The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-29

An IMPORTANT AND ABLE DOCUMENT.
From his home at Knoxville, Tennessee,
Governor Brownlow has issued an address TO
everything from the same source, is full of
patriotism, point and vigor.
He takes this method of addressing the
people on account Of his health, as he is too
feeble to travel about the State.
the EXTRA SESSION or THE LEGISLATURE.
He commences with history Of the recent
extra session of the Tennessee Legislature.
which WAS called to consider the amendment
to the Constitution proposed by Congress.
and recapitulates the incidents OF that extra
ordinary struggle between himself aud the
loyal members of that body on the one hand,
and the President at the head of the rebels
and Copperheads on the Others struggle the
history of which is familiar to the country.
and which ended finally in she triumph of the
Union men. and the ratification of the amend
ment.
He then tells how the rebels resorted to
the Judiciary to carry out their schemes, wheu
hey found the Legislature would yield ID no
pressure how they induced Judge Frazier,
"a weak man and political partisan, 70
| violate the privileges Of DE lower Hotse
how rebel Captain, acting as Sheriff. and
leading twenty five discharged rebel soldiers,
broke into the Capitol and arrestsdthe House
Sergeant al Arms; how the Judge fined this
officer, and the more eagerly because be ,was
. brave soldier in the Union army and Now
Martin, one Of the members of the House,
" HON 1t ba taken into custody for contempt,
and who WIS guerrilla chief during the war,
was released by u rebel mob breaking down
| the door and window of the room in which
| he Was confined.
This, saws the Governor, "is part And
parcel OF Johnson's policy to restore the feb
| els to power, IL means to crush out the
Union men of the South, and restore ahe
Democratic traitors of the Southto place and
power. 1t is intended by him and his advi
sers to make treason respectable and traitors
honorable, while loyalty is to become disrep-
atahie, and loyal men are disgraced and dfiv>
en- from the South. To accomplish all this,
aud even more, there is on foot regular q on.
spiraey, and the chief conspirsfor ia Andrew
johnson, as honestly believe
Why HEsElIRvEssoHssoSA TRAITOR.
The Governor then sums up the victory that
was achieved by the loyal Legislature, and
says he believes johnson is a traitor and bis
treason rank and damnable. And here Are
his reasons Tor helieving so.
because he is turning loyal men out of
Office by thousands TO make room for rebels
and traitors. Because be is appointing Tsn>
ne ssee Legislative boilers to office as n re-
ward for their revolutionary and vilandus
conduct. Because he betrayed the Breckin>
ridge Democracy. sffer working with and for
them up to the day on which Lincoln was
first elected Because he betrayed the ot nj
North after they had elected him to the office
of ce-Presidert Because he has BETRAYED
the downrodden and upotfending negro
to, ing again 10 CELL him into bondage after
promising to be his Moses. Because he has
betrayed the fenians to the British Govern
ment, after selling them guns and ammuhi-,
| ton. and impressiug their minds with the be.
llef that he was their friend. And last, but
, n"t least, because he has never been true to
any one but Andrew johnson
! AN APOLOGY.
| Brownlow then apologies for putting
| Johnson IN nomination for the Vice Prssi.
dency. at Baltimore, especially that he acted
in accordance with the wishes OF the Teastes-
| ~ss. delegation, and says:
/ Better wculd 1t have been for the cahse
Of Republicsn Liberty e the Tennessee del.
Is stlon, inclading the writer, had all been in
rebel prisoa. ~cuth rather than in the Bal
timore Convention. helping to place John ION
in position where he. when has friends
should murder the patrio, Lincoln, should
become President OF these United State "a. =
He declares it the settled determination of
Northern anil Southern traitors to Involve
. the country in another war; that they will
make an attempt TO force the rebels into
, Congress the occasion for this, and warns
the South OF the awful consequence that will
follow. He then presents the following:
JOHNSON IN 1865 VERSUS JOHNSON IN 1866.
The loyal men of Tennessee willallo~ me
to contrast Andrew johnson Of 1855 with
Andrew johnson of 1866. His official dis
patches shall speak for him:
WAsBtEGs0s, d. G., July Is, lsG5--s-50r n.
10 Governor G. ". Bro9nloe
II hope, as have no doubt you will see.
that the laws passed by the last Legislature
are faithfully executed, snd that eli illegal
Voters in th, approaching election be kept
ON the polls, and that the election of mem
Lurs of Congress be conducted fairly When
ever It becomes necessary for the execution
OF the law nd the protection of the ballot
box, you vii eaaupon Gen. Thomas for suf.
f1enf milit;fy fore to s1aaia TIE cirif an
Mority Of the State. have just read your
idress, which | most heartily endorse
] "ASDRE~ JOHNSON, President U. s. A.
my 'add ress, the people OF Tennessee
will recolleet, avowed the very principles up
On which ] have since acted, and upon Which
the President is now making war Exactly
one year frum the day when he telegraphed
the foregoing. he sent the following to Gen.
4 1'homas. refusing military hid u compel In
attendance of refractory members, and OF
two armed mobs resisting the House and its
legally con stituted officers:
| WASHINGTON, July ls, 1896. j,
Gen. Grant will instruct Gen. TAomaa
that the facts stated in his telegram do no,
warrant the interference Of the military en-
ihoraty. he administration of the laws and
the pressr alton Of the peace in Nashville b.
iSaG properly to the Stale aethorities, and
The duty OF the nited States forces il NOT q
Interfere In any way in the controversy ~
tween the political authorities of the SAite,
and Gen. Thomas will strictly abstain fib1bs
any interfezence between them" 81 Z
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