The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-10-31
"The buty of the Hour"

Before arothcr issue Of tho ESrrRpRI,E
reaches its readers the proplo Of the
United States viii have chosen 4 Presi
dent and Vice President. The State OF
Tennessee will have chosen her Cover
nor, members 10 tho Legislature and
members TO Congress, As the day Of
election approaches the interest becomes
more and more intersc. The waschiires
RE lit along all the hills, and the
Skirlaish line extends from The extreme
Last to the extreme West Of the State.
Active preparations are making in all
the camps for the approaching contest
which is to decide the strength Of the
Democratic organization in Tennessee.
The champions me fully panoplisd for
the conflict aud have shiyercd lanccs al
Tlons the line, and on Tuesday next, the
9th day Of November, the shock of bat
Ito comes, The feht is dnelual-our
forces are divided, aud through his diri-
sion IRE may be dgs0tsd. The chosen
leader Of the Democratic party hns found
enemies in his own camp--from those
whom he should have expected most
he receives . stab, and through Il m in
jury fatal to our political sircgth is
sought to be Inflicted upon the serted
ranks OF the Conservative party through
out the State. with . kiss We arc
about to lie betrayed into tue hands Ct
our enemies; and Pcter-bEc, some of
the "old guard" have denied their an
cient teachings, departed from the origi-
nal landmarks, and refuse to acknow-
ledge the call of their leader according
TO the old custom, How many of the
old ire-tricd, and how many OF the lib,
orty-!oyng Young men Of our ranks will
fall down and give alteration to this new
Baal erected MS their Moses, time must
develop. But in nil oaruestrcss, and as
M who has been nurtmed in tho be
lief that in UEi0n there is strength"
we c%oninre them TO stand fast ty their
%colorS, whcn The Shock sigY corlc. lest hy
our division we fall an easy Frey into the
hands Of our political Toes. This is no
time i'll which to desert cd customs and
try new expe Iients; no tine to desert
old landmarks that have led rs out Of
many q wilderness, and through rights
Of political bondage, into the living light
Of political freedom, and run off after
strange gods that would erect n political
altar upon which they themselves mny
be w%or;hipcd. This is no tine for dis
organization-cyery lover of freedom
and the full and free exercise Of the cleo
tion franchise to the American people,
should feel himself called upon indi-
Nidna.ly, in his proper place, to stand
and defend lis post Of the line, and re-
sist the encroachmcnts of he cremv from
whatever quarter he may come. It is
the duty of every one TO see that each
voter is at his post in the ranks on the
day Of the election, fully armed with the
credentials Of his party, and vote TIC
straight ticket-hcaded by Greeley and
Brown, John c. Brown. 3. L. Cheatham
and D. NJ. Key. This done, we are safe
beyond the possibility of q contingency.
Our State government is secure; our
Federal Government is secure; Our
Representation in Congress is secure.
But let divisions distract our columns,
and disintegratlon gain any considerable
adherents, and the rictory is LOST, and as
the smoke from the idcs Of November
shall clear away, it will reveal to us the
s%adoening fact that VIC have suffered
ourselves led into the pit-fall scheme
ingly laid by designing men for our
political destruction and overthrow"
Let us stand firm. Let us be close
to our guns next T~uesday-do our duty
and we are safe. i