Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-25

Li.col-'s 'sSs ssI.ss s. sss Tennessee
WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
The president to-day wrote reply to the
Ter,ne ,see delegation who called on him a
few da, since, demonstrating against Gov.
j ohnson's proclamation of election in that
state. II is as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
"wAsniSGros, Oct. %, 1864.
"Hessrs W. B. CAMPBELL, THERON BAiLY,
Jons LELlPEiT, DC.
EXPERIMENTATION the 18th day Of this
month. a. rouo'nhcr, printed paper, with
a tcs, manus, ript inte.ineai.en. with your
names appended, accompanied by another
paper, purporting TO be p exclamation by
Andrew Johnson, mill airy governor oil len
nessee, and also u manuscript paper par.
porting to be extracts from The code oi ien-
nesscc, was laid before ne. Thr protest,
proclamation, and extracts are as followo:
They arc hero published in several col
unns. as already printed in the newspapers
of the day. Tho president then continues.
AT tho time that THESE papers Were print
ed, a before stated. had never seen either
Of them, no heard Of the subject they relate
to, except in general way, only one day
previously. Up to the present moment,
nothing whatever upon the subject has pass
cd between Coy. johnson or any one else
connected with the proclamation and my
self Since receiving the paper, Is stated,
have given the subject sucl. brief consider
alton as have been able to do in the midst
Of so many pressing public duties. My con-
cluson IS, that can have nothing to DO
with the matter, either to sustain the peO-
pie ia convention as Gov. johnson has pro-
claimed, or to revoke or modify it as you de
mand BY the constitution and laws the
president Is charged with no duty IN the
conduct OF the presidential election in any
state, nor do in tns ease, perceive any
military reason for his interference in the
matter The movement set on foot BY the
convention and GOV johnson does not, as
seems TO be assumed by you, cinanate from
the rational executive. and in no proper
sense can i DC considered other than as an
iudependcnt movement o! III least q portion
of the loyal people Of Tennessee. do not
perceive, IN plain, any syn Of violence to-
.said aay one Nh johnson, like any other
loya, citizen Of Tennessee, has the right to
favor any political plan he chooses, and. as
military governor, il is lis duty 70 keep the
peace among AID for the loyal people Of the
STATE. c.nno, discern that by this plan, he
purSues any more; but you oiirc, to the
plan Leaving it aonc 1l, be your perfect
-ecurty against it. II j. not proposed to
Iarcc yol info il, except a. you please, OIL
your o2n account, peacefully AID loyasly,
and Coy Johnson viii nol meiest YOU, buf
via protect goa against VIOLENCE, so far as IN
us power. presume that the conduct OF
the prc>id, nlial election in Te.tlcssee in ex-
act accordance with the Old code Of the state
is not possible. Il is scarcely necessary to
adj that, il any election shal be held, and
any votes shat bc east in the state Of Tenne>-
see for president and ice president of the [.
Stat s, it VIII belong not to military
agents of the cXecuiivc department, but cv-
cin.syely 70 another department Of govern
mcnt, to determine whether they are emit
tied 10 be ceditei in conformity with the
constitution and law of the United States,
except It be to your protection against ylo-
lencc. decline 10 interfere ia any way with
anv presidential election.
fSlgned,) ABRAHAM LINCOLN"