Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-10
shall suficisntly recover to rebuild them.


earnestly urged by him in one of his re-
cent messages, and which, under his iniiu-
ence, came within one vote of passing the
Senate, the house in which it originated
| allude to the payment by the State, to
" loyal men" for losses sustained during the
late war, by the issuance of the coupon
bonds of the State--the losses to be ascer-
tanned by commissioners to be appointed
by the Governor, forsooth, the commission
ers who leased the Penitentiary, or Others,
actuated by equally elevated views. Why,
gentlemen, it is not too much to say, that
in the hands of such men, an hundred mai.
lions Of bonds will not suffice to meet the
demands that will be made and recognized :;
and to whom will it be paid? TO loyal
men And what will be the test of lo9dltg 2
Present subserYieney to the powers that be,
soldiers who have sealed their sincerity
with their blood upon the battle fields of
the country-Union men who have been
constant and unyielding in their sup
port of the Federal government under the
most trying and dangerous emergencies,
will have to stand aside to make room for
such men as ArReil, Stokes snd Butler, three
Radical candidates for Congress, and who,
though they did not adhere to the cause
quite as long, are as thoroughly committed
TO the rebellion as Gov Harris; and who,
if elected, cannot, without great violence to
their eonsciences, take the test oath required
by law, before taking their seats.
OUR FINANCIAL PROSPECT.
And, in addition to all this is to be super
added the expense of the militia, which is
ID 20 81 ~
and coerce your acquiescence in the illegal
and ruinous policy which have attempted
to bring in review before you to-day. Be-
fore the war, and in time of peace, the
annual cost of the regular army of the
Federal government was one thousand dol
lars for each man. At this time it will con-
siderably exceed this sum, say about fifty
per cent. Eight regiments, therefore, upon
this basis, if called into service, will cost
us $l2,000,000 per annum, which will in
crease our taxes for State purposes, in con-
nection with the increase already mentioned,
from 100000 before the war, to $780,
600 now. 1t viii withdraw. too,
eight thousand men from industrial
pursuits, which will be equal to an annual
loss of $2,500,000 more; while the losses
arising from their unauthorized depreda-
tions upon private property, and the sense
OF uEeaslness and insecurity oecasioned by
their trampling the civil power under their
feet, at very moderate calculation, will
amount to not less than ten millions more,
making an aggregate loss 10 the wealth of
the State of So, 100000 And all, gentle
men, to perpetuate Governor Brownlow
and his faction in power against the con-
sent and patriotic judgment of the people.
But this pecuniary loss, asenormous as
it is, is by far the least objection TO the
measure. The demoralizing influences of
this State army, representing the Cover
nor's passions, and conforming, as il will be
made to do, 10 his perverted will, together
with its supercedure of civil power, and
subversion of constitutional liberty, will
cost us no less than our existence as a peo-
pie. The morality, civilization and reli-
gion of the country will inevitably go
down, to rise no more perhaps forever
With such prospects, and with such fl-
ture, Tennessee, a land of untold resources,
capable, under a good government and
enlightened development, of becoming one
of the leading States in wealth and inhu-
ence, CT this great cOn3ederdcy Of great States,
is to ianguish, and tonguishing lige, until it
shall become barren waste, q bleak and
bowling wilderness. Our present govern
ment not only repels capital and enter
prise seeking ingress into Tennessee, but
Is daily driving out portion of that which
is already here. As the sources of indus
try are dried up, every thing else must
lose that life and activity impaired to it by
a prosperous agricultural and manufactur-
ing interest.
Commerce will sieken and die; your rail-
roads anguish las is now manifest to every
observing mani; your educational institu-
tons will be deserted; military violence will
usurp the province of law, until, if it were
possible to continue Just such a rule as now
exists under Parson Brownlow, it would
not be twenty years before we would re-
lapse into absolute barbarism. Twelve
months will not elapse before repudia-
ton, or what is the same thing, failure
10 provide for the payment of the
public liabilities will be added to
1ur other causes of complaint, fixing
another foul blot upon our proud escutch- |
con, and dishonoring us in the eye of en-
ightened men everywhere.
CONCLUSION.
Fellow-citizens, the issue is not one as to |
Thther the Congress or the Presidentisr right; |
Of loyalty or disloyalty; it is not whether we |
will ally ourselves with the Radical or |
Conservative party of the nation; it is not |
me as to the best mode of reconstructing |
he Rebel States; it is not one of freedom |
'r of slavery; whether the negro shall or
hall not vote; but it is struggle for exist |
nee as community; one of life ordeath |
# civil liberty or military despotism Of |
honesty or corruption of civilization or |
whether the State shall be |
by its moral worth and intelli-
renee, or by despicable oligarehy, COM
oosed of lean minority of the worst men
n the State In such a contest, no good i
nan, properly impressed with the danger /
If the situation, can be an Indifferent spec |
ator. Rise, therefore, / beseech you,
md shake the deWdrops from yoar
and 10 the spirit of true
move forward TO action and /
o victory. That victory will perch |
ipen your banner, is as certain as that the
un rises in the east and sets in the west
/ our success is a necessity Of society.
Brownlow and his faction will not be
'ermitted to interfere and stop the onward
'rogress of civilization. The Union Een
f the loyal States, with whom many Of
on co-operated in upholding the nation
lit of the country, will not demand your
acrifice in a local point Of view, to adj
ance party interests. They will soon
earn that Brownlow and his faction are an
Incubus, lightweight upon them. JUS
zee is all that our people want. Protec-
on under and equality before the law is
ur due; and we will hold ourselves ready
/ all times and under all circumstances
} strike hands with any man, or party of
len, who may be willing to accord this to us.
md our friends abroad will ere long see
nat there can be no peace, no justice, no
in Tennessee, or in any other
tate, whilea few men, such as are capable
turning vindietively upon their neigh
DTS and their section, and aiding in their
ppression, as the means Of eleyat- |
x themselves to office, through the
l1uence Of hostile interests abroad Peace,
the desideratum 30 much de-
red by the whole country, is inevitable
cath to Brownlowismp in this State.
Ience, he il determined not to have peace,
be can avoid it hence, the many mis-
sent abroad 10 poison and
rejudiee the minds Of cur Northern
rethren against us hence, his many
forts 10 bring on a collision which can be
misrepresented and distorted as TO re-
teite the Northern mind, which is gradu-
ly settling down into mood that will j