Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-28

| illegally held by the Governors party. They II
| fused to surrender the members In obedience
the command Of the Writs--neyertheless. the cas-
/ was fully argued by counsel on both sides.
4 The Judge. in n we'll considered opinion, d.
/ cided that the parties were illegally held in Gu,
tody, and ordered their release. The Court ais
determined that there was not a quorum Of Cd
House present, and that their acts were VOID
While this question was pending before the Cour
and after the service ofthe Writs Of ha5eas coFpu
in fetal disregard Of the law, this party in III
/ House had these two members confined in a ROOF
| adjUining the Hall Of the House; had the rol
called on the question, and counted NIILIAsl
| and MARTIN against the amendment. and by thi
| manner made the journal show that a quorum wa
| present. Upon this the Governor telegraphed AM
| otherwise made known to the authorities a
| Washington that the State OF Iennessee had rat
| fled the constitutional amendment; by which b.
| attempted TO commit a fraud upon the 1oyern
| States.
So violent did he become. that he ha
undertaken to determine who shall and who
/ shhall not have seats in the Legislature
| to determine whether member shall re-
sign; and when he orders elections for mem
bers, he will admit such of those elected a
| he may think proper. In the elections for mem
bers of Congress, notwithstanding the sherihs re-
turns show that THOMAS was elected by several
| hundred majority, he determined that instead o.
THOMAS. ARNELL is entitled TO the certificate, and
| gives il to him, ARNELL being a Radical, and
THOMAS n consistent, true Union man, but a Con-
sentative. Although be is required by law to or
der elections in the event of vacancies in the lu-
dietary Of the State and other offices, and to ap-
point judges, etc. to hold the Offices until the oil
GERS are elected by the people and qualified &c
cording to law. instead of ordering elections near
ly all the Offices being vacant he appointed judges
and chancellOrs. and commissions them for the
full legal term of eight years.
He attempts to displace one of his appointees,
a Chancellor, Gwho turns out to be n man that
cauld not DC moulded 10 vice. and put in another
man better suited to the programme Of the
Governor: All this. and more, ne assumes 70 as
in plain violation of the law of the State, and for
what purpose That he and his party may be
kept in power; that he may have the negro en-
franchised and by uniting the negro votes with
the Radical party in the State. have majority
Of voters; aRd in the next place he may have the
negroes enrolled in the militia Of the State, and
with the arms to be furnished him BY the Govern
Of the diuerent Northern States for that pur-
pose drive the citizens from the polls and other
wise enforce the ediets of the party Ii by
| any means he can provoke the people OF Tennes-
| see to do anything which he eOnstrue into
opposition to his behest then with these negroes
| thus armed and equipped, he Will execute his
| threat Of numbering the whole population, with
out distinction Of age sex, who are not Of his
way of thinking and burn their houses, divide their
lands, etc. Not content with making these threats
/ at heme, he has made pilgrimage through the
| Northern and Western States, misrepresenting
| the people of his State and the Southern States
| reiterating his threats, denouncing vengance
/ against all who were ever IN the Southern army
or sympathized with the rebellion, and proclaim
ing, not only these, but every one who differs with
the disunion party, or was In favor OF the restor,
alton of peace to the country, as COpPerhads and
| traitors.
Not only this, he has caused to be passed the
most OdiOus franchise laws prohibiting half, not
thTee-fOurths of the population from voting. And
| by any and all the means IN his power has shown
total disregard for the interests Of the State. lie
| has, by his writings through his KNOXVILLE VINO
| and other means. tried to excite the Union men
of the State to shoot down rebels without fear OF
the law He is reported to have gone so far as to
say. THAI if Union man (by which he means a
RadicaD should kill rebel and were, for the Of
Tense, convicted that he, as Governor, would par
don him. His every act Is to stir up strife IN the
State. His recent course develops him the enc
my of his race. This is the man leading the Rad
ical party in this State, and the man to whom the
disunion party at the North listened with so much
apparent pleasure in his late pilgrimage. This is
the man that the disuniOnists at the North would
join TO kill all the people of the South burn their
houses, and divide their lands among the disinter-
ested patriots. L don't know what has got into
the Governor; he was regarded. up to late period,
as great blusterer, and awarded the palm for
being the greatest adeptin the use of abusive Lam
| guage towards those about whom he spOke but
| aside from this, he was regarded by those who
knew him best as a kind-hearted benevolent
| and honest man.
He Claims to have made ANDREW JOHNSON Pres
| ident, and seems to lament very much having
| done so. In this | think he is mistaken; he had
about as much to do with the making of the Pres
ident the fly on the wheel had to do with kick
| ing up the dust. He was in the convention which
nominated LINCOLN and JOHNSON, so was the fly,
| in point of fact on the wheel that kicked up the
| dust. But he thinks he made him President, and
this act Of his coupled with the accident of his be-
| ing made Governor of the State. raised him to
| such an unexpected elevation, it has made his
| head dizzy, and hence such radical change has
come over him. Be the cause what it may, that
| has so transformed him. the evils resulting from
his wrongs upon the people, are none the less op-
pressive; yet they have submitted to all with
| patience and forbearance, that none but those
| who really desire the restoration Of the Union
and peace would have submitted to-.
What Gov. BROwNLoW might think, say or
threaten upon the subject. would amount to very
little in the State of Tennessee, elsewhere, il
he were as well known as here, and if they were
his utterances alone, L would not tTespass upon
your patience by noticing them. But he is Gov
ernor of Tennessee, which fact has, doubtless,
given him some prestige at the North. 1t may
be by this name and position he has found access
to the great crowds reported to have been present
at his difereat speakings. BE this as II may, It
matters not how he got access to such crowds.
The fact to which invite your attention, is that
a great many of those people seemed to agree
with him in his Observation-Disclosures d-cOnfs-
cation programme, and shouted assent, aye, APP
ton against the people of the South. 1t is from
this agreement Of the North and Northwest with
this iniquitOus plan, that we may apprehend dan
ger to the stability of the Uuion. Is any man so
blind not to that if such a course should be
adopted upon the part of any considerable por-
ton of the United States, that our system Of
Government would be violated, the Constitution
| annulled, and the whole country thrown into a
state Of anarchy-and the consequence be that
| the land would be covered with the dead bodies
and flow with the blood of millions of our fathers
| sons and brothers, aye, and according to the
chastened declarations of our christian Governor
the innocent blood of our mothers, wives, daugh-
sers and sisters, (or age, sex or infancy, will not
| be exempt from his fury, unjust be cOmmingled in
| this wholesale slaughter.
| should not attach much importance to the
shouts Of those invited to this feast Of the Gov
ernor and might readiysuppose 1t to be the result
of an excitement consequent upon pending cleo
| TONS and that when these were over, with them
| would end the desire for blood and carnage. But
| it seems plain to my mind that this is part OF
| the programme of the Radicals of the North.
1t does seem so strange that the people of the
North, who were almost q unit to preserve the
Union from dissolution and secession, who offered
up their lives as a sacrifice for the salvation OF
their country, could so soon forget their love for
| that country. and would themselves turn upon
and destroy it. cannot belieTe it. 1t is not the
real people who would do this, it is only those
whom have mentioned before, ambitious and
reckless politicians. who have not suffered any Of
| the privatiOns Of the war.
Believing thus 1 address few words to those
| who do not desire to see the bloody scene. just
passed, re-enacted with ten-fold greater disaster
/ trust that when Congress meets in December
next-the members having been home. having
| mingled with their people, and found 80 many
women and children clad in the habiliments Of
| mourning account of the loss of husbands
| fathers, brothers and sons. and the grey heads Of
/ fathers and mothers bowed down in sorrow; hav-
| ing seen so much of the youth and pride of the
land MANNED in their eOuntry's serviee-they vii
hesitate before they will do anything calculated
| to cause such scenes TO be repeated. Therefore
| let us appeal TO that Congress, in the name OF
| justice in the name of the Constitution which
| our common fathers gave us, in the name of the
/ Union, in the name of common humanity, TO con.
| slider calmly and act dispassiOnately upon th,
| great question Of restoration.
| l have shown that it is impossible for these
| Southern States to ratify the proposed amend
| ment, without, in the first place. yielding up th,
elective franchise guaranteed to the States; tha
| by this they distranchise a very large portion o
| the best population of the South and place them
selves in absolute dependence upon Congress fol
| the enjoyment of many of their most valued
| rights, and without which the remainder woulC
! be Ofno use to them. Secondly that they could no
| dc so without debasing themselves and their pos
| terity.
Ali they ask is their just right of equality will
they are entitled TO; this they ask. and nothing
| more.
There is principle contained in the seconC
section Of the article amending the Constitution
| which is. that the South should not have repre-
| sentative in Congress for the population not al
lowed TO vote. To this 1 subscribe fully. no Stat
should have representation beyond its yotinI
| population.
IL Congress viii propose an amendment to th
Constitution. that each State shall. in making nj
the ratio Of representation fxed by law, be emit
| tied only to count the voting population, ever
State in the South would ratify il. This would b
| Just and while the South would necessarily lose
| very considerable number Of representatives. IN
less they enfranchised the negroes; yet, il Woul,
be upon just and proper principles, under on
that their rights had been respected and preserved
| thOt the elective franchise the bulWark ofliberty
| had not been taken from thefn1
| The people Of the South are the true friends 0
| the freedmen. They were our property, we raise,
| them, we know them and understand their cana
| city better than can any other people. Then will
! the negroes in the South, under the personal OBJ
| servations OF the States, we can determine As 4