Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-06-15
For the Whig and Tribune.
The henderson CO., Convention.


MeSsrs. Editors:
Iwish to enter my protest against
the proposed Democratic COuVen-
ton, to be holden in Lexington on
the first Monday in July, 1872, for
the purpose Of nominating a candi-
date for Tax Collector for Hender-
son county.
| am opposed to this caucus or
convention, because it is unwisc,
unjust, unrcpublican and wholly
uncaIlcd for the exigcncies of the
times, and it is contrary to the -
cral tendencies of the age.
1t is uuWisc III party sense, be-
cause il will create bitter disap-
pointmcnts and heart burniugs, and
thereby weaken our party.
The proposed cOnyeRtiou with its
present stat ~ W.
Just, as IL -rict
1.-TWO VO "
out a. y
I. 49, cratic district
will have, AIS ratio the 10th
district, with about half q dozen
Democratic votes, all told, will have
the same weight III the convention
that the largely democratic district
of Mifllin, and probably more, and
so with the eighteenth, il viii haKs
the same weight and influence that
Jacks Greek district will haze, il
will weigh Just as much as either
the 18th or 4th, with the present I'M
derstanding the Radical districts
with very small reinforcement
of weak democratic districts viii
be able tc make the nOIHination-in
other words the Radical districts
can dictate the domination, and the
democratic districts must do the
voting. 1t is unrepublican, because
the voice of the people is never Sc
riously heard or consulted. Mr..
Greelcy's Tribune of The oath of
June SAYS, "the caucus has of late
years become the instrument of an
intOlerable tyranny, by means of
which the true sentiments of the
majority have been OverbOrne by
compact and INSCRIPTIONS minority,
who by dint of energetic action and
perfect organization have been able
to impose their win upon three
times their number. There is no
call by the people for a convention
and to use a slang phrase, the con-
ventiOn has played out.
Permit me to call the attention of
my sweet and good friend, who in
his eloquent address to the people
said he had crossed the Rubicon-to
the letter of acceptance of his
chief Mr.. Greeley. He says Gin
vain do the drill sergeants of decay
ing organizations flourish men
ancingly their truncheons, and an
grily insist the files shall be closed
and Strengthened, in vain do the
whippers-in of parties protest
against straying and boiling, de-
as traitors and renegades, and
threaten them with infamy and
ruin"
l fear some of our friends have
not yet learned the first lessons of
Liberal Republicanism-let us heed
the advice of our candidate for
President-let us initiate Democrat
ic New York city; repudiate party
nominations altogether. She, after
suffering untold i'll by the caucus
speculation, swindling by the mill
ions, disgrace and almost hopeless
bankruptcy-nOw selects her best
citizens to office worth thousand
and thousands of dollars in utter
defiance of the "drill sergeant and
whippers-in of decaying Organiza-
tons" We are in favor Of civil
service reform; elect the best men
we can find to fill the offices of the
country; use the same common sense
that the merchant does in selecting
his clerks, enquire if he is sober, is
he capable, and is he honest.
ROR