The national Republican., 1866-07-11

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~ ssP. HAN6COA, EDITOR. "a, .
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WEDNESDAY NoKNINa :..::JuLY ii. isss
GOvEaN0aDaOWNLOw AND His
RADHCALe9ERvlNG LEGlsIA.
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Then -ons Of the tpelve, called JUDAS
IscAaio1, soent unto the chief priests,
Aad said unto them, What piA We gip,
me, cad IWiu deliver him Wnto you? Ana
they copenanted With him for thirty pieces Q,
silver. ..f''
"And from hat time he sought opportuni
ty to betruy him."-St Matthew. chap. XVI,
verses IA. lb,l6. .r ....'.
Yesterday the telegraph brought US a
synopsis Of the message Of the Governor oi
Tennessee TO the Legislature Of that State,
convened by him for the purpose Of securing
the ratification Of the constitutional amend.
ments recently proposed by Congress. We
cannot ssy that we are surprised by the
sentiments expressed by the honorable
genuemsn,r but we will admit that the sub.
limated coolness with which he echoes the
words whicha are won't to fall from the lips Of
the chief priests, scribes and pharisees-
Srxyxss, SunxxR, ct I'd omne genus-is de-
cidedly refreshing during this heated term,
and has somewhat checked our respiration.
Our surprise upon this account must not be
attributed to an underestimate Of his politi-
cal truculency, bat to our ignorance Of the
price he had set upon has services.
The present Legislature Of Tennessee was
elected during time Of war, by strictly
loyal men, and all disloyal or doubtfully
loyal We're prevented from coming to the
polls by the operations Of the military and
the enforcement Of q most rigorous disfran-
chisement The same vote that elected the
Legislsture clothed the former Pdrson
BRowSLow with the gubernatorial robes.
Almost all Of the members Of the Legisla-
ture thus elected had been loyal to the Gov
ernment Of the United States, and that Of the
State Of Tennesseey from the beginning; and
the only exceptions Of which we are cognizant
we will state. Hon. Mr.. ARSKLL, from MUIR
ray county; Hon. Mr. GrLnER, from Maury
county, and Hon. Mr.. MULLINS, from Bedford
county, at the outset Of the rebellion, made
speeches encouraging volunteers for the
rebel army, drilled rebel rssspits. and ex.
hausted all their rhetorical and oraterical re-
sources IN expressing their enthasssm in
the cause Of the South, in which
they declared themselves to be 'Ienlisted
heart and hand" against the uswpation
Of the Government at WsshingtonA A gain,
Hon. Mr., sEsrER, from ufsnger tcSshAy,
was unfortunately because he has been a
loyal msA At hearty o member of the Ten
nessee Legislature in 1869, and, more unfor-
tunatelv was prevailed up6,, like many
others Of the same body, to take an oath to
support the seditious organization at I.;ch-
mond, denominated The Confederate States
Of America" However, in accordance with
the adopted test Of loyalty to-day, these
facts should not initiate against the reputa-
ton Of these honorable gentlemen" because
they have bitterly repented their past sins,
have. acknowledged that there is but one
Government in the United States to which
they owe allegiance and last, but by no
means least, they now follow submissively in
the leading strings of the patriotic Governor
Of Tennessee, who in turn crouches and
barks, when told to "speak," at the feet of
those who say to him, "!Stdnd aside, / am
holier than thou" But the worthy and emf
neatly loyal Governor has shown that he
even he, the SAUL Of Tennessee, converted
to radicalism and negrophobia-ha not
heart Of stone TO those who were fred in
1862 with Goals from the altar Of sedition,
but who now, when asked. "Sureiy thou also
art one Of them, for thy speech betrayeth thee"
can with brazen front reply, ~ know not
the lost cause" As an evidence of this
Christian spirit Of forgiveness, which, upon
this and all other matters, is apparent in the
character Of the magnanimous Governor of
Tennessee, we need only assure our readers
that the present Secretary Of Stste-faithful
coadjutor and ardent supporter of Governor
BRowsLow-is the Hon. ANDREW JACKSON
FLETCHER, who, in 1862, went to the Rich
mond government, proffered his services to
Greeneyille, Tennessee, for the rebel army,
and received from DAVIS the requisite au-
thority to do so. But the loyal inhabitants
Of the vicinity Of Governor JoHSsoSs home
were more merciful to the honorable Mr..
FLETCHER than he was to himself; and, by
refusing to join his rebel regiment-which
action he then thought unkind, but now can
say " they were cruel in order to be kind -
prevented him from completing his contract
with the rebel government. .t u.
Thus we have enumerated some of the ex-
ceptions to the general loyalty Of the Legis-
lature and State government Of Tennessee,
which it will be seen are very few; and we
have also seen that these State officers and
this Legislature were chosen by and repre-,
sent only loyal men. Having progressed
thus far, we are now able to enjoy the fol,
lowing extract from Gov. BRowSLow's mes.
sage to the Tennessee Legislature
81 81 beg you to bear in
mind in your deliberations that while most OF
you 1--WE suppose he meant to except those
we named abovel have been at all times, per-
sonally and individually loya! to the United