The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-02
Leller from Gov. Rrewnlow.

NAshVfLLEi Jan. 10 1909.
The hon. Schuyler OILS
DEAR SIR. Your letter of the 9th
inst was received last evening. and !
am glad to have an opportunity to set
myself right, as IL regards the sdmis-
sion of the Tennessee delegation TO
their seats. You understand me cor
rectly, and represent me properly. /
am decidedly in favor Of admitting the
Tennessee delegation, and have so X
pressed myself in all my private and
published letters, as well as In my mes
ssges TO the Legislature.
Tennessee occupies a different and
better position than any of the States
that participated in the rebellion, and
her Representatives should not be
placed on the same footing with those
Of Virginia, the Carolinas, Alabama.
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, etc. Ten
nessee amended her Constitution. de-
clared her slaves free, elected a
losal Governor and Legislature I'M
der the administration of the la
mented Lincoln and as a tribute
10 his memory, the State ought 10 be
restored to the Union. The Tennessee
delegates, as s whole, are loyal, can
take the required oath, and would, If
in their seats, add to the strength Of
the Union party. Tennessee was al
lowed to furnish the candidate for the
Vice Presidency on the Republican
ticket, and now furnishes the Presi-
dent Tennessee continued to be par
TALLY represented in both branches of
Congress for two years after the war
WAS commenced, and she furnished, in
all, 35~,000soldiers for the Union armies.
The Tennessee Representatives ought
TO be admitted as an act OF justice to
the loyal Tennesseans who stood by the
country all through the rebellion, and
as 3 tribute 10 the Joint labors Of
Messrs. Lincoln and johnson ia restor-
ing the State to the Union. Finally,
they ought 10 be admitted as q means
of preventing a rupture between Con.
gress and the President, which, for the
sake Of the country, ought to be avoid.
ed. The President ought TO be salts
fed with the admission of the Iennes-
see delegates to their seats, and | have
no doubt would be.
Standing upon S different footing al
together, il does not follow that il the
Tennesseans are admitted, the repre-
sentatiyes from other States lately in
rebellion must come in also. Not a
man south Of Tennessee should be ad
mitted until those States manifest less
OF the spirit Of rebellion, and elect a
more loyal set of men, and men who
can take the Congressional test oath,
-Lsl - e. Of sbo.a ala.foA ran do
IL the removal of the Federal troops
from Tennessee must necessarily follow
upon the admission Of our Congression-
al delegation TO their seats, why, then,
and in that case, the loyal men Of Ten
nessee beg to be without representa-
tiyes in Congress. But u members
can be admitted, and a military force
retained sufficient 10 govern and con
troll the rebelliOuz l tell you, and
through you, all whom it may concern,
that without a law 10 disfranchise
rebels, and a force 70 carry out the pro-
visions Of that law, this State will pass
into the hands of the rebels, and q ter
rible state of affairs is bound TO follow.
Union men will be driven from the
State. forced to sacrifice what they have.
and seek homes elsewhere Aud yet,
tennessee is 10 8 much better condi-
ton than any Of the other revolted
States and sffords a stronger loyal pop
ulation.
Those who suppose the South is "re-
constructed, and that her people
cheerfully accept the results Of the
war, are iearfnly deceived Thew aOle
South is full Of the spirit of T. belli N,
and the people are growing m,re bit
ter aud iusolent every day. lebel
newspapers are springing up sl over
the South, snd speaking u in terms
Of bitterness and reproach against the
/ Government Of the United States.
| These papers lead the people, and st
the ssme time reflect their sentiments
and feelings OF the hccgt-oas papers
in Tennessee, fourteen are decided Reb.
el, outspoken and undisguised, some Of
them pretending TO acquiesce in the
existing state Of affairs. IN all the va
csncies occurring in our Legislature,
even With our Franchise Law in force,
Rebels are Invariably returned, and in
some instances Rebel officers, hnpisd
from wounds received in battle, hight
ing against the United States forces
And yet / tell you that Tennessee is
in a BETTER condition than any other re
volted State
Others viii give you s more fsvora-
be accounL-LcAnnOt- in Justice to
myself and the truth think know
the Southern people have lived s.
yesrs in the South, Of ehoicg and tWost
the North, OF heesSsiN
hsye the honor to be,
Very truly, &C,
W. G. BRoWNLoW,
Governor, Ac