Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-08-31

w 10 any OF our readers
who might feel inclined to sup
port Dorsey B. Thomas as an
Independent candidate for Gov
ernor against Gov. Porter, we
commend the following from
the pen Of DIR. G.. w. Charlton,
of the Knoxville Age. Many
. of the Lincoln county delegates
i'll the State Convention two
years ago supported Col. Thorn
as. They will remember with
what intense zeal DR.. Charlton
joined with them in pressing
upon the Convention the claims
of Col. Thomas. We hope
Col. Thomas will reconsider his
intention of running as an In
dependent candidate at this par
ticular crisis. We must have
no divisions, no chickering's, 10
struggling from the ranks in the
November elections. Let us
lock our shields together, and
like the Spartan phalanx move
in concert against the common
enemy, and at some future day
we may hope to crafty the as
pirations of Col. Thomas and
his friends:
Hon. Dorsey B. Thomas AnOma-
1Ous Position.
Knoxville Age.
Wechallenge the man that has
higher, personally, regard for
Hon. Dorsey B. Thomas than
the humble writer of this edi-
torial. He is our personal
friend, and our acquaintance
has been intimate for several
years past. We have regarded
him, as we yet do, as gentle
man of the 'first water" high
toned, honorable and trustwor-
thy. For some time past we
have been anxious to see him
in the Gubernational chair, and
two years ago, when his name
was before the State Democrat
ic Convention, we did what we
could to secure his nomination
for THIS position, as did the en-
tire Knoxville delegation. But
we failed, and many of us were
sadly disappointed. Atthat time
we thought. he could do more toI
unite the political elements in
East Tennessee than any man
i'm the State. A Union man du-
ring the war and eminently con-
sentative since, we concluded
of all the distinguished gentle
men of Tennessee there was no
one his peer in this respect. No
one, therefore, in what we now
propose to say, can charge us
with improper feelings towards
him.
We regret, and that most Bit
terly, that his present attitude
before the people of Tennessee
is such an anomalous one. We
cannot understand it. 1t is at
war with the whole genius OF
the man, and puts him in an I'M
natural position, such as his
best friends find themselves I'M
able to reconcile. We dislike
TO saw he is a disorganizer, and
vet the party to which he be-
longs and which is the only hope
of redeeming the country from
corruption and misrule, will,
we fear, look at his strange con-
duct in this light. He paid no
attention whatever to the late
Democratic Conventionin Nash
Vile, and really did not seem to
care a fig for it one way or the
other. When approached by
friends to know if he would not
Weld his claims for the good of
his party, and thus for the good
of the country, he gives them
NO satisfaction. We cannot be-
Iieve he is in collision with
leading Republicans, and yet
MANY excellent gentlemen DO
believe it. We must have stron-
ger proof than any at our com
mand at present to believe THIS
eSsrge. True, appearances are
AGAINST him, but lei us hope Tor
The sake of charity and honor.
able dealing, it is not SO. II
- turus out that this is a iact'
then he. would deserve the exc
crat;ons of all decent men.
What respect could they have .
w 10 ,.oI1Id thus prove c