The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-08-24
TENN FRIDAY EAUGgST a. 1865
10 the Loyal People Of Ten
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q Fellow CITIzENs;-U Unable to ad
dress you ip person, ip the present
condition ofmy health, take this me
thod of responding to the seyerRicalli
made upon me to speak at different
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I IT is known to you that I recently
1 convened tho General AssemblY-in ex-
tfaordipary Session, ito Iatify The
! Amendment TO the Cons titutionofthe
! United States proposed BY the Joint
Resolution Of the two Houses Of Con
gress, more than two-thirds Of both
Houses concurring. w. HsSeward
Secretary Of State, transmitted an at
tested copy Of the proposed Amcnd
ment to me, under date Of June 10Th
aud notified, me officially, that a deci-
sion by tho IIegis lature was required
BY law | accordingly convened the
Legislature By proclamation on tho
4th Of July. and after 4. stormy session
Of twenty one days, lie Amendment
was ratified in both Houses by
more than u two-third Vote And
this victory was achieved over the
combined opposition 70 the, measure,
Of the President, and half Of the Ten
hessee Congressman, who brought
their whole influence to bear upon
the General Assembly, lo4i'''q 2a.373n
Upon tie assembling Of the General
Assembly, Mr., Dumaway, theIimme-
diate representative of Edmond Coop.
or, bolted with a view Of reducing the
House below q quoum. He was fol-
lowed by Mr., BrowD, one ofthe con-
stitutents OF Mr.. Leftwich, and he was
followed by Dr. lMarable, the instrus-
ment of Dorsey uB. Thomas Tho.
House appointed capt'ii Hsydt Su.
perintendent OF The Capitol, Sergenti
alarms, with authority to select his
deputies, TO arrest the bolters and re-
turn them to the House, and with the
warrants of theSpeaker they set out By
twos Williams, of Carter, was brought
in, but MarabIe's rebel friends resisted
with guns and pistols and drove the
two deputies baek. Capt. Heydt
made application 20 General Thomas
for a file Of soldiOrs-the General ref.
errtd the ease to Washington, and tho
President, who is on tho side of the
boilers, and in favor of brcaking up
the Legislature. as q means Of defea-
ting the Constitutional Amendments 4
instrucuted Gen. Thonas. through the |
War Department, not to interfere, but
TO lot the State Government and the
politicians fight il out, This epcolir-
aged the rebels and stimulated them
to acts of violonces They sued out u !
writ Of hdbeas corpus in the case of
Williams, and Judges Brien and Gaut,'I
Of the Johnson Club, Of the Executive
Committee Of Davidson county argued
their cause before Judge Frazier of
the Criminal Court The Judge beng
a weak man, and y political partizail
under rebel influence, decided against
the Legislature aud in favor 0f the
rebels. Among all truly loyal men
nothing but contempt is entertained 4
for his dsciHibn aid for tho man
Having no Jurisdiction ip the caFe,
and the law and precedents bearing !
against him, ii was not expected that
such u monstrous decision would be
given. But those who knew The man
those who knew that he was ap- |
pointed to Office by Military Governor
J Johnsor-- that ho was laboring TO
have himself reelected by the people |
in rebel cOmmunity-and that be
would never take u decided stand !
when tic rebellion Came on, were pre-.
pared to hOar his miserable opinion
delivered. l''H 81. i'n hra
But to proceed with my account Of this
farce, the sheriff, a rebel cnpl
tain, by the order OF the newborn rebel
Judge, released Williams from the custo ody |
IN which be was beld by the House. Aud /
before daylight in the morning, the sheriff, |
With force of twenty-five discharged rebel |
soldiers As Il is alleged they were, broke into
the State House to seize and carry before the
Judge, Captain Heydt, whb roomed alone in
the Capitol This rebel mob OF Frhzief's
forced the door and window ofathe Redeml
courtroom, breaking both, sud with cooked
revolyers, Carried oil the Sergeant-ai- aFrns,i
whom the Judge fined len dollars ior OJsyihgn
The orders Of the House, and then released.
him. This action, for outrage corruption1
and high handed yilliany has no parallel in
history. The eAgernesT TO get at lIeydt, and
10 have him resist, MS an excuse for murder
ing him, grew out Of the frt that lie had
served as a brave officer 10 The Federal 0rmygl
md was several times wounded in oattle6
lighting traitors. Captain Heydt had in
,nstody a seeond member, Of the House,
ilTs Martin, who had been q guerrilla chef |
IA The late war, and he was released without
my other process than that served BY the
NOD, in breaking down the window and door
Tlhs ia a part and parcel Of Johnson's policy
oirestore the rebels to power. Il means 20
rush out the Union men Of the South sud |
'sstore the Democratic traitors Of the South /
% poEef and plaee. lis iniendedsbJ him /
nd his advisers to'make rABAsoS respectable, |
md fRAfTohs honorable, while LOYALTY is 70 |
become disrepdtable, aod1oyal men hre dis
yraeed and driven from the South. To &C.
,Omplish all1tbis, and eyeB more, there IL on |
GOT RregulAr sonBpiracy, and the chief con-
Ipirator 10 AHdrsW JoAh5oH, as ! honestly 4
Jelefe. aHa..Ha 80. sa.-
with loyal men In Tennessee Johnson has \