Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-30
A LINCOLN DEMOCRAT TO HON.
GEO. w. JONES.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 80, 1872-HoN. GEO.
". JONES: On opening the Nashville Ban
ner this morning my attention was arrest
ed by the following caption at the top OF
one of its columns, ga letter from Hon.
George W. Jones'" Regarding you from
my early manhood as one of the fathers OF
the Demo cratic church, while l was sur
prised to find letter from you in journal
whose open and avowed object is the dis
memb a=mant and thereby the destruction
of the Democratic party, l did not doubt
that would md 10 it words of wisdom,
and eXbortation to harmony and concord
SO coDs0nant with your great experience,
mature years, and the debt of gratitude
you owe to the party for honors so often
and so generously bestowed. Judge Of my
surprise when after reading it find that
instead of words of harmony you use
words of discord; instead of sustaining the
party and its organization to which you
owe so great debt find that you make
this party secondary to one man, and in
stead of words of wisdom and harmony
only words of fulsome laudation Of this Que
man. You say:
"He has ever been a Democrat off the
highest sect"
This sounds like very strong qualities
ton for Office received in the light of sur
rounding circumstances, when nearly every
Democratic newspaper in the State is
against him, and he running against the
regular nominee of the party; when Mr..
johnson himself procl&ims that the Demo
cratic party is dead, aud is relying almost
exclusively upon the opponents of Democ-
racy for his support, aud not one OF his
iroh
vice ever made any pretensions to Democ-
racy. But is it in fact true that she has
ever been q Democrat OF the highest sect?''
Will our friend Jones say that he was
Democrat of the highest sect when he was
a candidate on the Republican ticket with
Lincoln for Vice President, and running
against the regular nominees of the Demo
cratic party-Gen. Mcclellan and Mr.. Pen
dleton? ..-
And will our friend Jones contend that
the course pursued by Mr.. johnson while
military governor, in refusing to allow a
Democratic electoral ticket TO be voted for
in this State was 8 mark of Democrat OF
the ''highest sect"
"What," inquiries Mr.. Jones, care the
grounds Of opposition to him in the pres
ent canvass, urged by his enemies with a
vehemence and bitterness, scarcely ever
before equalled?" Mr.. Jones ans Ters that
by saving "That he is Andrew johnson and
was a union man during the late war.
This statement, coming as it does from
one who has fair reputation for veracity,
is considered most remarkable. We have
heard a great many speeches and read
great many newspapers, but We have never
heard this given as reason Tor
voting against Mr.. johnson
and we venture to say that Mr.. Jones, MIR
johnson, nor any of his stump orators, can
name a single man or newspaper, who eve
assigned this as a reason for voting agains
Mr.. j. Mr.. Jones, can you name the man.
| II is believed Mr.. Jones was not sincere IL
thi, statement, and indeed if any eVidenct
| is wanting to show that Mr. Jones knew
| that was not true, It is found iD the very
next paragraph of his letter, in which ht
SAYS, s'In 1868 many of these men who now
bitterly oppose and persecute Andrew
! johnson, supported HoratiO Seymour, of
| New York, for President Of the United
| States-the man who boasted that he put
more men in the Union army to suppress
the rebellion and suhjugate the Southern
| people than any other mau. These same
| preseat enemies of Andrew johnson il
/ i86S supported Frank P. Blair for Vlc'
/ President of the United States-the same
Frank P. Blair who was Major Genera
in the Union army, =.
These same opponents Of Andrew johnson
are the ardeut supporters OF Mr.. Creole!
the lifelong enemy Of the Southern peopl
and their institutions These, same me
who are SO violently opposed to Andre
Jonnson are supporting B. Gratz Brown it
Vice President who was for time 10 IL
Union army aud Afterwards q ghspaoillc4'
7 United States Senator from missouri
They support all these but they cannos snl
port johnson" -------.--,,,.. -, 49,,
Now, Mr.. Jones, are not all these nae
whom the opponents of johnson are snl
porting Union men OF the "htghest Sec1t
So you yourself dem 1nstrate thai Is is ~
Mr.. Johuson's Unionism that they ONE