The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-03-14
SO tcs; they eau see at once the reasons
why the Tennessee inembers are admitted,

oe n"enNeo,,hey must 40 ~ she mas zone.
~ l1'. U'7a,es--,,.a'e who'her, after
'ue a'nsSion OF ,ne tennessee deiega'ion,
". '"'nk u wou'u 90 saie Tor martial law
~ 20 ',en aotoea'eo IN tennessee. a.
= ~o",u NO, aoeogne u just yet.
mooiu you recommend the aeoiiAon
" ~e freeu'nehs bureau IN mat otatef
a. No' ye'' i iga tu iafr ias
Q. Even if tho Tennessee delegation
should be admittedl A. No, sir; I
would admit the delegation simply 10 en-.
courage the people Of Tennessee to return
TO their loyalty, and, also, as an example
for the other States because you have it
IN your power TO show them mainly and
clearly why they nre admitted at once,
and tho rest are not that Is becaus;
none of the other States have complied
with the same conditions that the people
OF Tennessee have complied with.
o. Have vou onv roosor ,o t.,;..
that the rebeis still cnter,,;, ho,.s g ~.
other outbreak, or that any considerable
portions of them dos A bayo roca;r.
ed communications from yarious persons
in the South that there WAS nm nnder-
standing among the rebels, and perhaps
organizations formed, or forming, for tho
purpose of gaining as many adv.ntarcu
to themselves AS possible: md 7 bnva
heard II also intimatcd that these men
were very anxious and woald do all in
their power To involve the Initial S,.,o,
N Q furcign wac SO that it a favorable op-
poriunity should offer, they might turn
against the United States. do not
think they Will ever again attempt mn
ou'oreak on their own account, because
.hey all admit that they had fair trial
IN lhe ,"'e reoeilion and got thoroughly
wors'edi there Is no doubt but what
'here Is universal disposition among the
reoeis In inc south to embarrass the Gov
ernment IN lis administration 1t they can,
50 as 10 gam rs many advantages f1r
themselves rs possible.
Do1I .. f'at1son Scor1 and examined
oy hT' Gi1'eS-Q Where do you resi- lie 7
A. reside IN Grcenville, Greene County.
Fast IenpeSsto. f. .n
U state, II you please, as far. as you
may know, the condition OF the public
sentiment IN iennesSee, so tar us regards
The different sections OF it; the condition
OF the Union people and the freedmen in
those d'tferent sections; and what you
Know IN regard to the changed condition
oil the industrial pursuits OF the freed
men.
A. ! can speak from my own personal
knowledge of the condition of the loyal
people OF East Tennessee in regard 10
the condition of loyal pcopl. in Middle
and in Western Tennessee can opi,
speak from information derived from per-
sonal cor. esponlence and conversations
with people who live there: in Eastern
Tennessee the loyal people have an over
whelming maiori.y; they are the ,lou,iI,.
ant party now, but during the war they
wero subjected to the bltterest persecu-
tions they were driven from them home
they were copscripted AMI son. into tI,,
rebel armies; they were prosecuted like
wild beasts by the rcb.l authorities, and
hunted down in the mountains; they
were hanged on the g,Ilow,. shot dawn.
and robbed; every imaginable wron1 was
inflicted upon them; from twenty to
twenty. five thousand Union men in East
Tennessee left their homes, went through