The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-03-29
Conditions Of Tennessee.
Important Letter from Cor, Bro~nloac.

81 NASHVILLE, March 3, 1866.
Hon VIM D KELLRY. House of Represen-
tatives, Washington, D. c.
DEAR SIR Enclosed send you copy of
my proclamation, from which you will learn
that faction of twenty one disorganizers
have in the true spirit of late Ubiquitous re-
belioH, Withdrawn, and reduced our House
of Representatives below quorum need
not add further remarks as the proclamation
fully discusses the points at issue q
On Friday last the election of county off
GERS took place throughout the State; such
as Clerks, Sheriffs. Justices. Trutees Tax
Collectors, and IN Middle aud Vest Teunes
see the rebels have made a clean sweep
turning Union men ont aud elccting their
own candidates, who electioneered for Office
ortlfe ground that they were rebels, aud
had either served in the rebel army or in
some other capacity had given their influ
ence to the canse Of tren$o aud truit0yS
When Richmond fell AID Lee surrendered, |
rebels, and many who sympathized with
them, were very respectful to Union men.
ofgen obsequions Guilty cuprits they ev
itently feared il,rest aud punishment, and
felt that to be let alone aud allowed to live
was all had right to expect But since
paEdons have been 81 multiplied, and no uan
- te.'l pnulsiitt tGey lave everywhere
ha'onr I,Dpujent aud defiant, until IN most
COUNTIES in Middle and West Tennessee it
is tesputabe 10 have served IN the Union
army Aud matters are growing worse -
The Reconstructed traitors openly cursing
loyal men and Threatening them with shoDt-
ng or hanging trusting that they have the
President on their side while we all feel
that Presidents policy is rliinous to US
When lput the president in nomination.
at Baltimore for the Vice Presidency. felt
that he had 50 thoroughly committed himself
to the Union cause. and had been so badly
treated by the rebels it was impossible for
him ever to get around to them again but
| give INN up ms lost to the Union party
and as the man who is to head the rebels and
Democrats Every rebel in this country,
every Mcclellan man, and every ex-guerilla
chef, are loud aud enthusiastic in praise of
the president. The rnan Who but few
mooths since We're cursng him for an ADO
'ttlonlst md traitor, aud wishing him execu-
ted, are row for executing all aho dare to
oppose his policy or even doubt its success.
tncre IS twice the amount Of bitterness
sud N tolerance in the South to day toward
the Union and everything Northern than
there was at the time If Lee $ surrender =
Abuse Of Union meu,of the Radical major
ity IN Congress, and sef-assuned superiori- |
ty on the part Of the Southern chivalry. have |
arisen to such height that loyal men eau
not raVe on IL steamboat, or IN IA railroad /
car, without being lnsulted. AS it was dur
ring the war, 81 it is now-all CONCESSIONS /
from the North, Or from tie majority III
Congress are regarded as evidences Of fear
All the old rebel hopes of 1861, and many
new ones, are i'll full blast, threatening Con
gress and the North with ultimate ven
geaure and boasting Of Southern prowess
sttrcS most popular men in the largest portion
OF tennessee today are the men most iistn-
guIshed for their hostility to the North and
what they are pleased to term the radical
Congress and they are the class of men
selected to fill offices as the late county eIec-
tons show. This is true of the entire South.
"Hg 70 u 9reater eEteAG In a word, they are
resolved on breaking up the Government
and they expect To carry out their scheme
tbropgb The b1il05 J0&. and how men of
candor and Intelligence can represent them
as loyal and kindly disposed is mystery
to me, even in this age of rebellion and
treachery | do not understand them, and
my opportunities for learning their temper
and ultimate purpose are as good as those
of most men.
Wy. sir many of them are expecting the
President to dsperse Congress with the
bayonet, as Cromwell dispersed the long
Parliament, The Southern heart is being
rapidly fred to deeds Of war; anu all this
aud more, as | believe has been caused by
the mistakes of the President His plan of
trusting rebels with their State governments
has had an effect exactly the opposite of
what he intended. 1t has ruiued the pros
peets OF the Union men, and they feel that
there is no safety for them unless Congress
should choose to protect them. Even three
days ago Gen. Thomas had to sind troops
INTO Marshall county, some sixty miles dis
tant, to protect loyal men aud freedmen,
who were fleeing for safety aud coming to
the city
So far as | am individually CONCERNED, the
inteuperate abuse of rebels the denuncia-
ton aud hIackguardism of their reconstruc-
ted journals the threats Of personal violence
from these am iestied patriots,and the auony- !
nous letters Of towards threatening MY as
sAssination all fall harnl IS at my feet =
No earthly power can drive me from the
support of the men and party who fought
the battles Of the late war and put down
the rebellion