, 1866-04-04

Especial DetPa1tn 10 Inc Gn1t3fD tf3ount.i
:. -': NASHVILLE, April3.
Edmund Cooper made a long and abe speech
ycs'erday to The people Of stelbyvillc and vicinity
s he ii beyond doubt tha asreeat end ahlest Of the
so-called consezyatlyes-Johnson pasty-of Ten
resecc, hts remarks were looked Tor with great
e1est by the people Of the State and are werth5 Of
public attention. .cyesywhere. '.
Ican give but m imperfect sJnopata Of bis ereeeh
lie dlfapproyed the cour.e of LEGISLATIVE boilers
In this ho did ;Fe3f. But be deelaEed that The pol
icy OF The lo1a majority in CopRress Is to make no
aaxc1. de gave wh.t be considered a deanitfon Of
and Consre.a: heartily commended the present eiats
of the government in the southern states. and de
clsrtd 1haf be identified himself with the Admute-
'zstlon ard tha rslleJ of Andrax Johq:on. -
loT for hts fpeeeh al knoxst1e, and said that a.
though he ma Brownlow acted together whilst ID
cd ,iInss, he wgao =, not e. With him no The
He lhcn entered 1pse long argument to show
that 1ohnsons policy y the sane - thai * Ah1a. r.
opening Of the 18th Congress. He ead he had
hipsef In 1862 advocated that policy uc next ar-
gntd at great e1eth that the rebel states are not
Ills next rasttcn was that loyal people, BY coz.
querin. reso1ied Satet~ posxets no 5noEG political
power over them than bcfosr the var: This potns
in passion, and forgot that tairness md e,urtesY
| which aanally character,zcd bin. When be pro
| ceedtd to arxuc the couuuct Of Co1GFcta toward
| Maynard, and Other Representatives f1om Tennes-
| re, be VA . asrogaat and Insulting.
d. thcn said for h;uNen be would refuse to nc
cent the cund1tInps prescribed By Congress for the
suffrage rot one Of the conditions; but tmme-
d1ate1y by an Ingenious turn Of hIs arEnmtnt. ne
reprezcnird thai negro suffrage Is the fe1ins cou-
aiilou Of tc1ms offered BY CongreHs, AID then pro-
ceed&G 10 declare emphatica31y against negro
srrfiace. He indortcd both vcloca fine President,
| aul declared acatnst all amendments to the Con-
e;t,ution OF the United Sales He declared fu1ehrs
that he "onid not consent hist 1as for tho PUNISH
mvpt Of ez1me shall he equal for both whites and
III, Cooper then closed bis rpeech with an c!o-
quent npo.trophc to that policy which proposes to
Prtelaens Johneon, obey the laws and trust tc
| Providence for the result.
III Cooper thoroughly Identified himeeltt Through
out hi@ Epeeeh s,'h he EoRpeshead party. nnt A !.
b. tIeIe.f it e1l0ftinv to quiet and peace. and Sc
verely denounc1ug the u1cket . Is OF rtbcGiun h
| shtweu that he Of rif ht ought 10 be member o
I lie sr nj Union p1ftY.
The question Of sepsratc State government 70
Eatt Tennessee + being strongly ayftated IN tha
teclion Of the Slate. Geos1:e 4. Cooper faTots fh
I project
I and the river GalliuG 1apEdtr. Without 1aln. nav
satlon to this port Will be entirely suspended IN
couple OF days.
noney Il liz treasury sufficient to pay ordtn7E
c1pcpscs for the present year. decided today tns
The proceeds Of tg1es for 1896 shall be appropriate
TO the payment OF the back tD!crcEt on The bonds
| The Nat hy1lle g. Chnttanooca lfalruat+ amulntin
| % about reycaty thou*aud dollars.
The Union men o1 Nashville havo been watchfr
| tue election returns from Connecticut al day sil
sSse Tney SSPsns nd ,asf fhat
hope IL IN the lo} }al people OF the North and the
/ rep1es entatlrca In CongNks.