Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01
II. G. SIcCUTCHEN.

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Convention held in the city on Mon
day last. This convention was the
largest and most fdlly representative
body that ever met in jackson. For
months past there has been a grow
ing apprehension upon the part of the
people of this county, that at the
eleventh hour the white Radical ring
in our midst would slide into office
upon their underground railroad,
which is always in running order. We
do not intend to discuss the question
us to whether or not this apprehension
was we'll founded, 1t was manifest to
all whose vision was not clouded by
passion or interest that the agitation
of the civil rights bill had united the
blacks as they never had been before.
AT Nashville months ago they de-
manded the unconditional acceptance
of that bill by every aspirant for Of
fee in the State. The Nashville Bull
letin, the leading Republican organ in
Tennessee, at a later period urged its
friends to make a strict party race at
the August election, in every county,
in order to prepare for the contest IN
November, 1t was plainly seen that
in Shelby, Fayette, Haywood and ev-
cry county in West Tennessee domi-
mated by the blacks, this policy had
been adopted. It was believed that it
would be acted on m Madison and
the convention of Monday was the re-
suit. We fly at our masthead to-day
the names of those selected by the
people of Madison for the different
county Offices. 1t is now understood
that ther6 vii be opposition to the
ticket. As to INC shape that this OPP
position may yet assu-4s we do not
know, but we call upon shC5e who
participated in the convention end
upon all opponents of Radical rule
i'll the South, to pause long and think
well before they vote against any
nominee of the convention. We did |
not secure our wishes in several in
stances and we give up friends in
whose success we were deeply inter
ested. Like many others, we were
willing that the race as made up in
the winter and spring should be run
out, but circumstances led us to be-
deve that this would only lead up to
Che defeat Of every man in the field,
and with perfect cheerfulness we ao-
ceded to the rushing and resounding
call OF the people for a settlement of
the claims of the many candidates,
and the selection of ticket upon
which the opponents of Radical rule
and Radical trickery might unite.
The offices of the county belong to
the people and not to any number of
candidates. A failure for a season to
assert their right to name those who
are to fill their offices does not in any
way impair their right to do so.
Whenever they deem it wise to inter
fere in a matter of this kind, their
authority cannot be questioned. In
this instance there has been no ring,
no clique, no stocking of cards so far
as they are concerned. AS to what
the candidates among themselves may
have effected by their own activity
and energy we do not know, but it is
certainly not the fault of the people
of Madison county that one candidate
is a better electioneerer than another.
The convention was fairly held-the
candidates presented are worthy of
support-call the roll, man by man,
and each one will be pronounced de-
serving of high trust,-and the ques-
ton is simply whether Tor not any set
of men, no matter how unexception-
able they may be personally, shall de-
feat the manifest will of vast ma
iority of those who are most vitality
interested in the welfare of this city
and county.
Fayette, Shelby and counties yet
nearer home of which we dislike to
predict evil, are whitening under ne
gro domination. No mechanic, or
farmer, or capitalist ever thinks of
going to New Orleans, to Vicksburg,
or to any radical county. The whites
of such cities and counties must shake
on the coil of this serpent or die the
death, The Radical party seeing that
they were likely to become free in
such localities if the former friendly
relations between the races were re-
stored, has again brought us face to
face with a direct race issue. They
seek to keep us poor and disunited
always, and hence their ceaseless cru
SADIE against us. They do not intend
that capital or immigration shall come
to us. They hope never to see any
mills or factories flourish in our midst.
They prefer that we shall raise the
raw material that they must have, and
beyond this that we shall do nothing.
The Northern Radicals are cold
blooded deliberate assassins of every
Southern interest, and wish to keep
us in the condition of an outlying de- l
tendency that can never find time to
interfere with their tariffs and banks, !
their factories and their furnaces. In
this We find the secret of the civil l
rights bill. 1t was devised to unite 9
the blacks, and it ought also to unite
the whites. Every farmer, every me- c
chanic and every merchant in our c
midst should vote for the ticket nom e
mated on Monday. Shall Madison be I
added to the list of Radical counties? d
VIII we do aught to discourage our b
friends and to encourage our enemies? [
does the support of indie d
pendent candidates lead us? These Il
are the questions to be answered. c
This land of ours was once held by D
'avages who were driven out by the
Warrior sires of those who now occu-
oy 1t. The descendants of those sires :.
must see,to it that they themselves y
re not driven from it by savages Il
hereafter. =
THE BLACKs.-Ignorance is the Il
mother of suspicion, and herein lies N
he secret of the difficulty which W
meets the whites when they attempt N
o convince the blacks that it would gi
e best for them to cooperate with at
heir old friends and protectors, in fe
tead of trooping after the office Do
uniting Radical. We can afford to m
ay 10 them-"Vote with us if YOU III
an see that il is best FOR you to do no
D. but If not pO{S, huf 70 no L.