The national Republican., 1866-07-11

oscn subjugatiow, ",chich wouid place them
oholly at The mercy Of the conquero's BY The
laos Of nations andthe lasos efspar." & (
Need we undertake toprove that Governor
BRowSLow hsted he loyal people Of Ten
nessee in 1868 in order 70 betrsy them to
their enemies IN 1867 Has he not deserted
them by joining that party, in and out Of
Congress who refuse loyal men in that State,
including thousands Of Union soldiers, pay.
ment for supplies actually furnished by them
TO the Union army for the reason that 'they
were citizens Of State most Of whose people
had gone into rebellion;' who, for eight
months, have denied them the right Of rep
resentation through unfinchngly loyal men,
sent by unflinchingly loyal citizens to repre-
sent them in the national halls Of legislation;
who demand Of them other conditions prece-
dent to their recognition as loyal cit,sens Of
the United States, after the trials, losses and
sufferings of ave weary years, after having
amended their form Of State government
under the instructions Of the aop mdrtyred
LINCOLN, and, in addition thereto, after hav-
ing disfranchised four ffths Of the citizens Of
their State; who require, through their pro-
posed constitutional amendment, and through
their echo at Nashville, Governor BRowS-
Lows message,) that before such recognition
they shall surrender one fourth Of their rep
resentation in Congress under the legal ap-
portionment Of 1868, made during the pro
gress of he 'oar, and, by the adoption Of
these amendments, place it within the power
of siavehoiding and once rebelhous Middle
and West Tennessee, yphenever they choose,
10 poll siIty thousand negro potesin the State
elections against The no,,-slaeeliolding and
honestly loyal East Tennesseeans, and thus
secure sepen Representatives. in Congress for
themselves sgainst three from East Tennes-
seer Is not the perfidy plains Can one
serve God and Mammon r.. r. adj, ..r.
But what Is the price Of this treachery
In looking over the political horizon Of the
South we see three men occupying promi-
nent positions among those who hare been
loyal to the Government during the past five
years, and who are now striving to outd0,
each other in serving the enemies Of peace
and unionp IN and out Of Congress-, These
three are join MSoR Boris, Of Virginia; A.
j. HAMILTON, Of Texas, and W. G. BRowS-
tow, of Tennessee, and the reward which is
held out to them from the Capitol is the
radical nomination for Pfce President in
1868. And this 1t is, we fear, that is stimu.
lating them to the sacrifice Of the interests ol
the truly loyal peoplerof their States. We
are not surprised to see that in this race for
supremacy as time-serreys the Governor Of
Tennessee has for a time outJ Judased JUDAs;
and il he succeeds in making the Tennessee.
Legislature the first to endorse the radical
constitutional amendments he will have dis.
tanced the other competitors. u We do not
ENVY him his reputation, II he should OBJ:
tain bis" thirty pieces q silver (which we.
thihF highly impropable,) We predict the
honara will sit so unessily upon his head that
he will seek to return them again to those
who gave them; and, falling in this, he will
go hang, himself-in any case. beqnea,hing
TO the history Of his country nothing but
that blank which is ever the portion Of those
who are time-servers sgainst the convictions
and principles ofhonesty and virtue.
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