Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-06-19
Gen. Dibrell tor Governor.
Cor. jackson Whig.

Cor. Jackson Wing.
Who will we have for our next
Governor? This was a question ask
ed by myself and many Others more
than two years since. The people of
the State, not unmindful of the dis
tinguished services and bearing of
Gen. Bate, again laid their hands
upon him and bid him bear the DEM
ocratic standard through the counties
of our border. He yielded to the call
and bore our banner to victory over
the serried hosts of the enemy. Party
usage, immemorial custom and the
wishes of this leader, all unite in set
ting the country afioat in search of
some other son of Tennessee to cham
pion the cause of Democracy in the
coming struggle. Upon whom shall
this choice fall? This is the question,
the all-important question, upon
which our political solons must soon
be called upon to act. can name a
leader for this post of honor, around
whom the prestige of victory has
always lowered, against whom no
knight of the Republican camp was
ever yet pitted who could defeat
him at the ballot, or vanquished him
in argument. His logic is caustic and
sharp, his periods pointed and incis-
i've, and in political lore and saga
city there is no man in Tennessee
who can overmatch him. He is IA
miliar not only with State but also
with National politics, and in one
hours speech, although no orator, can
say more, make more points and pro-
duce a deeper impression on the
minds of the people than any one /
have yet heard on the hastings. Con-
densed and luminous thought and eX-
preston is with him a natural gift
His political education is at least ripe,
if not complete; his patriotism pure
and tried; his understanding sound
his conceptions quick and close. Shall
/ name the man, name his occupa'
ton? 1t is Gen. G.. G.. Dibrell, Of
White county, Tennessee, at home 8
farmer, and until recently, one of oul
; most able and esteemed and infiuen
tial Congressman. For ten consecu
tive years he held this post, and there
was no prowess or grip among thC
giants of his foes which could ejec
him from Office, until Cincinnatu
like, he of his own accord yielded thu
sceptre of position and place for thu
charms of private rural life. Durins
, his stay at Washington, for decad
) of years, he was studying politics
t party doings, party history, and tn
= great questions of state and states
} manship which then busted tn
5 minds of those sitting in that council
: Is not such a man the one for whom
( people of Tennessee are now looking
e for leader in the coming canvass
e 1t seems to me he is, and methinks
e already hear echoing in the distanc
0 the popular verdict in his favor
? "Cedae RonamH .ScriptoriS, cedil
u Grail" (which may be thus paragraph
;, ed to suit the times: Give place
t him Republicans, give place to hir
e Democrats. He is a man from til
n people and the man for the people
e He halls from the mountain distric
It a territory of more ample cubic fee
IS of mother earth than any other i
J. the State, whose population is {
e numerous, intelligent, and as orthodo
d in its Democracy as any other. i
e patriotism is as pure, as steadfast, ;
It unfinching in its devotion to countr
= as the most favored sections and til
r. most favored citizens could wisl
r Then why not for once in the polit
l. cal history of Tennessee select a Co
is ernor from one of the sons of tn
l. mountain region. Are the claims
/, others and other sections of the Sta
5, so potent as to hush into silence Il
i far weightier ones of Gen. Dibrell an
IL the people of the mountain district
|, Neither this man, nor the constitl
he ents whom he so long and ablyrepr
e sented in Congress, ever fiickered
4. the hour of trial, in the day of actio
ar The cohorts from the mountain
10 have always moved in columns u
le broken when called to the front, wht
he called to duty. People of Tennessee
Ell it is this much neglected yet 10y
ID section of your country, which pr
ut sents the name of one of her citize
a good, true, and able man, and as
1e you for once in a century to place hi