Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-03

vote Is s.052, and The Republican vote i
1850. In this district the Democratic vot'
/ NAV be divided and still leave a Democratic
msjority Of 456, which is TOO small to rely
| upon with any degree of certainty. ee
The first, third and fourth Senatorial Dis
tricts have each Republican msjorities, and
viii elect Republican Senator'S unless the
Democratic party is fully united.
In the second Senatorial District the
Democratic vote is 3,107, and the Republic
can vote is 1881. Divide the Democratic
vote and it gives Republican majority 9
555. -.
Ia the fifth District the Democratic vote
Is 2,738, and the Republican vote is 2,028.
| Divide the Democratic vote and 1t gives a
Republican majority Of $50.
| In the sixth district the Democratic
vote is 1886 and the Republican vote is
1870; divide the Democratic vote and it
gives Republican majority Of 6S3.
In the seventh district the Democratic
vote is $500 and the Republican vote is
2,444; divide the Democratic vote and it
gives Republican majority of $40.
In the eleventh district the Democratic
vote is 4,270 and the Republican vote is
3,244; divide the Democratic vote and it
gives Republican majority of 1859.
In the twelfth district the Democratic
vote is $500 and the Republican vote is
3,721; divide the Democratic vote and it
gives Republican majority of 407.
In the seventeenth district the Demo-
cratic vote is 1878 and the Republican
vote is 1,702; divide the Democratic vote
and it gives Republican majority of 113.
In the twenty-second district the Demo
cratic vote is 2,43S, and the Republican
vote is 2,0S4, divide the Democratic vote
and it gives Republican majority of 765.
In the twenty-third district the Demo
cratic vote is 8, 100, and the Republican vote
is 1882; divide the Democratic vote and it
gives Republican majority of 1922.
Thus we see certain loss of the Cover
nor, the Congressman for the State at large,
six out of the nine Congressional district
and at least twelve of the senatorial dis
tricts as the price of this great luxury of
running two Democratic candidates. 1t
would occupy too much space in the Article
to attempt TO give the vote of each county,
but if the reader will take the trouble to get
the vote and make the calculations he will
find that in large majority of the counties
the Democratic vote is too small to be di-
vided without making the next General As |
sembly hopelessly Republican. But it will |
be asked
WHAT is THE REMEDY?
Mr.. johnson has friends and so has Gen. |
Cheatham who will urge the election Of |
their respective favorites. This is all too
true, but at the same time the people who |
are the friends of the country without re
gard to the claims of either johnson or
Cheatham, Colyar or Brown have word
to say in this matter and they must and
will become interested in the subject and
determine to unite on either one or the
other in order to give him sufficient vote
to overcome the Republican majority of
1851. 1t then becomes the duty of every
voter to examine the position of the two
candidates for Congressman to represent
.he State at large. One of them has been
regularly nominated by Convention called
by the Democratic Executive Committee
IF the State, nominated in the Convention
without opposition and by unanimous
vote of the Convention.
The other calls himself an independent
candidate, running on his record.
Is it reasonable to suppose that polit-
cal party which has been in existence for
wo generations should abandon their reg
llarly nominated candidate, their organiza-
ion and their whole system of patty ma
hinery? Most assuredly not. 1t is then
'eyond all question the duty Of every voter
rho is honestly opposed TO Radicalism, and
Tho does not desire to see majority OF
be Tennessee delegation in Congress
hosen from the Radical party, and who
you'd regret to see the Tennessee Legisla-
ure controlled by the Radical party, to use
very exertion in bis power to secure the
lection of Brown and Cheatham as well as
be election of the various regularly nomi-
ated candidates for Congress and for the
General Assembly throughout the State.
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