The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-10-01
Az INTERNAL F9REBRASD.
Election in Ten5.Cssee-Ehe Demo
crafts will Certainly Sweep Eight

Districts.
H.V.R., in Cincinnati Commercial.
The Republicans viii carry the
First district, and that !, the only one
where they have reasona lie hope.
Indeed, there are none o. the other
districts thst ere at III doubtful, ex-
cept the Second. But even give that
to the Republicans, and the Demo
rrats viii certainly gain five. They
-ill carry the Third. Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth.
Inc First district is Bo1ariok Ran
dom Buffers property, and no sort Of
combination has ever been sufficiently
powerful to Get him out. The district
j. Republican by about three thousand
majority. Butler opposes the civil
rights bill as bitterly q any Democrat
in the State. Otherwise he would be
doomed. No man can be elected to
ollce in this State who f,,yors that
measure.
The Second district HIS been Re
publican since the war. until III.
.lgu-, cioction, when thn Democrats
,rrs:cl -c~-ll,, ~ county in it. in
hi, district ike BcWnloW and May
narI, and the revolution there was
-olrly or account 81 tie civil rights
bill. Knox county for instance, has
aiEayS been the stronghold 81 the
3cyubliran party. In 1872 the Dem
o2!at, GOT but /, 1DS votes in the whole
county, While the Republicans had
3,"GS. Nearly three thousand Of
these Republican voters were white,
there being but about eight hundred
negro voters in the county. Look a
these figures ana then think what Il
revolution there mast have been to
have given the county to the Demo
Gratis last August by nearly one thou
sand majority. Civil RIGHTS did it.
Had thar Internal tgcbraud not been
thrown into the South | believe he
Republicans would have carried Ten
ncs~ee in less than four Yeas. They
were making fine strides in ;h"t dj-
rlclion. Bat their fat Is IL the fire
now. The Internal tirchrand has done
for them what the kukIUX accomplish
Ell Tor the Northern Democrats.
The Third district will be carried
Lv GenerakDibrcli, Democrat, BY not
less than three thousand majority.
Dihrell Is fine old-timc gentleman,
and the worst thing that bis enemies
have been able r. rake Up against
him vet, Is the fact that lac Was a Gen
erai in the rebel army. Well, what
if he was? 1t Is rather late to be OBJ
iccting TO him on that account. The
war h;4. been over about ten years.
General Dibrcll is man Of fine
qualities. For thirty-fve years he
has been a consistent member Of the
Methodist Church. You may be sure
that this long Christian life viii count
il his favor among class that are not
a few,
These three districts take Us out of
East Tenne. SCI. In Middle and West
Tennessee, the Democrats have their
nominees in the field and viii carry
every district. Bright in the Fifth
district, got the nomination after 4
long and severe struggle. Untortu-
nately, Bright cannot be detected, for
the Republicans are far below par in
that district.
In the Nashville district the Demo
Gratis have nominated John T. House,
an old Wing and a very able man.
These old Wings arc a rather good
class of men. L notice almost invari-
ably that the old Wings are softer in
their feelings toward the negroes than
the old Democrats. They are more
charitable, more humane. more concil-
iatory and more kindly disposed to-
ward the unfortunate black race. l
do nit know why this Is so, but l know
from observation that It Is 50. There
IS nothing that keeps the oll Wings
out Of the Republican pN u but a
bundle CT two Of exploded prcjudices
and that Internal frebrand, the civil
rights bid.
Il the West Tennessee districts the
Democrats will sweep everything be
fore them. None Of the districts have
a minority of negro voters, or any
thing ike it, and white Republicans
are rather scarce in that direction.
The civil rights bill has driven thou
sands OF them back to their first love,
Or rather to what they consider 4 lesser
Il tl1a the party Of too many equal
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