The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-02-16
Letter from Gev. BrownIow-. his
Opinion ot Southern Rebels. 4
nisiNAeHyiLIE, Jan, l5, 1856.
Hon. SchKYlsr eoIfags

INST, was reserved w evening" ana
am glad % have an opportunity 10
set NlyGslf right Hs IL regards tho
admission .of thek Tenneasee delega-
ton 70 their seats; You understand
me correctly, and represents me pro
perly. lam decidedly in fayor ofadl
hitting the Tennessee delegation, and
30 expressed myself In all my private
and Published letters, as well rs in my
message to the Legislature e ae.ial
TsEnSssse occupies q different aud
better position than any ofthe States
that participated in the rebellion and
her representatives should not be plaOr
cd on the same footing with those
of Virginia, the CarolinAss Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, &c.--
Tennessee amended her, Constitution,
declared her slaves free, elected q 10y
sl Governor and Legislature under
the administration Of The lamonted
Lincoln and as q tribute to his mem
ory, the State ought 70 bc restored, to
the Union, Tho Tennessee delegates
as q whole, are loyal, can take the ro-
quired oath, and would, ifadmittedto
their seats, add to the strength Of tho
Union party. s'.'1''' ~ '''a0 ~ ~ %
Tennessee was allowed 10 furnish
the candidate for the Vice Presidency,
on tho Republican ticket, and now fur
hishes the President. Tennessee con.
tinued TO be partially represented in
both branches of Congress- for two
years after tho war was commenced,
and she furnished, in all, $4,000 SOL
diers foriths Union armies. The Ton,
nessee Representatives ought TO bo
admitted as an act of justice TO the
loyal Tennesseeans who stood by tho
country oil through therebellion, and
as a. tribute to the, joint labors of
Messrso Lincoln and johnson, in re-
storing the, State TO the Union. ri.
nslIy, they ought to be admitted as q
means of, preventing q rupture be-
tween Congress and the President
which, for the sake Of tie conptry,
ought to be, avoided Tho President
ought to be satisfied with the a1hlis.
sion of the Tennessee delegates TO
their seats, and have no doubt
would be- t'Hi iAy.A7 'RsPAnfes 70
y StahdihS upon o different footing
altogether, 1t does not follow thRtfif
the Tcnnessceans are admitted, tho
Representatives from otherSLates Int.
~ ID rebellion must come in also Not
4 man south Of TenDessee should be
admitted, until those States mahifesA
less Of the spirit of rebehionj sRad
elect q more loyal set of men, and
msn who cnn take the Congressional
test oath, which but fcw Of those
elected can do.53 bra vboJ y.s7a saiflu
d,1If the removal of the Federal
troops from Tennessee must nscessa
rily follow upon the admission of our
Congressional delegation to their seats
.-why, then, and in that case, the
loyal men Of Tennessee beg 10 be
without representatives in Congress
But our members can be admitted,
and a military. force retained sufficient
to govern and control the .rebellious.
/ tell you, and throdgh you, all whom
Il may concern, that without alaw to
disfranchise rebels, and d force to car!
ry ont the provisions Of that law,
this State will pass into tho hands Of
tho rebels, and q terrible state Of af
fairs is bound to follow. Union mon
will be driven from the State, forced
70 sacrifice what they have, and seek
homes elsewhere. And yet Tennessee
10 IN much better condition than
any Of the other reyolted States, and
affords stronger loyal population
hu Those who suppose the South 10
RECONSTRUCTED, and that her people
cheerfully acsept the results Of the
war, are fearfully deceived ! The
whole South is full of the spirit of re-
bellion, and tho people are growing
more bitter and insolent, every day.
Rebel newspapers are springing up
all over the South, and speaking out
in terms Of bitterness and reproach
against the Government Of the. Uni
ted States. Those papers lead tho
people, and at tho same time reflect
their sentiments and feelings. OF tho
twenty.one papers in Tcnhessec, four.
teen are decidedly Rebel, outSpoken
and undiSguised, SONS Of them pre-
tending 10 acquissce in the existing
state of affairs. In all tho vacancies
Occhrring in our Legislature, even
With our franchise Law in force, re-
bells aro invariably returned J and, in
some instances, rebel officers limping
from wounds received in battle, fight,
ing against the United States foreesl
And yet, j tell you, that Tennessee Is
II better condition than any other
royolted state. ssbas,l t.a .sss.ss,di
Others will give you q more favor
able account. I cannot in justice TO
ny ssIf and tho truth, .hjne Iknow
the Southern people. I have lived
years in the South Of
choice, and two at the North Of ne'
cessitv 3 sl,1 ss1li Doe svoiir laaig
~ have tks honor 10 be, sssr' 'ls -on
"a bna dlna Very truly, &C. i1l'osni aa'
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