The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-09
REGIONS rnUcTIoN.


The people oil over the countr.
are extremely anxious to know wha
Congress intends to do in regard t
the matter Of reconstruction. The
question has been discussed in all its
length and breadth, sufficiently to find
out what is necessary to do in the
premises. The Joint Committee on
Reconstruction has made report as
to Tennessee, which is said TO cover
the following five points:
1. That the final act in any scheme
Of reconstruction must be left to
Congress.
Q. That the people of Tennessee
must admit only loyal men to office.
o. That rebels shall be disfran.
chised.
4. That no claim or appropriation
shall be made for emancipated slaves.
5. That the rebel war debt shall
be forever repudiated.
This report receives the sanction
of nine of the fifteen members ol
the Reconstruction Committee--the
other six are paired Off in twos on
the subject, and each pair has its
own report. The matter WAS laid
over for week or two. The tcsti-
mony which the committee has taken
in regard to the condition of Ten
nessee is interesting.
Brig. Gen. Hatcher says that leav.
ing ont the Eastern portion of the
State, he should think it was largely
opposed to the General Government;
that there is no good feeling toward
the Government, and very little good
feeling, excepting in East Tennes.
see. Public sentiment In the latter
is, in the main, loyal. lie considers
West Tennessee as disloyal as Mis-.
sissippi. East Tennessee is the only
portion of the State from Which the
troops can be withdrawn with safe
~.
Mai. Gen. G.. L. Thomas tcstlies
that he has studied the condition OF
Tennessee carefully, and in his opin.
ion that il protected and encouraged
by a small Union force, the loyal
sentiment would gain complete as-
tendency in year or two. lie does
not think it would be safe at this
time to remove the troops or withdraw
martial law, or restore the privilege
OF the writ of habcus corpus. Ten
nessee is perfectly safe, because the
Union sentiment preponderates.--
Middle Tennessee is disturbed by
personal enemies and hatred, much
more than by disloyalty of persons
against the United States. Union
men in West Tennessee are in the
minority, but the Union sentiment
is gradually approaching good 10y.
al standard, aud he thinks this feeling
will so on improving.
Gen. Fisk testilies that he has
half a million OF freedmen under his
charge. The great mass are In good
condition, and improve, but they
need the protection of the Govern
ment, as much on account of the op-
position manifested against them, as
in Justice to the negro. Those who
cvince their hostility to these persons
say they should be entirely driven
from the State; and oppose the edu
cation of the negro, and his rights
before the law. All the freedmen
in Tennessee who are able bodied,
procure employment, The military
should not be Withdrawn. nor martial
law removed, nor the writ OF habcas
corpus at present be restored. As
to tue loyalty OF the majority OF n
people of Tennessee, they are op.
posed to the Government II every
man should vote as he pleased, this
fact would be manifested.
The balance OF the testimony elici-
ted, is similar to the above, and gives
probably the best idea Of the actual
state Of matters in Tennessee that
has been published.
The Fenians are in high state Of
excitement since the receipt of the
news that the writ of habeas corpus
was suspended in Ireland. Meetings
have been, and are being held every
where and speeches Of the most ex-
citing character made TO rouse the
patriotism OF the friends of Ire
land--not, however, the fighting pat
II Itism as the much as moneyed. The
main call y for money and not men,
ofthe latter they have enough. Could
the words of the Fcnian leaders be
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