Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-10-22
VICTORY OR DEREAT.

NV
The election for Governor, Members OF
Congress, and of the Legislature, is fast
approaching and it behooyes us as Re.
publicans to look about us and calculate
from surrounding circumstances our
chances for success or failure. In an
other article we have given our views on
the Guberaatorial canvass. Now let us
look nj the others and see whittier we are
drifting. So far as the race for Congress
is concerned since the Withdrawal of
Judge Gillonwaters we count upon the
election of Hon. II. Il. Butler as almost
beyond the possibility of doubt but in
order to make success certain every Re.
publican should be on his guard and leave
no means untried TO bring out a full vote
for the Republican candidate. An at
tempt is being made to delude Republi,
cans by representing that Mr.. Mcfarland
is a Conservativc>Unio man, and as
such isas much entitled to the support of
Republicans as Mr.. Butler, But it must
be remembered that Mr.. Mcfarland is
not only the candidate of the Conserva-
tlves bu. of the Bourbon Democracy as
well and while we have no terms Of re-
proach to apply to him as a man. we must
look upon him in this case, entirely in his
representative and not at all in his indi>
vidual capacity, When we ask ourselves
the question would he if elected to Con.
gress attempt to advocate the measures
proposed by the party which put him
In nomination or those of the
Republican party our duty is plain
enough. We cannot expect him to do
the latter; he cannot without stultifying
himself and dcceiving his friends fail to
do the former. This being tue case Re-
publicans have but one choice: to
vote for the man who represents
Republican ideas and Republican
principles. Let us then lay aside
all personal feeling in the premises and as
one man come up to the support of Mr..
Butler the only man dow on the track for
whom Republicans can consistently vote.
So much for the Congressional race
AS to the race for Representative and
Senator in the next General Assembly of
Tennessee, affairs are not in such q cons
dition as we would be pleased to see
them. For Representative we have Mr..
Shipley, the Regular nominee of the
party and three others all Republicans.
For State Senator we have Mr.. Emmert
also the nominee of a convention, and
Ool. ). X. N. Patton, a Republican. On
the other hand the Democracy have two
candidates for State Senator and also two
to represent this county. Could we
1atter ourselves with the belief that all
these men would remain on the track
we might still hopa to elect a Re
publican to both positions. But does the
history of the Democratic party in the
past justify a hope of this kind? Miuor>
tiles as q rule are better organized than
majOrties. Their chances of success de.
pend upon organization, and they seldom
FIJI to complete one even at the last mo.
ment. Now are we safe in trustiug to a
failure on the part of the Democracy to
organize and unite their forces on the
day of election? We think not, and this
article is intended as a warning to the
Republican party not to trust to chance,
when by proper management we have a
certainty before us. So far as the cam
didateS are concerned they are all our
personal and political friends and we APP
peal to them as we'll as to the party to
adjust their differences so as to allow
neither TO suffer the humiliation of a
defeat,