Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-17

The Union men Of Tennessee are irving
to prevent that State FROM being over
| slaughed by the late rebels, and for that
| purpose Mr.. Amell, Chairman Of the Select
Committee ON Franchise, has reported tothe
| Legislature an act DISTINGUISHING. stringent
| ly, all except those white adult citizens who
isave never voluntarily borne arms against
the Government OF given any aid or cneonr-
agement TO the rebellion, or accepted any
Office under the Confederate States-. This
| act, says the Memphis Appeal will. If passed.
''disfranchise seven-tenths of the real people
of Tennessee, and ought to be entitled bill
to promote emigration from the Seate."
We doubt not the Appeal Is correct. and
little as we like to agree with so thorough a
rebel, its objection has much force. Every
government 10 be selfsupporting must enlist
in its favor the majority, of numbers and Of
force among the people ANY ether is a
despot;sm, by the minority over the major
ity, and can only be maintained ike all
other military dospOtiSms, BY the bayonet.
To exclude seven-tenths OF the whites and
all the blacks of Tennessee Il 10 exclude
nine-tenths Of the people, and no govern
ment maintained BY one-tenth OF any people
can be republican or secure. The remedy
is easy. Let the loyal white Tennesseans
admit to the ballot box the equally loyal
black Tennesseans, and they win then have
the majority of numbers and Of force, and
can afford to let many Of the rebels vote. A
resident non-yoting population, whether
white or black, is a magazine Of explosive
combustibles, needing only spark TO fame
up into a revolution,
The Union men ofTeanessee should firs.
see whether by extending the suffrage 10 all
she loyal men in the State, they may not bid
defiance to the rebels. IL even then they
would be too weak, they should disfranchise
no more than would enable them certainly
to control the State.
But if bill Withholding the franchise
from seven-tenths of the people Of Tennessee
Is an act 10 promote emigration Of It's
citizens, was not President JOhnson's recon-
struction proclamation, which withholds the
franchise from seven-tenths Of the people Of
South Carolina, a bill TO promote emigration
from that State? Are not all his reeonstrnc-
ton proclamations ard the entire policy ON
which he is running for thenext Presidency,
series of acts to promote the emigration
and deportation Of fourmillions OF American
laborers, far more needed TO develop the
resources Of the country than are the rebels
Of TENNESSEE s--f,af
Dut lOyal IennesaeanS must 80 arfange
their platform as TO construct their State
on the broad basis of the majority of the
people. u HotteTs iitis srhether tie Foundation.
stones be Sckite or Mack, 80. tlat tkss asnderlie
The 'chOle sdyice.--C Chicago Til6uAs.
We copy the foregoing in full, 10 give
our readers an idea Of the fanatical madness
which has seized upon the Radicals Of the
Stevens anti-Administration school. We
commend il especially to the attention OF
those East Tennesseans who, by their
course, are UNFOLDING that party, and aro.
to put down Andrew Johnson,
one Of their own people. We recommend
it. too, to our old friend, Gov. Brownlow,
whose first notoriety, il not fame, was OBJ
tanned in resisting these identical doctrines
of agrarianism and negro equality. The
Radicals in our Legislature from East Ten:
nessee still reraain so faithful 10 his teach
ings, that they are with difficulty brought up
TO the point of simple, humane, common
sense justice, by giving the poor, emanci-
pated negro such access 10 our courts a. to-
enable him to protect himself against bad
white men. How shall he and they swal-,
low their brother Of the TFibusSs doctrine.
of absolute negro equality f-Meuphis AP.
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