The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-10-05
CARROLL TIMES.

From the Huntingdon Republican.
The result of the convention yess
terday was the nomination of Judge |
L. L. Hawkins as the Republican
candidate to represent this county in
the next Legislature. The ncmina-
ton was q wise one, and was made |
unanimous by acclamation amidst
loud applause.
HUNTINGDON, Oct. Sd, 1876.
Editor Exchange:
1t is said that sit never rains but it
pours," and the Radicals of Carroll,
acting on the principles of this saying,
have of late inaugurated in our midst
a series of remarkable events. First
they gave us an exhibition of the VII
Imperative powers of the foul mouthed
Etheridge, with lavish disregard of
the expense of loss of votes to their
own party; but on the 2Sth ult. they
capped the climax by holding in our
town a cut and dried convention, os-
tensiblylfor the purpose Of naming the
Radical "favorite son" for Represen>
tative in the next Legislature, when
in reality the sO-called convention was
but q gathering of the Republican
ring masters" to declare one Lucian
L. Hawkins as the Republican con-
sercatiue nominee for Legislative hon.
ors, the claims of such men as Hen
ry Mccall, Squire Chambers and
other aspirants to the contrary not
withstanding. Now this same Lucian
Hawkins, in a speech made here yes
terday, declared that he had never
been a partisan, but that the great
desire of his life had been for the past
few years to heal the bleeding wounds
and to bridge the bloody chdsm dividing
the people. OF course he was only
jokinq when he said this, for we all
know that in the capacity of masked
editor" to the " Republican" he was
the author of all the bloody SHIRT edi-
torials that have appeared in that UNI
considerable sheet for the past three
wears, and that in 1868 he at first
positively declined, but afterwards
under protest, and expressly rcserving
the right to vote against the question
when brought before the people, was
prevailed upon to sign a petition to
cnfranchise the ex-confederates Of
Tennessee. Remembering thus all
his strenuous advocacy of prescription
in its worst phases We would indeed
have to realize that:
IT'S strange how quickly We the past forget, ="
were we now to swallow all this
blarney and soft soap application of
the plausible gentlemen.
! Mr. A. q. Hawkins, Democratic
candidate for the State Senate, in his
speech at Hollow Reck on the 25th
ut., said that he would vote for Gov.
Porter and desired to know ef his Re
publican opponent who he would vote
for. Mr. Brooks answered that he had
not heard the candidates speak, and
did not know who he would vote for,
but that the people might rest assured
that he would not vote fer the mig
ger"
Mr. H., in reply, and with telling
effect upon his colored hearers, said
that they had been COOL heretofore
10 vote for Mr. Brooks, and to serve
with him on the executive or "vigi-
: lance" committees, but when one OF
their number aspred to office, al
though Mr. B. had been made what
he was by them, yet he was ready to
declare he would not vote fer him be-
cause he was "nigger. Mr. Hawk
Ills has been making live canvass
through the county, and has very
clearly aroused the people who are i'll
clinei to he fair minded and impair
tial in their views. HIS clear and
pointed way Of discussing the situa-
ton has aroused our colored friends,
too, to a more thoughtful apprecia
ton of the true iHrardltess and crooked
ruys of the Radical party, who, by
; the way, so utterly ignored them in
their late so called county convention
that not one of their number, though
. they constitute the bulk of the Repub
lican party in Carroll, was present oil
had a voice in that august assembly.
NERITAs.