Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-02-20
Letter from Nashville, No. 2.
NAsuyrIIr. February lIth. ls67.


NAsHvILIE, February 18th, 1867.
Governor Brownlow has created quite stir here
among the rebels and those who are in sympathy
with tfem by the pardon of three Federal soldiers
belonging to the 10th United States Regulars, reg
iment which has been stationed here for two or three
years. Philip Antonio wss sentenced to be hung on
the first of March, by theCriminsl Court of David
son county, and Henry Allen and George Moore,
were sentenced to the Pehitentisry, EACH for TWEEN
ty-one years, for the killing of Policeman Kennel
ly, in street fracas. From first to last, fifteen OF
that regiment have been killed in Nashville, and
no man has ever been hurt or indicted Tor the
killing of any of them. Now, it is proposed 70 I'M
prison two more of them for life, or its equivalent
and to hang another With Davidson county
Court and jury, it is enough to kn ow that man is
q Federal soldier, or has been one-and ne goes up
The same is true all over Middle and west 1ennes-
see. If any man will give me the name OF any one
Union soldier who has been acquitted by them,
will give them the benefit of it. by making the case
public.
In these pardons, the Governor acted upon writ
ten statements of Judge Guild, Major General Cor
lin, and the petition of ssrca hundred men setting
forth that the Policeman was not on duty the night
of the alleged murder, but come cut of his house
into the street, and engaged in the racas The 10y
al men of the country approve the pardon of these
men, and think it most fortunate that we have
Governor with nerve enough to pardon The same
issue OF the Banner denouncing the Governor, JUS
titles the ASSASSINATION Of Senator Case and follows
up that Infamous article with Others Intended to
courage the assassination of the Governor. The
rebels of Col Stokes District have actually offered
bonus of $4,000 for the assassination Of Stokes
This is the game to be played the coming Spring
and Summer. But Military Bill will pass, and
the Governor will enforce the law or with his State
guards, fight battle in every Con gressional Dis
trict in the State Union men intend the Fran
chise law shall be carried out-that their leading
men shall not be butchered by rebels-and that
traitors and enemies of the country shall not have
every thing their own way they threaten to do by
mob violence
was in the Senate Chamber when the resolu-
tions came up requesting Senator David T. Patter-
son, of the United States Senate to resign his seat
in that body. The preamble and resolutions charge
that he was elected as Radical Republican Union
man, and that he had abandoned that party and its
principles and had gone over to the Democratic
Rebel-Johnson party, and was therefore guilty of
bad faith He was ventilated by Senators Trimble
and Senter, and defended by Senators Thompson
and Carrigan. Trimble stated that he had voted
for Patterson and did So upon the faith of Patter-
sons representing himself to him as a Radical
Union man, in favor of the very measures he is
now voting and talking against. The vote in the
Senate was fourteen against him. and four in his
favor The same document will go through the
House by vote of fOrty5fcs to troenty; and if SEN
ator Patterson has any pride of character or sense
of honor left, he will at once vacats his seat But
he belongs to the party that pstrcts men to resign
but refuse to resign themselves In his case, how
ever the Senate of the United States will put him
out
After debating the question of the negro suffrage
two weeks in the House, the bill giving Sanbo his
VOTE has been adopted its third and las; reading
by vote of Mrty-eight to tscsntyfVe. The follow
ing is the vote:
AYEs-Messrs. Anderson, of Hamilton, Ander-
son, of White Baker, Blackburn, Clements, Gin
gan, Donaldson, Doughty, Dowdy Elliott Fuson,
Garner, Gilmer Hudson, Hale, Kerchival Max
well, McNair, Morris Murphy Norman, Patton,
Porter, Pickett, Raulston, Richards Sheppard,
Smith, of Hardeman, Smith, of obiOn, Taylor,
Thornburg, Underwood, Waters, Welsh, Wines,
Woodcock, Woods and Speaker Mulloy-3s
NAYs-Messrs. Able Brown, Biggs, Brien, Cole
man, Colville, Grove, Inman, Jones, of Greene
Lasater, Lellyett, Loughmiller Mason, Milton,
Moore Parks, Pearson, Schmittoe Shultz, Stegald,
Street, Tharpe Thompson, Warren, and Wright
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The Senate will pass the bill by vote of t,co to
one and then all abuse of the negro will cease The
rebels will go to work to secure his vote, taking him
by the hand and enquirng after his health, and the
health Of his family 1 have seen this week, as
twenty other gentlemen did, the Hon, John Martin,
Conservative candidate for Congress at Memphis,
coming into the Capital arnl-n-a arm with big buck
negro They will seek to take the start of the Rad
icals. 1t all won't do, as the colored men know
their friends.
John r. Henry, of Knox, has been elected Treas
of the State for two years and was chosen up
on the first ballot. The two other gentlemen run
ming, were good men, but Mr.. Henry had the adj
vantage of the Governors endorsement, and that
goes great length with this General Assembly,
True, the Governor never opened his mouth in the
contest, but had given strong endorsement of Mr..
Henry in his message.
Since writing the foregoing, the House has acted
on the resolutions requesting Senator Patterson o
resign, and carried them by vote thirty-eight to
Twenty-Five. And the members speaking and voting
against him, were the men who elected him. What
terrible rebuke!
The Governor is every day at the Capitol from
o'clock in the morning until o'clock in the af-
ternoon, coming and going with a friend in bug
gy No one else is talked of for the nomination at
the approaching Convention but him, and his non1-
ination depends alone upon his say So The Con-
venton will be one of the greatest numbers of DEL
egstes, that has ever convened in the State
Good and true men coming into Nashville, |
from Obion and other counties with written notices
to leave the county die in so many hours These
and other considerations all tend to congregate at
this point the 22nd the largest Convention ever
held here of any kind And these facts call for a |
Military Bill in thunder tones. Why, even in Over
ton county, an armed force had to be sent few |
days ago, to enable Circuit Judge to hold his Court
The rebels are growing more violent every day in |
the strong rebel counties. What the end will be no
one can tell. Between this time and August wa /
may have to meet violence with violence.
A RADICAL
Tennessee.
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