Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-27

only about SO per capita. | started
into this thing in good faith, but 4
can't be traded off to the Republican
party. You are right, my brother.
They may pull the wool over the ne
groes' eyes, but thank God am still
a free man, and cannot be sold by
Buck and few others who want Of
flee. Count me back with my friends,
and will not allow little anger be-
cause Buck wasn't nominated, to in
duce me to throw away my man
hood and birthright."
Buck, | didn't stay to hear wi at
the third one had to say. My heart
sank. Suck, it amt right. You
ought to have had better sense than
listen to Mcdowell. If you had acted
right the Democrats would have
nominated you without opposition.
We are making fearful sacrifice
just for a few offices. The State will
be ruined if turned over to the Re-
publicans, and only few Of US will
be benefted-nobody but us lead
ers. The men who will do our bid
ding will get nothing, not a single
thing, and it amt right to mis-
lead them in this way, Buck. You
may count me in, don't pick out any
body else for that place, for / want
it. What did Winstead and Jack
Baker and Napier say when you told
them was to have the coal oil in
spectorship here? 1 thought would
mention it to Baker or Napier last
Friday, but was afraid to say any
thing to them about it. was about
to forget Scott. How do you reckon
Scott and Baker, and Napier and
Cheatham all happened in here the
same day, last Friday? 1T was trad
ing day, and ! guess it took all to
make the bargain. 1t was veritable
"black Friday" Buck, but that's all
right, just SC. our folks don't find it
out. Forgetting for the moment that
coal oil inspectorship, it did make
me feel bad to see our old boys throw
up their hats and applaud that fellow
Scott. Why, Buck, If our old Con-
federates were to 60 to Kansas and
try to vote they would not be allow
ed under the constitution. 1t is
plain, and says no Confederate sol
dier can vote unless he is first par
doned by a two.thirds vote of
the Legislature OF that State.
Some of the leaders down here
say, that is all right, but, Buck, /
would die rather than get down on
my knees and beg Republican
Legislature to pardon me for taking
up arms in defense of this Southland,
if / had been In the Confederate
army. John F. House had this clause
of the Kansas constitution published
in the LEAF-CHRoNICLE the other
day, and he says he has the
constitution at his Office to be
seen by any caller, and some
OF our folks are going to see it. /
wish he would keep his mouth out OF
this thing. Some one In the audi
ence, while Scott was speaking, ask
ed him to explain it, he said he
would get to that after awhile, but
he never did get to it. reckon he
"forgot it." 1t pays to forget things
sometimes. ] hope our folks will
forget all misconduct of the Republi-
can party until after the election.
We must change our tactics. 1t
won't work any longer to say Buck
ought to have been nominated. They
say, in reply to that: "Why any
man has right to run for the Demo-
cratic nomination. This State doesn't
belong to any man. No man has a
right to say "the Office belongs to me-"
1t belongs to the people of the State,
and if the people take up a man
once and make him governor, he has
no right to demand it again, not any
more than a man / hire to work for
me one year has the right to demand
that keep him another year. The
people hire the governor and pay
him 100000 per year, (you get
about $6,500.00) and they have the
right to hire another when that con-
tract is out.". And again they say,
"that isn't what is the matter, why
Buchanan is doing all he can do to
elect Harrison, by running his folks
of after Weaver, and making some
vote for Harrison, and this same
game is being played in other States.
What has the Democratic candidate
for president to do with Mr.. Buch-
anan's defeat in Tennessee? If you
are complaining simply because
Buck was nominated, why are you
trying to defeat all the Democrats
from Cleveland DOWN." You see,
Buck, it won't do. If you were the
only man running, then we could
answer them. but we are trying to
defeat the whole ticket, and it won't
do to say it is because you were not