Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-29

|executed, are now for executing
Jail who dare to oppose, his policy.
or even doubt its success,
There is twice the amount of
bitterness and intolerance in the
South, to-day, toward the Union
and everything Northern, that
there was at the time of Lees
surrender. Abuse of Union men,
of the radicals in Congress, and
selfassumed superiority OH the
part of Southern chivalry, have
arisen to such a height that loyal
men, cannot travel on a steam
boat or in a railroad car with.
out being insulted. AS it was
during the war, SO it is now; all
concessions from the North, or
from the majority in Congress,
are regarded as evidences of fear;
all the old Rebel papers of 1861,
and many new ones, are in full
blast, threatening Congress and
the North with ultimate ven
geance, and boasting of Southern
prowess. The most popular men
in the largest portion of Tennes.
see, to-day, are the most distin-
guished for their hostility to the
North, and what they are pleased
to call the Radical Congress" and
they are the class of men who are
selected to fill Offices, as the late
county elections show. The same
is true of the entire South, only
more so! In a word, they are re.
solved on breaking up the Govern.
ment, and they expect to carry out
their schemes through the ballot
box, and how men of candor and
intelligence can represent them as
loyal and kindly disposed is mys-
terry to me, even in this age of re-
bellion and treachery. | do not
understand them, and my oppor-
tunities for learning their temper
and ultimate purposes are as good
as those of most men.
Why, sir, many of them are eX-
pecting the President to disperse
Congress with the bayonet, as
Cromwell dispersed the Long Par
Lament. The Southern heart is
rapidly being fired to deeds of war,
and all this, and more, | believe,
has been occasioned by the mis-
takes 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 ruined
the prospects of the Union men,
and they feel that there is no safe
ty for them unless Congress shall
choose to protect them. Even
three days ago General Thomas
had to send troops into Marshall
county, some sixty miles distant,
to protect loyal men and freedmen,
who were fleeing for safety and
coming to this city.
So far as | am individually con-
cerned the Incorporate abuse CT
the denunciation and black
guardism of their reconstructed
journals, the threats of personal
violence from their amnestied pa.
triots, and the anonymous letters
of towards threatening my assas-
sination all fall harmless at my
feet. No earthly power can drive
me from the support of the men
and the party who fought the bat
ties of the late war and put down
the rebellion.
With kind iecollections of the
past, and the hope of a pleasant
future, w. e. BRowNLow,
Governor of Tennessee.
THE central DIRECTORY"
In view of the statements of
Governor Brownlow, and its cor
roborations borne to us by every
mail from the South, may | not
inquire whether Andrew Johnson
IS in his true place, eff traitors
should take a back seat in the
work of restoration?" In view
If his perfidous abandonment of
he Union men of the South, do |
lot his denunciations of Congress