The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-20
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
NaauvrrrV March s 1870

DEAR SIR:-Enclosed | send you a o Of
my proclamation, from which yon will
learn that h faction OF twenty-One dlsorgsn-
izers have, in the true spirit Of the late in
i~quitous Rebellion, Withdrawn, snd reduced
our House Of Representatives below a quo
rum. need not add further remarks, as
the proclamation fully discusses the points
at issue.
"On Friday last the election Of county
officers took place throughout the State, such
Is clerks, sheriffs, justices, trustees, and tax
collectors, and IN Middle and West Tennes-
see the Rebels hsve made a clean sweep,
turning the Union men out and electing
their own candidates, who electioneered for
office on the ground that they were Rebels,
and had either served in the Rebel army or
in some other capacity had given their in
huence 10 the cause Of TREAsoN and traitors.
"When Richmond fell and Lee surren-
dered, rebels and many who sympathized
with them were very respectful TO Union
men, often obseguious. Guilty cUlprits,
they evidently feared arrest and punish
ment, and felt that to be left alone and al
lowed to live was all they had q right to ex-
pect. But, since psrdons have been so
multiplied, and no msn hes been punished,
they have everywhere become impudent
ann defiant, until in most counties in Mid
die and West Tennessee it is ~disreputable to
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man, to have served in the Union army.
And matters are growing worse, the recon
structed traitors openly cursing loyal men
and threatening that they have the Presi-
dent o their eide, while we all feel that
the Presidents policy is %ruinous to US all.
"When I put the President in nomination
at Baltimore for the Vice Presidency, I felt
that he had so thoroughly committed him
self to the Union cause, and had been so
badly treated by the rebels, it was impossi-
BILE for him ever TO get round 10 them again,
but l give him up as lost to the Union
party, and as the man who is TO head the
Rebels and Democrats. Every rebel in all
this country, every Mcclellan man and
every eX-guerrilla chief are loud and en-
thuslastic in praise of the President. The
men who, but a few months since, were
cursing him for an Abolitionist and traitor,
and wishing him executed, are now for exc
cutting all who dare to oppose his policy, or
ever doubt its success.
There is twice the amount of bitterness
and intolerance in the South, to-day, toward
the Union and everything Northern that
there was at the time of Lees surrender.
Abuse of Union men, of the radicals in
Congress-, and self-assumed superiority on
the part Of the Southern chIvalry have
arisen 10 such a height that loyal men can
not travel on a steamboat or on 4 railroad
car without being insulted. As il was du-
ring the war, so it is nov, all concessions
from the North, or from the majority in
Congress, are regarded as evidences of fear;
all the old rebel papers Of 1861, and many
new ones, are in full blast, threatening Con
gress and the North with ultimate ven
geance, and boasting Of Southern proves.
The most popular men il the largest por-
ton Of Tennessee, to-dgy, are the 4ien most
distinguished for their hostility ID the
North, and what they call the "Radi-
cRl Congress" and they are the class Of men
who ara selected to fill offices, AS The late
county elections show. The same is true Of
the entire South, SElg more sol In B word, |
they sre resolved on bIE2kiug up the Gov
eminent, aud they expect TO carry out their
schemes through the ballot Dor, and hos men
Of aHdoT and intelligence can represent
then Is loyal and kiudly-disposed is a mys-
tery 20 me, even in this age Of rebellion |
and t~reachery. ] do not Understand them,
and my p-rtunities f0F Learning their
temper and ultimate purposes are Is gsod as
tb0se Of most med.
Why, cir, many Of them are expecting |
the President 70 disperse Congress with the
bayonet as Cromwell dispersed the Long
Parliament. The Southern heart is rapidly /
being fred to deeds of war, and all this, and
more, as ] believe, has been occasioued by
the mistakes Of the President.
ellis plan Of trusting rebels with their
State government has had an effect exactly
the opposite OF what he intended. Il has
ruined the prospects Of the Union men, and
they feel that there is no safety for them,
unless Congress shall choose TO protect them.
Even three days ago Gen. Thomas had ~
send troops into Marshall county, some six
ty miles distant, 10 protect loyal men and
freedmen who were fleeing for safety aud
coming 10 this city.
$50 far as / I'M individually concerned
the incorporate abuse Of rebels, the denun-
clRtIpn aud b~lackguardism Of their recon
structed journals, the threats Of personal
violence from their amnestied patriots, and
the anonymous letters Of towards, tnrea-
tsning my assassination, ell fall hurmlessly
At my feet. No earthly power San drive ne
from the support Of the men aud party who
fought the battles Of the late war, aud pat
down the rebellion.
with kind recollectious Of the past, snd
the hope Of a pleasant fGurr,
"W. G. BRowNLOw,
governor Of Tennessee"