Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-25


times Of provoking smile. It's, thanks
tO such men as Mr.. Horace Greeley, DR.
U'nderhill and Others, that the poor ne
gr0es themselves are deceived into fur
nishing by their own acts the best posi-
ble arguments against negro freedom.
GOV. BROWNLOw-S LETTER.
4 Kentucky contemporary, from whom
our readers would not have expected, q
year ago, a rebuke Of anything said
againstthc rebels Is moved to censure
Gov. BROwNLOw for his late extraordi-
nary letter to a Cincinnati paper. The
+ journal says
+ " Revolutions are invariably attended
by political ultraism, and we are having
an Illustration of the fact in our lately
! rebeIIious States. In Tennessee, for in
( stance, an effort is being made 20 organ
. ize a Radical party, based upon
the issues growing out of the
/ recent war. The Radicals in the present
/ Legislature Of that State are endeavoTTng
10 manage affairs as with bloody
hands, for an evidence Of which We re
fer the reader to our Nashville letter
published on our first page this morning.
These temporary p0liticians-they are
bound TO pass away s0Gu-use every
means, both fair and foul, 20 carry their
aims. For instance the very remark
able letter addressed by Gov. BrOWnlOw
TO the editor of the Cincinnati Gazette,
which We published Saturday morning
last, was evidently card of the Rad
icdis. thrown with confidence of gaining
from il much assistance in winning their
present game. The letter OF the Gov
ernor was meant originally to correct a
statement Of the G0-CN To the effect that
he and Hon. Horace Maynard had been
robbed near Franklin, Tenn; but he uses
the occasion for commenting elabOrately
on the general situation Of affairs i'm Ten
nessee and the other southern States.
The Governors S representation of affairs
is, indeed Q fearful one, and were it true,
our sister State would present 2 very de-
ulUrable condition. Referring 10 Middle
tennessee, lia says:
This whole country ah0mds in
thieves and robbers, any of whom would
murder a man for his watch, OF for a five
dollar bill. Despite Of all the vigilance
exercised ,v she civil and military au-
thorities, murders and rgubrHius aFe Of
daily occurreuce-both in Nashville and
the surrounding counties Of Middle Ten
nessee. As loud ana as nUn.grous rs are
the complaints against East Tennessee,
. by tic Ganers of Nashville and certain
class politicians, Inrrg az. ave 81 these
Outrages perpetrated in Middle Tennessee
20 every c-a that occurs I'M the Eastern
division OF the state. 4c ha candid,
there is almost as much disloyalty in
NddI2 Tennessee now IS there was in
eighteen hundred and -iatg=oGe, And
this is so OF the whole South, minus the
uumbgf Ct dislOyal men who are under
ground.
Sow, we regard the foregoing state
ment as a very exaggerated one. IL Is
true that we too have heard Of number
Of recent murders and Tobberies in the
vicinity Of Nashville, but, judging from
accounts given 10 Us by various reliable
individuals, we cannot believe that the
whole country Of Middle Tennessee
" ahouads in thieves and robbers Gov.
BrOwnl0w evidently wrote TO the Gazette
i'm very excited mood, and his letter
was inspired CHIEFLY by party passion
and prejudice. The fact :s disclosed by the
closing sentence Of the paragraph above.
The obvious purport OF the Governor. s
letter is that Tennessee and " the whole
South" A" abound i'm thieves and robbers"
and that these desperate characters are
made up chiefly, itnot exclusively, from
the people lately in rebellion. His state
ments are evidently made for "a party
purpose, viz: To bring upon the South
pru people seyergr eNactons than tEey
! have yet been subjected 30. The party
F i'm Tennessee, Of which Gov. BrOwlOw is
1 the osteusible leader, favor very ultra
measures against the rebels and they
feel that lAsif position is strengthened
/ By such representation Of affairs as he
has made 70 the Gd-stte. We do not
believe, however, that the crimes to
. which the Governor SO strongly refers
are justly attributable % q Gisloygl senti-
+ ment among the people Of Tennessee.
Alarming as they are, they are no more
than what we have anticipated as the
logical result Cf Cue Of the most bloody
and terrible revolutions Of modern times
IA revolution which has unsettled the
social and political status Of nearly one
hall Gf ihb inlCl- Iho Nashville Re
publican Banner always Just and clear
i'm its statements, takes, We think, the
true view Of the matter, giving a solu-
ton Of 81 which Gov. hrowH,ow, how
ever. might as easily have furnished
Commenting upon the extract which We
have quoted above, which IL denOunces
as "EsRt0n 2ttack upoa the people,
The Banner says:
Is this the truth? Do the police an
mails and therccords Of the Criminal Court
( exhibit anything OF the sort? 10 they
not present us rather the melancholy
spectacle Of a land without a ruler, and g
Bossiation swollen 90 excess, and from
every quSrtrr, win strange apu auVen-
turous, desperate and laWless men, who
steal and Kill for the sake Of spoil, and
are as careless as they are ignorant o
nOlitical ideas or emotions? We submit
ID 10 any rair MINDED niau in tiiis u0il'
munity If the whole trouble IS not EN-
braced in The iuadequacy OF the police,
the license Of the time, the crowded ma
ture OF tne cities and loNIis, and the bare
and brutal consideration Of plunder anC
nelf No man can doubt IT, and W,
blush for manhOOd's sake when We reaI
90 LINES which come from the peu Of 0p'
who. instead ofabusing bis ielloW-citlzeh:
i'm season Of gloom and distress, ought
I 10 Iifi them mp and cheer and encourage
( them.i
Taking the Banners explanation, We
must conclude thai Gov. BrOwniOw na:
done great injustice 10 the people of Ten
nessee His letter reminds Us quite for
chilly Of the biQqdthirstg ffiusl0ns which
about two years ago, emanated ire
quenuy from the uitTaists Of Missouri
and which served so greatly TO dis
tract that unhappy State. Gov. Brown
low, in his malignancy, believe
. that the rebels have not beer
, whipped enough and that "the wal
p has ended two years too soOn." Ill
D certainly has high appreciation Of wa
= and It's destructive character. We difie
{ very widely from the Governor. If tn
rebels have not been whipped they neve
p can be. Their section Of Che Union ha
a been iearfully desolated, and as a genera
, lhlng they stand in as humble an attitude
, As ever people assumed after having
> made such formidable resistance as they
) ouered 70 the National Government.
, The time has passed when crimina
= ton could effect any good for the country
: II II ever could accomplish any. I'll,
{ people OF Tennessee have thus far don,
I remarkably well in the great work o
4 restoration. Let them be .epoouragad
! let them be strengthened in their 200
e endeavOrs. Gov. BrOwnlowis posifio1
! is an important one. Let him iise il 1.
heal the wounds which Tennessee la,
4 sustained from the war, instead Of giyin,
= eountenance 10 such party schemes n
{ evidently inspired his letter TO the Gin
cinnati Gazette.n
{ na- In Republican camp near Mata
= uOras the Impprialists captured thre