Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-07-15

(Gen. Bate, AMI he believed if the
platform just adopted was offered to
him that he and many others on
that side would accept it. If he
would not accept 1t he would be
beaten in November, for he did not
believe he would get 10000 votes.
Offer it to him and to them, and if
they refused the State-credit De-
mocracy could turn away from
them. He said the convention
could count on him, and that he
would be for the candidate they
nominated, no matter who he was.
1t was moved that the convention
go into the nomination for Gov
ernor, Gen. Luke Z. Wright nOmi-
mated Joseph III. Russell, of Maury
county. His nomination was Sec
Onded by Gen. Jno. V. Wright and
w. b. Gordon, Hon. J. d. Tillman
nominated Hon. E. A. James. His
nomination was seconded in one of
the neatest, most appropriate
speeches of the evening by Hon. j.
E. Washington, of Robertson, Mr..
james declined in favor of Mr..
Russell, and on motion that gentle
mans nomination was made unani-
NOUS amid unbounded applause.
MIR. James introduced the nominee
to the convention. He spoke as
follows.
Gentlemen of the Convention, fell
low citizens of the State of Tennes-
see: / stand in my political cradle.
The first step l have ever taken in
pilitics in my life is the step / have
taken tonight. 1 have wondered
why this vast people should select
me for their standard bearer in this
conflict. l came to Nashville this
afternoon and expected to return
tonight. / have been captured.
am prisoner, but thank God there
are no letters upon my arms. 1 am
a prisoner in the camp of my friends.
| stand a prisoner under the banner
that bears upon it truth and equal
justice. stand under the banner
which says to me to know none above
another. IF there is to be any sac
rifice / am as willing to bear it as
any man in the State. Why do i
stand upon the platform adopted
here tonight? Because it is right.
L can stand upon it and float the
banner of truth and justice over
every man, woman and child in
Tennessee. / stand upon that plat
form because / have lived upon it
and expect to die upon it. If you
will rally to the cOlOrs we will win
with that banner. You have Sc
lected one of the humDlest citizens
of the State to bear it, but you have
selected one who, if he knows the
right, will do it.
Gentlemen and fellow citizens:
thank you for the high honor that
you have conferred upon me. If
defeat is conferred upon me, you
have placed the highest honor that
you could have upon me. From
the bottom of my heart thank you
for this honor, and you will never
be ashamed of your banner as long
as Joe Russell bears it.
THE NOMINEE.
Joseph IL. Russell, the nominee
of the State Credit Democratic par
ty, is eminently q self-made man.
His parents were poor, but honest
and upright people, his father being
a carpenter. During his boyhood
he helped his father work at his
trade, and in this way contributed
to the support and education of
himself and sisters. During his
school days and even after he
entered college, and during the va
cations he worked at the carpenters
bench. He is man of culture, ed
ucation and refinement. He grad
uated at Jackson College, located
in Columbia, in the year 1859, in
the last class graduated in that old
and celebrated institution of learn.
ing that furnished SO many illustri-
Gus men to the State. He read law
under the distinguished citizen and
lawyer, Colonel a, NJ. LOoney, of
Columbia, and was licensed to prac-
tice law in the fall of 1860. When
the tOcsin of war sounded through
out the South, true to his convic-
tiOnS of duty, he enlisted as a pri-
vate in Captain HamiltOn's compa-
ny, Second battalion of Tennessee
cavalry, G. S. A.; served as pri-
vate until the reorganization In
Mississippi the year following, when
he was elected second lieutenant of
the company, and afterward COM
manded the company, and was in
command of the company at the
surrender of the Confederate armies.
He returned home after the surren-
der and engaged in the vacations OF
peace, doing all in his power to
build up the waste Places working
of hiO old frnhn nf nnrnnntnr m
March, 1866, he entered upon the
practice OF his profession, the law,
in the town of Columbia and con-
tinued in the practice until he was
elected Acknowledgement for that
judicial circuit in the year 1875,
and was reelected to the same po-
sition i'm 1878, which position he
now holds, and is regarded by the
bar of his circuit as one of the ablest
in the State. He is an honorable,
heightened, Christian gentleman
one of the leading members of his
church, and enjoys in an eminent
degree the confidence and respect of
all classes in society. He is man
of firm conviction, and nothing can
make him sWerve one hairs breadth
HUH w ldt ilc DCllCNSo W NC 1ISlls
He is a strong advocate of temper
ance and morality in all its phases.
He always has been a strong advo-
cate of State-credit because he is
convinced that it is right and hon
est. He has never had any political
position, and has never aspired to
any. His nomination is his first
on the political stage.
He is a man above reproach both
in his private and public life. He
is man of whom the State Credit
need have no fears. He
IS man around whose banner the
young Democracy of the State can
rally with the assurance they will
never, can never be ashamed. lie
is a Mason and Knight Templar
and was elected by the Grand Com
of the State i'm 1880, Rt.
En-. Grand Commander, and served
in that capacity with credit to him.
self and satisfaction to the order.
THE Democratic party of Tennes-