The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-02
Chr Aanfuek aetfersonian
Endorsing the President in Tennessee.

called convention Oh the 22d inst,
which had, as its main object, the
endorsing of the Presidents policy.
Invitations we're sent TO prominent
Union men, among whom was Hon.
Horace Maynard. lie could not
attend but sert letter to be read at
the meeting. 1t is scathing rcbuke
to all Coppcrheads. The following
are extracts:
or the proposed celebration of the
day, he says: "The ODD of Febru.
ary, 1865, will he ever memorable as
the day when, ourselves disentlralled
from the shackles OF treason, we, in
the very act of our own emancipa.
ton, struck the letters from our bond.
men, and declared them irrevocably
lree. 1t was great work, and will
redouhd more and more to our honor
in all coming time. The day is most
appropriate for a popular tribute to
our honored President, Andrew j ohm.
son. He is the great emancipator of
Tennessee, more than any other man,
and with great effect he labored for
the overthrow of slavery, and hated
the aristocracy based on slave labor
His sympathies were with the work.
ing men, the sons of toll Two great
and kindred ideas possessed him and
inspired his action, the freedom of
the slave, and the emancipation of
the poor white man from q slave aris.
tocracy. Hence his repeated exul.
tatlon over the thousand whites, rs
well as blacks, emancipated by the
war. Unspeakably gratifying to him
it must be, that some OF his bittcrcst
opposers, his most persistent malig-
ners, who missed no opportunity
while he was in the contest, TO stig-
Matte him, now lack words of adu-
lation to express their approval of
his course, and by necessary impli-
cation, their contrition for their own
Thus is wisdom justified of her chill
drcn. We who stood by him, and
gave him our support, and who, ac.
cording to the measure of our ability,
assisted in his advancement, and
shared in consequence something of
his rcproacn, naturally partake with
him OF this qualification" Next he
declares it meet that the people of
Tennessee should approve the policy
Of the President, and says that his
policy has been strangely misundcr-
stood. He declares that the Pr,si
dcnt's policy is that the 10, al men
must rule and traitors suhmit lie
lqVotes largely from the President :
ia;elaratlons To prove this, ana says:
NIaryiiiaiihiid, West virg iniia, iiI Kentucky,
Tennessee Missouri and Arkansas,
and it has worked well. WhcIe it
has been abandoned or even released,
aud traitors rtIranchi-ed, as in Nir-
gini;i, kcntucky an Louisiana, there
trnuble and disorder prevail The
condition Of ,he loyal Union men is
little better than under the despotism
of the Suuthcrn Conicderacy. W hat
That was, 90 asK our friends in East
Hcmessue. East Tennessee, Illus
triUus IN her sorrow and the blood
OF her martyrs, 90 TO the prison cells
where hundreds pincd III wrctched-
ness rather than pollutc their souls
lay swearing allegiance to u power
they ndcmned; 20 10 gihbcts where
patriots hung, and Harmon, father
and son, and Hensic and Fry passed
upward along the shining pathway to
l2lory-therc see what treason dill in
the plentitudc of its power, and what
it wants but opportunity to do again.
Yes, by all means, let us heartily aud
without question indorse the Presi-
dent policy, and repeat his funda.
: mental axiom that the exercise of
political power should be confined to
loyal men, until the sounding words
, shall be echoed from every Union
mans hearthstone and roof tree IN
the land. Let the preseryers Of the
nation lie its rulers
And thus he characterfzes the
Southern press: "With some traitor
editors, pardoned they may be, but
manilestly unchanged in temper and
purpose, there is displayed the same
sectional spirit and hatred toward the
Federal Government, though not tue
same stomach for fight. Under q
thin disguise of flattering the Presi,
dent, they assail his friends who have
stood by him all through the dark
years OF the conflict, and villiiy those
whom they call Radicals, meaning
. all Union men who opposed their in
famous course, and who are now I'M
c willing that they should again he re-
stored to power over loyal men,
: Their venom affords the strongest OF
arguments against their admission ia
the seats of your congressional rep
It resentation. This remark applies
with few exceptions, to the entire
southern press. The ideas and prin
ir ciples of the rebellion are constantly
u instilled by it into the popular mind
Fortunately for Tennessee, unlike
!. some of her neighbor States, she ha'
manhood enough left in her Legisla
ture, her press and hci citizens, o
!. native and foreign birth, 10 contro
y vert and denDunce them, hei strengtl
and grace commenting her to Tn
=, loyal and patriotic OF the whole ma
'a ton. They who for four years con
AZ spired to destroy the Government,
e. tliey are now sincere, will cheerful
-. accept the measure. of liberality nc
Z. lcord,d TO their North Carolina ar