The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-30

In the Knoxville v hig ofthe 27th,we find
q long letter from the Senior Editor +"
Gov 3 oSnloWl nths uegr q estion, from
which we make the following extracts:
CONCENTRATIONS o. xEGEoFs Is THE rowrs-
1HEIR coADUcT-
Thou ands Of free eolored persons are con
gr' eating in and around he fsrre toaiis in
Ienns ssee, sud thousands ere coming in
rom 9th Stats, one third Of whom can
not get employ Indeed, l.ss tban
n !, third Of n m went employment, or feel
slllibg 10 st00p 70 work. They e terrain
he ere tous idea that he Government is
bound TO supply al their wants, ana ev, n
% lernisn them with houses, if 10 order to
90 mat the white Oecupat ts ~ usi be turned
out The Is large demsnd for labor IL
/ every section Of the 81 &, but the colored
people, with here and there noble exctp
uon, seorn sue idea OF work. Thev fiddle
and dance at nigh, snd lie around the stores
ana strset co ners ia tn day time. Aud
som Of the iudiscre-e tea-hers II the rcer3
from the North who knoE nothing Of the
/ negro chafacteT- have been lznO IN 10 tel
I them not 20 hIae 70 white people Having
/ the gle idea in their head Of aJohfior.
they advise the simple and credu Gus
regroes 10 life OF precarious subsistence.
| OF laieness aud dancing and Of crowding
] IrENEEnn &
70 good wsges and comic table homes in the
count y Il some great change Is not made,
] when the winter comes on, snd ii the d liz
tary 'oree is Withdrawn, a. Hey lriH 5e. there
| wil be great suffering and fearful mo talitv
among them. There is a bad state Of feel
! ing now between them and the whites. and
/ u Is daily growing more bitter. Many Of
/ the nesroe are insulting b. white families
Wh3 nfyer owned any OF their color. and
] never did them
I quenily elbow unprotected white women Of
Of our narrow pavements, aud curse white
1 meu passing them Just 10 show their
/ autoorlty. Others are sws airing on the
streets-ind ace have heard them-that
they VIII clean cut the id towni And
siiil anothe Glars swe-.r, that if they are not
allowed their ghts at tue ballot-box they
W j resort to The cartridge boz Ard they
swear they VII be backed up by the Gov
ernman'. As one desir ny she welfare Of
the eolored people, they viii permit me 10
say that they cant drire the Legislature Of
Ie- nessee inta conf~rr,hg upon thtm the
elective franchise. They can, by the DEM
onstrations they are making IN this drec-
ton, deprive themselves Of any such priv
I lege, 30 far as Tennessee is COZ cerhed. The
I Federal Government has no right 10 control
the suffrage Question in Tennessee. Aud
the g-eat Union party Of the Nation viii
have more sense thaa 90 attempt 10 control
the question by Congressional legislation.
WHAT EAST TENSEssEANs WILL NOT STAND.
Prssideat Johnson viii remove all troops
/ IRON East Tennes ee before a great wal
and a. colored people as we J as the whites
viii have 10 take care OF themselves. 4
/ portion 0f them i know, and feel assured
they VIII be industrious and quiet G tiz,is,
providing for themselves ADD families The
great majority Of them viii not, ami will
q aa.H al
into the peniteniiary They Will fal bv !
their threats If violencs b. accomplish any |
good, ana he is Their best 10 end who advises |
them against this coBrse Of conduct. q J. /
ored soldiers in Federal IN f rm., with guns /
and pistols in their hands, must not suppose 4
that East It,incsseGns viii be int mida ed 1
by them, or suffer their families 20 be abus-
ed. know these people, and know they /
will not submit 20 De run over by negro s0i-
diers And know ng d 2, desire 10 keep |
down any conflict between tie races. The !
East Tennessee II ops, woo have foug ht three I
dreadful years 10 tree the negroes and get 1
The priv ege Of coming aJack Go their old /
and cherished homes. are not the min 10
be run over by colored 8 ld.ers who csme
into me light az the e'eT nth hour. And |
those who hsvs the immediats e ntrol Of /
the colored troops, AID sre N daily nyer-
satiOn with them, had as well snde-st7nd /
ibis fact at occe. L0ysl men in East Ten /
nesse concede 10 the colored people their |
freedom, and their right q enjoy all they 4
en- make, even re lliEa FROM The aid OF /
the Cover ment, and tie still further privi- /
lege Of educating heir ohndrrni but they 4
are not prepared 70 see all their churches 4
and school houses turned ever 20 them,
aud tue innocent white children OF \
Union parents, who never osned /
any slaves, denied houses Of wor-
ship srd houses in which 10 teach school,
because a few impudent teaehers, up-staits
from the North, out OF any other emp oy-
m-nt, have conceived the ia. Of immortal
izing the negroi There are those Of us here, |
ella ming 10 be on the side Of the Union, who 4
still think, notwithstanding the result of /
the war, that a white child az good a
bl ok one There are those Of as here, on 1
the Union side, who do n. recognize the 4
right Of the government, ufier emamcipatiug 4
the negroes of Union men, 20 take their 4
lands and property as q punishment f,r 1
their having Owned slavesi There are those 4
oi us here, claiming thai there H. no dis 1
count upOn our unionisnl, who DONE rscog 1
nize the right of a captain or lieuieDans in 4
command Of colored troops, upon the repre- 4
sentation Of a negro Of bad character, arrest
ing RESI- ectab'e loyal white men with negro 1
ba, oncts, and marching th'm IN Ia one \
county to another for trial, when their COO
demnation has been agreed upon by the ne
qroes in advance And there are Thousands /
Of true-hearied Union citizens and dis 4
/ chsrged Federal soldiers in Eas; TennessI e,
who viii d O. right here. ia second wa. 4
before they W n tubm d any such INSULT, 4
wrongs aud Cutrages
A DAY or REcroNiNe WiLL Cosi 30 rHE Nj 1
GRoEs ARR NOT TAUGHr TO KNOW THEia
PLACES.
speak out plainly, because she state Of
the public mind requir,s e. There is
deep, intense, desperate feeling getting up
throughout this end of ihe State upon this
subject. 1 think I tee whore and what IL
viii lead to. and desire 90 remedy the evil.
advise the white population u treat the
negroes justly in al RESI- ect', and not b. d.s-
turb them In their lawful aud peaceful pur-
suits. They were armed and uuiiofmedby
the government, and ought not TO be de-
ncunced on that account, where they con
duct themselves properly. On the other
hand, let those who have control Of the Ge-
groes advise them 20 quiet and peaceful
course. aud 90 reconcile ID 20 themselves 90
see wEite men and their families enjoy what
rightly belongs to them. Let them frown
down all malicious complaints from negroes
OF bad characters against white persons who
have always stood fair. Let them cease 90
arrest gentlemen Of character and standing.
aud Of loyalty, because some enraeed slave
has lancied he can procure such arrest. A
day Of reckoning viii come hereafter, and if
thcsa eneroaehments upon the rights aud
liberiie of loyal men are impudently CON
tinued, shat day will come sooner than any
OF rs want TO see IL
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