The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-12
Brown fell off. went over with all his

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public; gave them the whole weight
of his name and active support, leav-
ing the poor loyalists who had hither-
to eonfided In him and looked up to
him for counsel and advice, in state
of utter. confusion. decentralization
aud 3dismay. Perhaps no man did
more harm to the National cause In
Tennessee, or gave more encourage
ment to the cause of treason, than
this same Neil S. Brown.
60 At the very moment that he stood
leaning against a building. on the
morning of the election in Nashville,
gazing at the solid column of colored
voters advancing to the ballot-box to
vote for Freedom, there was amongst
them one who, in the battle of Nash
vile, had lost his right leg, and was
hobbling on a wooden crutch to ex-
ercise his new privilege. Over the
way was Brown, who, when the ma
ton called out in agony to its friends
for succor, threw himself upon the
| opposite side; amongst the voters
was the poor negro who, when called
upon to fight for the country, gladly
enlisted under its banner. and she'd
his blood in its defense. The one had
enjoyed the honors of life time in
| the generous land that gave him his
birth, and when the first crisis came
deserted her and joined her foes; the
other. although he had received from
his Government hitherto only slavery,
outrage and wrong, joined its armies
at the first call, and shouldered
musket in its defense. The one had
given his time, his talents, his
wealth, his influence. his eloquence,
other had given his services, his
blood, his limb; had freely offered up
his life if necessary, to sage the ma
ton from death. Which, o my
countrymen, now. that through years
of untold agony and woe we have
overthrow this bloody treason,
which of these two men ought right
fully to WELD the ballot in this saved
Republic and say who shall be its
rulers? Is it not most meet that the
ungrateful son. who. after all the
blessings his mother land had given
him, took part with his mothers foes
in a vile effort to destroy her life-is
it not most meet that he should stand
aside, while the faithful negro who
gave so much and periled all for her
sake, steps forward to the ballot box
and assumes his place amongst citi-
zens and loyal men? Is it not right?
Judge vel sa ef
UNPARALLELED DEVOTION OF THE
. COLoRED MEN.
The entire unanimity with which
the colored vote was cast for the Re-
NJ. hi, fsota<
feature of the affair. 1t must be re-
membered that the Democratic party
had exhausted every means to obtain
this vote for Etheridge; that they had |
first tired wheedling, falsehood and |
fiattery; that. finding this fail, they
had attempted to terrify by such vio- |
lence as at Franklin, and that as a |
last resort, they had threatened to
drive from employment and starve
every colored man who should vote |
the Union ticket. But in spite of all |
these appliances and influences, the
negroes voted for Brownlow with a
unanimity to which the history
of popular elections affords no paral- |
lei. To certain degree this was
expected in the cities ike Nashville, I
where there was a large number of |
white Uniohists to yield them encour-
agement and support; although even |
In Nashville it was. supposed that at I
least hundred or two of them I
would vote with the Democracy. 1t (
is probable, however, that out of a I
colored vote of over 2, 900, not twenty !
five We're cast for Etheridge.
But if this result is surprising in /
Nashville, what shall we think of that
in Maury County in the whole of
which there were not perhaps hum /
dred white Unionists, but where, |.
Notwithstanding. some 1900 colored i
votes were given to Br6wnlow. and
perhaps not ten for Etheridge? Maury
Is special center of rebel 1
Influences, the home of 9 the /
Folks, the Pillows, and other once I
great names, who own all the landed
estate, who gave all their influence to
the cause of treason during the war.
and now give it all for the Democracy.
They threatened with deadly ven
geance the oolored Republicans, but
they threatened ia vain. An old (
whfte headed negro who was hauled |.
a dozen times IN a crazy cart to one
OF the voting places, expressed the.
sentiments of all the rest. . They
told US, said he, that if we voted /
the Union ticket they've drive us
from our homes, aud starve us. If
they make US leave our cabins, /
!, pose we'll have to take to the bush.
Wen live on roots and berries as
long as we can, and then, if we can't
do any better, 1 reckon we'll have to
starve; Bat zoe must cotei"
-.es !
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