Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-08-11
THE CITY ELECTION.
How the Approaching Canvass should
he Contradictions Best Men Needed
for the Municipal Onices.

Nuc lhiOh anu
Having seen the good results of the uni
~ Of action in last Thursdays election, can
we not, as citizens of Nashville, mite once
more in trying To rid our city of the thral-
dom of unsafe rulers?
Let every voter feel he has an interest IN
our city government and that he will act
for the general welfare Of the same. What
is 10 the interest of the tax payer and capt.
talist. is likewise To the interest Of the
mechanic, the labOrer and the professional
man. \ government oppression on the tax
payer and capitalist drives investment be-
yOnd its dominion, decreases circulation at
home, cuts of enterprises and improve
ments that give employment to the artisan,
mechanic and lAbOrer, and finally blights
the growth and prosperity of the commit
nity, as we'll as begeis diScord and dissen-
sion between capital and labor, when unity
and accord Of sentiment should exist.
Nashville possesses the elements that can
make il the leading city in this section OF
the United States. She passed through the
iniauitous rule Of carpet-baggers and the
decentralization Of the beggarly and dishon-
est crew, and Notwithstanding she IS still
suffering from incompetent management OF
her affairs, Vet she has gradually and
steadily advanced in prosperity. II she
has grown under such adversities, how
much greater must and would have been
her progress had the capital stolen from the
taxpayers, by misrule, been expended
among our laboreIs, mechanics, etc, in
building houses and improving the city.
The time has come when we should es-
tablish a government that is for the great
est good IN all. Let us have unity OF &C
ton in the election of city rulers. Let us
have city convention to nominate a can
didate for Mayor, each ward sending It's
three or five delegates, with such instruc-
tons as the voters may see proper TO give
| them. Also let each ward hold meeting
| or urinary election TO nominate candidates
for alderman and COuncilmen, in all
| c.Aes giving due and ample notice OF the
time and place of the meetings. When the
nominations shall have been fairly made
let the nominees constitute the regular
ticket that all good citizens will stand by
aud support.
| Let us secure men hose integrity is un
impeachable and who are good managers
| of their own affairs at home, men Of nerve
and will 10 do right, and then We will have
a city government Of which we will eve
feel proud. =.
With such body Of corporate authorl'
ties, the people may feel that their Interests
will be entrusted in good hands; that The
pending blight over the general welfare O
the city and individual enterprise will sooI
pass away, and that in lis place thrifty III
yestments will be made, giving employ
ment to hundreds now idle and II
need. caused by the lack of con
fdence of the capitalist in th'
government over us. Capital and laboI
are twin sisters, and whOsOeyer draws in
Willows distinctions and tries TO excite enyl
and discord between them is not safe o
good citizen, proper to be entrusted VIII
the public interests. He is an impostor
struggling TO place wealth in one scale an'
the attributes Of humanity in the other
that he may ride into power on the caialni
ties Of both.
| Let US have our city and ward oonyen
lions. and act with one accord, having m
selfish or individual purpose in view, bn
the good of all. BY this course we VII
avoid having representatives to manage on
public Affairs whom We would not trlls
with our individual interests. ID. +.