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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
From the Union and American

THE GLORIOUS WORK OF YESTERDAY.
The spirit Of Jackson, White, Polk.
Grundy, Bell, Foster and Cave johnson
invoked with prayerful eloquence by
Hon. Gus. Henry, on assumisg the chair,
has indeed hovered over the proceed
ings Of this Convention. No body OF
such substantial material ever before
assembled IN this State. II not only
embodied very large portion of the
brain of Tennessee, as Chancellor Van
Dyke happily expressed IT, but also re.
flected the fearless honesty and earnest
ness OF our sturdy yeomanry.
Tho able addresses of Messrs Henry,
Bate, House aud others made the duty
of the hour luminously plain, clearing
away all the fogs that have hitherto
clouded the path to success. Harmony
is weak word 10 convey the hearty
esprit dc corps that prevails throughout.
The spirit was here which has won for
Tennessee the noble soubriquet Of the
Old Volunteer State--iho fearless man.
hood. ready for duty and ir recd be
sacrifice, that wrested the wilderness
from the savage, rcpelled the British In.
vader from New Orleans. smo,e the
Spaniards in Florida, tho Aztec in the
halls of Montezuma, nnl has boon pro.
ven on nh hundred battlelields. II Is
the spirit Of victory, the sure prestige
or November. Itunfcs Tho State, mar.
shaling the strength Of the counties in
solid array.
The platform is so plain forcible. and
tinely that, holding II in view, The Con.
vcntion could hardly have made mis-
take in selecting the standard bearer
who must defeni II through toe can
vass and bear IL alort TO Triumphant
victory IN November Our nominee
James d. Portor, Jr.. is man of whom
all Tennessee may be prond. With
rare culture, spotless integrity, and AT
fable manners, he combines strong
sense, hrmness Of purpose. and the
pushing energy Of mature manhood
In every position where duty found
him, he has acquitted himself with dis.
,incton. Well versed IN public affairs,
aud with an experience running back
before the war, he possesses the courage
OF his convictions.
The burden Of the State canvass Is In.
dicaied in the fourth resolution Of the
platform while the ghost OF repudia-
ton IL exercised. Economy before IN.
solvency IL the keynote. Rigid re-
trencbmeni in all departments, the
strict accountability of revenue officers,
aud legal reforms TO insure speedy and
exact justice are the measures 10 which
we stand pledged, and which the peo.
pie will expect nj our hands.
In view OF the platform on which
Gov. Brown was elec,ed, and the plain
manner that he foreshadowed IN his
campaign speeches throughout the State
the policy he has since pur.ued, the
complimentary resolution tendorcd him
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
From the Republican Banner,l
THE NOMINEES.


The balloting for nominee OF the Con.
servative Convention began In the af-
ternoon of yesterday. immediately after
the adoption Of The platform. Aflcr ad-
journment for supper, the balloting was
resumed at the night session; aud after
the fourteenth ballot--the struggle hav-
ing narrowed down to two contestants
james L. Bales, of Montgomery, aud
James ID. Porter, of Wenry--tEe latter
was nominated by acclamation amid a
thunder OF applause that almost shook
the Capitol building TO its foundation.
We congratulate the convention aud
the State upon this result. And it Is in
no disparagemeut Of his worthy com.
petitors that we pay this much HON.
age to the worth Of Judge Porter. His
nomination on snch platform Is
equiv alent to an election. Though n
Young man, comparatively, he is an old
line Whig-bred Ia the conservatism Of
that grand old religion from the cradle.
He is man of signal ability. and OF
know conservatism. A practical rebel
in the late war--yet, in peace, rs staudch
n defender Of the restored Union as
breathes beneath its starry flag. A man
whom 10 know, is to love. and whom
to try, is to trust forever. We honestly
believe he win go out OF the Office with
more glory than he goes in-such is our
faith In the later generation of the
Why pedigree.
Since the war Judge Porter was
twice candidate before the people OF
his county-once ms delegate 10 the
Constitutional Convention, when he
was elected without opposition. and
next when he was elected Judge of that
circuit. lie was also member Of the
State General Assembly of 1885. 60
He will be Governor of the common
wealth of Tennessee in 1876, and
let us try and give to his aid Leg
islature of as capable and reliable ma.
terial.
There arc many minds that cannot
dissociate the idea Of service in the
ConIcderacy with that OF unnecessary
heat and passion, and with chronic dis.
loyalty to the Government 1t is time
that public sentiment should he cor
rectcd on this point. Many men who
were the last 10 despair Of The Confed-
eracy, and who were bound TO it in It's
darkest hour, were also the last 70
give up the old flag. They had loved
the old Government, had been true to
it up to the hour when the thunder
came, but when il did come, they cast
in their fortunes with those of their
own people, and with their character
istic fidelity clung TO them until the
strife was ended. Judge Porter was
of this class, and the Union loving elo-
inert Of the State need not fear to find
in him an enemy of this Government,
or of those who differed from him in
their sentiments concerning the necessi- :
ty or the justice Of the late var,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
Convention or No Convention.


We have just elected our county Of
ficers, and row we are at once called
upon 10 enter a new canvass TO elect n
Governor, Legislature and members OF
Congress. Shall we have convention
or are we TO have free fight, and guer-
rilla warfare? A convention or some
form Of adjustment belwixt aspiring
members Of the Democratic party seems
to be, and is, necessity. Convention
simply means organization, or combina-
tion for certain purposes-.he election
of certain persons, and the adoption Of
certain measures Sc. The people Of
McMinn county have Representative
TO elect, and are interested in the cleo
ton Of Senator from the Sixth Sena.
torial District. There are alreedy scve.
ral aspirants in this district for Senate.
rial honors, none Of whom can be elect
cd without organization and harmony
In our party. Ii unity and harmony
can be secured, | think we have good
chance TO elect Representative from
McMinn county. This course would oe
much more agreeable than the guerrilla
mode Of warfare, as woll as much more
likely to secure success. Then If agreoa.
BILE to the wishes Of tho voters Of the
Sixth Senatorial District, and Of Nc.
MINI county, / would suggest that dele
gates be appointed on the first Monday
of September, and that convention be
held some time In the early part Of the
month OF September next, In Athens,
Tennessee, TO nominate suitable candi.
dates, TO represent our Senatorial and
county districts IN the next General
Assembly. These are important Offices,
and they do not belong TO any man,
ring, clique or set Of men, but TO the
people themselves, and they nre entitled
TO demand and receive the best ability
there is among them. II.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
Bradley County,

The Cleveland Banner, of last week,
says: Experienced farmers tell us that
not more than half Of an average corn
crop will be raised this year in this Sec
ton, and from our own observation we
are convinced that it will fall far be.
low that Of last year. Good rains would
help IL some, but not enough to make
anything like full crop.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
Marion County.

The Republican meeting in Mario,
county endorsed "the acts of Hon. VIM
Crutchfield in Congress" and then in
structed their delegates TO the nominal
ing Convention 10 vote for Gen. Wilder.
II Mr.. Crutchfield does not feel the
force of the compliment, he must have
q hide like rhinoceros.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
THE NASHVILLE PAPERS.

We copy below the remarks Of our
Nashville contemporaries on the result
Of the Convention the morning follow
ing the nomination. II will he seen
that both endorse the platform and the
nominee in the heartiest manner:
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
Didn't Saw IL,

The Louisville Couricr-Journal saysE
II IL due to tho trnth of history, as well
as to Mr. Beecher, that the letter adj
dressed to the editor OF tho Courier
journal, and published IN This morn
ings issue, be generally printed in the
South. The fact may not extcnuate Mr..
Reeoher's guilt, but IL Is n fact that
since the close Of the war his sectional
opinions and uitorancos have been afto~
geiher liberal. lie made the best
speech of the season IN 1866 against tho
Radical policy of oppression, aud came
very near having himself read out Of
the Republican party for his he,erodoS
views on reconstruction.
TO the Editor Of the Courier-Jourual.l
BROOKLYN, N. Y, Aug, l5. 1874,
] have received copy Of the Mont
gomery (Ala.) News. coniaiing an mr.
liclc by Col. Robert Tyler, upon an al-
legged speech Of mine, concerning Jef.
(crsoh Davis. That speech is forgery.
Not only did never utter or write any
such miserable stuff, but, tho whole
world knows that whlo many were
clam oring for some sacrifice or Victim,
! everywhere and always opposed WITH
intense oarnestness. the shedding Of
n drop Of blood, aud resisted with all
my might the influence which sought
tie execution Of Jefferson Davis. II is
not the first shameful forgery npou me-
that has been circulated In the South
and West. am so heartily desirous Of
the re-establishment OF good will be.
tween all who have been alienntcd, and
so much value tho good will Of my
rcllow.citzcns of the South. that | step
aside from my usual course and make
a reply to ths slander. | am. very
truly you're, HENRY WARp BfEcHER.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
The Oldest Members of Congress.

The New York Evening Post states
that the eldest members OF Congress
now living, are Samnel Thatcher, of
Bangor, Maine. who served In The House
from 1902 10 1905. lie was born July
2, l776; Enos T.. Throop. of New York,
member in lSl4.l6. lie was born Au~
gust q, 1884: Horace Binney, Of Philas
delphia, member IN lS33.35. He was
born Jan 4. 1880. All these were mem.
bers of the House.
The Oldest members Of the Uni.od
States senate still living are:
Peleg Sprague. OF Boston, Mass, who
was n Senator from Maine from 1929 10
1885 lie war born In 1902, and Il,
therefore. so ynoss OF hgc.
Ether Shepley. OF Portland, Me-. now
S5 wears Of age--haviug been born ir
l789-was n Senator from that State
from 1888 TO 1897.
John p. King, of Augusta, Ga, horn
In l799. was n Senator from thnt State
from 1888 to 1893.
Charles u. A. Gnyarre. OF New Or
leans La. now IN his 10th year, was
Senator IN 1885.
Alexander Mouton, Of VcrmillonvilIec
La, was n Senator In 1887 1881. ilg
Is now II years old,
In addition TO thcso. Willard Hall.
who represented q part Of the State of
Delaware In 1916; Aremus Hall. who
was representative from MasSnchu.
seits In 1916. and Perkins King. who
went from Greene county. New York,
TO Congress in 1929, nre still living. or
the last named Old gentleman, II IL A..
serted that ho n able TO read without
glasses, though be has passed his nine
tioth year.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28

is no moro than sheer Justice. It wilt
encourage future officers in the dis
charge Of duty amid flying rumors OF
political enemies aud tho silence OF
timid friends.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28

Jack Brown, OF Americas, Ga, be.
lieving In the immuiable right OF every
man to ask for an Office when be de.
sires II. filings his name TO the breeze %
q candidate for Congress. Ills reasons
for this course are given distinctly. Ho
Ia candidate "hrsi, because he waists
the office" lie says 1t is "a gFouUd hog
case"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28
The 2ust.
Athens, Friday, August 20, 1874.
The Schools.

There are now in Tennessee over
1900 white schools and over 800 coloed
schools, and about 5000 teachers. OF
the number Of teachers fully 1000 arr
colored, the coloreG teachers bein.
employed wholly in colorcd schools.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28

The Hon. II. J. Livingston has boon
elected Chancellor Of tho tenth Chan.
Gerry District Of Tennessee.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-08-28

w. L. Bedgerwood Ia announced as
candidate for the Legislature In the
county Of kn0x.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

Corn ACoLIMATED IN ENGLAND -
About hundred years aso Indian
corn was introduced into England
with the expectation that it woul :
furnish the bread about the supply OF
which the fast-increasing population
were getting nervous. That country
must then have beeh experiencing b
cycle of hot summers, for the corn
ripened all right for three years in
succession. La the fourth year it was
l,rgeIy planted, but failed to mature
The attempt to grow corn was then
abandoned, it being clear that til.
summer heat Was not great enough
while the liability to June frosts, sim
liar TO those of this year, WAS alone
enough to make the attempt hopeless.
The English papers now state thai,
William Goblet, son of the fanons
Liberal sgitator, has successfully &C.
climated corn at Hounslow, near Lon.
don, where he has three acres grow
ing which have withstood the severe
frOsts of last June, and are now very
promising. If our English cousins
have real y got frost proof corn. i,
wilt be as valuable TO Us as to them.
We look with interest for further
particul .rs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
WHOLE NO. 1913.

in his stead. Wot remorse will
haunt that nigger's mind when he
contempIases the fact that his keepin
out nv the way uv bein killed cos,
siv other lives 1t is jest like en-.
The trouble ran on late into the
mite. The niggers hev g trick nv
keepin out Nv the way when the
blood nv the Corners biles, bot they
can't take their sohool.houses with
them, nor all their portable property.
The school-house at the edge NV the
village wuz burned, and quite @
number Nv wagons and wheel bar
rers, and sich belonging to EN- wich
we gathered. wux consoomed TO
make q decent bon6re. Ez this fire
occurred at about 5 10 the m .rning.
and ez the NAL closed at z, / didn'.
stay to see it out l got back to
Baacom's end made q fair copy Nv
my resell 'oshens, that they nigh,
90 north for pubIicashen in good
shape. espesh.liy desire to reas
shoor our friends 10 the North.
PETROLEUM V Nasty,
w CD wuE T IstInaster.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

BABY-FARMING. the practice of
ia 'y-tarming is again attracting at
tention in New York. OF thu 81 600
infants born 10 that city, only IS 900
are properly accounted for a. taken
care ofin conformity with the require
menls of the Board of Heal b. dow
the balance are del with, the CAS-
of an infant, 81 days old. who died
house on West Twen,y-seven, b
street last week. pretty plainly indi-
Gates. Mcs Porter, che keeper of The
house, states that an unknpwn man
call ID and laft her tho Ca Ii, giving
nor SIS ~ frs: months board. and
] f.. When the doctor was called 10
il he found it starved beyond the
reach of medical aid, the ht,ls thing
having been fed with u spoonful of
condensed milk TO halt pint of
water. Mrs. Porter il said TO be OF /.
one of large class of persons who
advertise to take care of Infants in
the newspaper, aud who receive, a.
in this Case, SIS or so with the child
from some person who gives fcu
tious name and address, and whom
they never see o. expec to see again.
A vigorous war on this hnrTible
traffic IL now in contemplation by the
New York police, and the West
rwenty-seventh street case is intend
ed to be the opening one OF the cam
paign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

ANTI MonoP Ut is amusing
10 watch the organization that ~.
sumes to itself the name of "anti
monopoly" and see some OF the
nominations made, and notice the
parties that are so prominent in its
affairs. 10 our neighborIng Con
gressional district. Maj Fulton is the
nominee for Congress in the Second
district A. G. Cook, of Coium bus ;
in the Fourth. Sam Rindskopf ana
in the First, N. d. Fratt. Fulton is
pleasant, agreeable. talented gen.
tleC al, V no has made about $75 900
1ut OF the mercantile business, and
now purchases tax certificates, mo- T.
cages, etc., with his surplus capital
Cook is an attorney, and q good
share OF his receipts comes from the
Milwaukee Dc st. Paul Railway, in
whose employ he has been for years.
Frat has b en- president of bank
10 Racine for years his money was
largely made in that way. Gabe
Bpuck, who is running for Congress
in the Sixth District, is a lawyer
and one of the largest Stockholders
IN the O -hko First National Bank
d. mas also been the attorney of the
Northwestern Railroad for num-
Der of years. Alex. Mitchell, tn.
Congressman for the First District.
IL President Of the ST. Paul Road,
owns a bank, and is worth eleven
mi lions of dollars.
Now, we don't want it understood
that these constitute any Legitimate,
reasonable, or proper objections to q
man making a good Congressman.
Not at all. We do tnlnk, with thl-
array of names before them, til,
"anLi-monopolists" would cease maxi
ing 80 many objections to Hon. l.
b. Cas well, the Republican nominee
for Congress in the NJ auison district
because he Is lawyer and a banker.
You see il don't look consistent t..
make such fuss over Caswell. with
Mitcheli. Cook, B luck, and the O b
ers in tar worse boat Chippewa
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
Magoon as representative OF the
People.

This from the Monroe Sentinel ::
"Mr Magoon is set down by the Re
formers kid gloved gentleman; that.
OF course, 10 the worst thing they can
say against him But there ~ as much
truth in that statement as there il in
the assertion of the Lafayette County
Democrat, that Mr.. Thompson is a
farmer. We have not yet seen Mr..
Thompson's acceptance speech; but
we clip from the acceptance speech Of
Mr.. Magoon the following paragraph,
which shows conclusively that he is
man who fully appreciates the charac-
ter required in a representative IN
Congress by the Republican party OF
tn day. 1t furthermore shows that
Mr.. Msgoon IS not an egotist, and 80
far as work Is concerned he has been
hard working man in his profession,
all his lite time. After acknowledging
the great compliment bestowed upon
him, he said:
+" But, deeply feel that it is not
only an honor. Ia it not also, a great
responsibility, vast trust? Gentle
men, does not seat in congress mean
more than mere Office; more than
politics; immensely more than emolu
Inents or stepping stone to fame?
Properly filled it means work, aud
energy, and craftsmanship, and above
all-integrity. 1t means, as Cicero
would express it, Non nobis solam sed
dmicis ct patrig honest devotion not
only to our own District but to our
whole country; and to assure classes,
so far as craftsmanship can achieve
the result, to be permanently prosper
Gus. And when ! survey those requi
sites of true representative, how
wise, how far-seeing and able,
good q man must he be to worthily
represent you and this district in this
congress. / confess my personal ina
bility to fill this great trust. So, it
elected, frankly, / can only promise
my best exertions to advance your in
terests and to perform all duties with
perseverance, to the utmost of my
strength. If fail, it shall not be in
motive-nor because / shall be will
fully unfaithfui either to principle or
to country--but because | do not pos
sess the power to grasp and achieve
my duty"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

THINK OF These THINGs.--The
Hldsou Star and lines sets up the
Wisconsin e ,form candidate for Unit
ed States Senator in this sty l.: "And
now this man Mitchell is the great
railroad king of WISCONSIN the man
who has done more than all others TO
Cypress the people; the man who
was the 6rst TO declar that bis COM
psny, the Milwaukee & ST. Paul,
would not obey the Potter law How
do the R,formers OF st. Croix, who
are working to secure relief from
what they believe to be the oppres-
zion of railroads, like the idea Of see-
ing Mr.. Mitchell sent to the Senate !?
They should think of these things be-
fore voting q Refom ticket"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

CHANGERS Growing. Statistics Of
the Patrons of Husbandry show that
the Order is constantly growing, and
coming to be more and more q power
in the land. On the first day of Octo
Der, according to an official bulletin
issued by the Secretary of the Nation
al Grange in New York city, there
were in the several States 90. 800 Sub
ordinate Oranges During the pre-
ceding month, 400 new Oranges have
been instituted. The following is the
present number Of Oranges in each
State. Iowa leading:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

@-When you hear folks talking
about the Republican party being re-
sponsibl, for the back pay steal just
refer them to the record of the votes
on tina, q lestion. They will find that
a much larger proportion of Demo
Gratis voted for the steal than Repub-
Iicans. And nearly all the Democrat
ic members pocketed the swag, while
most of the Republicans refused to
touch 1t. Do the records show the
steal to be Republican measure P
Mem Lnnd0n Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

Nor TO BE WONDERED AT.-The
Democrats OF Kentucky are juhiian
over their recent victory. They
claim the State by sixty til u.snd
majority. Unless q special provi-
dence in tho shape of United State-
troops puts atop TO the wholesale
murder of Republicans they car
make their election unanimous next
wear. In the face of their recen,
Kuklux operations they ought TO
have doubled their majority this
year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

wThe Chicago Evening Journal
says that thu Republican party of IL
linois has safe majority, on a full
vote, of $4,000. Concerning the
Changers it says: "There is every
reason TO believe that the Farmers
Movement, as political affair, is rap
idly losing ground, and has been from
the outset Of the pending campaign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

sA-Anf Their statement ia the great
scandal is threatend. Mrs. T'lton has
written q letter to friend in which
she says 81 am very busy dissecting
Thecdore's last statement. which l
can riddle COM sicily. A most pain
ful and hear'-sickening Abr, bat it is
inevitable"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
Farms for Sale.

rhe folIovng described lands will be sold on rss-
sonabie terms by the undsrsignsds Ny hons place
~ 80 acres in the town OF Ek Grove. lafayette Co,
wis 100 acres Of which are tllsele. the remaining
so acres being timber. The paces well improved snd
pIentfuy supplied wtth living water tners beng an
nnfafnK stream auits near the harnySrd There 10 ;
good dwelling house. likewise large barn roc I
stable and other neeesssry outouildings norlo
make excellent stock farm. The orchard 10 large
and tuTifty comprising more than 600 bearing trees
Adjoining this farm there lie hns tract ofsnd which
will be sold with the shove separately - the par
chAaers desire Fifty Of this are under cut
tivAton the rest being timber Aiso. 200 acres Dor
aerng Platte River in sections 10 and H. town Of 81.
lenboro Grant County. There IL house on this lsnc
About SO sores OF the land beinR under cultivation
lac rest 10 That may be called No. timber land -
ger address tbs subscribsF at Hazel Green
March %. 1874 u
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22

NEGRO ELEVATION Demo
cratic orator to crowd of the faithful
in Louisiana, recently: ''God in his
providence has intrusted TO your
hands the elevation of the negro. y
The hit was good cue; but it would
have been better If he had told his
audience Just how many negroes had
been elevated in obedience to this
divine trust.