Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-12
TENNESSEE CONSERVATIVES.


There is great want Of harmony among
the Conserv tive masses of Tennessee.
The large gains which the Radicals made in
this State at the last election show the ne
cessity of prud ance in the discussiors ofthe
canvass next year. The conflicting elements
of the old Conservative party must he recon
ciled and harmonized, and the spirit that
ever animated the rauk aud file of this or
eanization must be reused anew, or the
State Of Tennessee will inevitably be turned
over 70 Radical rule. It is This danger
that we are now called upon TO confront.
1t is not immediate, but the warning sig
nal cannot be given too soon. We know
what that thing called Radical rule
means in Tennessee, as well as In South
Carolina and Louisiana. The immense
debt which Tennessee owes was created
by Radical corruption. Are we ready
10 accept back the same class of
men who wee foisted upon Us by
acknowledgements, and the menace OF
erings, which have already made
their appearance, can restore them
to that authority which they once
had and which they grossly abused. But
If. by our own fault, we suffer them to re-
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amouns of sfoer rep enhance will avail. If once
again they are re-possessed OF the govern
ment of Tennessee they would bid defiance
fJrsyears TO come to all our efforts to dis
lodge them. Are We prepared to meekly
surrender the power We recovered with so
much difficulty, and to mske knsves the
guardians of our great interests?
If we are mo-, now is the
Nnh- mill
avert the peril. Last fall, by the diVisio Is
in the Conservative rank, we lost severa!
Congressman, and barrel escaped the loss
of others--our overwhelming majority was
reduced to few thousand 1t is too SOON
to discuss the next Tennessee elections,
fourteen months from now; but when the
subject is approached, it should b3 dis
cussed with 6 view to harmony and
Cancellation. But this has not bsen
done. If there be crimir alton and re-
elimination between Old-line Wings
and old-line Democrats, between original
secessionists and original Union men, the
Radio ais will have No fficulty in regainirg
power. We believe every section of the
State comedies that West Tennessee is to
furnish the next candidate for Governor.
Our section of the State abounds in good
LuCuS 0uO IL al bLO t6CblOho III A~A nun ~
In the selection of candidate, be can be
elected by the old-fsshioDed majority.
This must be done, Tennes Is must
not ba given over to the rule of ignor-
ance and corruption. Elect to power
such men as piled the present debt upon
the shoulders of the tax-psyiDg people oi
Tennessee, and every species of industry
will be paralyzsd; the energies of the people
would be impaired; taxation intolerable; ed
ucation would again laDguish; straI gers
could not be induced to locate in Cur State
and we would have all the curses which
have invariably followed Radical rule
There must be union of the tsx-payinG
people of Tennessee, or the plumber
ers who have torn out the
vitals of other commonwealth viii
sweep over our State. Whoever departs o.
has departed from this pacific counsel wi
be condemned by the conservative tax pay
ing people of Tennessee. The dearest in
terests of Tennessee will be at stake in tht
next elections. If we are defeated, We ma,
bid farewell to good government and future
prosperity. The present wise and economi
cal administration of public affairs will b
substituted for an administration as corrup
and villainous as that which stole tn
school fund.