Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-26
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ExEeurIvE MAxsIos, WAsHlEGrox,
October 90
Ksssrs Wm. B. CampbsH, Taos. A. r.
Nelson Jas. Il. r. Ca-tsr, soka Vii
son, A. Blizzard, .7enrg Chopper,
Bayiie Peyton, John s. Eii3oft, Em-
ersoR Etheridge and John ID. Perry
man:
GExrLEmEs: On the 18th of this
month, as remember, 5 printed paper,
with few manuscript iuterlineatons,
called protest, with Jour names ap-
pended thereto, and accompanied by
another printed paper supporting 10 be
9 proclamation BY Ardrew johnson,
Military Governor OF Tennessee, and
also manuscript paper purporting to
be extracts from the Code Of Tennessee,
were laid before me The protest, proc
lamgtion and extracts are respectively
IS follows: The protest Is here recitsd,
and also the proclamation Of Governor
johnson, dated sepgH0 aeg 81 la Witch
i refers, togeiher wa 5 iisl of eoun.
ties n East, Aia3s sna Yves, Ten.
+ nessse, also sz from the
Code of 1euuessas reIalisn to
/ electors Of Preai&sa Eles Press-
dent. Qualifications sfers IN mega.
/ bers Of General Asa y. Az paaces OF
| holding elections aad 0s75eara af napa
lar elections. The President then says
that al the time these papers we're pre-
sented, as before stat "a ] had never seen
either Of them, ner heart; OF the subject
70 which they relate except In general
vay. only one day ptsE sously. Up 70 the
present moment, hing whatever has
| passed on the subjarE between Governor
johnson, or any ous else connected with
the proclamation, and myself Since
receiving the papeTs, as stated, have
given the subject Each brief considsra-
ton as / have besn able 10 do IN the
midst Of so many pressing public duties.
| Ny conviction is aat ! can have moth
ing 10 do with the matter, either 70 aut.
/ tain my plan, as thr Convention and
Governor Johnsor asve initiated Il, or to
revoks aud mod. IS you demand, BY
the consiitution ahd the lava The
| President is eharked with no duty in the
conduct Of Presidential elections ia any
State, NOR da I. in this case, perceive
any real reason for his interferenee in
this matter. The movement set on foot
By the Convention aud Governor john
| sou, does not, as seems TO be assumed
By yon, emanahte from the National Ex-
ecutive. In no proper sense can IL be con-
sidsred but an independent movement
Of, at least portion Of the loyal people
of Tennessee. do not perceive in the
plan any menace of violence or coercion
towards any one Governor Johnson,
ike any other loyal citizen, has the right
70 favor any political plan he chooses,
aud, az Military Governor, it In his duty
to keep peace among and for the loyal
people of the State. ! cannot discern,
that by this plan, be proposes any more
But you object 70 this plan. Leaving II
alone will be your perfect security
against IL Il is not proposed to force
you into il; do as you please, on youF
Own account, peacefully and legally, and
Governor johnson will not molest you
bat will protect you against violence, sc
far IS is in his power
/ presume that conducting Presidea
tial slectioRsin Tennessee in accordance
with the old code is not now possible Itn
scarcely necessary TO add that il an.
election shall be held, and any vote
shall be cast in the State Of Tennesse'
for President or Vice President Of th'
United States, 1t will belong not TO mill
tary agents, nor yet TO the Executive
. Department, bat exclusively to anotbe
department of the Government, to de
termine whether they are entitled TO b
accounted in conformity with the Con
s,itution and laws of the United States
: Except it be to give protection sgains
violence, ! decline 70 interfere in an
, way with the Presidential election.
. ABRAHAM LIscsLg.