Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-14


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tain admiFsiea FOR her Senatefs AMI kspfegaiepye.
IN Congress II pafsons ars allowed TO ysts without
reference b their loyaAyl This IL pFsetcaI hll-
imrDssant qassish m the absences Of Al restriction
win bring About our exclusion from the AkiioHai
e0uneiiA and oar virtual bondage under military
government ~ 6iands Of uniSefsas fees sanfage
win do wisely g pause and reflect upon tns alrela'
consequences which their success In the Tennesase
/ General Assembly viii bring upon The state. we
think that the elective Franchise must be aetted here
on such farms ne will give reasohaha assurance 70
the National party, who viii constitute an over
whslmihg majority In The neat Congress, that the
power Of she State shall not rs INTO we nanas s.
the men who got up the rebellion while the hiends
/ Of the Union In Middle and West Isanessee are
yirsnGlly disfrahohised ostraoised snd put under
law which will make their lives bareea ct home.
The National Congress will admit our delegates On
no such unreasonable ana hafeafous terms
II viii demand the full protection Of the original
Union men who barred their hesrts 70 tie wild Storm
which ragged through this state 10 1856. Tske the
case Of our two u 3 Senators elect Does any man
dream that either Of these distinguished and Sted-
fast oyAiists could be elected over milk and water
pro-slsvery Southern rights candidate, n contest
Tor Governor II the blosbox were uRpr0ecsed rom
disloyal yotes7 No man believes any such thing
Does any man believe that half adosen members OF
the present General Assembly could be elected 10
- State office over Southern sympathseF, If the
polls we're unpFoteetedi Nc man beiievs IL. For
there IL q large element 81 our population which Il
a 4 anlA
ward tho Union eaase and Union men. Now II tho
oath Of office be such that rebel hold Office,
and In addition the most bitter and Influential rebels
be cut of from the bsllot-bO1 more properly, be
allowed 10 remain in the state OF Acknowledgement
In which they have placed Themselves, We have
strong hopes and even confidence, that the great
mass Of the people will speedily ally themselves
with the National party. The policy We adopt must
be the National policy: for at present we
PEELED 70 lean on the national FOR support and
protection. It Is Idle for as 70 set up standard Of
our own, and demand that the nation shall conform
10 It. The men who AJAX this we may aptly call the
mpracticabeS for they would defeat the restoration
and reorganization which they profess 70 desire
above all things else But We are told that Mr..
Greeley and Mr. BeeehsF and Mr.. Summer and Mr..
Chase are for unrestricted suffrage. True, but not
At all in the sense in which the Conservatives IN
Tennessee understand the term. The Tennessee
Conservatives mean one thing by universal suffrage
aud Mr.. Greeley and Chief Justice Chase mean 50
much more that~it amounts TO quite another thing
The Tennessee Conservatives mean By universal
suffrage that ali white men shall vote but not the
free colore3 citizens at ALL Chief Justice Chase and
Mr.. Greeley mean By universal suffrage that the
great mas Of the white citizens Of the South 20
gether With al loyal oolored citzens shall vote.--
So that practically the Tennessee Conservatives Gad
the radicals Of The North who are for universal suE
frsge, are wide apart as the poles. The Tonnes
see Conservative viii oppose oolOred suffrage under
Ill IL
Mr.. Chase and Mr. Greeley will contend for the ex-
ciusion Of the Southern delegations from Congress
until colUred men are admitted 20 the ballot-box-
Ii Is remarkable ao, that the Connecticut Legisla-
ture, the most decidedly conservative Of al the
Northern Legislstures the other day, in q PROPOSE
ton TO amend the State Constitution by two-thlrs
vote and over, adopted constitutional amendment
striking out the word white, and giving the negro
ballot
We acknowledge that VIC are surprised at this re-
suit in the Legislature Of Connecticut We would
sooner have expected il in any other State north Of
the Ohio river II will be seen from editorial Of
the New York Tribune, which We publish to-day,
that the Universal Suffrage party Of The NJ, 'is
dc Y a VII s sesseh s 10 coored susg" The
Northerh radicals viii oopsoat to unrestricted white
suffrage. Il is supposed BY some who have given :
superficial examination 70 the Prssdants proolama-
ton Of May 10Th, that be has modified greatly his
former visws announced in his former speeches
Inc AoltDNiHE hpeNlHCALiohs OF classes WHO Are
empted from the benefits Of this latest amnesty proc
lematon, shows that this supposition l. bAseless.
40. All persons who LEFT their homes within the
Jurisdiction and protection Of the United States and
passed beyond the Federal military lines Htoths So
called C0nfederacy7
This is n large exception II itself and viii en-
brace thousands Of Tsnnesseeana. If disfranchise-
ment be regulated according 20 this exception, not
less than ten thousand voters Of Middle Tennessee
will be deharred from the hallot-bo
-. All who have engaged in any way in treating
otherwise than lawfully prisoners Of war persons
found in the United States service As ofcers SOL
dierf, seamen, or in other capacities.
This exception includes another considerable elass
ia. All persons who have taken the oath Of am.
nesty prescribed in the Presidents proclamation
Of December g. 1883, or oath Of allegiance 70 the
United States since the date Of said proclamation
and who have not theHoeforward kept and main.
tanned the same inyiolate7
This exception viii embrace very large class If
the ofense can be established by sufficient testimony
"l9. All persons who have voluntarily participa-
ted In said rebellion, and the estimated value Of
whose taxable property Is over twenty thousand
dollars
This exception strikes blow at a largo, inauen- |
tial and dangerous class Altogether She Presidents
list Of exceptions In the amnesty proclamation |
makes II more rigid document against the friends
Of the rebellion than the minority ranchisebi now
pending In the Legislature KashrilIs Prtss add
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