Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-30
POLITICAL.

| West Tennessee-The Campaign Warm
ing up I'm the seventh District.
~ Special to the Union and American.
HUNTINGDON, July 29.-Last Friday the
Democrat here contained severe attackon
Col. Dorsay Thomas, accusing him Of
charges grave and offensive. The Colonel
was. here to-day and denounced the charges
as false and slanderous. An altercation ensu-
ed between Baker and Col. Thomas, but
by tbs interference Of friends neither was
injured. X.
To the Associated Press.
W. q. GrOesbecK for Greeley.
COLUMBUS, O., July 29.-The following
letter addressed to Hon. Jno. q. Thompson
aud Gen. R. Brinkerhof, Chairman of the
Democratic and Liberal Republican State
Executive Committee of Ohio has Just
been made public.
Cincinnati, July 20, 1872 Gentlemen:
/ have your note inviting me to preside at
the mass meeting of Democrats and Libe-
raj Republicans which will be held at Col
umbus on the SOth inst. to ratffy the action
OF the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Baltimore
OOAtOnJiOtIos Il 9ln bOity " 0CCiluC uu
portans invitation given in such kind words
but cannot be with you. Lest may be
misunderstood, l desire to say that accept
the action of the conventions referred to
and shall vote for Mr.. Greeley. The Pres
idential campaign Is now fully and finally
arranged. There will be but two candi-
dates, both Republicans, and we must
choose between them. 1t win not be diff
cult, and while we should not hope for
Democratic administration under Mr.. Gree
ley, vet nominated as he has been by two
national conventions, one Republican and
the other Democratic, we may expect
an administration that will not be partiZan,
and after all such an administration
should be very welcome, and may be just
what is most needed for the present hour.
Following heavy civil war, It will be op-
perfume and best suited to heal Its animos-
tiles and restore good will between all sec
tions of the country and all our people. /
differ In politics with Mr.. Greeley and he
was not my choice, but he has been chosen,
and with extraordinary unanimity, and is
now before Us as the only representative Of
conciliation and under pledges for import
ant reforms. Bis great ability, courage and
patriotism are unqestioned, and If he is
elected we have g0od reason to believe we
will get reconciliation and reform; and ifhe
Is defeated we already know we will not
get them but the administration now closing
viii be repeated. It should not be repeat
ed, nor should we make it an example for
imitation by the endorsement of a re-
election. As a soldier Grant is Justly dis
tinguished. His war services were very
great and should be acknowledged by all.
They have been, and even generously ac-
knowledged, and we shall never forget
them; but he Is not suited for the civil
magistracy, and we should allow his ad
ministration TO close with the pending term.
/ intended to write at more length and
some detail, but what / have already said
is fair reply to your note. Thanking you
for your fattering invitation, l am, very re
spectfnlly, W. S. GBoEsBECK.
shiIIy -shaIIy Sumner.
WASHINGTON, July pa letter re-
ceived some time ago by Senator Sumner,
signed by thirty respectable colored citizens
of Washington, asking bis opinion on the
issue between Grant and Greeley, especially
with reference to their antecedents and
present position, has remained unanswered
till now. 1t is understood that the Sena-
tors answer will be given to the press to-
morrow. In it he will review at length the
claims of the two candidates, but 1t is not
known u 1on which he decides. He gives
Is a watchword "the unity of the Republic
and the equal rights of all with recOncilia-
tion."
What Forney's Nephew Knows about
Cameron
NEW YORK, July 29.-D. G. Forney, late
of the Washington Chronicle, has lengthy
communication in the Herald reviewing
the past career of Senator Cameron and
charging him with the responsibility of the
present difficulties of the party in Pennsyl-
vania. Forney says bis relation to the
Evans claims for which he was attacked by
Cameron, was Of purely legitimate char
acter.
what Greeley Knows About Farming.
Greeley has engaged quarters for the sea-
son at East Hampton, Long Island. he is
to deliver the annual address before the
Suffolk county Agricultural Society next
week.
A Work of supererOgatiOn.
Gov. Randolph, of New Jersey, denies
that be received a bribe of $4,000 from
the Erie ring, as charged by the Tines.
North CarOlfna-DemOerats on the
Alert.
RALEIGH, n. c., July 29.-One hundred
and fifty names of colored voters were chal-
lenged in one township In Wake county, for
improper registration. Ez
Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, July 29.-Hon. E. D. Cal
yer of Brooklyn, New York, has opened the
campaign for Greeley and Brown in Wis
consin, and he speaks at Racine Aug. !,
and at Oshkosh Aug. Z. His first speech
was made at Waulleshau, Wisconsin, on
the 9th.
Chicago AbIaze-speech of Governor
KOerner.
CHICAGO, July 29.-The Liberal mass
meeting in this city tonight was large and
enthusiastic. Two stands for speakers
were erected on Market street, between
Washington and Madison, around which
a crowd variously estimated at from five to
eight thousand person gathered.
Hon, GustAve Koerner l. beral candidate
for Governor was the first speaker. After
alluding briefly to his early acquaintance
with Chicago in 1886 and expressing the
interest he felt in her progress, he said he
wished before entering upon discussion
of political issues of canvass TO have certain
things distinctly understood, namely that
neither he nor those for whom he spoke
wished to depreciate the great services of
Gen. Grant as military leader, or in criti-
cizing his course as civil administrator to
reflect on him as a General, nor did they,
as had been impudently claimed by some,
mean to cast stigma upon the noble army
which maintained the Union intact and
preserved the life of the nation. He read
from the Cincinnati and Springfield liberal
platforms in proof of the esteem in which
the soldiers were held by the liberal party.
He depecated the appeals which were being
made to soldiers 10 canvass which was
essentially a civil one. -..
He next referred to the history of the
Republican party and recounted the meas
ures it had originated and carried out, and
said that he would be the last man to dis
uute any of the claims of the Republican
party. He had belonged to the party al
most from lis inception and worked for its
success. If that party was to be eulOgised
for its work up to the termination of our
civil war, and for several years thereafter,
he might humbly claim some share in the
eulogy. But parties could not live upon
their laupels alone. New issues spring Up.