The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-10-18
Address Of Zion. WIN. Mcfarland.
To the People Of the First
Congressional District Of
e99geSSee .

Two years ago was elected your rep
resentative in Congress My term OF
service will sooH expire. I am a candi-
date for reelection, and invite an exam
ination on the part of my constituents,
of all political parties, of the manner in
which / have discharged the duties of
the position with which was honored.
And while make no claim to extraordi-
nary ability, do claim to have been true
and faithful to the interests of my con-
stituents without regard to past political
differences I was elected as the candi-
date of the Democratic party have
not in the past, nor shall in the future,
If reelected, follow blindly the lead of
party, but shall, as claim, to have done,
give my support to such measures as l
honestly believe is demanded by the best
| interests of all.
1t has been my purpose and desire in
the conduct of the present canvass, and
in my official acts, to recognize the fact
that we are one people, union of
/ States under the Constitution, with a
common hope and a common destiny
with equal RICH S to all the States and
all the people of the country, and to cut
loose from the dead issues of the past,
and to look to issues and measures of
public policy, affecting the present and
future of common country; and to cul-
tivate feeling of nationality, of kindly
| and fraternal feelings amongst all our
people of every race and section, and to
bury in a grave that shall know no re-
| surrection all the hate, ill-will, bitterness
and strife engendered by the war.
1t is well known that | was a Union
man and opposed to the war. Every is
sue of that war has been settled forever,
and no man or party desires to disturb
the settlement thus made. Slavery was
abolished, the slave made free citizens
and voters, with every right and privil-
eye guaranteed to white men, and no
party desires to take from them single
right secured to them. | am sure l do
not, Notwithstanding the false and fool
ish efforts of party leaders, for party
| success, to prejudice the colored eby
charging that sit is the purpose of the
| Democratic party to re-enslave them.
The men who make it, know it is false.
The right of the States to secede was
settled forever, and every issue submit
ted to the arbitrament of arms was set
tied. and cannot and viii not be qnes
toned in the future. Why, then, should
we discuss these questions of the right,
or the wrong of the war?
It is said that 7 am the Democratic
candidate, and the Democratic party is
the party that made the war and if they
get into power will destroy the Govern
ment. How absurd, how foolish and
unfounded is this charge, as will appear
| to every unprejudiced mind by the state
ment of a few facts. The war was not
a war between parties, but between sec
lions of the Countrywide North against
the Southland it will be found that
the Northern Democratic States sent
more soldiers into the Union army, more
Generals, than did any other part of the
country. Look to the long list of dis
tinguished officers who periled their
| lives on the battle fields of the country
TO MAINTAIN the Union. Gen. Hancock,
| Gen. Hooker, Sigel, Mcclellan and a
large number of others whose names /
| cannot enumerate here, who are now
cooperating with the Democratic party.
| Look to the fact that large number of
prominent leading men, heretofore Re
| Dublicans, in every State in the North
are now, from a sense of public duty,
cooperating with the Democrats in IA
| vor of reform and honesty in the ad
ministration of the Government Sena-
tor Trumbull, of Illinois, G. W. Julian,
of Indiana, Gen. Blair, of Michigan,
Gov. Palmer and others who were Re
publican Governors of Northern States,
with a long list of leading public men in
| the North and West who were Republi-
cans and who are now cooperating with
the Democrats. Look to the fact that
| only few days ago, Indiana and Ohio
| cast nearly half million votes for the
| oIa in Ind
tire State ticket. West Virginia, that
adhered to the Union cause, has voted
with the Democracy by a large majority
Is it reasonable, is it possible that this
uprising of the people of the North and
West IN favor of economy and reform
and in cooperating with the Democracy
now, is to be construed into enmity and
hostility to the Government. Are Hey
rebels? At home, we find that at the
head of the electoral ticket in tennessee
stands the name of a gallant Federal
soldier, from Northern State. In al
most every county you find men candi
dates on the Democratic ticket who were
| unconditional Union men throughout
the war. Are they rebels? Who be-
lieves that I would cooperate with a
party seeking to destroy this Govern
ment? Why the Democratic party,
as it exists now, is no more the same
party
is the Republican party. A vast num-
Der of the voters of to-day were children
of years of age in 1850 1t is idle to
make such charges. The issues dividing
the party then, are absolutely settled and
of no practical importance now, and no
party exists with any purpose or wish to
destroy the Government.
But why should the charge be made?
It is to array the preiudices of the past;
the hate and enmity that ought to be
forgotten; for the purpose of diverting
public attention from the corruption of
the party in power, and its utter failure
to give peace and prosperity to the coun-
try, and to secure a longer lease of pow
er and the spoils of office to its fovored
friends.
The testimony OF leading Republicans
show the corruption that exists in every
department of tho public service. The
reckless and unprecedented eXtraVa-
gance and waste of the public funds
collected from an overburdened people,
staggering under load of public and |
private debt, unprecedented in modern |
times. The unjust exaetion, under In |
ternal Revenue laws, with all their OBJ |
pressive prosecutions and penalties, with |
a long train of paid spies and informers, |
opposed to the genius and spirit of our /
Government The legislation of Con- /
gress in the interest of the moneyed !
power, at the expense of the toiling mil
Iions-naking the rich richer, and the
poor poorer. Adding to the burden of
the public debt, by converting a debt |
payable in paper money-like the debts
of the people-into a debt payable in
geld, destroying the means of the Gov
eminent, and the people, to meet the /
payment of their debts. BY saving that /
silver should no longer be legal tender.
except for FIVE dollars. BY attempting
to take from the people currency with
which all are satisfied, and Compelling a
return to a gold basis only, under the
operation of which our people have been
brought to the verge of universal bank