The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-23
Gov. BrOwnlOW'S New of the Situation in
the South.
STATE OF I'ENNEsEE-E EXECUTIVE DEPART-
NiENT, NASHVILLE Nov. 10.

| STATE OF ENNEsEE-EXECUTIYR DEPART- !
MENT, NASHVILLE, Nov. 13.
Editors Gazette.
! In your paper of Saturday find this no.
tice:
''Gov. Brownlow was robbd of $500 and dis
watch, by some highwaymen hear Nash
vile while he was riding out with Hon. |
Horace Maynard, on Friday evening"
This is mistake. 1t was my son, the
Adjutant General Of the State, who was ri |
ding in buggy with son of Horace May. !
nard. am too prudens man to ride out
on any road leading from or coming into
Nashville, other than railroad This
whole country abounds in thieves and rob-
beTs, any of whom would murder man for
his watch, or for a S. bill Despite of all
the vigilance exercised by the civil and mil
itary authorities, murders and rohbsries are
OF daily occurrence-hoth in Nashville and
the surrounding counties of Middle renne-
see. AS loud and as numerous AS are ,n>
complaints against East Ienpssee bv .
papers OF Nashville, and Certain ooa sne ne
po''''''a -, Lnere are five of thesr '9 =,
,orpetrated in Middle tennessee e., a,ar,, e.
that occurs in the eastern d;y;siou IF th..
State To he candid thor. ia .I,,oet nc
much disIoyaity in Nil die Tenn4see as ,hare
was III 1861 Aud this is so Of the whole
Suuth' MINUS tb'- number of disloyal men
VII" are Under ground! Tennessee is in
huch oe'te' condition than any one of the
seceded states, and she has great room for
improvement Dix OF seven ont of her eight
J representatives to Congress are true aud loyal
nen ah0 iof the good Of the State and ma
tlon Should like Co sue them admitted 10
seats III the approaching session. but this
3 ! cannot say OF the other Southern States
They will not elect loyal men to Congress,
, nor can loyal man he elected Governor OF
one OF those States. Their Conventions aud
Legislatures are overwhelmingly rebel and
Will he for years to come. Their candidates
) for Governor Congress and the Legislature
as we'll az for county offices, urge their
claims Tor votes on the ground 5hat they had
done all IN their power to aid the rebellion.
: They are tor assuming the rebel war debt
and they are for legisIatng Northern men
5 out Of the South
In "a word, the rebels of the South have
f 10y no means abandoned thus long cherished
idea OF se,jor ting tbe GvCer0ment. They are
locking to tins end and more they are or
gGuC&iAg with view to this result They
5 do not propose to dissolve the Union by IT,,
me- nt the sword aud bayouet They nave
tried this i'll wicked war If four years
| and sigusiIy failed Their purpose is to a,
coinpIish their Internal plans through TIL
ballot box in Congress and they look /.
7 Comprehend Democracy and other norther,
+ traitors tn aid them. Thank God the re-
: cent elections at the North have blasteo
their hopes for the present. and taugi
them that tile real people. the loyal mass
= of the great North are all right
My hopes for tie turure are in the gnou
ness the obstinate loyalty and deter mined
D purpose Of the Republican majority in Cor
t gress. lp'ay God they will lot admit reh
els into Congress indiscriminately, becauA.
they have taken the amnesty oath. or ob
tanned the Executive pardon. AS President
johnson said, let them occupy the back
seats for few years
| am one of those at the South who be
! lieve this war has closed out two years too
soon! The rebels have been whipped but
not whipped enough.
/ For saying these things expect to
he abused by all rebel papers South, and by
all traitorous sheets at the North. LIE,
them say out; am able to stand their
abuse. am for the American Union, re-
gardless Of the hate of sections, the war of
parties, or the malice of individuals
i have the honor to be,
Very truly and sincerely,
w q BPowNTow