Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-09
TENNESSEE POLITICS.
Andy johnson for the senate and
Frank Cheatham or GOyernOr-A
New Combination.
From the Louisville C0urler-Journal

New SOHhDth0tIOn.
From the Louisville Courler-Journa
NASHVILLE, April g., 1S74.-And now
we have a proposition that should be Is oil
upon the troubled Raters-that should heal
all differences, plaster all ola sores and
unite in loving embrace the several wings
Of the Tennessee Democracy. You know
that there is a serious unpleasantness here
between the Independents and the Straight
euts-an hnpleaSantneSs that viii drive
the party upon the rocks of destruction, if
not healed before November. The party,
Major Generals, Colonies and Captains of
squads know this, and hence halfa hundred
propositions have been made looking to a
fair settlement and an equal divide. The
Bartlett meeting, which was supposed TO be
the beginning Of peaces has In reality been
a fre-brand in camp, and has not brought
a single stray sheep back to the pasture.
The resolutions and whereases adopted
there have been unequal to the emergency
and have dissolved in thin air-gone out;
in fact, with a sudden fash and bad smell,
like a lucifer match
Then came PROPOSITIONS from Radical
sources, looking to an alliance with the In
dependents, upon the basis of Horace May
nard for Governor and Andy johnson for
the United States Senate. But this will
not work, as the party lines Of the Radical
party are so tightly drawn that 1t Is a mat
ter of difficulty for a man in to get out, or
n out to get in.
But now we have Something proposed
that lOnks ike business. The time is so
Short that there are nOt a great number of
opportunities to fool away, and THE ray OF
light shines at the right time to be of sery-
ice in seeing the way out. The proposition
IS this: Let a general convention be held in
Nashville, composed of representative
s~traight-Outs and independents from all
paris of the State, AMI let Gen. GheathaIn
be nominated for Governor and Andrew
Johnson be Endorsed for Senator. This
would conciliate all sides, and such a tick
ct would sweep the State like a prairie fire
in August. The Radicals would stand
back aghast at such a powerful .chmbina-
ton. They could DO nothihg against it but
paw the ground and snort like mad bulls
with red rags On their tails. The johnson
men would be cOnciliated, and nothing else
will conciliate them; foI their motto all the
time he's Been: "Johnson or a row." This
would bring them around all lovely and
smiling aud they would 90 TO work ener-
getically in the Democratic vineyard, mnch
as the predigal sen did uf oid, alter he had
come back from a wild-goOse chase, with
his legs tired and his stomach empty.
This is the best plan for a compromise
yet hit upon. 1t is the thing TO do, Frank
Chestham deserves something, Tor ne was
cheated out Of the election TO Congress
year before last, owing to circumstances
"Over which he hal no control" Give
him the nomination for Governor. and the
boys who wore the gray, as long as they
had any to wear, will 90 for him with a
whoOp and a yell. The prospect of send
ing A. j. to the Senate will bring the
johnson boys around all right, and they
will support the ticket with songs and en-
thusiasm, aud all will be lovely and the
goose will hang from the horn of the
moon
These reflections are thrown out in the
spirit of Cancellation and harmony, the
writer being anxious that the bloody cbasri
be bridged and this distracted State saved
from the impending row.
The situation of State politics to-day is a
clear case of cruelty to animals. Think OF
ten Congressional districts with half-a-doz-
en- candidates in each district anxiously
scanning the horizon, and not knowing
what a day may bring forth. Soon these
candidates must take the stump and tell
what they are for. With the party %
which they profess to belong cut in two
and the fragments drifting hither and
tbither, and with half a hundred new
questions sprung suddenly upon them,
what are they to do? To relieve these
candidates from this wicked situation, if
[ or nothing else, there ought tt be a treaty
of peace patched up between the ~iudepenG-
ents and the s~traight-outs.
But treaty or no treaty this will be a hard
year on candidates. The Changers and the
temperance men are now each a power in
the land, and they will make their power
felt. The candidate who puts out for Of
flee may prepare himself to be closely ques-
toned, and woe be unto him who does not
dance up to the music in all the catechisms
which the Changers and temperance men
are preparing.
As for the Radicals, they are organizing
their white, black and saddle-tinted Regions
and preparing to take advantage of all
schisms and splits in the ranks of the en-
envy. Their success depends upon a d.
yided house on the other side. If the Dem
Ocratic column comes together and marches
Solidly as Of old, they will sweep all be
fore them; but if they remain divided they
will have a renewal of the unpleasant ex-
perieDce of 1872. OLIVER.