The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-07-20

OF the ballot, denied representation IN their
own Capitol. and hourly denounced BY a
faction which does not pretend 10 owe ale
glance to any popular constituency.
The people have pursued for nearly
year and half, the M st unpretending and
inofensive course. They have plowed their
fields; they have cared for the sick and the
poor; and they are now beginning to reap
the fruit of their toll in plentiful crops
The negro has been treated with marked
kindness. In short, every possible thing
that could indicate a peaceful disposition,
has characterized their acts.
Onthe other hand, this faction to which
we allude. which has motive for proving
the disloyalty of all who are opposed to 1t.
has kept up one unbroken line of assault.
No proclamation has emenated from the
Governor which. did not contain abusive
epithets and shameful propositions. No
act has passed from the Legislature of a
political nature which was not oppressive.
The object has been to wound and exssper-
ate; and nothing would have pleased the
majority of the General Assembly so much
as an indiscreet popular outbreak. They
tried 10 make revolution of the Memphis
riots; and there is never public meeting
that is not described as ''ittle rebellion,
The time has come when those agrees
sions must and shall have an end,E They
shall have an end legally and constitution
ally. They shall have an end by peaceful
means They shall have an end under the
Stars and stripes. They shall have an end
by the agency of better Union men than
BrownloW, ArnelI or Fletcher. The last
straw has been laid on the camels's back;
and tbelpeople viii go no further l.1
On the 18th Of Aug ust the truly loyal
men of Tennessee viii meet the truly
national elements of the country in general
convention in Philadelphia. Immediately
thereafter the disunionists. headed by the
only rebels that low exist among US, will
go to Washington to confer with the Radi-
Gals. Party lines will take their shape from
these points, and We shall SET out anew upon
the mission of restoration. We shall then
assemble in convention of the whole people
of Tennessee, and we will petition the Gov
eminent of the United States to give us a
Republican Governments Government of
our. own--or military Governor. We viii
not submit to the present farce any longer.
We intend to set it aside, and that By due
process of law, and under the authority Of
the Federal Government and Constitution.
The moment we violate these we shall hold
ourselves answerable to the charge Of trea-
son and amenable to just punishment.
We have no law toElay in the State
The peace-loving = ition Of the people
is the only sure sountry has against
disturbance. he GoyeERo7 nor
his officials. nor sral have
p SIIy regard whatever Tor preceuent or cus2
tom, right or duty. Every day dawns upon
some new aggression, We are not allowed
to rest. for an hour. Black men as well as
white men come under the ban of excom-
muuieation. The only aim, object, or arti-
fee employed by those who sit in Judgment
upon their felloW-citizens is the eonstruc-
ton Of some plan to limit the suffrage to
the fewes 1ber of voters possible. One
law was not strong enough. Another was
passed, which,, in turn, was found unequal
to the occasion. Then the poll-boOks, by
which the right of nineteen-twentieths OF
the voters under the law is sustained, are
"lost." There is no quorum in one of the
Houses of the Legislature, yet the other
goes to work and Fatifes Constitutional
Amendment and confirms Police Commits
sioners with utter obliYiousness to the pres
enee of its companion. A third of the seats
in the Lower House are vacant By death,
by resignation and by wanton election; yet
the Governor refuses to issue writs of cleo
ton to supply the vacant places. The other
day four men were arrested and brought to
Nashville and confined in the Penitentiary,
without color of law, because no judge had
been appointed over the Circuit in which
they live. Onerous taxes are being levied,
unqualified officers being appointed, and
assumptions being piled up to truly
dangerous height. If these things continue
We shall have nothing left.of tbs Republi-
can Government guaranteed by the Con
stitution before the year is out.
Our Southern journals appear to be de-
lighted with the clause in the new Army
Bill prohibiting any person who served the
late Confederate States, either in civil or
military capacity, from entering the army
of the United States. The Yorkyille En-
quirer says: 1--WE can now listen to war
rumors, and hostile Congressional debates
against Great Britain, Mexico, and other
ogenders, without any fears of ever being