Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-17

hard struggle, he accumulated a hand
some property. To accommodate
friends ten times as wealthy as he was,
and the very cream of a rich county.
he signed as security for thousands Of
dollars. The war ruined them and
him. While in the field his property
was coniscated. and having been shot
through three times, and four horses
shot from under him, he was again
left, physically and financially, to his
own resources after the surrender in a
conquered country and without a dol
lar. he came to Nashville penniless.
Since then he has made by his own
labor and paid $4,000 Of security
money, as the records OF the courts
will show. His friends begged him to
take the bankrupt law, but in vain.
This pure and spotless gentleman
toiled on and paid every dollar Of his
own and these security debts. This
is a noble example,; he is the very soul
of honor, and his personal record is
rare aud radiant. Were there any
delegates in the late boilers conven-
ton who have not only failed to pay
their personal debts, but who took the
benefit of the bankrupt act besides?
If so, did they join in denouncinV
General Bate as a "repudiator 2"
Very likely, very likely. Do they
wish their names to appear In printY
If not, it might perhaps be best dur.
ing the ensuing extra warm campaign
for them to be not quite too pre-.
vious.
In 1869 General Bate delivered an
address to the Lebanon Law School
alumni, which took fast hold upon all
literary men who heard or read it. 1t
was republished in the London Times
and ~eulogized to the echo. For years
he has been the choice Of the people
of Tennessee for United States Sena-
tor. He was in 1881 clearly entitled
to the honor when Howell Il. jackson
was elected. He led almost the entire
Democratic vote in the General As
sembly-the choice of seven-tenths of.
the electors, as Senator Wilson de-
clared. But to conciliate and har.
monte the discordant elements of the
party he wrote to his friends in the
Assembly to withdraw his name; al
though, as he said, and as the record
show, Il have received on many con
secutive ballots considerably more
than a majority Of all the Democratic
votes cast, and within two votes of
tWo-thirds on Joint ballot ofthe whole
Democratic vote of both houses, while
no other Democrat has received a ma
Though ex-senator Bailey, during
the ballOting, got down to seven votes,
be held on-he didn't favor surrender
ing his place to any younger man"
while there was any chance for him
self. He did, however, day before
yesterday, give the candidacy for the
Governorship to Mr.. Fusselll How
nobel How p~atrioticll
During every Democratic caucus
held in 1880, General Bate, as l learn,
had a majority, always q plurality, Of
the votes. He was selected finally in
caucus as the nominee; but when it
came to regular ballot some Of Colo.
mel Bailey's friends went back on the
nomination, shifted about, and finally
fixed it SO that Mr.. II. E. Jackson
was elected by the aid of Republican
votes, though not the choice Of the
Democratic majority. They seem 70
have been boilers, born SO, and BY in
stinct. But every Tennessee Demo
crat al contrast the party fealty and
patriotism as exhibited by Colonel
Bailey on the one hand and by Geuer-
al Bate on the other. @. Il. NJ.