Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-07

head. III another war shall be forced upon
the country, the loyal masses, who eonsti
tute an overwhelming majority Of the people
ofthis great nation, intend it shall be no
child's play. They viii, a. they ought to do,
make the entire Southern Confederacy as
God found the earth when he commenced
the work of creation, without form and
void. They will not, and ought not Ieavo
a rebel fence-rail, clubhouse or dwelling in
the eleven seeded States And as for the
rebel population, let them be exterminated.
And when the war is wound up, which
should be done rapidly, and with swift de-
struction let the lands be surveyed and
sold out to pay the expenses of the war, and
settled only by people who will respect the
stars and stripes
Should another conflict Of arms be forced
upon the country-as [ honestly believe it
viii, by the combined efforts of Northern
traitors and Southern rebels-the work Of
reconstruction, after the conflicts over, will
be easy. A surveyor general, with deputy
and land Office for each county in the rebel
States, and few bayonets to guard them,
are all that viii be required.
The loyal men of Tennessee viii allow me
to contrast Andrew johnson of 1855 with
Andrew johnson of 1866 Ills official des-
patches shall speak for him
WASHINGTON, ~. u.
July 16, 1S65-S.50 z. NJ.
To Coz. G.. W. Broaoul01g
[ hope, as l have no doubt you viii see,
that the laws passed by the last Legislature
are faithfully executed, and that all illegal
voters at the approaching election be kept
from the polls, and that the election OF
members of Congress be conducted fairly.
Whenever it becomes necessary for the exc
e Al b,ll k,,w 4t-iH agHa
Gen Thomas for sufficient military force TO
sustain the ciUd authority Of he State. |
have just read your address, which / most
heartily endorse.
ANDREW Johnson,
President, IT, S. A.
My address, the people of Tennessee
viii recollect ayowed the very principles
upon which | have since acted, and upon
which the President is now making war.
Exactly one year from the day when he tel
egraphed the foregoing he sent the follow
ing to General Thomas, refusing military
aid TO compel the attendance bf refractory
members, and Of two armed mobs resisting
the House and Its legally constituted Off
GERS:
WASHINGTON, July l6, 1866.
Gen. Grant will instruct General Thomas
that the facts stated in his telegram do not
warrant the interference. of the military
authority. The administration of the laws
and the preservation of the peace In Nash
vile belong properly to the State authorities,
and the duty of the United States forces is
not to interfere in any way in the eOntroyer-
sy between the political authorities of the
State and General Thomas will strictly abb
stain from any interference between tnem.F
At the same time | was refused the nee
essary military aid at Nashville 10 protect
the Legislature and its legal officers from
mob violence: the President, soon thereafter
ordered the Government authorities at New
Orleans to use the military toad an tRIitrta-
tel Rebel mob to break upa Union eonYen-
ton of peaceabie and loyal men, which has
resulted in the cruel murder and woundlng
ofhundreds Of loyal white and colored men.
This feast was intended for NdShUitte, and
was only prevented by the prompt action of
a talented, fearless aud patriotic Congress,
admitting Tennessee to her original position
In the Federal Union. But loyal men Of
Nashville, and of all parts of the State are
still environed with dang The rebel pa
pers of the State all encourage violence and
resistance of law. Ex Gov. Neil S. Brown,
in recent rebel meeting in Nashville, is
reported by the rebel papers to have eau
toned the Radicals Of Tennessee meaning
the Union men-to beware, and cited the
case of Robespierre and associates at the
time of the French revolution. Having no
hope of protection from the President, in
the event of an attack from rebel mob, |
shall look with confidence to the Northwes-
tern States to come to our rescue, as soon
as attacked by the minions Of JEFF Davis and
and Andrew johnson And if further de-
velopments seem to justify it, | will call out
the loyal militia of the State, and call upon
the Legislature to arm and equip them
We must and will meet these traitors and
sustain the Governments, State and Ma
tional, or tall with our faces to the foe!
[ trust the loyal Southern Convention, to
be held in Philadelphia the Sd of September,
win have a full representation, from Ten
nessee The Washington il,telltgaleer,
President johnson S organ, says the conyen-
ton Of Southern Unionists is called to as
semble in Philadelphia, because there Is no
place "a any ,SouthGn State lchere suchG a
conrenttoa lcould be tolerated,
This is the old familiar style. Really, the
world has not moved much. la 1856 FIRE.
mont speakers were not tolerated In GER
tain States. In 1858 these States would
not tolerate" anti-Iecompton speakers.
In 1860 they would not tolerate" the elec-
ton of Abraham Lincoln; The consequence
was that in 1868 these people had to ''tole-
rate d mass convention called by Grant at
Vieksburg; in 1864 similar meetings Of Sher
man S men in Atlanta and Savannah, and
in 1865 a grand convention in the neighbor.'
hood of Appomattox. Are these same
States anxious to renew the experiment?
If SO, there are a million veteran soldiers
who are ready to fight it out on that line
until lawful assemblages Of Union men are
tolerated on every acre of ground belonging
to the United States s-NaC Orleans not
even excepted
Who arc most bitterly opposed to the
present Radical Congress? jeff Davis is dead
out against it. Robert Il Lee, Beauregard,
Bragg, Kirby Smith and all the whipped
generals, colonels and captains in the late
rebel army are againstit. Alexander II. Ste
phens, all ex-rebol Congressman and rebel
legislators are against it. Andrew johnson
and all his rebel Democratic supporters are
against it. The men in the South who con-
scripted Union men, who burned down
Union dwellings robbed the Union iami-
lies of all they had, and made war hideous
along our borders. are against it. The
sneaking kissing Northern Copperhead who
creep after Southern rebels for the sake of
social position or pecuniary reward, is
against IT, The Northern and Southern
Democracy who are still bent upon the over
thrcy of the Government and the restora
ton of slavery, are against it, Every,
guerilla chief, highway robber and whisky
bloat Of the rebel army, Is against It. Every