The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-14
Case of Mr.. Etheridge.

The following is the result of the Ether
idge trial
HEADouAETERs Nh. DIV. o. TIIE TENsrzsEE,
NASHVILLE, TESN-, Nor.6ih, 49,.
general Orders, No. "a.
1. Before a Military COm1nission. con
veDed ct Columbus, Ky. in pursaspee -
Special Orders, No. 81, Par. III, ron these
Headquarters, dated Nashville. Tenn. Sep
TENDER 26th, 1865, and Of which Brevet
Colonel =. A. Dudley, L S. A. is President.
was arrsigned and tried
Emerson Etheridge, cit zen Of Tennessee.
Charge lst.-Encouraging resistance 10
the enforcement Of the laws.
SPECIFICATION lst-"In this, that on or
about the Let day OF july, 1866. Al the town
Of Dresden. Neakley .cOuaty. Tenn. Erner-
son Etherldge, citizen Of the state of Ten
nessee, was present as a public assembly,
and acted and united With other disioyal
] men IN publishing and adopting the follow
ing treasona0le and ineendiary resolutions,
/ tO-wit.
" And, whereas, during theearly part Of
me present year, 1853, q few desperate po-
/ litieal and pecunisry Hdventufers, (mesn-
ing thereby the loyal and lawfully consti-
/ tuted constitutional Convention OF The State
Of Tennessee assembled mainly from the
military camps in and out Of the State Of
Tennessee, met "a the city Of Nashville, and
/ inside the fortifcstions which had beea
erected by the Federal Government pro-
tessedly ior the purpose Of maintaining aud
enforcing the laws; add whereas said per-
sons 50 assembled, frHudRlently, and with
out the knowledge or con, ent Of nineteen
twentieths Of the people Of said State, then
and there proceeded 10 subTert and abolish
the most important provisions oil he ON
stitution Of said state (inelnding the
main provisions Of the bin Of rights which
are excepted out Of he general
powers Of government); and whereas, Viii
liiua q. brOVnlGw, since that time, has
usurped the Office Of the Governor Of said
State, and certain other persons have usurp-
ed the places Of Senators aid Representa-
tives in the Legislature, and claiming 70 be
the General Assembly Of said State, have
declared themselves " a permanent bod )
unal October, 1867" although the eoustitu-
ton and laws Of said sta e, IN full force for
/ more than 80 years, provide for an election
: for vernon and q Legislature, the first
7 Thursday IN August, 1885,; aud wherea-
said Legislature have p omugAted certain
illegal, uncons titutional, revolutionary auc
desp0tic DEGREES in the form Of Statutory
4 / laws, and its members are now boasting tina
4 they can successfully invoke the military
= ! power Of the United States 10 enforce thes'
. pretended laws upon the loyal people Of thu
( | state, without Their CONSENT IA opposition
/, 70 their wishes and IN palpable vioistion o
the laws Of the United States, and Of thl
/ State Of Tennessee; there ere
2 Resoired, That the persons composing
f; said self-cOnstituted Convention aud Legis
i lature, snd said BrownloW, in the judgmen
Of the Union men Composing this meeting
are scarcely less reasonable, Revolutionary
+ and lawless than were the original author
D and instigators Of the rebellion; and tina
i, should the Federal Government use thl
+, army placed under us control for she soil
purpose Of suppressing the rebellion, In ai'
o Of the scheme Of these usurpers, who hav'
! thus attempted the overthrow Of the c n
stifutiOn and laws Of the State, then, an,
? in that event, the Feieral Government vii
p have met bold rebellion by cowardll
Y nurpation, and win have ssnetiied thl
4. treason Of the rebels BY the dastardly des
I potism insuguraied BY ITSELF"
. The said Emerson Etheridge and his dis
y loyal associates, THEREBY eddeavs ring :
II br ng reproach upon the State and Nations
7 Government, 10 create among the people
rebellious and Revolutionary sp rit, aud I
incits them 10 armed resistance TO the en-
sr forcement Of the laws
SrEcIrIcATioN ID; aIn this, that at n
time and place herein below written
- Emerson Etteriigc, eitizen OF the State
Tennessee, did write sad forward a commu
nication, Of which the following is an ex
tract, tO-wt;
DEsDES, TESN., June 9th, 1865.
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