Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-18

soon thereafter located his home at
Iuka, Miss, where he remained until
the 1869, to pursue the profession OF
law, which lie did with success. When
the elective franchise was restored 10
the people Of Mississippi, Col Wis
dom was chosen to fill ont an unexpir-
ed term IN the Senate of that State by
large majority over NJ. Bailey, VINO
was reputed one of the best cauyassers
and most popular men in the north
eTn part of that State. In some dis
trlcts Of IIshOmingO county his vote
was unanimous. His course IN the
Legislature gave entire satisfaction
and he would have been reelected,
but declined TO run.
In 1869 Col. Wisdom removed to
Jackson and started q Democratic pa
per called the Jackson Tribune, which
he continued to publish and edit with
/ decided success until the summer of
1870, when it was consolidated with
the Whig, one of the Oldest newspa-
pers IN the State and for more than
thirty years the leading organ of the
/ Wing party IN West Tennessee. This
consolidation assumed the name of
the "Whig and Tribune" and Col.
Wisdom has been for a considerable
/ time its chief editor and proprietor.
| From its birth it has been a thor
l Oughly DemOcratic-C Conservative pa
| per, advocating the principles OF
/ State rights as opposed to the CEN
| traliZing tendencies of the dominant
! party. and opposing every measure by
/ which the radical party in power have
( sought-to oppress and AID humiliate
the South. 1t supported Mr.. Geeley
/ for President in 1872, and IS always
I fOuHu aIIIeu ttrc rrrIrsrTre-, Irrszzs ss1syI
| principles which combat Radicahsm
and labors for the disenthrallment of
the South. The Tribune paper was at
( first an experiment, but by force of its
able editorials-its adherence to the
! true interests of the South and it's a.
! BILE and efficient corps of business
managers, it stood even before its
consolidation as one of the leading
and widely circulated papers in the
Safe. As chief editor Of the "Whig
and Tribune Col. Wisdom has won
fame. His able and eloquent editorials
in behalf of the cause of his dOwu-
trodden country are models of elegant
dictiOn and pure thought, and have
not been less effective and bold than
was his conduct on the tented field.
pointed Clerk and Master of the Chan
cery Court of Madison county by
Judge Fentress, in which capacity as
well as chief editor of the Wing and
Tribune, he has been aCcing ever
since.
In the capacity of Clerk and Master
as well as in the various other spheres
Of life which he has filed, he has con-
tinued to win the golden opinions of
all who know and have dealings with
him. Whether you consider him in
the light of a soldier-a citiZen-a
legislatOr-an editor or a master in
chancery-the confidence and esteem
of his fellOw-Inen are the same. Those
who know him best like him most. !
He has been faithful to his friends, !
his principles and his country. Gen
erous to a fault, true, modest and
brave, we believe nought but pure
ambition impels him, and chaste aspi- |
rations only fill his heart, and that as
a Representative in Congress d. NJ. |
Wisdom would not be less true to the
South than when he offered his body
as a shield Oh the fields of Belmont, /
Shiloh, Tishomin9o Greek and Har-
risburg. As public servant he would !
not be less honest in handling the
peoples money than he is as Clerk
and Master, where thousands upon
thousands of dollars pass through his
hands without a nickel sticking to
them. In every trying situation Of
life in which he has been placed, lac
has been equal to all of its emergen- /
cies, yicissitudes and demands. Ger
tainly, if success be the criterion of
manhood, Col. Wisdom stands before
his country endorsed by the clearest
evidence of merit.
We have been the more ready to
publish this brief and imperfect
sketch of the life and public services
of D. NJ. Wisdom, from the fact that
we have strong hope that he viii be /
chosen by the forthcoming convention !
as a candidate. His charac ter, we
repeat, for chivalry, honor and hon |
esty are unimpeached and unimpeach- !
able-his record, civil and military, |
is without spot or blemish-and his /
qualifications as a lawyer and popular |
representative are certainly of a high !
order, and eXcelled by those of no /
other man in the Democratic party of |
the district. We look upon his nOmi- |
nation as almost certain, for it Will be /
4OA tA4I acoGL4DANu hAouOllA VI LA4C I
District to see that in at least four of /
the nine counties composing the /
Eighth Congressional District-and |
those by far the most populous and /
importantly is better acquainted /
and can bring out larger vote than |
any prominent man yet named. Col. /
Wisdom is, in every essential respect, /
one of the very best men in the State 4
to send to Washington in the capacity 1
of a Representative of the PEOPLE
as he may truly be said to be Of them .
and for them-his whole past life plac-
ing him nearer to them than those /
who stayed at home, and, like Jobs
war horse, "snuffed the battle from
afar," and whom frequent honors have
somewhat too much inflated. The
sympathies of d. NJ. Wisdom are
with the people, and the sympathies
Of the people are III favor of his ele-
vation to a seat in the Congress of the
United States.