Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-09
From the New York evening Mirror. e
Letter from Z In. Lu3.en B. Chase.

among the S aves in Tennessee have
been suggested 10y the New York press
The public are evidently surprised that
danger should be apprtlrrDded from the
negro population Of that State: probably
more so than if it impended over any
one of the other fourteen Slave States.
The Herald of yesterday a ks What Is
the rar>e of all this commotion 2 With
your permission, viii point out what l
conceive TO have been the real cau-e OF
the difficulty. The reason why the
Northern public are so much a>tOni>hed
ut this impending danger, l. the fact, which
is known here very generally by we'll i'll
formed pei suns, the Slaves in Tennessee
are treated with kindness by the r owners.
Unlike MARYLAND and Virginia, Trnne--
sre is not >lave-brreding ; ate. Slaves
are not bred there for Southern mar
kpt to any considerable extent. The i'll
habiiant> are engaged in agriculture and
in the. iron business. aud slave labor is 20
well rrward.d that very littlt. in'iue''''''sn'
is offered 10 separate members of the
family by SIZZLING a portion of them South.
There is no cause therefore for discomfort
upon that ground.
Unlike Maryland, Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, Tennessee Is not border State.
and is not often subjected TO the raids of
ai,olitionists, or affected by incendiary
publications. The slaves are well fed
and clothed. and are not crowded to-
grthrr in unhealthy quarters, as the oc-
cupantS Of tenement houses are in New
York, neither are they overworkrd a.
laborers of the North often complain OF
being. What, then, ocrasiOnpd this un-
usual frrment among the slaves, and TO
quell which severe and necessary meas
ures were required. 1t appears that
nineteen slaves have been executed AT
Dover, Stewart County. One negro wa
slot in Montgomery County, while great
excitement exists in Dickinson County.
These counties constituted a part of the
Congressional di>tritf which | represent
ed in Congress know the population
we'll, and more high toned, religious
conservative community does not exist il
this country. Tue treatment of slaves i,
regulated 10y wholesome public opinion
aud the owner who di>regardS it sool
find> himself socially ouilawrd some in.
fiuenreS, therefore, other tlaH those which
have existed for the last quarter of "A cen.
fury must have been brought TO bear u;,.
on the slaves to produce this startling
emute and think this is a solution d
the difficulty.
The suhjrct of politics is generally dis
cussed, and thoroughly understood il
Tennessee, and FIR the following reasons
Almost every candidate for office-,ron
Governor and Members of Congress Il
Members of the Legislature. and often
candidates for the Shrriff.llity, County
and Circuit Cierkship<. make STUMP
speeches. Governors. Members of III,
Legislature and Members Of Congress.
are elected every two years, and til,
State is then thoroughly cansasSpd
during each Presidential canvass tn
State is not only stumped Y all the ran
didateS for Electors, but there are numer
Gus sub-elec;orial speakers in each Coun
~.
Tennessee has, for the last twpnt
years, been regarded at every succe~Siv
election a. doubtful State. Every ro
litical battle has been fiererlv contested
each party has been stimulated with hop
and the claims of a>pirants have beeI
subjected TO n much closer scrutiny. thai
in those States which hav>, with unfaI
terlng zeal, sustained the cause of one
only. ut the political pirtieS. Tennessee,
IN 1889 was democratic in 1886 he
: Presidential vote was east for Hugh L
) White; in 1887 the wings carried tn
State, under the prestige of the nam
Hh'g. then recently conf rrtd upon I'll,
OPpo-ition by a gentleman connrcte,
with the New York press. whose modest,
is on "a level with his political integrity.
IN 1889 Mr.. Po.k was elected Gov
ernor; tie wings carried the State il
1910, 1871, 1913 and 1914. Tn. demo
Gratis defeated them in 1915, but wer
themselyes defeated in 1917 and I84S
Ihey. how ever, triumphed in 1919, wer
'iett-altd again in 1851, but proved vie
tor ou> in 1852, 1853, 1850 and 1886
liarIHg been eight tunes defeated, AM
seven times successful in political strug
sc which has no parallel, aud which la
Ell twice as long as the Siege OF Troy; il
VIII ch mingled Andrew jackson. Gen era
Carol, Hugh l.. White, Polk, GYund,
johnson" John Bell, James {. .Junes