Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-09-20
Governor BrownIow in Rutland.

Brownlow of Tennessee, addressed the
citizens Of Rutland and vicinity, on the
depot grounds in this village, on Satur-
day forenoon. Though not announced
to speak until 91-2 o'clock, the crowd,
long before that time, had assumed a
very respectable size, and when the Gov
ernor appeared, in company with Gov
ernor Dillingham; of this State, fully
1900 people had congregated to hear
him. Upon taking the stand, the Gov
ernors were respectively greeted with
three hearty cheers from the audience,
and as soon as order was restored, Gov
ernor Dillingham; made brief and ex-
cellent address, in which he welcomed
the loyal Governor of Tennessee to the
loyal State Of Vermont. In the course
OF his remarks he alluded to the course
of the President, saying substantially
that that official had raised the question
whether the governing power should be
vested in the people or the Executive,
and the people Of Vermont had answered
him "No King in Rome!" the people can
govern themselves, through their Con-
gress. Maine had nobly reiterated the
answer of Vermont. After recounting
the many sufferings and trials to which
the distinguished patriot had been sub
jected during the war for the perpetua-
tion of the Union, he introduced Gov
ernor Brownlow to the audience, who,
upon rising, was received with loud
cheers and other demonstrations of ap-
plause. Governor Brownlow is quite
feeble, and during his brief speech sup
ported himself by leaning upon a table
upon the stand in front of him. He
said that until eighteen months, or two
years, since he had the physical strength
to make his voice heard and understood.
Now he was not able to do so, or to stand
without prop. He had not started on
an expedition to make speeches. He was
one of % Southern loyalists who had
fitted out political expedition at Phila-
delphia, the main object of which was to
wipe out the moccasin tracks of Andrew
Johnson, William Fl. Seward, and other
untamed and unmitigated copperheads
who were creeping and skulking along in
their wake. He thought, however, that
Johnson and his clique were doing the
work of wiping themselves out very
effectually, and that it would be a good
investment for the great Union Party to
hire them and pay their expenses to go
about speaking. [Applause.l
But if he had the physical strength to
speak, he should decline to do so. He
was the governor of the great recon-
structed State Of Tennessee, and instead
Of dabbling in party politics, he wanted
to maintain the dignity Of his Office.
Laughter 1t would do for an acci-
dental President, who publicly an
nounced that he had laid aside his dig
nifty, laughter and applausel and who
had set out on stump-speaking expedi-
tion, under the influence of bad whiskey,
to quarrel with the masses, to attribute
the outrages at New Orleans to a noble
and patriotic Congress.
Regarding the position of the State of
Tennessee, he said that the Legislature
of that State had passed an act forever
abolshing negro slavery, and, he con-
tinued, the same Legislature enacted a
law called the franchise law. We had
10000 loyal voters in Tennessee, and we
had $4,000 rebel voters, and we disfran-
chised the $4,000 rebel voters. We in
tend, God willing, to keep them away
from the ballot-box. [Applause.l Our
Legislature few weeks ago ratified, by
majority of two-thirds Of both houses,
the Constitutional amendment, and ours
is the second state in the Union that did
that job-ratify the Constitutional
amendment. The next act of the Legis-
lature will be to enfranchise the negroes
in the State. We want loyal negroes to
help US put down disloyal traitors.
rApplause.I l would sooner have the
vote Of a loyal negro than that of
mean, disloyal white man. 1 would
sooner associate with loyal negro than
with disloyal rebel. [Applause. He
said Of the masses of the late rebels at
the South, that they are unchanged, un-
repentant and rebellious to the core, and
would spare no pains to bring about
another war. They knew that the Pres
ident of the United States was with
them, and as COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
army and navy, could render incalcula-
bic service. Gov. Browniow added: 1
say to you that if the rebels Of the South,
with Andy johnson at their head, shall
plunge this country into another war
and you are forced again to leave your
homes and go down into the South to
subdue and put down the rebellion, l
have something to say about the ar
Angements that are to follow. want
to have finger in that pie. 1 advise
that you divide the great army of the