The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-06-10
The ..LoyaI Georgian.,,

A telegraphic dispatch from Augusta,
Ga, announces that the military; by
order Of General Tillson, have taken
possession of the printing Office of the
Loyal Georgian" We have never
seen a copy Of the loyal Georgian"
but we Know from letter to the
Army and Navy Journal that it is "a
paper professedly devoted to the inter
ests Of the freedmen, but actually used
by J. 3. Bryant, ex Captain, U. S. ",
ex-Assistant Commissioner Freedmen's
Bureau, now Attorney-st-Law, Freed
mems Councillor, and Editor-in-chief,
for his own advancement" The writer
adds, that the course Capt Bryant has
pursued in Augusta has been such as TO
stir up strife between the races, and he
has ever exercised the most pernicious
influence. To men of his stamp the
country is indebted for much of the OPP
position shown to the Bureau by the
Southern people"
On the Goth Of April, the graves of
rebel soldiers in the cemetery at Au-
gusta we're decorated by the ladies with
flowers. The Loyal Georgian" an
nounced subsequently that the offices
of the United States officers in Augusta
we're closed on that day in honor of
the event This was falsehood, with
out any foundation whatever. Not
long afterwards, Captain Bryant and
others got up project to have a pro
cessiOn Of the negro schools, march to
the cemetery and decorate with flowers
the graves Of Federal soldiers. The
spirit in which this originated is shown
IN the remark of one of the LADY teach
ers, given by the correspondent Of the
Journal: Let us," said she, get up a
celebration, have our scholars bring
flowers, 60 in procession, and decorate
our soldiers graves. WSH see ho,0 the
rebels ,giH ike that Many were
the boasts made, continues the writer,
of show they would take down the
pride Of the rebels This affair, of
course, excited great feeling, so Cap
tain Bryant intended. The Mayor of
the city objected to the demonstration,
stating his willingness for the teachers
and others, together with such cOlored
persons as were needed to carry the
flowers, to enter the cemetery and dec
crate the Federal soldiers graves just
as the Southern ladies had decorated
the graves of Southern soldiers. But
this would not do; they must have a
grand negro procession ito take down
the rebels pride" Gen. Tillson and
Gen. Brannan, seeing the state Of feel
ing, advised postponement of the Gel.
ebration; but this was not needed ;
and the Mayor prevented the demon.
stration by the exercise of his au-
thority. The Loyal Georgian "
gave an account of the
the affair, perVerting the facts, and
slandering Gen. Tillson. Its account
has been made the basis of mean
and malicious preamble to a resolution,
on the subject, which has been adopt
ed 10y the House Of Representatives.
The Cemetery affair was recently, du
ring the visit of Gems. Steedman
and Fullerton to Augusta brought be,
fore meeting of the colored popula.
ton, by Gen. Tillson, and their judg-
ment as to the propriety of his course
sought. The response of the meeting
exhibited the influence the evil coun-
sells of Bryant and his confederates
had had upon them. We presume this
matter gave the Loyal Georgian" a
pretext for continuing its unfair and in
furious conduct, and made it necessary
for Gen. TillsOn to take possession of the
office. We shall have the facts in a
day or two
Previous to the Cemetery affair, Gen.
Tillson was favorite with the Radicals
but they opened their batteries upon
Il him so soon as they discovered he
was unwilling TO see q community
wantonly insulted, although it had
been rebel. Their wrath will break
out afresh now They, who have been
demanding fresh victims for sacriice
TO military authority, will hold him up
rs despot seeking TO crush liberty o.
speech and the press Their OK is
gored, and stupepdous will be their
Indignation. We hope the General
will take the misfortune calmly.