The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-08-08
Major Gen George 4. Thomas,

| Gen. Thomas must be trying to obtain
| the Radical nomination for the Presidency.
Not content to rely upon the flispracefi,l
record which he made during the war nv
the unrelenting and barbaroua manner IN
which he fought against his native South,
this renegade Virginian has, since the ter.
mination OF hostilities, used every oppor-
tunity to insult, Cypress, and hnmiiiate the
people OF those States Every one re,r,em.
bers the dastardly order which be publish-
ed against the Bishop and clergy of Ala
bama, when he closed every EpiseonM
church in that State, and forbade The clar.
gy to perform any, thesimplest or the most
sacred, OF their clerical functions. and
every one must remember many other acts
OF this unworthy soldier, less imnortant
bnt no less infamous. But these tbings
belong to the past, and are indeed trivial
compared with what he has lust nronosad
10 40. mat there may be no nlisappre-
henslon as to this We republish his tele-
grans
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July IA, 1865.
Laeat. Gen; GRANT, Washington, D. C.
some OF the members Of the House Of
representatives of the Tennessee General
Assembly conduct themselves in q very re-
iractory manner, absenting themselves to
prevent quorum, thus olstrusting hpsi.
ness. The Governor cannot ,nanape them
with the means at his disposal and has an.
piled to me for military assistance Shall
| furnish itq ''A141'
GEO. H. THOMAS,
Major General Commanding.
In other words, this man asks TO he ner.
mitted to use the army of the United States
70 compel the members of the State Legis-
latlre to obey the wishes of the miserable
=, wretch who nsurps the governorship of
Tennessee. Who but member of that
faction which intends toestablisll militia
~ aespotlsm IN this country, and whose
schemes Mr.. Raymond has partially dis
closed would have ever thought Of COM
uniting so gross an outrage upon not onlv
Sovereign State, but the very PRINCIPLES
OF republican government
We do not wonder that even Iinco]n,s
Secretary Of War, even he who convened
lhose infamous commissions which have
stained the escutcheon Of the Union with
their horrible murders, even Edwin M
stanton, was SO shocked by this atrocious
proposal OF one of his most subseryient
tools that he Immediately sent him this
sharp and perempt0ry command:
WASHINGTON, D. G., July II. 1866.
Gen. Grant will instruct Gen. Thomas
that the facts stated in his telegram do not
warrant the interference of the military
authority. The administration Of the laws
and the preservation of the peace in Nash.
vile belong properly to the State authori-
ties: and the duty, Of the United States for
ces is not to interfere III any way in the
controversy between the political authori-
ties OF the State and Gen. Thomas win
strictly abstain from any interference be.
tween them.
r. N. STANTON, Sect. Of War,
:, Why does the President retain General
Thomas in command Of great military
department, when that officer gives such
repeated evidences of his incapacity TO
comprehend the nature Of republican poy.
errnment and Of his contemptnous disregard
Of the rights Of the people, Of tile laws and
OF the Constitution.-[N. Y News.