Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-05

AIthonoh the Conventiop Of the Grant
party which met at the Capitol yesterday
was not so large nor indeed so Respectable
in appearance as q majority of former hadi-
cal State Conventions held in Tennessee,
vet it cannot be denied that they presented
about the strongest ticket that couia
have been selected from their ranAs'
Freeman. Maynard and Hawkins are
all practiced speakers both at the bar ana
on the stump. They well understand now
to swire in and wire out" The first TWO
have been making politics their study, ana
will come fully prepared with facts, figures
and documents to prove, TO their own satis-
faction at least, that Grant is a Saint ana
Greeley is Sinner; that the Democracy
brought on the war and nave
stolen all the money that mas
been taken out Of the treasury
from the earliest history Of the government
to the present day. WHAT'S more alarming
than their facts, figures and documents
their logic and their eloquence, is the fact
that their party, well organized and wen
disciplined, presents solid front, while our
party is torn with dissensions. Neither
ex-President johnson nor Gen. Cheatham
can expect to get any Radical votes from
Mr.. Maynard. He will get the full Radical
strength. So will Mr.. Freeman, their can
didate for Governor. The Democratic
vote will be divided between MI
Johnson and Gen. Cheatham.
Every vote cast for Mr.. Col
var, the "independent" candidate for Gov
ernor, win be vote taken from Gov
Brown, and to that extent increases the
chances of placing another Radical in the
Executive office. No one pretends to be-
lieve that Mr.. Colyar has the remotest
prospect of being elected. He need
not hope to ride in on the wave
which Mr.. johnson has put In
motion. Before the 9Th of November there
will be refiuent wave and powerful I'M
der-tow. Their motion is alre NY begin
ming to be felt.
The dangers which threaten, render more
necessary increasing vigilance and energy
on the part of Ihe Democracy. We must
stand by our organization, or certain
defeat awaits US. Every expression
in the Radical convention yesterday
shows that that party intend to main
tain their organization rigidiy
that they will have but one candidate for
any Office; that they are rejoicing over the
hostility which some of the Democracy ex-
press to conventions and that they hope
through this very hostility to elect their
candidate for Governor, their candidate for
Congress from the State at large, their
candidates for Congress in the first, sec
ond, third, fifth and ninth districts, and
majority of the Legislature. One of their
speakers yesterday said, with a'Radical leg.
islature next session, which be regarded as
certain, they would re-district the State Sc
that they would have five Radical Con-
gressmen for the next ten years. Inc I'M
portaut fact should not be over
looked by the Democracy of Ten
nessee that under the supplemental
apportionment bill, which gave us our
Congressman for the State at large, our
next Legislature is required to again redis-
trict the State, so that we shall have ten
Congressional districts instead Of nine as
we now have. The Democracy have
a high duty to perform in keeping the State
ont of Radical clutches. Organize and work.
Tne cry of ''no convention" if needed will
lead to irremediable disorganization, and
that to ruin. If conventions are bad, Radi-
calism is worse. Party organization is our
only safety. Let us stand by it.