Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-05-30
THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
Address Of the Democratic State Ex.
eeatiYe Committee.
Every Anti-Radieal Voter In tennessee
Invited to Cooperate with the
DemOeracy.
Success Absolutely Certain With Thor.
oagh Organization.
None But the Best Representative Men
Wanted i'm the Convention.

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Wanted i'm the Convention.
The following address TO the Demo-
cratic and Conservative voters of Ten
nessee was adopted on the 2lst inst.
by the Democratic State Executive
Committee
TO THE PEOPLE or TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May %, 1874.
The Executive Committee, appoint
ed by the Democratic State Convention
held May 9, 1872, has, by resolution
unanimously adopted, called conven-
tion to assemble in this city Wednes-
day, the 18th of August next, for the
purpose OF nominating a candidate for
Governor. and to take such other ac-
ton relating to the next State election
as to that convention may be deemed
most advisable The committee earn
estly urges upon the Democracy of
every county of the State the import
ance of at once beginning the work of
organization. 1t with pleasure ex-
tends a cordial invitation to all Con-
servatives, to all who oppose Radical
ism, to unite with the Democracy in
this work of organization, that thereby
a united, harmonious and well -discip-
lined front may be presented, and thus
an emphatic victory in the approach
ing election made certain. The re-
suit OF the recent State elections in
New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Ohio, and of municipal elections in
some OF the other States of the North
aud West, is full of encouragement to
the friends of constitutional Republi- F!
canIsm throughout the Union, and ap- |
peals with peculiar force at this time 4
to Tennesseeans. If they would escape /
the despotism which rules and the des-
olatlon which prevades our sisterSouth- /
ern States, South Carolina, Louisiana, |
and Arkansas, to array themselves in 4
unmistakable opposition to the Nation
al Administration which has establish
ed that despotism and encouraged that
desolation.
The gratifying fact that the great ag-
ricultural States of the South and
the West are recognizing, more and
more clearly. the unity of their inter
ests, and that there,is in the States of
the North and the East a noble band
who favor perfect guarantee and the
full allowance of impartial rights to
the oppressed and plundered of the
South, that there is in each and every
State an increasing number who spurn
whether banking or a rail-
way, who hate class legislation, wheth-
sr 1t appears as discriminating tariff
or in other guise, and who dsmand With
potential voice reform of the official
corruptlOns which riot in every depart
ment of the General Government, not
as simply charged by partisan malice,
but fully established to the satisfaction
Of all men-each and all of these bid
US not to despair of the Republic. but
to strive for victory, like men who
know their rights, and knowing dare
Though the recent past
may be dreary and discouragiug, the
future is full of hope. The fruition of
0ur efforts, after repeated defeats in
national struggles and in many of the
State elections. is about to be realized
N the restOratiOnto to power Of the party
Df Constitutional principles.
The State Committee urges the ne
cessity OF organization by civil dis
triets, by wards, and by counties, The
Congressional Committees should look
to the thorough organization of their
respective Congressional districts.
Each Committee should see. as far as
the power in it lies, that defeat shall
not occur by a multiplicity of eandi-
tates or dIssensiOns In our ranks. Ii
s the duty of every citizen to feel an
interest and take an active part in our
political struggles, The good men of
he State should see that only the best
men are brought forward for Office.
whether it be of low or high degree.
Ii Is ~ the highest degree important
hat the various county and Congress
onal Conventions. and more particu- |
arly the State Convention, shall be
ully attended by delegates fairly Sc
ected from the body of the people,
hat these conventions may be in
act as we'll as in name representative
bodies.
Let all remember that the interest
md honor of the State and the welfare
If the citizens are largely dependent
lpOn the result of each election. I'm
pressed with this conviction let all
mite with us in the good work of per-
'etuating genuine republlcanism and
the general good of all the
'eople.
yNo. Z. BURCH, Chairman,
JNO. BLEvINs,
w. ID. VAN DYKE.
JAS. w. NEWMAN.
THOs B. MURRAY.
4. &. DUNNINGTON.
LUKE L. WRIGHT.