Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-29
THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE.
House and Harrison at the Chatta.
n0osra DenOf. Last Might

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nooEs Depot Last Night.
Col. John r. House and Hon. Horace II
Harrison. candidates for Congress from tht
district, addressed quite large crowd a
the Chattanooga depot last night.
II HON. HORACE II. HARRISON
first occupied the stand, and in abiding d
the Custom House appropriation, said h
had suggested 20 Senator Cooper the
propriety Of Offering N amendment
70 the bill, and that Cooper had act
81 upon his suggestion. He thought
a man with the sentiments of his competi-
tor conld do no good for the country in
Congress. His opponent principally con
nned himself TO discussion Of the enUrmi-
ties Of reconstruction, which only served 10
revive the smothering embe;s that lay deep
IN the hearts OF some who had contracted
foolish ideas and stlll retained them.
Judge Harrison here devoted some time to
defence Of reconstruction measures. urg-
ing that the necessities Of the times de-
manded such course. Abiding to the
penitentiary lease, he said the Democratic
party started cut by saying that the labor
ing man ought TO be protected, while BY the
employment Of convicts they cOnhicted
with the interests Of the working
classes. The lease OF the peniten-
tiary was said BY the Hon. Asa
Faulkner, distinguished Senator, to be
unjust and unfair tOthe people, This gen
tleman said the State ought 10 clear at least
100000, bui, as it Is, she does not realize
one dollar from the institution. This lease
competed with the mechanics Of Nashville,
and he was told there were seventy five
stone-cutters in the city without employ
ment. He proceeded 10 explain his action
in relation TO the Civil Rights bill, and
said he voted against it as an unwise and
impolitie measure at time when he felt
sure his course would defeat him in a can
vass for reelection to Congress. He
thought the passage of the bill would de-
stroy the present system Of public schools,
our only hope and salvation i'm the fu-
tIIre. 1t would bring about antagonism
between classes who should live in har-
mony and peace. He was opposed to the
bill, because its passage would entail evils
upon his constituents, both white and
black. The majority of the colored people
did not desire social equality, and the SEN
sible ones knew they could never achieve
II. lie thcught the action of the COlOred
ConsentiOn, last AF-il, very foolish. The
Democratic party said, in Convention, at
Baltimore, that they recognized the equal
ity OF all men before the law, but this was
done TO catch the negro vote. Judge Har-
risOn here abruptly closed his remarks, up
on being Informed that his time had ex-
pred.
col. JOHN =. HOUSE
followed, and said to the audience that It
was plainly evidefit his competitor was in
cllned to love them. There was one pc
euliarity he noticed in candidates, and that
was the people were so near to them before
an election that they always loved them
better then than at any other time. In the
speech of his opponent. when he accepted
the nomination Of the Republican ConTen-
tiOn, could be seen the germs Of that alice
tiOn which tonight had ripened into in
tensity. Would his opponent explain why
his party did not wipe ont the great evil
he complained OF, when they were in pow
er? Who had ever heard the voice of his
competitor crying out IN behalf Of the
working man when the Radical party was
in power and could have applied a remedy?
Did he make any effort for their relief
when Brownlow and his party held high |
carnival at the capitol? Did he do il be-
fore he became a candidate? As for him
self, he made no extTavagant promises he
could not fulfill. The penitentiaTy now
made its expenses, but during BrownlOw's !
il had cost 10000 in one |
year. Why had his competitor forsaken |
the discussion of national issues, TO Get the
sympathy Of his hearers by proposing re-
forms he could never effect?
As 10 the euston-hOuse, after the house |
bill had been laid upon the table i'm the
body where it originated, it was on motion
Of Hon. Henry Cooper that the appropriation |
was made In the Senate. So far as any local |
interests were concerned, he would make |
no extravagant promises about what he in |
tended tn do. He wOuld only promise an |
industrious devotion TO his duty. Col. |
HOnse here devoted considerable time TO a |
discussion Of the currency question, and |
said that, at the present time, a resumption |
Of specie payment would be ruiuOus % the |
He vas in favor Of a tariff to |
raise revenue for the purposes OF the gov
but for no other purpose. He |
thought modification of the present tariff
advisable.
The condition Of affairs in some of the
southern States, Col House said, was con-
'eded, even by some Radical journals, to be
i disgrace to a civilized country. Go and
zee the tree bearing its fruit; dying States
we're invoking the dormant energies Of the
At this juncture, Col. House
,lOsed his remarks, his time having expired.
Both candidates made rejOinders of If
cen minutes duration.
The crowd, which was composed largely
# mechanics, showed that they were heart
md soul with House BY the enthusiastic
applause with which his remarks were re-
,eived.