The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-20
Governor BEownlOw and President
Johnson.


We republish in another place in this
mornings UNION q letter written by
Gov. BrownioW 10 Hon. w. D. Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, and reAd by hat gentle
ulsn at Philadelphis last Thursday
night, in the course of an infamous
TRADE against President Johnson. The
people of Tennessee will be thankful to
the Pennsylvania radical for giving pub
Lefty to this letter, as it leaves them
no longer in doubt as to the real feel.
ings of the Governor and his radical
supporters towards the President 1t
strips them Of all disguise, and they
cannot in future by any subterfuge
palm themselves off as the friends par
creeHencc of Andrew Johnson and the
only true opponents Of his policy. The
Governor that he has given
the President up "as lost to the Union
Party" and of course sill the BroWnlow
radicals have done the same thing.
The admission will be beneficial. Every
body will know now precisely where
they stand, what they are after, and
how much dependence is to be placed
in them. They can no longer swear by
the great Union Prophet whilst they
secretly stab him and his friends and
their power TO work mischief will be
greatly lessened.
But the Governor does not merely |
give the President a thrust with his
kitchen-knife He presents the Penn
sylvauia member of the Central Di- !
rector" with a sombre picture of af-
fairs here in Tennessee. He has had
the nightmare and seen devils and
hobgoblins, terrible 20 a dresmy fancy; |
aud when aroused could not shake of
the disturbing impressions. If he will
get into 3 good humor and mingle
amongst the people Of Tennessee, he
will discover that he has done them
great injustice They are much better
than he believes them to be.
In the second paragraph Of the letter
the Governor that at the
election on the Sd inst, in Middle and
West Tennessee, the rebels made &
clean sweep, turning the Union men
out and electing their own candi.
dates" This is s very loose statement
The Governor could not have had the
fack before him upon which to pre-
dicate it. His letter was written on
the Sth, just Eve days after the cleo
ton. when tie result could only haus
bees guessed at lie made = similar
loose statement IN a letter 10 Speaker
Collar, written on the 10Th Of January
last lie then said
"In az ne uaoancies occurring in our Leg
iature, even with our franchise Law, KKhKLs
&c tNuariaby rctarHci."
This be declared TO Mr.. ColfAx, al
though at the time he wrote Messrs
Patton, Murphy, Blsckman, Baker,
Welch, Symmetry, Hale, Clingan, and
others, sound Union men, loyal TO the
core, were st the time members Of the
Legislature, elected TO fl vacancies
al Of these members except Mr.. Sim
merly, are radicals Mr.. ClingAn was
taken SO much AbAek by thefGoyernor's ]
loose and unfounGed statement he !
wrote and published the following {
letter
NAsHYILLE, TENN., Feb. %. so.
To bis Ercsnsncy GOV. W.. 9. BEovSlow J
Upon p~erusing the papers this morning Q
ted 4 lester written BY yourself 10 the Hon. Q
Schuyler Collar, dated Jan. 18th, GO, sta
ting that AL the vacancies occurring m our
Legislature s,e invariably 6lled bv Febsls A
Governor, as ! tall among those who gil va y
csucies, ] would respectfully state my re- =
cord as loyal man : A. clear as any in The b
state of Tennessee aud think Is nothing "a
more than justice that correction be made
through The proper channel
an, Governor, very respectfully, yours,3e.
J. n. CusGAN. j.
Although his attention vas thus !,
20 this misststemenL no ~correc- "
ion was 1sde, leaving it 10 be inferred
hat he vas unwilling 70 dim ash the ~
nAuence of kis letter by 4 statement
u the whole truth The assertions of
individual, although the executive
f a State, made with 50 little regard H
or the facts, ought not 10 have much gr
Weight and, outside Of the radical op- y.
Of the President will not VI,
The statement in regard to the affair ds
. Marshall county, to which be alleges ar,