The national Republican., 1866-07-11

oscn subjugation, "phich ,oould place them
tohoiiy at the mercy Of the conquerors BY the
laos Of nations andthe laos efpar." 4,
Need we undertake TO prove that Governor
BRowSLow kissed tie loyal people Of Ten
nessee in 1868 in order 70 ibetrsy them to
their enemies in 1856, Has he not deserted
them by joining that party, in and out Of
congress, who refuse loyal men in that State.
including thousands Of Union soldiers, pay
ment for supplies actually furnished by them
TO the Union army, for the reason that "they
were citizens Of State most Of whose people
had gone into rebellion;' who, for eight
months, have denied them the right Of rep
rescntation through ,tnAinchingly loyal men,
sent by unfinchingly loyal citizens to repre-
sent them in the national halls Of legislation;
who demand OF them other conditions prece-
dent to their recognition as loyal citizens Of
the United States, after the trials, losses and
suffetings Of ave weary years, after having
amended their form Of State government
under the instructions Of The now mdrtyred
LINCOLN, and, in addition thereto, after hav-
Lik iouT hitus VI tuo Citibtus VI
their State who require, through their pro-
posed constitutional amendment, and through
their echo at Nashville, Governor BRowS-
lows message,) that before such recognition
they shall surrender one fourth Of their rep
resentation in Congress under the legal ap-
portionment Of 1868, made during the pro
gress of he ioar, and, by the adoption oi
these amendments, place it within the power
Of siaVehoIding and once rebelhous Middle
and West Tennessee, Uhenever they choose,
to poll sirty thousand negro votesin the State
elections against The non-slare',olding and
honestly loyal East Tennesseeans, and thus
secure sepen Representatives. in Congress for
themselves against three from East Tennes-
seer Is not the perHdy plains Can one
serve God and Mammon i',,, ada a.. -
But what Is the price Of this treachery
In looking over the political horizon of the 4
South we see three men occupying promi-
nent positions among those who hare been
loyal to the Government during the past Eve
years, and who are now striving to outdo
each other in serving the enemies Of peace
and unionp m and out Of Congress, These
three are Join MINOR BORIS, of Virginia; A.
.. HAMILTON, of Texas, and w. G. BRowS-
Tow, of Tennesseei and the reward which is
held out to them from the Capitol is the
radical nomination for Vice President in
1868. And this it is, we fear, that is stimu-
lating them to the sacrifice Of the interests Of
the truly loyal peoplerof their States. We
are not surprised to see that in this race for
as time-serpers the Governor Of
Tennessee has for a time outJ Judased JUDAs;
and il he succeeds in making the Tennessee
Legislature the first to endorse the radical
constitutional amendmentsrhe will have dis
tanced the other competitors. y We do no,
envy him his reputation II he should OBJ:
tain his" thirty pieces Of silver" (which we
think highly impropable,) we predict the
honars will sit SO uneasily upon his head that
he will seek to return them again to those
who gave them; and, falling in this, he will
go hang, hmself-in any case, bequeathing
10 the history Of his country nothing but
that blank which is ever the portion Of those
who are time-servers sgainst the convictions
and principles ofhonesty and virtue.