The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-03-24

low, prefacing it with the following remarks !:
How faithess this man, ANDREW John
son. who now claims the confidence Of his
abused fcllowcitizens, has been to all these
pledges, let that unfaltering patriot, VIM. &.
Rrownlow, Governor Of Tennessee, tell. l
have n letter from him, written just one
week ago. 1t is a fearful commentary on
the untrustworthincss of this mans most
sacred pledges. That you may hear exactly
what he says will read it all, from date to
signature:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
NASHVILLE, March 8, 1866.
Hon. Vim. d. Kellcy
House Of Representatives.
DEAR SIR:-Enclosed | send you copy
of nv proclamation, from which you will
learn that faction of twenty.one disorgan-
izers have, in the true spirit Of the late ini-
uuitous rebellion, withdrawn, and reduced
our House of Representatives below quo
rum. | need not add further remarks, as
the proclamation. fully discusses the points
ut issue.
On Friday last the election of county
officers took place throughout the State
such as clerks, sherihs, justices, trustees
md tax collectors, and III Middle and West
Tennessee the rebels have made clean
sweep, turning the Union men out and elect
ing their own candidates, Who elcctloneered
for Office Oh the ground that they were rebels;
and had either served in the rebel army or
in some other capacity had given their inilu
ence to the cause Of TREASON and traitors.
When Richmond fell and Lee surrendered
rebels, and many who sympathized with
them, were very respectful to Union men,
often obscquious, guilty culprits, they evil
IDENTIFY feared arrest and punishment, and
felt that to be let alone and allowed to
live was all that they had right to expect
But, since pardons have been so multiplied,
and no man has been punished, they have
everywhere become impudent and defiant,
until, in most counties in Middle and West
Tennessee it is disreputable to have been n
Union man, or, as a Southern man, to have
served in the Union army. And matters are
growing worse; the reconstructed traitors
openly cursing loyal men, and threatening
that they have the President on their side,
while we all feel that the Presidents policy
is ruinous to rs.
When put the President in nomination
at Baltimore for the Vice Presidency, felt
that he had so thoroughly committed himself
to the Union cause, and had been so badly
treated by the rebels, it was impossible for
him ever to get round to them again; but
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 tins country,
every Mcclellan man, and every eX-guerrlla
chief arc loud and enthusiastic in praise OF
the President. The men who, but a few
months since, were cursing him for an Abo-
litionst and traitor, aud wishing him exc
cuted, are now for executing all who dare to
oppose his policy, or even doubt its success
There is twice the amount Of bitterness
and intolerance in the South, to-day, to-
ward the Union and everything Northern,
than there was at the time of Lees surren-
der. Abuse Of Union men, of the radicals
in Congress, and sclEassumed superiority on
the part of the'Southern chivalry, have arisen
to such height that loyal men cannot travel
on q steamboat or in a railroad car without
being insulted. As it was during the war, so
it is now; all concessions from the North,
or from the majority in Congress, are re.
garded as evidences of fear; all the old rebel
papers of 1861, and many new ones, are in
full blast, threatening Congress and the
North with ultimate vengeance, and Boosting
of Southern prowess. The most popular
men in the largest portion of Tennessee, to-
day, are the men most distinguished for their
hostility to the North, and what they are
pleased to call the "Radical Congress" and
they are the class of men who are selected
to fill all offices, as the late county elections
show. The same is true of the entire South,
only more so In a word, they are resolved
on breaking up the Government, and they
expect to carry out their schemes through
the ballotbor and how men of candor and
intelligence can represent them as loyal and
kindly disposed is a mystery to me, even in
this age of rebellion and trcachery. | do
not understand them, and my opportunities
for learning their temper and ultimate pur,
poses are as good as those of most men.
Why, sir, many of them are expecting the
President to disperse Congress with the bay
onet, as Cromwell dispersed the Long Par
lament The Southern heart is rapidly be
ing fired to deeds of war, and all this, ant
more, as believe; has been occasioned b,
the mistakes of the President.
His plan of trusting rebels with their State
Governments has had.an effect exactly tn,
opposite of what Ire intended. 1t has RUNE,
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 General Thomas hac
to send troops into MARSHALL county, Soft,
sixty miles Distant to protect loyal men anc
freedmen, who were fleeing for safety, ant
coming to this city.
So far as am Individually concerned til,
Incorporate abuse of rebels, the denuncia
ton and blackguardism oftheirreconstructet
Journals, the threats of personal vioenc,
from their amnested patriots, and the anony