Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-26

people of the county, he is mistaken
in both instances. In both of the
conventions that were held on The
: I'd OF September Zone of which nom,
mated me- the county was fully and
well represented, but in the conven.
: ton of October 18th (the one that
nominated my opponent), some oil
: the districts were not represented al
Iall, and not over one-half of the
others held primary meetings. In
District No. 6 four men met in con-
ventiOn and selected some of their
own number as delegates.
Again, ne says that he could exert
), more influence in the Legislature
than / could. / am personally ac-
iquainted with many of the leading
public men OF the State, know
nearly all of the influential citizens
of Nashville, and over one-half of
the State officers. Under these cir
cumstances | feel that | might be
able to exert almost as much influ-
ence in obtaining favors for our
county as he could.
AS l have stated my principles in
full in pamphlet form, it is unneces-
sary to state them again, and will
only say, that if elected, shall con
slider myself the agent and represen-
tative of the people of Montgomery
county and regardless of all mon
eyed monopolies, or rings Of any
kind, will seek 10 do what | believe
to be best for their interest in the
settlement of all questions brought
! hnff,Ysa tho I iSl 10 ttTrn
Now, fellow-citizens, / ask you to
consider and see who are in sympa-
thy with, and who compose the
| Independent Democratic party.
They are the farmers, the mechanics,
! the merchants, the working men,
land others who are the producers
of wealth, and the bone and siueW
of our country. 1t is they who
supply the necessaries and comforts
of life, who are building up the town
| Of GAINESVILLE, and raising her
Phoenix like from its ashes, and the
patrons of her merchants, her
tradesmen, and her newspapers,
with no political rings among them.
These are the men who asked me
to become their candidate; / am
one of them, and intend to stand by
them, and be subject to their will
until the close Of the polls on No
vember the 9Th. Although the
principal portion Of my little prop
erty was made in Nashville, whore
II went with my whole fortune,
consisting of a mothers blessing,
two suits of Jeans and ten dollars,
over thirty years ago, | have ex-
pended the principal portion of it
on improvements in this county,
and have never gone out of it to
employ a single workman, or to
purchase one dollars worth of ma
terial. | have ever felt an interest
in public schools because ] have
believed that they were best for the
tpe interest of the county and her
people.
| have been instrumental in eStab-
fishing homes for ten good families
on land that contained but one ten
years ago, all of whom aid in paying
taxes, supporting churches, schools,
etc.
TO the colored people l gave
lot, when they could not purchase
one from any other person, and had
them a church built upon it. /
have patrOnized our merchants,
tradesmen, mechanics and news
papers in preference to going out of
the county for anything / needed
that they could supply.
And now, because | withdrew my
name from before a Convention
when | was induced to believe that
it was "packed" against me, and
after accepting the nomination of
the Independent Democratic Con-
ventiOD, would not violate my con-
tract with that Convention, or betray
a sacred trust that it had IN me inn
posed Ca thing that I would not have
done for forty Legislative Offices, or
because / am disliked by a certain
few who desire my defeat, or be-
cause | was not the nominee of the
Convention Of the 14th Of October
that dill not endorse the State Demo
cratic platform or the sentiments Of
its candidate for Governor. nor rep
resent properly the people of the
county, will those friends with
whom / hive had social and bust
ness intercourse for years past, and
others who favor the principles /
advocate, aid in my defeat?
/ leave this question for them to
answer to themselves, and in con-
clusion will only say, that | shall
seek to obtain no unwilling votes,
but hope that both friends and enc
mics viii exercise tneir rights as
freemen, and regardless ofpartyisns
or party politicians, vote for whom
they will.
Respectfully,
q. III. SLAUGHTER.
st. Bethlehem, Tenn, Oct. p, '78-lt
BARGAINS in Boots and Shoes at
Cheap Johns Store, New Pr0vi-
dence, Tenn.