Year: 1872

OF the 3rd, 4th, 9th and 9th districts


feeling the importance of harmony il
our party and unity Of action in ou


local as well as general elections asl
the honest voters to the consideration
of the following views in regard to thu
election of candidate to represent u
in the next General Assembly.


The Tobacco Leaf, of the 11th inst.
contains the withdrawal from the can,
vass of the Hon. II. +. Ferguson. The
motives prompting him to this course
reflect on him a greater honor for pa.
triotism and purity of character than
a successful competition could have
done, no matter by what majority en-
dorsed. Concentration of action is
of vital importance and the only as
surancc of the success of our party.
With contentious and disorganization,
inevitable defeat awaits us. An igno-
rant minority will rule the intellectual
majority of our county. To prevent
this humiliation of our proud old
county let's unite on standard bearer
possessing within himself the elements
that will render him acceptable to the
people and competent for the position
Such a candidate We present in the per-
son of Esquire Frederick, of the 9th
district, whose card accepting the ear
nest solicitations of his many friends
to become candidate appears in the
Tobacco Leaf of the l1th inst. His
response to the call meets the hearty
approval and almost unanimous en-
dorsement of the party in the Bird, 4th,
Sth and 9th districts. We, his neigh
bors and acquaintances for many long
years, know him to be honest, faithful
and competent. One of the oldest
magistrates in the county, always the
steadfast friend of the people in mat
ters of rctrenchment and reform in our
county court, guarding with a jealous
eye the dignity and honor Of her peo-
pie, Esquire Frederick comes not in
the capacity of an Office seeker or po-
litical huckster, nor to arouse any feel
ings antagonistic to perfect harmony
and the success of his party. He has
been appealed to by many of the best
citizens of the county, who are ear
nestly seeking to allay sectional and
personal differences, to become a can
didate, and he believing it to be the
duty of every good citizen to aid all in
his power to advance the interests and
happiness of the community, announ-
ces himself, subject to the action of
the people. Esquire Frederick is a
plain, unpretcnding farmer, of sound
practical sense and mature judgement,
of strictly business habits, and per-
sonally identified with the develop
meut and prosperity of the county
His general information and position
qualities him for fit representative of
every interest of the county. We be-
lieve him to bea candidate upon whom
each branch of business and trade,
each district and division may cor
daily unite aud find a faithful expo
nent Of their rights and defender of
the common veal of all.


We are passing through political
crisis, both State and National that
has no precedent in our history. and it
bchooves all good citizens to discrcetly
consider the danger that presages our
liberties in Tennessee. IT'S the people
that must take the lead in this forlorn
hope for perpctuation of self gov
crnmcnt and an honest administration
of public affairs. Old party leaders
and political fossils have been buried
in this great upheaval of the honest
masses. Men and not measures is the
regime ofthe new power. Honesty and
capacity arc the prerequisites for Of
fee. Possessing these in an eminent
degree, faithful to his trusts in the
past, we earnestly ask you to unite with
us in elccting Esquire Frederick to the
important position of representative
of Montgomery County in the next
General Assembly.


Bird, 4TH AND 9TH.