The Portland daily press., 1866-01-25
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ene white men of the state. Free from re-
cast ip,,4ns LIONS upon suffrage, they win probably
e"S' ninety thousand votes in the state.
WHAT THE REBELS WILL DO.

Cost ns Luis upon suffrage, they viii probably
's'S' ninety thousand votes in the state.
WHAT THE REBELS WILL DO.
ouPposing the supervising mower of the
Seherai government withdrawn from Tenne-
See, anu assuming that, to some evtent o.
least' the passions, prejudices and resentments
ol Ihe majority OF the people win be refecteJ
IN ther legislation, it is not difficult IN antic;-
pay. paGe the true poiicy and the character of the
civil and Judicial administration which will
prevail. 1t may be safely assumed VIII
FIRST That so far as possible. in leOislo-
tion and the bestowal of patronage. and tba
management OF all public affairs, the late reh.
els Will be the preferred class, and that all the
acts OF the late rebel state government. inclnd-
ing the removal and destruction of the state
banks and state treasury, the disarmine and
conscripting the people andthe impressment
of their property, and all the acts of rebels
officers, soldiers and guerlas, viii be leealized.
Those who have been robbed, wounded and
imprisoned, will go unredressed, while those
who have inflicted those injuries will be iusti
ned IN law, as they now are in public senti-
ment.
second. As is even now the case In many
iocahtles, services rendered and wounds re-
celveu IN the Confederate cause viii be a pass
Port 70 preielment, while to have taken sides
VIZ, Win tiie cause OF the Union will be equiva-
en' ~ ~ geuglnent OF infamy, forever consign-
ing tue offender to obscurity and DISGRACE.
Third. If the legislature does not vote
tnanKs and medals to Southern heroes and
unite with other Southern States tn no1 .ba
Confederate debt, it win be from fear pr roIi Iii
cy, and not from want Of sympathy or dasira
Fourth. As far as possible, restrictions
Will be thrown around the negro, and his ele-
walton in the scale of being discountcn n anced
II not actually prohibited; he will be excluded
or frnf
probably from all means of education-from
business and privileged occupations, and per
haps from the acquisition of property
"The returned rebel soldiers, and those who
affiliate with them, openly boast that at the
next general election they will obtain entire
control OF the state government. Indeed, il is
now the case in many counties, that those
who have been most notorious for their advo-
cacy and support Of the rebellion, are the frst
TO receive the support of the people for Office.
Service In the rebel army is, in MANY parts of
the State, the best passport to position and
power, while to have been connected with tbe
Union army is regarded as afixing a stiqma.
deeper and more indelible than the brand
upon the brow of Cain.'
Under the appointing poweras exercised bv
Gov. Drownlow, we now have loyal iudiciary
yet all their power and influence cannot nre,
vent rebel juries from practising the grossestin-
justice towards the loyal men. while it is almost
Impossible to bring rebel offenders to Justice.
Should the judiciary of our state fall into reb
el control, sad indeed will be the Condition.
OF those who, trusting to the nations faith.
have breasted the storm of treason here. In
a social and business point of view Union
men and Union families are prescribed and in
suited.
TREATMENT OF THE FREEDMEN
% r.
no mistaking the ultimate designs of those
who thus aspire to the control of the future
legislation OF the state. They acknowledge
emancipation as an ACCOMPLISHED fact. but bv
no means regard 1t as fact legally accomplish
ed. They denounce it as an act of foul inius-
tlce, and will, so sure as they attain the as
tendency under the circumstances which win
permit them to carry out their legislative pro-
visions, reduce them to bondage more abb
Ject tnan that from which they have escaped.
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
"Our delegations are now asking admission
ro the Houses of Congress-. We need NOT as-
sure you thai we earnestly desire their adrnis-
sion. They are, for the most part, men in
whose patriotism and soundness of judgment
we have the utmost confidence. Some of them
nave done gallant service to the national
cause, in council and in field. As loyal repre-
sentatives and senators of loyal Tennesseeans
we believe that their voice should be heard In
the national councils, and we trust that as
such they may aid in devising such Just and
wise policy as will secure full AID final success
to the friends of the Union, not only in Ten
ness. but throughout the country. We have,
however, no hesitation in declaring that If the
consequences OF their admission must neces-
sarily be the withdrawal of all further re-
straints upon the rebels of Tennessee by the
authorities of the general governments, and
the surrender oil our state and its loyai peo-
pie to rebel domination, that we are not PIE
pared for the sacrifice. Too well do we know.
and too painfully have we experienced in that
their 'tenderest mercies are cruelties,' to be
willing ever again topass under the yoke"