Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-05
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SUNDAY. MAY 8. 1857.
Largest Circulation in CITY and State.
RADICAL PROGRESS.

The Loyal militia Occupy Spring
IIHl-The COnSerV atiVes. white and
BLACK. 900 QuieI-The Loyal league
Stoning Loyal Houses 10 Create a
DisturbaRce-The Radical Tactics
Developed.
Correspondence Of the Onion and Dispatch.
SPRING HUI, TFNN, May Cd, 1867
Our village was furnished, yesterday,
with a small garrison, by the military or
cisll 90 power Of the State, ] know not
which. Justice 20 this community de-
mands that a few facts be stated. Perhaps
there is no town in Middle Tennessee
where more negroes congregate than here,
and no neighhOrhood where more employ
ment, and at more liberal wages, is fur
nished, the lands being very fertile and the
planters enterprising. Again. there's per
haps no section Of country where a greater
decree q HARMONY prevails hetWeea the
two races There seems, indeed, a mutual
attachment etill existing hetweau the
whites and lheir former servants Our
colored school At this place was among the
first organized in Middle Tennessee. It
has been very prosperous, Numbering
sometimes nearly two hundred pupils.
The white people seem, generally, kindly
disposed toward this enterprise. The
school has been orderly, and, so far a. the
writer can Judge, well conducted The
principal, Mr. Eddy, seems to be quiet,
nnobtrusige, and devoted 20 his avOcation
Daring lis whole existence, so far, II has
never been disturbed, or liz principal NAL
treated according 10 our best informa-
lion. As evidence OF the good
feeling peryading this community, there
was a large gathering here on last Satur-
day to hear Mr. 10. L. Williams (colored
Of vonr city, who failed to appear, The
negroes seemed anxious for 4 speech, and
DR. A. G. White and Mr.. Bond, by request,
made them 4 plain, sensible talk, full OF
good advice, which was kindly received.
DIR. Thompson then made an appeal to the
white audience, for contributions in behalf
Of the starving poor Of the South. The
negroes listened with much interest, and
contributed Of their scanty means as freely
as the whites, walking mp and depositing
in the same hat. This, too, after full ex-
PLANTATION that they were not expected TO
contribute
Now what has occurred TO disturb this
harmony and make the presence of soldiers
necessary in our quiet village under
stand that Mr.. Eddy's residence was stoned
a few nights ago, and that the house of
Mr.. Miller, recently settled in our midst,
has been similarly treated Now, there is
not a responsible member of society who
does not condemn this conduct, as not only
rude but mean. How does il happen that
neither Mr.. Eddy nor his school, even in
the high excitement OF two years ago, has
ever been mistreated till within the last
ten days?
have heard il accounted for in this
way-that the Radical League in this
vicinity concluded we were getting on too
quieily-that their csuse would be sub
served by the presence Of soldiers in our
midst--that falling to find a preiext they
made one, viz: they had the aforesaid
houses rocked themselves. There are very
suspicious facts connected with this affair,
that lead TO this conclusion.
10 il not the purpose of this communiea-
ton TO enter a complaint against the
presence Of these soldiers, who, so far. seem
inclined to he quiet, orderly and genteel.
II is only to set this community right be
fore the public, who might suppose that we
need the presence of soldiers to make us
behave ourselves. The truth ia, general
distribution of genuine SaIiiers over the
State would, we think, be the most eAectual
way to checkmate the false impressions
made through the North, as to our lawless-
ness, for such soldiers would have neither
the spirit nor the Hotipe that others have to
misrepresent ua, and their reports would,
probably, he received with more confidence
than the distorted ISLANDERS Of our domestic
prosecutors If Won think this people de-
serve any public notice You will please give
this an insertion. A CITIZEN.