Year: 1869

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got from the State in my life for twelV
years legislation, including the Rebs


Legislature, and it is more money tha
these school superintendents, Of whom
| be talks so much about, receives. Nov


in conclusion, let me ask you to notie
my competitor and hear him upon tn


franchise question. SVEb -3fiii


What is it that makes the distinction


between a freeman and a slave 3? Wha
is it that makes distinction between ;
republican form of government and any
other ? 1t is the right Of The citizen tc
go to the ballot box and declare who
shall be his ruling officers who shall
make the laws and who shall execute
them. Is it right to keep down these
men Who are required to pay taxes: Yes
the white. winged angel has gone around
and knocked at the heart of every honest
man and asked this question. When
you 60 to the ballot box DO yourselves
justice, and i will risk the consequence.
He thanked the audience for their kind
attention and retired amid loud cheering.
q. ll1Es GEN. STOKES SPEECH. a


Gen. Stokes then arose and delivered
. lengthy speech, which varied very little
from those he has been making during
the canvass. He said that he was an adj
yocate Of the Republican Chicago plat
form, and was in favor of the removal Of
the restrictions from the Rebels as soon
as the spirit Of disloyaity viii die out,
and that is where my competitor placed
himself on the 18th of June. Oh, but
he says Grant is for universal suffrage.
In hisinaugural address he says he thinks
these questions should be settled now,
but does not stop there, bat tells the
reason, how he thinks they may be set
tled-by the ratification of the 18th
amendment He said that his name was
used in connection with the Governorship
last December, and had received several
letters, among which was one from three
legislators.


% He then read the letter from Thornr
burg d. Co., asking him if he was is favor
Of universal suffrage, and said that these
gentlemen had right to ask such a
question. He then read his answer to
this letter, and while he was reading it,
an old gentleman asked him il he was
now in favor of universal suffrage To
which he replied, l am not At this
juncture large number of persons left
the ground


Gov. Senter had helped to put the
chains on these people and had riveted
them there. He was Speaker of the
Senate and never uttered one word he
was Governor, and not one word did he
utter. The convention met; he retained
the militia, after delegations had called
upon and almost fallen upon their
knees and begged him to remove
the militia, and to day they are
still in the field. On the night
Of the Goth of May Gov. Senter said that
the time may arrive that Rebels could
vote, but it was far of, forit would break
up theparty to let them in now. There
Is my competitor on that night
among delegates from every division of
the State. To forget principle is to for
get the interest of prosperity. He wanted
the Governor to tell the people whether
what he uttered that night is true
or not When he read it the next
day he (Stokes) said to himself that
Senter was sound upon that subject


STOKES SPEECH,


He stood to-day precisely where he
stood last January when he wrote to
Messrs ThOrnberg & Co. He had been
the first man ever to propose the calling
of convention. Gov. Senter does not
stand to-day where he did when he first
started out at Nashville. He dwelt at
some length upon the personal character
of Gov. Senter, and upon the finances Of
the country.


No applause was made during his
whole speech. He was very coldly re>
ceived, and before he finished many of
his hearers left the grounds. 1t was
thought by great many that he would
change bis policy upon the franchise
question as soon as he struck Middle
Tennessee, but be did not He still ads
vocates the platform taken by him in his
speech at the Capitol