, 1866-01-19
:: FROM NASHVILLE.

coIesRAokaA, In Teanessee-The Negro
Tsttmony. RllI-WhaG the Colosed
n1ea arc AsanE-Tlro PFoVideRt Asso-
elat4~0-HVV. 8EoWnIovy's Position.
[CarapseAsoee Of the Chicago Tfibune]
., ~>, NASHVILLE, Jan. T. 1854
The population OF Tennessee is-f you take
their Lek1slature as the standard Of their
opinlon-opposcd to granting the freedmen
tho right Of testHying In Court The Legh-
lature rc-assemblcd to-day after the Christ
mas vacation, and It's members do not return
enlightened with the necessity ofbcing just and
riehteous. They Do not seem to haye leazned
much during their stay At horns. The Negro
Testimony. bill has gained very few friends
amongst them, aud ten chances to one 1t Will
shlpwreck on the blindness OF shoae Who do
not want 10 see
While aDy one would naturally think thas
the freedmen should become excited In view
Of so much injustice, Of so much prorocation
let Us see what they do. " They have es,
tab1ished on their own responsibility, and
without any advice from white men, as $3.50
Of the suffering md destitute people at Nash
vile, Irrespective Of color, g is eTiaent from
tue report Of q meeting held by them On the
Sd Of January. Il states that the assoc1-
alton commenced its operations on
the Goth Of December, and from
The report Of the ,,s, s,eTssa, e,1s, AndteT
daily with bread, soup and fuel, are As FOL
lows: Whites, POS colored, u9- In addition
to this, the Provideut Association furnishes
bread, soup, fuel and medical assistance daily
to number OF inTallds at the hospital IN the
Aray is employed By the Association to give
medical attention TO the fndigeut sick Of our
The officers of this "Provident Associa-
tion" are all co1ored men. but their hearts are
as white rs SNOW and as FREQ from prejudice
as nan dare 10 be. Look at their record
above and tel me who Is more "man"-the
"Tennesseean" who refuses the "colorcd
man" the right Of tcstifying in Court, or the
"co1ored man" who, In spite OF that, fur
nlshcs relief to Tcnnessee's poor, Irrespective
OF color We're 1t not for tho " "Provilsnt
Association" which is supported exclusively
By Nashyille's colored population, there would
not be single provision in this clty-so full
Of misery-to do anything toward meeting
want anti starvation
Gen. Flax, who returned last Thursday,
will leave Us tomorrow for Frankfort, where
he lntends to attend the meeting Of planters,
to be held there for the purpose Of opposing
the works OF tho freedmen's bureau. They
have hard man to deal, with, the Keutucki~
ans. They will have to yield sooner or later
AL their meetings are in vain "Slavery"
and opposition to progress and fccdomr
n1e played out-even n Kentucky
Ga the first Of january the Assistant Com
missioner nt Paducah, KY, read Gen. Flsk's
address to the Freedmen Of Kentucky, Of
date Dec. 25th,' to probably the largest col
lection .of colofcd people ever assembled at
that city. He says In hIs letter sit was thu.
happiest New YEARS. night they ever expert
snced, and their enthusiasm was such aa might
be imagined to result from their long looked
for deliTereuce from bondage. They proposed
resolutions Expressing their joy1hnl resolu-
tion to prove themselves worthy Of freedom
I have never before been as much encouraged
by their condition IS at the present time.
Probably over one hundred went from the
city to work In the country yesterday, and
expect large numbers will continue to 20. I
think the majority Of the slave owners
throughout Western Kentucky will make
contracts with and retain their old scrvRnts-''
Gov. HroWnlow returned this morning from
Knoxville. The old gentleman had the2 mis-
fortune to receive d very severe confusion on
his leg-the cars he rode in running of the
track. Though bodily rather indisposed, the
parson seems determined TO work on In his
well known why. He seens to be working
to show that Geo. L. 2tearns Is right In his
article: "Brown1ow coming out all right"
USUS,