friends of Gen. Cheatham are very
firm and are determined to work to defeat
Freeman and Maynard. We know very
well that the Republican party is united and
it will require ali the opponents cfMaynard
to be active in support of Gen. Cheatham,
the regular nominee.t In East Tennessee
Maynard is the, head and front of the Re
publican party, and he will be on the day
OF the election the railying point. They
would give up all for him.
see we have 4S Democratic newspapers
in the State for Cheatham, while there are
only 8 for johnson. But Johnson's friends
are circulating ia this end of the State, the
Cincinnati Commercial. Bully paper!
He has Just passed through an
exciting contest in Ohio, and
the State having gone by a large
majority for the Radicals, the editor can well
afford to aid General John Baxter in disor-
ganizing our party in this State. In his
issue Of the 2Sth he has the following:
"Whether Johnson will be rejected or
not, he has done a magnificent missionary
work among the Tennesseeans. He has
pointed out TO them once more the hideous
blunder they made in permitting them
selves to be dragged into secession, and he
that the doctrine that a man must $50
with his State is fatal folly. He tells the
ex-Rebels of Tennessee that history proves
before all the world th2t he was right to
remain in the Union-they lunatics to 90
out Of it."
According to the Cincinnati editor and
johnson, the soldiers OF Gen. Lee and Joe.
Johnston were TRAITORS and lunaticS."
There is also in the Commercial of the
same date a letter from your city signed
II. V. R., in which the writer expresses the
opinion that Brien will be elected to Con-
gress. This seems to be well understood
now that johnson and "bolters," come into
the fight like brother and brother aud
should go out hand in hand not one before
another.
Some one seems to have polled the bar
Of this city ard the Press and Herald gives
the result showing johnson ahead, Maynard
DeXt and Cheatham last. Woe unto you
also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with
burden gri7Ous to be borne, and ye your
selves touch not the burdens with one of
your fingers. Luke 18th, CHI. v. 46. After
The bar was polled some one polled the
bench resulting as follows: Supreme bench
for Cheatham, eUery 0ne?chanceller, circuit
and criminal Judges, for Maynard 8. for
Johnson none. So you see Andy stands a
poor show with Judges. Men who hold
court in each division of the State are yery
,apable of judging wherein lies the strength
20 beat Maynard. u.