The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-11-19

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STATE OF TExHEsssB-ExecuTIvE DEr1.,
NAAHvlLLE, Nov. 10. !
Eos. GAxErfs: In your paper Of Saturday
find this notice:
sGev. Browniow wss robbed Of $500 and
his watch, BY some hiRhuaymen near Mash
vile, while he was riding ont with Hoa.
Horace Maynard, on Friday evening"
This is mistake. Il was my son, the
Adjutant General ofthe State, Who was ridhng
ont with son Of Horace Maynard Ian ~
prudent . man to ride ont on any suoi
lesding from, or coming into Nsshrj1o.
other than railroad. This whole coaa ~
abounds in thieves and robbers, any of vfoQ
would murder mau Tor his watch, Or FIR .
| IS bill. Despite Of al the vigilance exee
cised BY the CIVIL and military anthorite q,
narders and robberies are of daily occurouce
both in Nashville andt surrounding coun-
ties q Middle Tsnueaeas A. los4 end -
numerous as are the complaints against Eat
Tennessee, BY he papers Of Nashville, and ;
certain class Of politicians, there Ar. Eve Of
these outnges pefpetrsted in Middle Ten
nessee to every enc that occurs in the Eastern
division Of til Stnte. To Be Candid, there is
almost Is n1nch 1islpys1ky il Middle Ten
nessee nov, = thefe vas IA 1851. And this is
| so Of the whole Scath, minDs tbe number of
disloyM rem vko ere un6sr - ground
Tennessee i i nuch betasr sea1ition than
any Of the seeded GAatss, ard she has great
room for iaprovemenk Six q seven ont Of
her eight repressnln1ivss te Congress, afe true
and loysl nep, and for The good Of the State
aud sation, ! should like TO see then admitted
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Gamma say Of the other SOufA9u 6haes
They win not elect loyal men to Congress, nor
can loyal men Be elected Govsrnnos Of one
those States Their Conventions and Iexis-
lstnres are overwhelmingly rebel, and will be
for years to come. Their candidates for Gov
ernor, Congress and the Legislature, Is well
| ~ for county Offices, urge their claims for
| votes on the ground that they had done Ill in
| their power 20 aid the rebellion. They are
for assuming the rebel ser debs, and they are
| for tegislaiing NonAeyn mes ossf Of TIE Sowfh
In word, the rebels of the South have by
| no means abandoned this long cherished idea
Of separating the Government They are
looking TO this end and more, they are or
ganizing with view to this result They do
not propose to dissolve the Union BY the use
this in wicked war Of four drealy years, ard
signally failed. Thsir parpose is 10 srcom-
plish their internal plans, through the ballot
box 10 Congress, and they look to the Cop
perhead Democracy and other Northern trait
ors to aid them. Thank God, the recent cleo.
tons at the North have blasted their hopes
for the present, and taught them that the real
people, the loyal masses of the great North,
are oil right.
Ny hopes for the future are in the GOOD.
ness, the obstinate loyalty and determined
purposes offhe Republican majority in Con-
gress. pray God they viii not samit rebels
into Congress Enthusiastically, becanss hey
have taken the amnesty oath or obtainod the
Executive pardon. As President johnson
said. let them occupy back seats for fsw
years.
I am one Of those ct the South who believe
the war has closed out 1t least two years too
soon The rebels have been whipped bat
not whipped enoughl
For sAying these things expect to be abus-
ed by I'll rebel papers South, and By III trait
orous sheets q the North. Let them ~
out; am able to stand their abuse. an for
the American Union, regardless Of the hate
Of sections, the war Of parties, or the malice
Of indiyiduals
/ have the honor to be,
Very truly and sincerely,
W. G. BRovxLow.
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