Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-25
HON. JONI F. HOUSr.
What He Wrote 60 Col. ThOs- l.. CIai.
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The following Is the full text of the let
ter from Col. John Z. House, Of GAINESVILLE,
Candidate for Congress from this district, TO
col. ThOs: F. Claiborne, IHeH 'Oned but
not 9riOted in tile Pdaner o. yesterdays
GAINESVILLE, Tenn; Jtls 81; ISL
Dear Sir: Your favor Of the 18th inst, In
which YOU call my attention to your ad-
dress in the Banner Of Saturday last, Gid
not reach NE until late last evening.
YOU sav-"The particular reference is to
proposition for fair play III tie 15nven-
ton of I'd September PROF.; 1t has the
cOuntenance Of the chairman Of the Exec
utiye Committee for Sixth Congressional
District, who has published note in both
city papers, July Il inst. | request your
approval, etc.
In reply 10 which beg leave 70 say, l
know Of no one in the district who wishes
To tJreYrui the utmost stair play i'll the
convention. l cerzinlI DO not. The
chairman of the committee had a right 20
MAKE the suggestion to the people OF the
! aiFreIt eourdieS 70 select their delegates
on the 9th OF Aass;g.,st when they meet TO
vote for county officers, and the people hsve
theright TO adopt the suggest II, Or TO pro-
coed to select their delegates in primary
! county meetings, a method sanctioned by
the immennOr.ai tsAgs Of. political parties
in this country, so far as / att sCtyi-ed.
| call your attention to the fact that The
suggestionofthe cha rman lid not app acun-
I'll one week after the fire Of the seven
counties in the district had, through JnS
usual and customary method, appointed
u. al I h.v-T hrarI Of
plant from any one in tbtse EJ9inl.es that
these delegates were not appointed accor-
inc 10 the win Of the people Of the reSpec-
tive counties they were selected to rep
resent.
4 majority Of those counties did me the
honor, wholly without my solicitation, TO
express u preference for me, for which am
ditlv grateful. Put / claim nothing on this
score. | make no point Of the TACT that no
derand for fair play was maize until after
five counties had taken action and appoint
ed III, If delegates.
| am perfectly willing that each and
every county that has appointed delegates,
may set aside their former action IN the
premises and choose an entire new delega-
tiOn. if they see proper TO do so. III Is a
matter lrhOlIy Ivith The counties themselves,
with which in he past have not thought
1t proper to NEEDLE, AMI with which for the
future do not conceive that | have any
right to iuterfere-siniply for the reason
that / hold that each county las the I'M
doubted right, without outside inter
| ference from any quarter, to Sc
leCt their delegates in either of the
modes suggested. If they suit themselves
i'm this matter, | shall raise no objection
to their action, and whether the delegates
composing the convention shall have been
selected by the people Of their respective
counties in the one mode or the other, hold
myself bound to respect the decision of the
convention, be the same favorable or adverse
TO my aspirations.
Should YOU or any other gentleman OF
the district be nominated by the convention
composed Of delegates selected in either OF
the WAYS named. shall, with entire good
faith and cbeerfulness, support the nomi-
nee.
Allow me TO cordially reciprOcate the
good opinion you were pleased to express
| of me in your letter, and to subscribe my
self your Obedient servant,
JNO. F. House.
To Col. Thomas Claiborne, Nashville,
Tenn