Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-03
STOP TO THINK.
A Few Facts and Figures Showing
the Danger Ahead.
A Thorough Organization Nust be
Effected, or the State Will Pass into
Radical Hands.
For the Union and American.

10 thinking man, ana TO one VINO l
removed from the heat and dust Of the cit
as well as from the political excitement
growing out of the canvass for Congress.
between Johnson and Cheatham, the stu
alton is becoming rather alarming. II may
not be inappropriate here to remark tina
the writer Of this has never been Demo
crat. Having been born and raised BY
Wing parents, in his early life he was taught
to believe that there was no safety for the
country except in the overthrow of the
Democratic party; he at early manhood be
come Wing and voted with every party
opposed to Democracy, until the. breaking
out of the late war. Since the war, even
although bitterly opposed to Radicalism in
all its shapes, he has been such luke-warm
Democrat that his friends have sometimes
tainted him with having leaning towards
Radcalism. Times have now changed,
however, and every voter is compelled to
register himself at the ballot-box either as a
Democrat or Radical, and between the
two the writer had no trouble in making 8
choice.
l. is no uncommon occurrence now to
hear men on the streets and upon the high
ways who have heretofore been looked
upon as sound aud incorruptible Demo-
Gratis, say that they ara willing, in order to
secure the election of Mr.. johnson, to see
a Johnson Democrat on the one side and a
Cheatham Democrat on the other as can
didates for Congress in every Congre ssion-
al District in the State.
But while there are some good and true
Democrats in the tanks of the johnson
party" q large number Of those who are
supporting him are men who have Away s
opposed Democracy, and who now boast
that the party sis Dead" and who do not
care one farthing for Mr.. johnson, but are
merely using him as a convenient sledge-
hammer with which to attempt TO beat TO
pieces the only organization now in the
country that has any power whatever TO
defeat the Grant dynasty.
1t is not the object of the writer to say
one word against Mr.. johnson either per-
sonally or politically, aud while have al
ways differed with him, l am willing to
forget the past and look alone TO the fu-
ture. Has he been nominated by the con-
vention that assembled at Nashville on the
2lst Of August, l should have given him
my most cordial support, but as another,
an1 one who is personally equally as mer-
itoricus, was nominated, feel it to be
duty ! owe, not only to the party but to
y
support.
We must at this particular time
RISE ABOVE PERSONAL PREFERENCES.
We have too much at stake to allow our
love aud admiration of Mr.. Johnson to
Overbalsnce our duty to our country.
If there was nothing dependent upon the
election Of Mr.. Johnson but the mere de-
feat Of Gen. Cheatham, we might look on
with some degree of indifference; but al
ready we have heard the question asked
of candidate for Congress, 'Are you for
Mr.. johnson or are you for Gen. Cheat
ham?n
This same question will be asked of
candidates foriCongress,fo the State Senate
and for the House of Representatives, and
the consequence of this will be that in al
most if not quite all of the Congressional,
Sena' orial and Representative districts we
will have two Democratic candidates, one
for johnson and the other for Cheatham.
In fact many Of the friends of Mr.. johnson
do not pretend to disguise the fact that they
intend TO have full Johnson anti-conven-
ton ticket for Governor, for Congress, for
the State Senate and for the House of
Representatives. In proof of this
"YOUR ATTENTION, READER
l will venture the assertion that not a
single Coyar or Brien man can be found
who is not als) for Mr.. johnson.
Should this state of things assume sufficient
importance to carry with it any considerable
number OF the Democratic or Conservative
vote, tie consequence would be deplorable,
and in this COnnexion, desire TO call the
readers attention to the figures which will
give, which viii show beyond al doubL that
if they succeed in making anything like a
division in the Democratic party, the State
is gone beyond redemption iuto and under
the control Of the Republican party.
FIGURES.
In the election of 1870 between Gov.
Brown and Mr.. Wisener, Gov. Brown re-
ceiVed 1880, and Mr.. Wisener received
4l,50O votes, leaving Gov. Brown a ma
jority Il 3I,479. Now, suppose our Repub-
lican friends, who are ever on the alert, and
who "A7e not dead, but sleepeth," should
see proper TO enter a candidate for Gov
error, and one for Congress, to represent
the are At large, and suppose their Candi.
dates should receive only the vote cast for
Mr.. WiseaeI; the Democratic vote being
equally divided between Brown and COlyar,
and Johnson and Cheatham, the Republic
ON candi ,ltes would be elected by a ma
{Oity Of 2,01l votes.
Mr.. Wsener, however, did not receive
the full vote of his party. There was no
Presidential election then. His chances
for election were hopeless; in fact, he>so
stated himself in his speeches, and should
the Republican candidates for Governor
aud for Congress for the State at large re-
ceive the full vote of this party Ctbe Stokes
vote), which was 55,036, they would be
elected by majority of u, 547 votes.
In The FIST Congressional district the Re-
publicans have majority Of 70 votes (tak-
ing the Blown and Wisener vote as a basis)
with the Democratic vote united.
ANY diyision of the Democratic vote in
this distr.c., Of course, gives it to the Re-
plblicans.
Ia the second district The Democratic
vote is 067, and the Republican vote is
5,645. Divide the Democratic vote be-
tween Jhnson Democrat and a Cheat
ham Democrat aud you leave Republican
majority Of 1918.
In the third district the Democratic vote
IS S,5l2, and the Republican vote is 1896.
Divide the Democratic vote and it gives a
Republican majority of 5000.
In tn fifth Congressional District thu
Democr2 he vote is 10,957, and the Repub-
lican vc'" IS j,ST6. Divide the Democratic
vote i gives Republican majority of
39S
IL F'n.h District the Democratic