The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-08-17


THE RATITfcATioA.
Ah, but Gov. Brownlow dared TO call the
Legislature to rAtify the constitutions
amendment. Why denounce BrownloW2 Con
gress had right to propose the Nmendmen
bys two-thirds vote, ,andthe Secretary OfStat,
had q right to send II to the State LegiSlv
lures. The Governor convened the LegiSiR
ture 40 was his duty, to ra,ify.it Wher'
then was the wrong2 Was It wrong to obey
CongresS2 The Legislature had right L
ratify, and the ratification was received II
Congress with clapping of hands. .s.
| -s TaB METROPOLITAN PoLIcR. W
| But the Legislature passed the Metropolis
itAn police bill Hadn't it's constitutions
right to pass it2 Has not the city Of New
York gotta similar law1 They could no
live there without it. 1t Is universally helC
there to be \ blessing to society II 10 Civ.
ing general satisfaction In Memphis. Why
these threats Of another war; Mark II; you
will be compelled to submit to the laws and
to the Government Of the United States. ZAP.
plause.) Montgomery Blair tells you there
will be another war il the Republican party
succeed. Then you will have another for the
people Of America are determined not to be
ruled by rebels and Copperheads. Applause
talked with an intelligent rebel soldier the
other day. He said be had done great wrong
and didn't expect to vote at present but
mean. to wait patiently till the amendment
was fully ratified and then be would ask Con-
gress to recognize him as citizen, which
would be better than thousand pardons
from a President .. .Hr
WHO ARE THH STRIPE BREEDERS,
Who are stirring up this war against the
State government in your city2 Go down and
take look at them. They are fellows who
never Smelt gunpOwder, and never went near
headquarters except to draw ratiOns OF bread
and meat. They didn't go into the rebel ar
my, but Staid at home, got fat contracts for
the army, or played the devil generally, per-
scouting Union people; lwonld not be as
toniShed to see these same fellows in the
course ofa few weeks marching through the
streets with pixies on their shoulders, such as
they carried in 1851 through this city, to route
the Federal army and push the Yankee SOL
diers of the gunbOatS. Tremendous applause
and laughter.) Now hear them exclaim I;
Wen ile bills wen get an injunction |
We'll not give up the old police y Gentle-
men, for Gods sake stop this talk and don't
bring on riot like that Of New Orleans
Suppose there is another rebellion, the reb-
el leaders will run of North or South and
never smell gun-powder while all the people
will be left to suffer the shock. And II there
should be secoEd rebellion, the North will
be 4 solid phalanx against you. Reconstruc-
tion will then be an easy job, for 1t will need
nothing but Surveyor General to lay OF
your land. | don't want TO see another army
come down here. Yon had best not provoke
it to come. Let me add, also, that there are
Union men enough in Tennessee 10 cut wide
swath among the rebels " they rise again. A
shoat: time since bloody riot was got mp In
Memphis on account ofa poor police and May
or. Now this act in Nashville is seeking to keep
of the Metropolitan Police, that few men
NAV hold little Offices. r
ai OIL. any POLICY" .
now come TO the President and the new
Democratic Rebel party he hiss gotten up. ]
hold him responsible, II there should be one
here. (ApplAuse.) How stands II with the
President 2 A short time since he was uni
versally denounced by the rebels. While in
this place, he levied assessments on the reb-
els to the amount Of thousands, perhaps mil
lions Of dollars They say II was all FOR the
benefit of the poor don't know that II was !
reckon not At least not all Of Again,
Johnson said II there were but FIVE thousand
loyal men in a Sta te, they must rule 1t, wheth-
er they were white or black. He said 10 the
negroes:
!, r lvtH be yOur Mossi p loud lAuehter.)
After the assassination Of Lincoln, Johnson
said again "Hons but loyal men ShGH control
the Stdies." He had this State Government
organized, and the Legislature elected oy
general ticket on his suggestion. To Gov.
Shaarkey, OF Mississippi, he said I" let hs
isqrosi vote pho can rsdd and write, and you will
dsS1oy the Radical party.
The colored man Is under no obligation to
johnson for this suggestion, for Il was made
only to cut under Greely and break up the
Republican party. Call Congress radical, In
deed / charge that johnson is the father OF
radicalism, In 1860 no said in the United
States Senate, that " Louisiana or South
Carolina should throw on their allegiance the
United Stdiss could AdVs a right 10 conquer them
and hold them as TsrriforisS.
THE TEST OATH.
But you complain that Congress has eStab-
lished test oath 10 exclude rebels from its
councils. Well IL has high precedent for
that. When man Sinned and was driven out
Of the Garden for eating the forbidden fruit,
the Almighty placed at the tree oflife Ham
ing sword 70 euard IL and the Federal Con-
Rress has placed at the Tree Of Liberty the
flaming sword Of the test oath, and declared
that none shall Sltln OongreSBeIcep they're
pent Of the sin Of rebellion. (ApPlauIe.)--
Stand back then ron who have fallen, and
touch NOT the tree ofLibsrty. TIL you have re-
pented and been on probation.
On last Saturday Judge PaiterSons case
came up, looked 10 the welfare Of the coun-
try and refused 70 repeSl the oath. Every Re
publican except Raymond and MAYNARD To-
TED against It's repeal.
.f r7f. psHouHcfHa coNeREss.
Men denounee Congress and Thaddeus STE
yeus they might a. well denounce the whole
Union party 10 the North. They are a unit.
tlonRress votes ia solid column against the
yetoes Il has the courage To vote against and
defy the Prssident's malice like your noble
I Le7iSlalure. loud Applause. But Con-
vyess' passed TIE Civil Rights BILL Do right
and there will be no interference. II you
don't The blue eUats will be down on you ~
thick a. q swarm Of locusts.
coLoRsp soTTRLss.
But these little boilers sag, "I cant 90
Niger suffrage" Nov n ever man eomrlit-
tsd hlmSslfio negro suffrage Il vas Andrew
Johplon. I was eomplimented latsly with .
yots OF thanks by Colofsd League. I don't
to- vby-T haya triad eolofed men a.