Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-07-06
10Y. norsrY n rmonsse

From the Brownsville Bee.
We are clad TO know that our old
friend, Dorsey Thomas, is a candidate
for Congress in the Seventh District.
No tNs,er or better man than he IL lives.
lie IDA sound, hard-working Demo-
crat; honest, capable and popular,
and will be of great service TO his State
and the Democracy, If elected. Mr..
Thomas has done much for the De
mocracy of this State. lie bias ever
labored for the success of the party
yielding all, that the party might be
united and successful. To him, none
than to any other one man III this
State, are we indebted for our liberia
ton and cnfranchisement. In our
darkest hours, he was our friend; TO
him, in that hour, we looked for help
and consolation; and 10 his credit, let
it bc'said, we did not look in va n. A
Union man during the war, yet when
the war was over, he cordially and
readily championed the cause of De-
mocracy, and has ever since been one
of our tried and trusted leaders. by
his honest, upright, manly course in
aiding us who were oppressed and dis
franchised, he has incurred the bitter
hatred and enmity of the Radical par
ty. They have often predicted, and
tainted him by saying, that as soon
as we got in power that the Rebels
would throw him overheard. Yet
this had no effect upon him. He has
stood by us and the Democratic party
at all times.
We do say, that gratitude, Justice
and fair dealing requires that Mr..
Thomas should be nominated by the
Democracy of the seventh district
They owe this much to him, to the
disfranchiscd soldier and to the coun-
try. We know the soldier has the
kindest feeling for him; they will
never forget his many acts of kindness
to them while in prison, and to our
wounded at Perryvillc, Ky. He was
fairly elected to Congress once, but
Brownlow, by his infamy and trcach-
cry, gave the certificate of election to
Arnell, the disfranchiscr, and Radi-
cal Congress denied Mr.. Thomas his
scat.
The people should rise up and re-
Duht tliS Iniduly uu tut pdtt vi
Brownlow and the Radical party
The invaluable services rendered by
him in defeating the hellish scheme of
Stokes, Maynard and others in recon
structing our State two years ago, de-
serve grateful remembrance BY our
people.
Down here, in his own home, Dorsey
Thomas has the love and respect Of
all Democrats, and especially the Con-
federate soldiers-thcy fully and cordi-
ally endorse him, and will always stand
by him for his acts of kindness toward
and manly defense Of them.
He has done too much for US when
We were weak and bound hand and
foot, for us to desert him now. Let il
not be said of the Democracy that we
used him to gain our freedom, and
when we became free, that we struck
down the man that helped to save us.
Our people should ever cherish and
promote those who helped us when we
were unable to help ourselves.
Ii the Democrats of the Seventh
District fail to nominate d. B. Thomas
they will certainly show base ingrati-
tude to one who has done much for
them and for the Democracy in this
State.
We will expect our gallant friends
in the Seventh to do their whole duty
in this matter, for we know tho people
are for Dorsey Thomas.