The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-31
Parsoh BrOWnloH.

In Tennessee the work Of re-organi.
cation q going forward with o0lnpiete
success Thepeople there have taken
the bali Of abolition. by the hornSg and
are Determined 10 restore themselves
70 loyal ieiloWehip, niggers or no nig-
gers They declared by vote of over
sixty thousand in favor Of the CohsG-
tUtiOnal Amendment elected civil
Governor and q General Assembly, and
squared themselves to she Union line.
The Legislature, which is The first con
vened ia four years, meets on the 5th
of April, and larson Browniow Will be,
We presume, Immediately inaugurated
as Governor.
The selection Of SO Sturdy cham
pion Of She cause Of free government
and TIE Union, and by 80 handsome q
vote, was as ereditabis 10 the people OF
Tennessee rs il was complimentary to
Or. BroWnioW, IL indicates clearly
their resolve to rid Themselves not on
ly of Secession in all IL odieus bear
ings but Of thevery suspicion Of farther
afhliSiion or faint No man IN Amer
ioag IL more Representatives, the nation
al spirit asembodied ia the war on the
.elements Of rebellion, than this defiant
writer and speaker OF Knoxville. His
career ever since the outbreak of hos
Titles has been Of The most varied and
positive description We have recent
81 read his personal account Of his cap.
tifiy and escape and are enabled. from
some knowledge OF our own, to verify
the statements therein Ofall the hot
beds Of treason the local capital Of
East tennessee. was the raniSest aud Of
al, Tennessee Rebels, its leading .seces
sionists were the vilest, the most un-
principled and the least liberal or high
MINED We see that Dr. Browniow
has recently obtained damages Of The @
wickedaud cruel Indicators for false
imprisonment, and we hope be wiz
feeeivesome Reimbursement for his
EtIfferings and loss outlof the sale 81
their property. se taa
In other respects, aside from his de-
sert as an able apostle, and martyr DR..
Rrownlow has higher claims upon the
Office Of Governor He IS native cit
izen Of Tennessee, familiar with her
past history, policy, and her present
media he knows every one and IS
alike universally known His enemies
are not aEOng the masses, but are mum
bered among few reckless politicians
whom he has exposed without fear OF
mercy That BroWnlow Is a man of
strong impulses and violent pen and
t,ngae, there can be no doubt but III
his private dealings he Is kind and
placable, and the closest scrutiny BY his
bitterest foes hes never been able 70
discover Z blot on his escuteheon AS a
churchman aud minister Who doubts
that the faintest fleck would have come
20 light had mallgnity dai 9 invent, or
industry been able toidesery anything
OF the kind
DR. BroNnlows IS growing old. His
reputation is made. His record ~ .
divine, Journalist snd 3 party leader
Is madeanp We have no doubt that
be desires 70 close ais career by a sue
eessiul and useful administration of the
affairs Of his native SiaiA He possess
e. al the ability and experience 10
make a popular and an exoelsent Geyk
efnor, IS supported by a Legislature Of
Ersat worth, ana has the hearts of the
e~AAN41 @sA&eN - NfAta - u LIS own Z
people 80 sn-ssA F5El
Tennessee was. the last State which |
quilted the Union. Livery evidence
leads IS 70 think that fraud and ric-
lenee rather thar any premeditated /
desiga carried hes out She has now.
been the frst to return Her soldiers 4
in the Federal army ere numerous .aiid
gallaht Snd by Riding her soil % slay
plaoing Dh BrownsoN st the
head of sfiairs che has eiyeR sGfiicient
Of her loyal iuteptious 10 be {
received among tue family Of States.
Her Senators and Representatives win I
.it in the next Congress and Ia litle
while every yeslige 81 her siI and
punishment will Be washed from her
lace ~ incitsdf 7fslsz.