The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-02-12
Letter from Tennessee.

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MARKET FOR VERMONT SnEIr
NASHVILLE, Jan. 20, 1867.
Mr Editor A letter from Nashville,
in view of events now transpiring in this
reconstructed portion of Uncle Samuels
domain, may not be devoid of interest to
the readers of the Register.
The Supreme Court Of Tennessee IL
now in session, listening for nearly week
past to arguments from the ablest lawyers
in the State, in II case, involving the
consitut;onality of the present franchise
law Great anxiety is felt on all sides 10
know what will be the decision of the
Court. Since the appearance of the
recent opinions of the Supreme Court Of
the United States, in the cases of Garland
and Cummings, the retels, who by the
present law are debarred the privileges Of
the ballot, are almost boisterous in their
overflow of joy. And well they may
rejoice, for have they not now control, as
in the days of the only more shameless
and infamous Drcd Scott decision Of that
body which has at last II supervising
loScr over all laws that our loyal Con-
gress, in tender consideration for the wei.
fare Of the Republic, may enact ~ also
over very many of them passed by loyal
State Legislatures! The enemies of the
franchise law claim that it is an &c past
fact0 law, and hence unconstitutional and
obnoxious to all the objections urged in
the majority opinion in the cases Of Gar
land and Cummings 1t remains to lie
seen whether the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee will be governed by the decision of
the hall-dozen Pot house copperhcad law
ytrs who now Disgrace robs once worn
10y a Marshal and Storey, or, acting in
accordance with the better law, logic,
and morals, of the dissenting opinion Of
Chet Justice Chase and others, their de-
sion be well squared 10 their own convic-
lions Of law and justice The judges are
all appointees of Gov. BrownJw, aud |
can but believe will stand firm; albeit,
the rebels are cndravcripg in every way
possible, directly and indirectly 10 bias
the decision OF the court in their favor.
The State Legislature is also in session,
delbcrati: e on two matters of urgent and
vital Importance to the cause" in Ten
ncssee, viz: the entiuachtfemeM Of tie
blacks, and the establishment of a loyal
m,htia The tr,, measure, knew from
what | heard 10 night in a caucus Of the
Union members of the Legislature, rill
pass, and that at a very early day. This
viii be n matter of surprise to those " who
know how opposed to such measure
even loyal EH,t Tennessee was less than
year ago. -Four months ago change
began. Coming events cast their shad-
ows before" To night, Senator from
the mountains of East Tennessee, said
that to keep the State Government in the
hand, Of loyal men, lie was now willing,
and his constituents were willing to en-
franchise black lnen, not only but blue men,
and green, and specElei, to annex colony
Of monkeys anl let them vote, anything
only red handed traitors should not again
control the State. And such is the sem
timent and determination Of loyal men
all over the State. Hence, when last
night in caucus, the vote was taken and
it was knotw that the measure would he
carried through feeling OF pride and
satisfaction in our radical legislature,
thrilled through each vein and made
hcarier the hand shakings that followed.
The Militia Bill" proposes to give
the Governor power to raise 5000 troops,
to aid the civil authorities in arrcsiing
criminals and executing the laws. 1t
will, | an confident, despite tie howling-
Of rebel newspapers, pa both Houses at
the present session, with no opposition
save tn It Of ,Johnson's whitewashei reb.
els WHO, liuS deo, are, in our Legislature,
MS their friends and allies in Congress, in
minority. So much for matters politi-
cal.
For great rarity our city has thi.
winter had II sleighing season, not such a
s!dying season as that in New Orleans last
summer, but aop, real wdite, ll-ttshioaed
! sno,c To be sure, it would not have
been reckoned much Of an affair in Yer
mont, the snow being only about an inch
deep, and remaining on the ground scarce
twcnty-four hours. Yet there was snow,
and in the streets, ,ehic!eS on runners, "a
Conscientious regard for the "elernal fiji
ness Of things" prevents me fIom calling
them sleiyh) and bells Of all sizes and
sounds, spelled with one 60" and with
tiro, making the night merry from ''dewy
eve till early morn"
" torefather's Day" was celebrated
in due and ancient form by the "New
England Society" OF Nashville. Repres
entatlves from each of the New England
States were present and responded in
happy views to the toass offered their
respective state. Gen. Thomas QI. III.
of the class of 57) took the p lin, as all
conceded in answering to the call for
Z" The Green Mountain State" Your
correspondent, though only sort of
foster son of New England, was invited
to be present, but ns being present, he
was expected to respond to "Woman. ="
Qhough not AS a general thing ayerse 10
almost any call of the fair enchaniroeses)
tbs seemed rather too much Of u Joke, and
so said correspondent was not at the
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