Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-12
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Senatorial contest he speaks as fOl
lows: We didn't hear much said i
- regard to the Senatorial suceessi0E
but think ex-President johnson !
: not as great q favOriie with th'
, KnoxvilliaBs as formerly, and tha
. there is 4 growing feeling in favol
of Gov. John G. Brown. And thil
> growing feeling is not confined al
together to Knox county, but seems
TO be affecting some other portions
OF East Tennesse.
Obion County News: In our is
sue OF last week We said We would
like TO sec Ex Governor Isham q.
Harris elected TO the United States
Senate. We did not mean by that
article 10 disparage the claims OF
any one, nor did we presume 10
speak for the county, or for any
one else but ourselves. Yet we
have no doubt that many citizens
in Obion, as well Us ali over the
State, concur with US. We know,
I however, that some of our citizens
OF Obien favor the claims of Col.
John II. Savage, aud prefer him TO
any one yet mentioned as aspiring
to Senatorial bonOrs.
West Tenn. Democrat; Without
intending the slightest disparage-
ment TO any gentleman spoken of
as a probable candidate, We must
confess that 10 our mind the Hon.
w. G. Whitlhorne, Of Marry coun-
", is the most suitable. Il is con-
cosied by all unprejudiced gentle.
meu that he is the shrewdest, most
iarseeing and prudent politlan 10
the State. He casting Of the DO
litical bOroseops for the past ten /
years has been iRfallible-and we |
mr. iadebted 10 him in this State |
more than &c. any other man f0r 1
the general policy that has made /
Tennessee irrevooably Democratic.
The Winchester Home Journal
says, Intelligent and clever subscri-
Der TO the Homo Journal thus IN
bosOms himself ia regard 20 the /
Senatorial succession: Now, if Ten
nessee desires TO keep her Demo-
cratic fires burning brightly, let /
them keep clear of all 'entangling
alliances with meas of power, men
Whe would sell their party for a
mess of pottage. Let the Legisla-
tGre, in selected a United States
Senator, select some man tried and
true, who has not made the political
cauldron E=ii and bubble for self
some such a man as Gen. Bill |
Quarles, of Montkomory county, or
our John V. Wright Of Maury-
men who were on the war path eve
rv hour from the time Porter was
nominated, aGd covered themselves
all over with glory
Tennessee Transcript: The aspi-
rants for Senatorial honors are quite
numerous. A correspondent writ
ing from Nashville TO the Louisville
Courier-J ournal, urges Edward II. /
Ewing Of Rutherford for the posi-
ton, and the Murfreesboro Monitor /
comes out for Ewing. The Clarks-
vile Tobacco Leaf iavors the cleo
ton of Gen. Quarles. Now, to be /
in the fashion, we have concluded I
to express our preference for w.
II. Stephens, o. Memphis-he is GER
tainly the equal Of any man in |
Tennessee in point Of capacity and
is not a chronic Office seeker. How
ever we are easy about the matter, /
feeling assured that our Legisla- !
ture, being composed Of good men, /
will make a good selection. In
fact any one of tho gentlemen /
whose names have been suggested /
in this connection would FL the
place with honor to themselves aud /
credit 10 the State. The people of
the State wish a good man for this
high position, and such a man they
have q right 70 expect our legisla-
ture TO select.
Dyersburg Progress; Last week
we expressed our preference for
Hon. 40. p. Nicholson for Uni
ted States Senator. We have since
learned that we are not the only
ones in Dyer county who have
been thinking Of our able and ven
erable Chief Justice for the high
and important position Of United
States Senator. We believe that
he is the choice OF many OF the
best people OF Dyer county, and
they could not be better pleased
than to see him heartily supported
bv the members Of the next Gener-
al Assembly. He is undoubuy one
of the first, if not the foremost
man in the State. HIS qualities
Of mind and heart are great and
generous and above the dishonora-
Bile scramble for Office IN which pol
itieians sometimes enE age, and a.
bove the petty prejudices that usu.
ally guide and direct the actions OF
and lesser lights A man
Of sounder judgment and strlcter
cannot be found IN all the 8
ength and breadth Of the State.- {
If elected, Tennessee will have
nan to represent her in the Senate :
who will command the respect and I
of statesmen north and
Iouth.
NeaPs State Gazette: We could
publish columns, from the leading a
,apers Of this and other States, en- =
lorsing Andrew Johnson as the :
proper man ~. U 6 Senator from =
The following, IrOul :
he Mississippi Central, expresses
he sentiment Of thousands OF patri-
,tie men in this and all of the
Southern States: We believe that =.
Andrew johnson would represent :
with fidelity, and certain
v Eith more ability than any one
slse she could send TO the Senate.
The influence Of the ex-President
had much to do with the late polit-
cal revolution in bis State, and
should the members of the General
Assembly ignore the claims OF Mr.. :
johnson to the high position 70
which he aspires, Tennessee will
witness another revolution as as
in its results to the new
as the one OF Tuesday !
week was 70 the present occupants {
Johnson claims to have been it oId )
ically consistent in the past, and
his opponents would not meet him
and dispute it, bat the people don't
care whether be was or not. They /,
want somebody to act and 10 do
now, and they think that Andrew
johnson has the experience and a
bility to do it, and they are willing
and ready 10 Try him. II
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