, 1866-08-28
BROWNL0W on JOHNSON,
l. Whitening Blast.
THE COMING COUP D,ETAT.
The Loyal Men Of Tennessee Preparing
for the Next War.
THE ISSUES BETWEEN CONGRESS
AND THE PRES1DENT,
Addrekz OF Governor Broxynloxs- to tho
Loyal Pcoplc OF Tennessee,

theeneyeral calls made upon me TO speak At
different points.
vened the General Assembly In extraordinary
session, to ratify the amendment to the Con-
stitution ofthe United States proposed BY
the joint resolution Of the two Houses Of
Congress, more than two-thirds Of both
tary 81 State of ths unitcd states, transmit
ted an attested copy Of the proposed amend
Ment to nc, under date Of juno 18th, and no.
titled nc officially That decision by the
Legislature was required br Law. Iaecord-
tion on the 18th Of july, and after a stormy
session Of twenty.one days the amendment
Hns ratified In both Houses. By more than q
two.thirds rote. And this victory was
achieved over the combined opposition to the
measure Of the President and half OF the Ten
whole influence 10 bear upon the General
Assembly.
ANDREW JonSsox's nrFF1ASs AND TIE TEN
SEssEE LEG1sLATERE-
Upon the assembling Of the General AS
ecmb1y, Mr.. Dunnaway, the Immediate rep
view Of reducing the house below quo
rum. He was followed l,y Mr. Brown, one Of
the constituents Of Mr. Lcftwich, and he WIS
followed by Dr.. Marablo, the instrument of
Dorsey B. Thomas. The House appointed
Captain neydt, super'nteadent Of re capl.
| lcct bis deputies, to arrest the bolters and
return them to the House, and with the war
rants Of the Sneaker they set ont by twos.
Williams, Of Carter. was brought IN, but
and pistols and droye the two deputies
back. Captain 1Icydt made application
to General Thomas for flle Of soldiers
the General rcftrcd the case to Washing
ton, and the President, wlIo Is on the
| fneK 1rTa thr 7 INrfs10furr 1H n fnh x1f f1a
featinE the Constitutional Amendments,
Instructed General Thomas, through the
Nor Department, not to interfere, but to let
tho State Government and the politicians
stimulated them to acts u violcucc. TI4cy
sned out n writ Of ha1ens eorpus lit the case or
Williams, aid Judges Drlcn md Gaut, Of the
johnson Club, Of the Executive Committee
Of Davidson County, argued their causo be-.
1Sre 1Sre Judge FrnzIcr Of tho Criminal Court;
partisan uudcrla rebel Influence, decided
rebels. Among all truly lnyai men nothing
but contclnp, Is entertained ior his dcclslon
cnsc, aud the 1aw and prcccdcnts being
ngnInst him. It was not expected that such d
| nlot.strous dcclsiou would he Elvcu. Hut
those who knew the man-thosc who knew
that lie was appointed to Office BY Military
Governor Johnsor-1imt he was iaboring to
I =
| rebel columunity-antl that he would never
take decided stund when thu rebellion came
OF, were prepared IL hear Ills miserable
opinion delivered.
But TO proceed with my account Of this
captain, BY the order Of the newborn rebel
Judge, released Williams from the custody
In which he was held By the House. And
before daylight III tho morning, the Sheriff,
with a force of twenty: :f1se discharged rebel
into the State House to seize and carry be.
fore the Judge, Captain ffeydt, who roomcd
alone in the Capitol. This rebel mob oi
Fruxier's forced the door aud window oi
the Federal Courtroom, breaking both, aud
with cooked revolyers, carried otf tue Ser
dollars for obeying the orders of the House,
and then released him. This action for out.
rage, corruption and hfgli.handed vfllatny
has no parallel in history. The cagcrncsk
10 get at Heydt, and to have him resist, rs
an excuse for numbering him. grew out q
the fact that he had served as a brave oil
Ger in the Federal army, and was severa
| times wounded in battle, fighting traitors
Captain IIcydt had in custody second mem
ber Of the House, Mr.. Martin, who had beer
| q guerilla chief in the late war, and he wa
released without any other process than tlla
served by the mol. in breaking down the win
dow and door. This is a part and parcel O
Johnson's policy to restore the rebels Il
. power It means to crush out the Uulo
men Of the South and restore the Democrnti
traitors of the South to power and place.
! Is intended by him und his advisers to max
TREASON respectable, and TRAITORS honorl
Bile, while LoEALrT Is to become disrcputabl
and loyal men are disgraced and driven fFor
. the South. To accomplish all this, aud eve
, more, there il Oh foot q regular conspiracy
!, and the chief conspirator IS ladrem Johnso''
as honestly believe.
| ANDREW JpnSsoS's TREASON TO THE LOTA
4 MEN OF THE SOUTH.
t With loyal men in Tennessee, johnson ha
D no more influence than JcT. Davis After q
l. the letters written from the inmates ana
: members Of the Tennessee Lcsislatur
!. urging them not to accept ii
Constitutional .Amcndmcnts,, they Ec'
!. | triumrhantly adopted by IL vote in the Sci
fDrty-thrcc to thirteen. Whilst In Meth,
: branch Of the Tennessee Legislature can
y resolution be adopted endorsing Andre
Is johnson or his policy, unless it be to dcclal
Ee him TRAITOR. and his policy TREASON bol
rahk and dalunahte.
Why do / charge all thise Because he
J. turning loyal men out ofot1ce BY Thousand
n to make room for rebels and traitors. 3
:. cause he is appointing Tennessee Lcgisl
tive bolters to office, as Z reward for the
:. revolutionary and vi11ainous conduct. B
ID cause he betrayed the breckenridge Demo
Is to The day on which Lincoln was first cleo
cd. Bccause he betrayed the loyal Nor
h after they had elected him to the Office
IL Vice President. Because he has betrayed t
=. down-trodden and unoffcDding negro, tryl
% again to sell him into bondage, after prom
inE to be his Hoses. Because he has betr;.y
the Fcninns to the British Government, al
=. selling tsenl guns and ammunition, ind /
IS. pressing their minds With the belief that
y wns their friend. And last, but not lea
19~ | hurn, In I'm hunt, fr,1nf n nnt n
" but Andrew johnson
,s. BKowSLow'5 APOLOGY FOR SoM1SATI
al JOHNSON ron VICE PRESIDENT.
hc AS M Offset Of all this. it will be said,
~, writer Of this address Was a member Of
s. Baltimore Convention, and put Nr. Johns
!" is true, and the writer takes this occas
n. publicly to acknowledge that 1t WAS |
.ss worst act Of his protrnctcd and somcwl
20 cventlul life. But he has 70 eay in vlndt
ek ion Of himself, tbat the Tennessee dele
In ton hsd agreed to present the name Of
ty johnson for the second Office, aud the wri
Ike was made the organ through which to N:
- known to the Convention their wishes.
~ Ter would It have been for the cause Of
clc publican liberty, If the Tennessee delegati
prison, Sonth, rather than In the Baltim
Convention, helping to place johnson
on, position where he and his friends sho
adj murder the patriotic Lincoln. should
OF come flesloent u tnese onltea states.
hes Is -. ea+t1ad 1 ,a. m1n AsT IL IT. ts,td .St.
rue ~ na ~ ~. is toSs " " ha t santn
itv s,,soirr tpis rnuntr, =, anotbnr ~ h1nna.
snn and tbis thnr Mn, IL d. dn1;nr ~ rot{
- years nndrr The lead OF Andrnw Jobn
An attempt 10 force Southern traitors
W. W. their seats in Congress with bayonets,
M 'N' be made the occasion for tho outbreak.
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