The colored Tennessean., 1865-10-07
|. I SATURDAY, OCT 4. 1866.
THE GoyERN0R,s MESSAGE.

itdJ4 THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE
We devote a large portion of our
space this week to Gov. Brownlow's
message We earnestly recommend
every one of our readers to give, this
important document q careful perusal.
AS an expose. Of the. popular Isenti-
ment Of a the people of the State,
touching the questions Of, co1ored
suffrage and 1colored testimony, it
will be read with eagerness by both
the friends and foes of our people
throughout the country. {f
We forbear commenting at any
length upon the message, prefering,
inasmuch a. it is printed in good,
plain English, to let our readers draw
their own conclusions as to its merits.
Upon the whole, we regard it as rather
favorable to our cause than otherwise
One thing is certain, this message is
wholly and solely the production Of
f'Parson'' Brownlow, and nobody else.
The paragraph showing Cup the differ
ence between the repentant prodigal
and the. repentantes J rebel, proves
that conclusively,
We draw sigh Of relief, ON discov-
ering tfssrt no mention is made of those
awful prinishments which the Gov
ernoris ever ready to suggest for an
repentant rebels. ftl 81 s@-s ,saf
The message discusses at some
length the propriety of allowing col
ored men the right to vote and give
testimony in our icourts.9 It is an
equiYocal in the declaration that a
loyal negro IS more deserving of the
right to vote than a disloyal white
man. The Governor makes several
severe thrusts at the people of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, and other States Of
the North, that deny TO- eolored. men
the same rights which they urge upon
those States of the South now in pro-
cess Of reconstruction. He advises
them ito cast the beam out of their
own eye,''' before presuming to judge
the faults Of sister States. This we
regard as good enough for those
States, and we have no apology to
make for them But there is anaold
and true adage, which says, tevery
tub shall stand upon its own bottom
The message claims that Tennessee
was the first Of the. 's'wayward sisters
to wheel into the line of loyal States,
and that she is now competent to
manage her own affairs, with tout as
sistance from the general gogernment
OF the advieeiof other States There
fore, conclusion: she. should settle
the questions Of colored testim ony,l
colored suffrage, and colored every
thing else, in accordance with the de
mands Of Justice and right, whatever
wrongs or Inconsistencies are charge
able to those Statessr Rlthe State of
Indiana Or Ohio has nothing to do !
with determining who shall and who
shall not be electors in Tennessee,
neither has Tennessee anything to do
with the questions, who shall and who
shall not be electors in Indiana or 4
Ohio. These are questions to be Set
tied on the principles ofljustice, and
not by precedents, Neither Indiana
nor Ohio has any precedent touching
justice to colored men, bright enough
for the great State of Tennessee to 4
follow. 4ftt 3f55ianIaa -sii53o.a it5t l9 Asi1
We cannot see how Gov sBrownlow
will reconcile the two following state
ments found in his message :szel toh
II do not advocate the removal Of
the colored race toIa coEntry of their
own, because Of any prejudice I en-
tertaifl.s,i 1a nFaail a9 s.sad9q AZ l@sE1 8a5
Negro voting cannot suit my nat
nral pre- adsces of caste'' af a97J a5 4
Asto the" cleaning OUT of Mexico,
and the fitting it up forlthe black
mans paradise, we have but q word |
to say. 1t will take some time to
make that country .sclean' I enough for
the colorediman to consent to live In |
it. If We may be allowed to exercise
q little Of that thing the Governor
styles 'srrejndice of caste, 7 with which |
he honestly confesses himself some-d
what tinctured, (and it is not to be-
expected we should be more Yirtpous
than our Chief ExeeufYe,) 1--WE do
most heartily protest against being
put upon an equality with the licenI,
tious, cowardly y and treacherous Mex
lean. We do not even want the counA =