, 1865-10-10


"there are two grounds upon which we cu
contest the matter before the courts, an
beat the !Abolitiouists:
/. "Property Is above law; the latter b,
ing only for Its protection, and not destru,
ton and hence law that assumes to take
mans prop erty, without his consent, excer
for public use, and with Just compensatio
Is null and void. tAnd,' lie added, 4you, 81,
a Southern man, know this is The ground "
have stood on these many years; 1t was upo1
this that We fought the AbolitIonists on th
territorial question:
9, +'H VIC fail in this, We will assert tina
the clauses Of emancipation were inserted Il
our Slate Constitutions under dnres,, and are
therefore, null and void. But,' he sIgnifi
cantly added, this must not be cur published
programme; We mnst first get orr Congress
men In their seats, and get the United State:
troops out Of the South then We can succeed
Is We can elect Democratic President Il
1861"
"Do you thInk, :" inquired, "that the nc.
groes can be made seEyiceahle as slaves, now
that they hare become free In fact ~
: case tn Nashville, snd where there are garri
sons Of United States troops, but noThers
che they will find on the plantations In tht
interior that they will ret no pay for thi,
year's work, and next spring We vii
rule them with the lasla, for then oul
own members Of Congress will be admitted
TO seats our Legislatures will be running, and
ths United States troops will be superseded
These declarations are important and
can assure the rtadcrs of the TRIBUNE that
they ure fair expos1tions OF the views OF him.
dreds OF men In the South, who claim to be,
at this time. exceedingly loyal, and ready Ia
submit to the constitution and laws, and who
protest against the assertion that they arc
unwilling to accept the situation as 1t Is
NASHVILLE ELECTION.
The election occurred in this city ycstcr.
day, and a,S79 votes-tte largest poll ever
cast In the city--were given, though perhaps
1--WE hundred citizens did not vote, because
disfianehised. Hundreds, however, did vote,
who swore falsely when they obtained their
ertif1caies but that was between themselves
and their consciences. There were nine can
didates for Mayor, md Mr. ". NJ. Brown was
elected same man who WINS City Marshal
when Buell. entered the city, in 1862, and who
ing bis Office in preference lie was, viii
say, however, 9 Union man till long ailer the
State seeded and will also add that he
now declares that he did not remnin In Office
as City Marshal merely because he feared that
he might fnll into the hands Of the rebels and
get into trouble, and not because he objected
10 It. 1e claims to be strong supporter OF
the President nov. Of the ninc candidates,
only one {Capt. DeTine) Inns m unequivoca1
record, and he got II votes. The records oi
the Others, however, have been good since the
battle Of Stone River, with one exception
Ar. Hurt, who received little less than oue-
fourth Of all the votes cast OF tho Alder
men, about one-thfrd had clean records, and
the Others we're only from fair to middIng.
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Into the contest. The people are desirous Of
more efficient police and better sanitary reg
ulatious, and they voted for men who, they
believed, would best serve them in that re-
spect.
TIE LEGISLATURE
will meet tomorrow, and ta session will be M,
imrottant one, Gov, DroEnlnw Is anythinr
but popular: and &is 1ate % e5itortaI RI Il n ~ ths
Enoxyiile WHO. s1anderinr thc ncrr,es ne.
oro sol5iers and tie Eorfhern ,rhftesNmncl,
affer f1is style before fhc ,r1r- -hsa .rraCea
ac aiust him the eDtire Radical vim of mi,
Houses, ,
ihc negro Will be as prominent In the pro-
ccedings OF tAc Legislature rs eEer-ndeed,
more prominent than heretofore; The more
1he Aincan u dlsconntenanccd, the more he
Genes up ana STANDS Ike ghost In the path
o. toe potlllcian. Gannol men loaIn lesson
from tne iaGt: nnl II n6l lcaeh them that
0lere Is only one %ay o. disposhg Of the nc
gro and preventing him from becoming an ele-
ment o1 our ponies and bone o. conteu-
uon 1et l1ose VINO arc Perpctually depFe-
c:lmg INC ag1tatIon ol me negro question
aoopt one snnplo eapeaicnt' and Their de'
s1tes WIN oc g[aLmea; !et them give
nlnl e4uany o1oie the law, and the
oleadlnl negro "A neTer again be
neatd i IN our ee!1slatfTe halls. Religious ques-
Mons eaused many bloody war IN England
a,;.t aa ann H. ~, Me.e .ns iaMs passed 10 prodnce
caI fur,uoiis j: nj lie 1nore laws weTn n,ssei
the Greater the disscnsion nn,il III sects
wcre tolerated and cnnsrferce. mada f1es
when Theological DISPUTES nearly ceased. % @ and
where they cSistcd. ii WIS only IN a mid t',rm
and 10 it Il IN our caee.: INC only wav To 1,rr,.
rent a contest bctwce1, tht racns which Il II
do NOT end Ia blood. will be ever detrimenta1
Ia the interests Of ail. Is TO mako Mi rouai
before The law. Until that IL ilone' Y. shnii
never be cl-ar of sambo. he win he far more
potent In our politics without the Ecbt OF
suffrage ihnn with II.
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Icbelnon, tnouen IRON qesifc lof nosof1ety
nc went mo Il. Johh bell u weak Old
man-hno1nef hmg Leaf-and scarcely Knows