Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-06

him the privilege Of selecting Bis own APP
pointees in his oan State, in his own Dis
trict when he offers q them men every way
qualified being honest, deserving, and I'M
hinchingly loyal-only because they are not
the political friends ofmy colleagues of the
Third District-a sad commentary, is it not,
upon the intelligence and political honesty
Of the United States, as at present COM
posed
But / pursue the inquiry further, and
ask, what Legislative voters" were APP
pointed, and upon whose recommendation
Col. a. Z. GARRETT, Of Smith county,
soldier Of the United States arny-a brave
and gallant soldier, who served with honor
and distinction, and who had gradually won
his way up in rank-a true man, recon-
mended for the place By such Radicals as
Senator FOWLER and Representative NAY
NARD, who, IN written communication, tes-
tify to his worth and loyaIty-he voted for
them for Senator'S Should the Presi-
dent have refused the request Of
such unfinching loyalists? And yet, for
acquiescing in their request, he is abused
by the Governor Hon. A. A. STEELE, of
REHABILITATION you all know tried
friend Of the Government in Tennessee az a
time when to be its friend subjected him to
danger; a refugee from home because Of that
devotion; nominated to the Legislature by
the convention at Nashville as the Repre-
sentative from Marshall because Of his I'M
doubted loyalty. And to-day, he bears on
mis- person the marks made by the "rOpes and
gives" when ii the hands Of "bush-whack-
ers," when he came near sealing his devo-
ton to his country with his life, and was
only rescued by the personal influence and
entreaties Of II. n CowDEN, Of Marshall
county, who.deseryes for that act of gener-
osity, the congratulations of the Union men
Of the county. Why should not such a man
as A. A. STEELE receive, after such sacri-
fees, some small office at the hands of the
Government? He was the friend of the
President, and offered to pay homage.
Why should prolong this part of this
discussion? The Hon. A. 7. Nix, of Dixon
county, an unfinching loyalist, and recon-
mended BY, Senator FOWLER, Representa-
tive MAYEARD and Governor BROwNLow-
ought not these recommendations to have
some influence? DR.. J. w. Bowen was
recommended by every Senator in the Ten
nessee Senate, by Governor BRowELow, by
Senator PATTERSON, Representatives NAY
NARD LEFTwICK, HAWKINS, and Col. w.
B. Stokes, who vouches for his " honesty as
a man, and that he deserves the appoint
ment for known loyalty" Yet, he was re-
fused
Remember my fellow-citizens, the Gov
ernor does not charge them with being
rebels. He knows they never were. He
'damns" them with the swoop Of his mighty
pen, as "revolutionisls and villains" And
why? Because loving their State and its
institutions and people more than they did
mere political power, they refused at the
suggestion of the majority to pass laws that
would entirely subvert, as they firmly be-
ieved, the institutions ST the State; that
would change its character from a Republi
can form to ain oligarchy, when paltry mi
nority of forty Thousand voters would gov
ern and control one hundred and twenty
thousand voters of equal intelligence and
equal virtue, and to vest in the Governor of
the State almost unlimited authority, re-
gardless of the Constitution and laws.