Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-07
FROM McMINN.
How it is I'm East Tennessee-The Dis.
OrganfzerS-The Bench.


To the Editors Union and American:
OUR COUNTY.
ATHENS, March 4.-Ours is one of
the largest and best counties in lower
East Tennessee. Our voting popula-
ton is about twenty-five hundred.
Our county warrants are as good as green
backs. Our citizens are not much in debt,
but money is very scarce, and ''times are
hard" We manufacture nothing to sell,
and have to look alone to the sale of the
surplus stock and produce raised on our
farms for money. Last year was a very
disastrous one for our farmers, they having
a bad failure in almost all crops, and con-
sequently we have at present little or no
money. But, while our farmers were
discouraged by last years crops, they are
not disheartened, but have rolled up
| their sleeves and gone to work
again with a will. About the usual
breadth of wheat has been sOwn, and al
though our winter has been unusually Sc
we're, the wheat crop is now considered safe
from the frosts, the stand on the ground is
good, and the prospect fair for large crop.
Our farmers are well up with their work,
and anticipate large yield Of all crops this
year. Politically we are rather on the old
every "new departure" The ''passive pol
icy" has scarcely created a ripple upon the
surface Of our political sea,
AND THE BANTER MOVEMENT"
has not found a single adherent in our
county that am aware of. We are in no
| hurry to abandon our principles, or to
change our party-while we see and prop
erly appreciate the necessity of defeating
the reelection of Gen. Grant and over
throwing the present Radical Congress. We
do not think that the best or only way to
effect these ends is to abandon our party
organization and allow ourselves to be alb
sOrbed by any new departure. But rather
let our State and county organizations re-
main intact and strengthened, and every
Democrat and Conservative keep his place in
the old line and stand to his principles and
colOTs and let
THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS
organize and muster their own forces, and
give battle to the Grant wing of the party,
and if thought best, a junction between the
independent forces can be had this fall, and
a simultaneous advance and charge be Or
dered along the whole line, and Radicalism
may be swept from the field and country.
Otherwise, if the Democratic party should
Liberal Republican movement, it would at
once again unite the Republican party and
insure its success.
COLONEL COOKE.
l have noticed in your paper one or two
very complimentary notices Of Col. James
B. Cooke, recommending him as suitable
person to fill the present vacancy on our
Supreme Bench. Col. Cooke is native Of
our county, and has practiced law here
about twenty years, having removed to
Chattanooga since the war. Wefeel coun-
ty pride and take pleasure in indorsing full
ly every word that has been said in your
paper of his eminent ability as a lawyer, as
well as his honesty and integrity as man.
Lower East Tennessee will support him
unanimously. MCMINN.
Rev. VIM. Sims, a Baptist minister in
Sewer county, died few days ago from
drinking poison in mistake for wine. His
son had been i'll a short time previous and
had bottle Of medicine about the color
and consistency of the vinOus fluid, 8ndthe
old gentleman while looking in the room for
ammunition, wishing to go squirrel hunt
ing, observed the bottle and took a drink Of
the contents, causing death in a few mo-
menLs.