Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-08-29
THE CANDIDATES FOR CON-
GRRSS.

GRRSS.
The nominations made by the Republi-
can party at Rogersville Junction, on the
2fst inst, was announced in our paper
last week, and is by this time well known
to all our readers. OF the candidate for
Congress, Hon. r. r. Butler, we have in
the past expressed our opinion plainly
enough to be understood by all parties.
He stands to-day where he stood when
he was nominated to the XIII Congress,
and as his enemies have brought no new
charges against him that we have heard
of, further comment as to his character
ard worthiness for the position is unneces-
sary on u part. He is again the nomi-
nee of the Republican party, and Repub-
Leans have to choose between him and
defeat. There is no middle ground for
them 20 take. They are once moro placed
face to face with their old political antag-
onists, advocating the same principles,
representing the same ideas and battling
for tho same privileges that constituted
the issues of 1870.
Of Mr.. Buffers opponent, the Hon.
W. B. Carter, whose letter of acceptance
OF the Democratic nomination appears in
another column, we have more to say,
more perhaps than we have the time or OPP
portunity of saying at present. He Is
said to be q man of decided ability, a
gentlemen of culture and education, and
possessing great power as a public speaker.
This much we are compelled to say In the
interest of truth and justice. But there
are certain human Inconsistencies and
weaknesses characteristic of the latter day
politician of which Mr.. Carter has shown
himself to be not entirely Invested, not
outstanding his clerical advantages and
the long years of seclusion from public lifo
that he has enjoyed which would seem to
have given him plenty of time for retiec'
ton and improvement.
Mr.. Carter says that ''during the late
civil war he was ar ~unfinching friend o
the government of the United States, and
that his views of that contest are unchang
ed" He says further that Ibis ~sympathie
are now Wa those who seek to perpetual
the uH;on of these States by preserving
the Constitution which is the bond o
1~upion,;' &c. That such twaddling non
o as this should fall from the pen o
VIM. B. Carter is enough to raise a doub
in the minds of every one both as to hi
sincerity and reputed intelligence.
Does any one suppose for q momen
that a single man in the State possessing
the most ordinary mental calibre expect
10 end the elements of union in a part.
whose leading ideas and Distinguishing
, features for the pasttwelve years have beel
secession and disruption of the Union?
If We thought that VIM. b. Carter wa
: capable of honestly entertaining this ide
for a single moment, we would conside
him better fitted to become the inmate o
some Lunatic Asylum than he Is to be
come a member of Congress.
We had hoped that the Conservativ
Union men of Tennessee had learned
lesson from past experience that the,
would not so soon forget. We had hope
that they would have preserved their dig
nifty and self-respect by rejecting wit
scorn and contempt the overtures of
party whose leaders acknowledge ths
,hey are only wanted for a purpos
which once accomplished they cast theI
Of like a worn out garment. They hav
: never in a single instance failed to do TIL
in the past, and what reason have they t
expect anything better nowf The Dem
ocratic candidates in every other Distrit
were prominent rebels. and most of theI
officers of high rank in the Confeierat
army. The only doubtful District in tn
State IL thrown to a Union man as on
< would throw a well picked bone to a hui
cry dog, not with the hope or in this cas-
the desire of appeasing his appetite br
only to get rid of his opportunities for tt
time being.
Union men cannot be either forced
persuaded into the support of a man VII
accepts q nomination under such circun
stances. He is as certain to be beaten
November as he is a candidate to-da
The reason for this is obvious the Den
ocracy will be Indifferent as they ha'
nothing to lose by his defeat. The Repu
licans having a large majority in the d
trict have everything to lose and nothil
to gain by bis election. For these re
sons We feel safe In predicting anoth
victory for the Republican cause IN N
yembcr next.