The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-29
GEN. MARCUS J. WRIGHT.

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INJUSTICE TO HIN AS REGARDS III:
REMoYAE FROM eFFFICE BY TIN
SUPREME COURT.
KNOXVILLE, July 20, 1874.
| To the Editor of the Norristown Gazette:
The last issue of your usually cor.
rect and reliablepaper contains an ar.
ticle in which think you have un.
Willingly done great injustice to q
most excellent gentleman, and true
and tried Democrat. refer to the
article in reference to Gen. Marcus
J. Wright, of Memphis. as a proba-
| BILE candidate for the nomination as
the Democratic candidate for the
next Governor. Did the article en-
enate from a less respectable source,
it might, SO far as am concerned,
pass unheeded; but appearing in so
deservedly popular journal as the
GAZETTE, | caanot, in justice to my
own feelings, or the facts of history,
permit it to pass unnoticed. After
conceding to Gen. Wright the high
est degree of excellence in the So
cial walks of life, and ability as an
editor-you express the opinion that
he would not be available as q can
didate for Governor-mainly for the
reason that "When he goes into
Court he always gets hurt and hurts
his friends" In support of this po-
sition, you cite the fact that Gen.
Wright was once elected Sheriff of
Shelby county over a Radical, con-
Guiding with the remark that I" in a
year or two afterwards the Supreme
Court decided that it would con-
serve equity to oust the the General
and give the Radical his office"
Now. Mr.. Editor, right there you err
for the Supreme Court did not de-
eide that Gen. Wright was not elect
cd, but especially withheld the ex-
preston of an opinion-and placed
Col. Currey in Office on account of
Irregularities in the proceeding in
the County Court. Although Gen.
Wright lost the office, for the rea-
son stated, he did more than any
man in Shelby county to redeem it
from Radical rule, and his fight
against Currey placed Democrats in
all the County offices. While / do
not presume to make suggestions to
you as to your course in reference
to the next Gubernatorial canvass,
and withhold any expression Of pref
erence upon my own part, for any
one Of the worthy gentlemen whose
names have been connected there
with, you will indulge me in the re-
mark that should Gen. Wright be Sc
lected as our standard bearer for the
canvass-the honor conld not be be-
slowed upon more universally pop
ular man, and that the party would
in no wise be embarrassed by "hav-
ing to explain any decision of the
Supreme Court adverse to him.
JUSTICE.
I'VE very cheerfulIy give place to
our correspondent comments; but
for the life of US, we cannot see
wherein any material correction is
made as TO the facts we recited. At
the time of writing the article COM
mented upon. we could not think OF
the name of the Radical who was
put in the Generals place. Our cor.
respondent refreshes our memory. It
was Currey-and he curreyed down
a Democratic victory roughly before
the Supreme Court. as we thought at
the time. We have no disposition
to argue the points involved, or to
refer to the decision again. It was
the Generals misfortune to be like
the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad in that he lost be-
fore the Courts but that may never
happen again. BY the way. did
g Justice ever think Of inyestigat-
Ing the mystery as to Who's Hobbs?