The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-21
Out of mime own Mouth.

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composed of men who voted for Mo
CLELLAN in 1864. If there had been
excluded from the Convention last
week, the men who, IN 1856, were reb-
els in arms, and the adherents of Nc
CLELLAN. there would hardly have
been enough present to have made a
respectable county meeting We
gave, yesterday, the views of the
Union candidate for Vice President in
1864. and contrasted his course then
with his present position as President,
There are some other matters
worth inquiring into, which oc-
Cured at Nashville during that
political campaign. THOMAS Al,
r. NELSON, VIM. B. CAMPBELL,
BAHIE PEYToN and other delegates
to 1.-THE late, Philadelphia Convention,
and now The Ardent supporters of
President JOHNSON, were on the
Tennessee MCCLELLAN electoral tick
ct in sl864,r On the 10th Of October
of that year they addressed a letter to
President LINCOLN protesting against
the arrogance and tyranny of Military
Goyernor. JoHNsoN. alleging that. in
consequence hofodh his violence, 1.-The
friends of MCCLELLAN could not
hold meetings in Nashville, and that
political discussion in Tennessee was
unsafe, 6sIte w1n aforementioned, that
the course Of the Military Governor
was so handed that it received
tine ndisappro4alhofl Mr. ALTNooLN.
The letter is lengthy and we can only
give extracts from it, which are as
aS5iE ssafi;1 sf-a8 afessa aziet P9Ybaa kFsve
1871 ffazses0ffsss essdsatofthe Osstted
States:
Our wonder is not excited to learn that
you hadnot seen thislpr proclamation OF GOV.
Johnson, and scarcely heard of. lit until
presented by US. 1t is an evil of no small
magnitude connected with your admins
tration that military subordinates assume
despotie powers, without asking the same
ton Of theiE, superior -eue7a pres,tn}trsg 10
give lac to the people 6y proclamation and to 4
repeal and modify our Sa,os ata0iu.
"
We have held a number of speaceabIea
and loyal public greetings in this city,
more than one of which has been menaced
by your partisans. On the 2lst inst such a
meeting was held at the Court House in j
this city. 1t was held Z. peacefuIIyc' and /
conducted "1oyally," the assembly con-,
sisting chiefly of the friends of George B. !
Mcclellan. i
''One Of the undersigned, Mcclellan |
Elector CHon, Bailie sPeytonl, had taken |
the stand to address the meeting, when the /
hall was suddenly entered by large party
of soldiers and the meeting violently |
broken up. These men rushed in with |
guns and drawn pistols, crying, t,Disperse, |
you id rebels and traitors extingufshing |
the lights and driving the people from the |
hall. |
" a. 4r3 .lsires9* asis2'eas4 iFsgII" |
We specify further that ON Intervening
of the oath inst, only three days after the I
Mcclellan meeting was broken up. our
streets were paraded by an immense pro- 4
OC-A7~OA A.
with such inscriptions as
Lincoln and Johnson =. Liberty or I
Death In the course of these orgies, the /
procession waited on Governor Andrew |,
Johnson at the Capitol, and he delivered +
10 the negro assembly ans address,. Gov. L
Johnson said: nj ssAs1sa a. hns, sa@a ~ /
SO Loyal men from this day Jor,0ard, are TO
'e the controllers of Tennessee's grand and
~ Llrrr,r
1UMB-we will not listen to their counsel. T
Y4shvttss rs no longer tte place FOR thea to
sosd their meetings. Let Them gather. their
concLGpes elsewhere, among their
friends in the Cor.federacy. They shall not
aoLd their conspirdcies in NashUiLLe.' u
+" The language of the rioters, Dispense
REBELS AND IRA IToRs.a and tliecommon
applications Of such terms Of abuse and
error to the friends of General Mcclellan 4
lere, do not admit Of our ignoring the mean
1ag Of Governor johnson in the language
yuoted. The allusion is EVIDENTLY I the ri
'tous dispersion of our meeting, three
evenings previous. f
"We respectfully announce to the people
If Tennessee, that in view of the fact of
What is set fourth aboveMin view of the
act that our people are overpowered by
military power, the laws set aside and vio-
ated with impunity-in view of these
Kings, we announce that the Mcclellan |
Electoral ticket in Tennessee is withdrawn.
2afeW.t b. CANPBELIs, OF Wilson Co., 80
"BAILIE PAXTON, of Summer Co.,
John LELLYTET, of Davidson Co.
NASHVILLE, October 20, 1854"
s Had Mr.. JOHNSON applied the
principles enumerated by him in 1864
o the Philadelphia Convention, and
in the Pennsylvania
Boys in Blue the same proceedings
harged against him by his friends,
CAMPBELL and others, how many i
of my Policy would t