Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-17
PARIS, TENN.
Grand Reception Of Gen. Cheatham.
Henry County Good for Two ThOus-
and Majority.

To the Editor Of the Union and American:
PARIS, Tenn, Oct. 10, 1S72.-Gen.
Cheatham arrived here last night. A large
number of enthusiastic friends and old
soldiers were on hand, expecting him at the
usual hour for the coming of the south
bound train. The train being behind time
be was not expected until morning. Ar
irving, however, at II, he was taken to the
house of Col. Cavitt, Whence he was es-
corted this morning to the courthouse by
about eight hundred persons on horseback
and in carriages. The whole square was
lined with shouting hundreds of freemen,
who are not enslayed by the name of An
drew johnson, like the little johnson organ,
commonly known as the Banner, at Nash
vile. have never known our good county
of Henry so enthusiastic, or so united for
any man as they are for Gen. Cheatham, as
the representative of great live principles.
Gen. Cheatham's name and his military
fame 90 far to endear him to many, and,
although not myself in the service, must
confess that feel very warmly toward the
man who fought hundred battles for, and
pever one against his people; but it is Gen.
Cheatham's strong advances of peace and
good will, his opposition to dead issues, and
to Andy johnson, the deadest of all dead
issues, that is his strongest bond OF SYM
pathy with the people, and his strongest
assurance of support from all but the dead
element of our population.
With Mr.. Johnson's raking up the past,
and denouncing Confederates and defend
ing his own record, when he should have
let it sleep with the rest of the past, our
people can have no sympathy.
1t was too windy to-day to speak out of
doors, and the speaking was done in the
Court House, where a large crowd as
sembled.
Gen. Cheatham led off, and spoke three
quarters of an hour to very attentive and
enthusiastic audience. He was interrupt
ed frequently by storms Of applause, and
when he asked, after reading Mr.. Johnson's
denunciation of officers, ''if there was any
hardship he had ever failed to share with his
men," it seemed to me that every man in
the Court House, rose to his feet and
spoke out 'No." 1t was a spontaneous
and indignant condemnation of the malig-
nant attack upon the brave dead and living
Generals of Tennessee, who fought, 6led,
and many of them died with their men.
When Mr.. johnson says of HattOn, of
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and many others Of those who fell in the
front, and poured out their blood for their
people, that they got high places on horse
back and in guarded marques, our people
know it is false; and when he says it of our
Generals who reaped the fortunes of war,
and returned to their homes to share the
horror of his peace and of bis reconstruc-
ton, they feel that he is spouting for him.
self, and not for them, in bis own interest,
and not for theirs.
When he says that the privates lived on
bareback, and bore their hardships
In the trenches, the soldiers know and the
people know that it is false, for the officers
shared the hardships as they shared the
rough fare, and the inclement weather
poured alike on them and the private SOL
der. Mr.. johnson stepped too far, and our
people who would have honored him are
done with him.
In his opening speech he regretted that
Gen. Cheatham had made charges on him.
He would rather have discussed the issues
of the day. This hypocritical regret
comes with an i'll grace when every one OF
his published speeches contains an elaborate
defense Of these very charges before they
were ever made by Gen. Cheatham.
This county will give Gen. Cheatham
1000 majority. Johnson's only strength
here is among the disorganizers. He will
not get vote outside of the element which
desires the defeat ofthe Liberal Democratic
party. The Banner has few, ard a very
few followers here. As the organ of John
son, it is failure; as the drill Sergeant OF
disorganization, it is failure. As promi-
nent example of wind-driven sheet, without
principle, or honesty, it is fair sample to
warn the young and live men of the State,
that nothing can live in the public atmos-
phere without principle; that failure only
can come of attempting to play on both
sides. The Radicals here are in love with
the Banner, and very proud of itss an ally.
A gentlemen from Nashville has made
known the fact that its large free distribu-
ton is paid for by Mr.. johnson, which hurts
both the paper and sandy"
A SUBSCRIBER.