The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-08-02
PUBLIC OPINION.
LSHAM q. HARRIS.

West Tennessee has determined to
present Isham G. Harris as candi-
date for United States Senator next
winter. We alluded to the fact a
few days ago, that the Morristown
GAZETTE had suggested him as the
man for the occasion. The Memphis
Appeal alludes to the article in the
GAZETTE, and says:
'fThe article from the Morristown GA
zETTE, touching Governor Harris as a
candidate for the Uuited States Senate,
which we copy in tO-day's appeal, will
meet with the unanimous Endorsement
and approval of the Democracy of Shell
by county and West Tennessee. Isham
c. Harris is emphatically the man for
the occasion"
The Memphis Ledger also copies
the GAZETTE s article, in which we
find the following:
cit would not astonish us to see ex-
Governor Isham G. Harris presented
from West Tennessee with the same ear
nest and ardent support which we al
wavs gave ex-President Johnson. This
is not a surprising assertion. Isham @.
Harris has hold upon The affections of
his ne;ghbors and friends which will
ceasingly for his election. And why
should we be against him? The war is
over The situation is accepted in good
faith by everybody, Governor Harris in
cIuded- The cause of the Democracy is
that of the people. 1t is honesty and
economy on the one side-rings and
corruption upon the other 1t is repub-
iican liberty against centralized despot-
ism. 1T is whether this government
IL f1-. aCvN1n rp
for the Officeholders. Grave questions
of public policy are to be determined by
the next Congress. They will require
statesmen. Hard times pinch every
household. Our industries are paral
wed. The laboring class is without
work. Taxation is drawing the life
blood of the nation. Indebtedness has
beggared the whole country. Some
where there is an iIl-adjustment. The
pruning knife is required in the hands
of courageous men. Something more IS
needed than OficehOlders who can draw
salaries. This is the situation. Now
let us think over it. Call before US all
the public men in the State. Weigh
them by their ability and see if we can
give reason why East Tennessee should
oppose the election the the United States
Senate of Isham G. Harris"
1t is not our purpose to offer adj
vice to the Democratic party, nor
are we anxious that Isham O.. Harris
shall not be brought forward by the
marty as a candidate for the United
States Senate, or any other office.
In fact, looking at the matter from
our standpoint, we would just as
soon see him recognized as their
leader as any other way. But we
think we can see reasons why even
the Democratic party in East Ten
nessee should oppose Harris. 1t is
a we'll known fact that Andrew john
sons name has hot been presented
to the people of Tennessee for any
gosition since the war, for which he
was not opposed by Harris. The ex-
Governor made it point when john
son was a candidate for the Senate
In 1865, to come all the way from
Memphis to oppose him. And he
opposed him in no ordinary way
either. His opposition was bitter
and unrelenting. He was the leader
Of the anti-J Johnson hosts, and "hav-
ing no equal as an organizer" he
made himself felt. He it was that
defeated johnson with Hon. Henry
Cooper. and when the ex-President
was q candidate for Congress from
the State-at-Large, in 1872, Harris
took the stump against him.. throw
inc into the canvass all the bitter
ness Of his bitter nature. The Dem
ocrats of East Tennessee remember
this, and we predict that the Nor
ristown GAZETTE is the only Demo
ocratic paper in East Tennessee that
will have the boldness to urge the
election of Isham Or. Harris to the
United States Senate.
The GAZETTE did not expect its
preference for Isham G. Harris as
one Of the two Senators to be elect
ed by the next General Assembly,
to be received without opposition
especially from the Radical Repub,.
lican press. Radical leaders in Ten
nessee know the man and fear his
transcendent ability before the peo-
pie and in the councils of the nation.
Their hatred is natural. The fiery
opposition of Gov. BrownIow and
his Cltr0nicle is kind. "Let the
CALLED jade vince" under the evil
dence of the rapid approach of that
better time which is certainly COM
ing. The questions of public poll
cy to be determined by the next
Congress, we repeat, require the
presence Of bold, courageous. hon.
est statesmen in the national coun-
ellis, and this sentiment the people
of the State will endorse. They
want honest, fearless men-men of
brains and energy-as their repre-
resentatives, and to insure this
fsPart OF the host have crossed the 1ood,
And part are crossing now."