Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-21
RADICAL TROUBLES IN 9HE EISST
DESE&sICE.

The Convention to nominate Radical
candidate for Congress in the First District
meets to-day, (Aug. 2l,) at Rogersville
Junction, in Greene county. A good deal
of rivalry has been developed among the
friends of several gentlemen who eoyet the
position which Cadet Butler now holds.
The excitement has not been confined alone
to the friends of these gentlemen, for they
have themselves bounded into the arena
and been hurting pretty strong epithess at
each other. For instance, Cadet Butler,
who appears to regard the place as his by
prescriptive right, has been charging the Rev.
Judge 3. E. GiIlenwaters with entertaining
traitorous intentions toward the "truly 10y
al" and seeking a Democratic nomination.
To this the Judge replies in card in the
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune, in which
the lie direct is given to Butler as follows:
sInformation having reached me that
certain gentleman, now seeking the nomi-
nation as Republican candidate for Congress
in this distric., is telling our people on the
5. reefs and elsewhere, that | am seeking and
anxious to receive the nomination at the
hands of the Democratic party as candi-
date for Congress on the Greeley ticket, |
deem it due to myself if not to others, to
state, in this public way, that the statement
is utterly false. desire no nomination on
such terms, and would not accept of it if
rendered. 1 have not sought a nomination
a. The hands of any party, and do not de-
sire it."
Having thus answered the charge Of his
assailant, the Judge turns upon and rends
him in the following style: ...--.. "a
81 have said, moreover, that should be
at any time honored with seat in Con-
gress, that while would be true to Repub-
lican principles, would no more, for party
purposes do mean thing, an unhonest
thing, an unjust thing, or a disreputable
thing as Congressman than | would on the
bench for like purpose.
"An office should be used strictly to law,
and the purposes of its creation, and should
not be prostituted and used for low and base
purposes, and in violation of the trust con-
tided.
81 have said, moreover, that we should
tender to the people for their support a
man of such high sense of honor and high
appreciation of th right as would IN him
self afford guaranty of integrity, honesty
and good faith in his conduct as the repre-
sentative of the people"
Everybody knows that Butler is amen
able to the charges which the Judge, by
implication, makes. Aud that is the man
who has been representing the first district
in Congress for years. But Judge Gillen-
waters is not the only man who has been in
Buffers way. A meeting was held in
johnson county shot time ago at which
delegates were appointed to the district con-
ventioH, and instructed to vote for Butler,
but some of the 'flithfll" were opposed to
Butler and they seeded, and the JOnesboro
Union Flag speaks Of this movement as
follows:
at appears that q convention of ndtcOn
TENTS, (similar to the Liberal movement at
Cincinnati in favor of GreeIey,) was held in
Taylorsville, on the 18th inst, (same day
the regular convention Of the Repuol can
party of johnson county was held) and or
ganized among themselves, recommending
as their first choice for Congress, Jos. A.
Sutherland; and secondly, Maj. A. II. Pe.i-
bone. We fail to see the propriety of this
| division in the ranks of our party 10 Johu-
sou. We trust that all who desire Re-
publican victory will stand square, aud go
for the man who can beat the De nOcracy,
leaving personal animosities out of the
question"
We shall soon learn the result of these
squabbles.