Clinton, Tenn., June 14, 1869 TO THE EDITOR OF THE KNOXVILLE WHIG: - Will you be so kind as to publish this short letter for your humble servant? I wrote a letter on Saturday defining my position, and sent it to the Maryvllle Republican, then then believing that General Stokes was a stanch republican and still stood on the old radical platform, and that Senter had flew the track. In that letter, I declared for Stokes against my old friend Governor Senter, but, having heard the discussion today, I find that one is about as deep in the mud as the other in tbe mire, and knowing that the true, unsophisticated republicans were badly disappointed in the position of General Stokes, whom they had looked upon as holding the old radical doctrine, was likely to carry the State by an overwhelming majority, declaring for him all over Senter's Senatorial district, upon the ground and that ground alone; that glorious old Blount was for him for the same reasons; and seeing the Senter party, here and at Knoxville, charge beforehand that their champion should be voted for in preference to Stokes because he was for universal suffrage, and seeing the universal disappointment of the people, I propose a third candidate, who will "tote fair," who stands by the old landmarks of the radical party, where old Governor Brownlow and the much abused legislators of 1865-9 stood,who never plays the part of a demagogue, knows no tricks in politics, but moves straight forward in tbe line of his duty conscientiously, one whom you can trust. In that way we can save the party of progress from utter annihilation, save its sacred memories, its many sacrifices and herculean labors. J. A. DOUGHTY New York Herald, New York, New York, June 25, 1869