The Portland daily press., 1866-03-08
Letter from Governor Brownlow.
ON THE ADMISSION OF rrSSrssrr.
r1 "- e. NASHVILLE, Jan. Is, 1865.

..-.f-g ~. NASHVILLE, Jan. Is, 1865.
To Hon. Schuyler Colfar: dci-.l-t .ls.-
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 9th inst. was
received last evening, and am glad to have
an opportunity to set myself right, as It re-
CARDS the admission of the Tennessee deleoa-
ton to their seats. You understand me cor
rectly, and represent me properly. I am de-
cidedly In favor of admitting the Tennessee
delegation, and have SO expressed myself In
all my private and published letters, as well as
in my messages to the Legislature. 1 ii- -a
Tennessee occupies different and better
position than any Of the States that partici-
pated in the rebellion, and her representatives
should not be placed on the same footing with
those of Virginia, the Carolinas, Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, &c. Tennessee
amended her Constitution, declared her slaves
tree, elected loyal Governor and Legislature
under the administration OF the famcnted
Lincoln; and as a tribute to his memory the
State ought to be restored to the Union. The
tennessee delegates, as a whole, are loyal can
take the required oath, and would, If in their
seats, add to the strength of the Union party.
tennessee was allowedto furnish the candi-
date for the Vice Presidency on the Republi-
can ticket, and now furnishes the President
Tennessee continued to be partially repre-
sented IN both branches Of Congress for two.
years after the war was commenced, and she
furnished, in all, $4,000 soldiers for the Union
armies. s.,f The Tennessee representatives
ought to be admitted as an act OF Justice to
the loyal Tennesseans who stood by the coum-
try ali through the rebellion, and as a tribute
to Messrs. Lincoln and johnson in restoring
the State to the Union. Finally, they ought
to be admitted as a means of preventing .
rupture between Congress and the President,
which for the sake of the country, ought to be
avoided. The President ought to be satisfied
with The admission of the Tennessee delegates
to their seats, and have no doubt would be-,
Standing upon different footing altogeth-
are admitted, the representatives from other
Not man south of Tennessee should be adj
mitted untibthose States manifest less of the
spirit of rebellion, and elect more loyal set of
men, and men who can take the congressional
test oath, which but few OF those elected can
do. i.--iilsi rWo z'3al ha1lGe u9mLe.zL .-.cb
If the removal Of the. Federal troops from
Tennessee must necessarily follow upon the
admission OF our congressional delegation 10
their seats, why, then, and in that case, the
loyal men of Tennessee beg 10 be without rep
resentatives In Congress. But our members
can be admitted, and military force retained
sufficient to govern and control the rebelious.
concarn that Hitbo1t a law 20 d;sfr.nnh;see - e
rehels and forca m carru ont ths nro,;s;ons
nf nat AZ ~th;s Stata iii, ,ss.s 49, a..
hands Of tha rehels', ami a tarribIa steta ~
affairs il honni to tol,ow- IJn;on men viii ha
driven fron, tha St.ta srca,I - sacr;t;ca ,,hss
they have. and seek homes elsewhere. And
yet, Tennessee is in much better condition