The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-05
Plans of Radicals.
speual Correspond. nee Memphis Bulletin.
NASHVILLE, May l, 1865


The Legislature has finally weeded
| cut all the conservative Andrew John
son members, recently elected, and
now the Radicals have an easy road Ia
the contamination of all their plans
| for suhiugatlng and suhiecting fourr
| liftE5 OF the people OF the State 10 the ty-
ranny and oppression Of the remaining
one-lifth. Those measures are of the
most extraordinary character, aud ut
| terly subversive of both the State and
Federal Constitution. But it is useless
| to talk of the Constitution to such men
| lhey are sworn to pursue the course
marked out for them by their wicked
leaders, and though one argued ever
50 cogently against Their pet measures,
| their course IS fixed; they have sworn
to carry out their programme, in pri-
vate caucus, and they are deaf to all
appeals OF justice, propriety and law
1t Is true, the infamous franchise act,
which has passed the House, still hangs
fire in the Senate; but it is only be-
cause some of the members have pet
measure Of their own, to allow negroes
TO vote, coupled with the same priyi-
lege for rebels But this last named
measure will doubtless fail TO become
a law, and the Bill OF Abominations-
the House Franchise Act-be passed
into a law. Then Senter's bill sug-
gested in Brownlows message, TO I'm
demnify loyal Tennesseans,' 10y issu-
ing bonds to all whom the Gov
ernor and his Secretary of State
shall deem worthy, will follow. This
bill, i; is estimated, will impose bur
den Of ftiy millions on the people of the
State, AID is designed to bride Union
men into the support of radical meas
ures, and thus aid them in retaining
their hold on power in the State The
next measure Of this iniquitous Radi-
cal programme is, without authority of
law, to respportion representation in
the Legislature according TO present
population, by which they hope to get
a decided radical advantage in the
State. Then they will take up and
pass tina bill--so long pending-to in
crease the salaries of all the Judges OF
the State, with the understanding that
all judicial officers now serving will re-
sign, and thus enable the Governor to
appoint supple tools in the places of
certain gentlemen who are suspected
of iniidelity to the radical programme
And in the meantime the movement
for new State Government in East
Tennessee will progress along with the
Sscrc, Bro,CnloU Leagues organized all
over the State and when our East
Tennessee patriots have bankrupted
our treasury and destroyed the great
interests Of the Commonwealth, they
will precipitate their new State move
ment return to their own noun
tains, and leave the old State to foot
all the bills, with the Capitol and Pen
itentiary as an offset This, as is now
understood and believed, is the plan
and purpose of the Radical majority.
The johnson members Of the Legs,
lature recently held a meeting to de-
wise a plan Of operations for the pro
lection OF the people from Radical v
Olence. 1t has been finally determined
to organize johnson Clubs in every
county in the State, and to appeal 10
the courts from the injustice and op.
preston of unconstitutional measures
adopted by this Radical Legislature.
A committee selected for the purpose
will prepare an address to the people !
of the State, setting forth in detail the |
plans and measures adopted by the |
Radicals, accompanied with full elu- |
and exposition of the same |
This document will clearly show the |
action OF the Radi- |
Gals, and by citations aud simple |
proofs, make apparent the revolution
airy course pursued by the Governor |
and his party. Ii will counsel the PEG. |
pie to hold on 30 their certificates of |
election under the present franchise
act, aud it viii advise them to 20 TO
the polls at the first election held I'm |
their counties and offer to vote, and if
10 sue the conductors of the |
election for depriyiug ia m of their
rights. IL viii advise that these suits
be carried up 10 the Supreme court of
the State with an abiding confidence |
that no respectable body OF lawyers
ian fail 10 pronounce the franchise act
unconstitutional This is our plan for
tyranny and disregard of the
on the part OF the major
ty It Is lawful, constitutional, and il
s believed that il will be eIectual A
'ear from next August our regular
lection Tor Governor and members Of
he Legislature comes off, and then, it
3 confidently believed, the popular
reath will blast and forever blight
radical Vaccinations against the !
eace and prosperity Of the people of
'ennessee. /,