Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-30
ANOTHER SECESSION; MOVEMENT IN
CONTEMPLATION.

The Radicals in Tennessee are not salts
fed with the putting down Of the rebellion
with the overthrow Of the doctrine Of seces-
sion-and with the restoration of the Union.
Their demand is for lnqaesiioaed and uHlina-
tied po1rer-the control Of all the Offices
the enjoyment Of all the patronage-and the
thorough acknowledgements Of all who stand
in their way to these ends They are not
willing that such men as Andrew johnson
shall fill the Presidential chair-that such
men as Campbell, Cooper, Thomas and Left
witch shall represent the State in Congress
or that such men as Wn. B. Lewis and the
noble men who have co4,perated with him
in the furtherance Of conservative State
policy, shall have voice in the Legislature
Of Tennessee. Rule or ruin is their mad
policy. The pious wish which Governor
Brownlow expresses for Kentucky in follow
ing the lead Of Andrew johnson, that she
may ego to hell" extends with double force
to Tennessee, in the evert of the failure Of
the vulgar despotissn which they are seeking
to establish over her.
Among the many new expedients and
dernier resorts which have been passing
through their brains, one is 10 organize a
separate State government east of the noun
tains, where they can have undisputed.
sway. An intimation ofthis sort was thrown
out by the Governor in his recent proclama-
ton. A similar intimation, through private
circles, had reached us some weeks since.
We have also heard that the present trip of
the Governor TO East Tennessee was in the
interest of such movement. We have it
now more boldly avowed by correspondent
from Knoxville 10 the Cincinnati Gazette,
the Radical organ of that city.
1t is not our purpose at present to discuss
thisliaIerebellioa in embryo. we mainly de-
sire to awaken the attention of all truly loyal
people-loyal to the future, not to the past
to the revolutionary and destructive pur-
poses which these bad men have in view,
and which they would not hesitate to carry
out if it was in their power. We should be
no less vigilant than they are desperate, or
we will be compelled to slbmit to a perpet-
uation of the evils with which the country
has been afflicted for the past four years.
The Knoxville letter-writer alluded to
SAYS:
There is pretty general feeling among loyal
East Tennesseeans at present IN favor OF separa-
ton of our end of the State from the middle and
western divisions. If we are to be considered
disloyal, and not entitled t. representation, be-
cause of our connection with Middle and West
Tennessee, we think we have n just cause for such
a course. Here, in East Tennessee, no man ex-
cept thoroughly loyal man can be elected to any
Office within the gift of the people. rebel
stands just as good a chance 10 be elected by the
people of Massachusetts TO IN office Of trust and
honor as in East Tennessee. Let us form sepa-
rate State of East Tennessee and we will elect a
Union Governor, Union Senators, Union Repre-
sentatives, Union Legislators, Union Judges, and
connected with the other portions of the
State. in all probability at the very first
election of State officers should the elective
franchise be extended 20 the RECONSTRUCTED" we
will have rebels elected 70 control us. Then what
will our condition be? Wherein will IL be better
than during the dark days Of rebellion? True
we may not be hunted up anc cOnscripted; forced
at the point Of the bayOnet into an army whose
object is 20 destroy our friends. but our mouths
will be Gosed and our hands tied 50 far rs the af-
fairs Of The Government are concerned. Union
men of the South should LOOK well TO their inter
ests in Tennessee, the time may come when East
Tennesseeans will be compelled 20 adopt the
course spoken of above; and should such be the
case, Congress must sustain her. We look with
pride on much Of the past history of the "Volun-
teer State" and would grieyC TO see her severed
but rather than bear the punishment that IL melted
out To the dislOyal, and rather than identify
selves as one of them, we would favor separation.