Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-03-29


low, OF Tennessee;
ExEcUTlyE DEpARTARsr,
NASHVILLE, March s, 1856.
Hon. William ID. Kelley, House Of Representa-.
| GVes:
| DEAR SiR;-Enclosed send you a copy OF
my proclamation, from which you will learn
that faction OF twenty- one disorgani2ers have,
| in the true apirit OF the late Ubiquitous Rebel
lion, Withdrawn, and reduced House of
| Representatives below II quorum. | need not
| add further remarks, as the proclamation FULLY
j discusses the points at issue.
| On Friday last the election ot county officers
took place throughout the State, such as
clerks, sherilfs, justices, trustees aud tax col
lecLor5 and III Middle and West Tennessee the
Rebels have made clean sweep, turning the
| Union mon out and clecting their own candi-
| dates, who eiectionrrred tor 9TH re the
| ground the they WERE kcbels, and had either
| serred in the Rebel army, or in some other
| capacity had given their influence to the cause
| vi treason sid traitors.
When Eichmoud fell aud Ice surrendered,
EcOeis, and many who sympathiEed with them,
were very respectful 10 Mon men, often OF
scqni0Ga, guilty. .uiprts, they evidently ienr-
al arrest and pu nshment, and ielt that 10 b;
lett alone AID allowed 10 live, WAS all they
had iighi 30 expect. But, since psrlons have
been so luulupi ed, and no man has been pun
iiued, lhey have everywhere become impudent
and Wes Tennessee it,i disreputabie to have
nncn Onion man, as a Southern man to
. haze serE' a. tie CntOu army. Ald matters
, are growing worse, tbs reconstructed traitors
oprniy Gursiug loyal toen, and threatening that
, they have the President on their side, while
we all feel that She Presidents policy is ruin
Gus to Us.
, When put the President in nomination al
y Baltimore foS tue Vice Presidency, felt that
z he had so thoroughly committed himBet to
the Union cause, aud been so badly treated by
"a the Rebels, 1t waa impossible tor him ever to
~ yet round TO them agtu, bat give him up as
o. lost 10 the Union parry, aud ~ the man who
" ia To head the Rebels AM Democrats Every
= Rebel 10 ali this county. every Mcclellan man
and every eX-gucrilia Chief are loud anu en-
"a thusestle IN praise OF the President The mer
10 who were hut few months since cursing hin
:, iur All Abotionist aud traitor, aEd wishing
-. him executed are now tor executing all wht
- dare to oppose his policy, or even doubt III
a. snccss1. There is twice the amount OF bitter
~ ness and intolerance in the South, to-day, to
-, wards the Union and everything Northern, tina
: there Was Al the time OF Ices surrender
- Abuse of the Gnon men, OF the r ,dicals il
Congress, aud seli-assumed superiority on th'
. part of Southern chiva.ry have risen 10 such
~ height that loyal men cannot travel on
IN steamboat, or in II railroad car, with out bein
y, u iusuited AS it was during the war, so it /
~ now; all concessions from the North, or iron
" the majority ia Congress. are regarded as evi
= dencs OF tear, all the old Rebel pApers Of 1851
- an1 many new cues, are in full blast, threaten
:; lag Congress aul the North with ultimate Ven
geAnce, aud boastiug Of Southern proves.
i The most popular men in the largest portion
OF Tennessee, to day are the men most ds,a
' gushed tor their hostility to the Moth ant
Pc what they are pleased to call the Radical Con
= RIess aad they are the class OF mon who are
= selected to ill Officers, MS the late county eec
40 lions show. The same is true OF the intirt
; South, only NOR 90 la a word they are re
solved gu b ssking up tue tovernment and the
10 ax pect 10 carry out their schemes through the
:. ballot bux and how mea OF caudor AMI initial
~ ligeuce can represent them AS loyal ald kndl,
= disposed is mystery to me, even in this age
10 OF rebellion aHl treachery. do not under.
stlud them, aad my opportunities for learning
~ their temper aud ultimate purposes are Nj
= good AZ those OF most mon
u Why, sir, many Of them are expecting III,
At President to dispense Congress with the bay
onet, as Cromwell dispersed the Long Paria
y ment. TIE Southern heart is rapidly beius
=, fred too deeds OF war, and all this and moro
u as | believe, has been occasoned by the mis-
u takes Ell the President.
- His plan of trusting rebels with their Stat
We Governments has had an effect exactly the OIL
ol- posite OF what he Intended. 1t has ruined th
~ prospects OF the aon men, and they feel ths
eo there is no safety for tham unless Congress
~ shall choose to protect them. Even three day
Try seo General Thomas had 10 send troops I'M
Ee Marshall county some sixty miles distant.
iss protect loyal meh ind freedmen who wei
pai Il .eing for safely and coming 10 this city.
III so TAR us | ain individually con erned the Il
'ht temperate abuse OF Rebels, ihe denuuciati.
ioi aud blAckguaIdi OF their reconstructed jou
ING nails the threats OF personal violence fro
their AnuCstied patriots, and the anonymn,
'hs letters OF eowarls threatening my assassin
,..tI hos. ut taat Al