The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-22
HAMBLEN COUNTY CONTEN-
TION.

A CONVENTION TO APPOINT Dele
GATES TO THE STATE coNxEgr1oN
LETTER OF DIR. owErss, OF THE
CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE COM
| BnTTEE.
To the Editor Of the MoEristown Gazette:
We take this means, through your
columns, TO notify the voters of the
Conservative or Democratic party of
Hamblen county. that on the End
Monday, the 10th day of August, we
will hold Convention in Morristown.
for the purpose of eleeting and send
ing delegates to the State Conven-
ton to nominate a Democratic can
didate for Governor We will also
make some arrangements about NOM
mating candidate for the Legisla-
turc from Hamblen and Granger
counties. The citizens of our party
are respectfully requested to come
out and assist in this important mat
ter; for, in every town-in every vii
lage-in every neighboFhOod-and
throughout the whole country, is
heard complaints and murmurings
against the order of things as they
now exist.
The American people, once the
freest and happiest in the world, are
now as restless and discontinued as
those living under the most Cypress
i've monarchy. It has been we'll said,
that government is the best which
is best administered" In this coun-
try, the whole people are ;ieveted4y
attached to- oHT form and system of
government and no argument, or
any force could induce US to ex-
change ours for any other system or
form Of government. We are, by
instinct, tradition, and from pFinci-
pie, taught to love our form OF gov
eminent but no government can be
staple and enduring whose people
are not reasonably prosperous and
content. The purpose of securing
contentment is the fundamental idea
we have in calling our people togeth-
er in convention. As we said, if the !
people love their government, and
are not dissatisfied with it, then the
cause of the general uneasIness must
be looked for somewhere else. 1t
must be in the manner of the adj
ministration.
AS a people, we are long suffer
ing, slow to anger, and ever charita-
BILE. We are also wonderfully dis
posed TO repose confidence in all who
make their promises either indiyidu-
ally or collectively. Our authori.
ties in power have repeatedly made
good promises, but have as repeat
eddy broken them. Their short COM
ings and infdelity have at last be-
come potent to every one who thinks
and looks for himself They have
promised rigid economy and strict
but instead of that they
have witnessed extravaganza, and
bold and unblushing corruption.
Our government affairs are under the
of rings. Rings in al
most every department. Now the
people have suffered under this
state of things until they are tired
and disguised, and our people are
looking for those who are honest and
to fill the high offices of
the State. We want men who will
not jeopardize our hberties-oUr f.
nancial affairs-Who will not mis-
our industry, and PROSTATE
forever our future hope and hap
piness. We want men who will re-
turn to the purity of the early days
Of the Republic, and it is impera-
lively demanded that our citizens
look well to the now approaching
election for upon such men alone
depends the salvation of our liber-
Ties and the perpetuation of our flu
5ure prosperity.
We want the good citizens of :
Hamblen county to demand a reduc-
ion in the National, State and CeHn-
" affairs cBrtailment of officers
md reduction of salaFies-and by
10 doing reduce the enormous and
excessive taxes that now burthen
he people, sapping she energies of
he country. and prostrating the ag
icultural and laboring masses of the
,eople. And if the people will, in 4
he coming campaign, support none
,ut honest, competent, temperate,
and capable men, whose
principles and conduct place them
.bove all suspicion of corruption,
hen will our people become pros
'erous and happy good men will be il
onored and respected, while the q
ost of evils that have foisted upon
he body polite and revelled in the
polls of office will be driven from '
ur presence, and harmony and '
eace will again prevail. t
Yours truly,