Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-30
THR eANYASS.


BrOwnIOw AnaIyzed by an Original
unfOnass and SOIdier-EfIs sulferings
some New and Interesting DeveE-
eprnenass-Brewnlow Requests GEN.
Tfsoslsas Not TO Furnish Troops. etc.
From the Chattanooga Uai5n, of the 2sth
inst. we take the following report of a
speech made by Col. John III. James, who
served his country faithfully through the
war, at Conservative meeting the night
before -. f-aslsisls asae.as1 IS
FELLow- CITIzEEs:l | ana member of
no political party, but ] am Conservative
in the true sense of the word If there is
true loyal man in the State think am
one, and have proved myself so. But peo-
pie must learn to leave off their old preju
diees. am not sure that either party is
doing their duty towards the people, and
tllink it would be we'll il new one could
be organized to pay more regard to the in
terests of the people and less TO those of the
politicians. Brownlow is not competent to
be Governor. | wrote an Abolition letter
to Brownlow, in which / praised him as
one of the greatest patriots of the day, in
order to advance the interests of the col
ored people and allow them the right to
vote with the mea that we fought In
doing this my object was to reconcile the
whole people SO that we might be one as
we were before the war. But it was of no
avail
Brownlow claims to have suffered from
the war. Now, | have heard of men suf-
feTing but ] doa't think he did. He Is the
only man IN Tennessee who received any
respect from the Rebel authorities. I want
10 know what he suffered. If it had not
been for Gro. Ramsey and VIM. H. Sneed,
he would have been as big Rebel as any
man in Tennessee, and defy him to deny
it. He may accuse me of every crime he.
pleases, but l viii say this for him. He
was captured at Knoxville by his own con-
sent. He was put in a separate room from
the other prisoners; a carpet was put on
the floor, and when he was not satisfied
with the country grub he asked and OBJ
tanned permission to have his family sup
ply him, and the commander ofthe prison,
General Monsaratt, brought him some
more Then, after a while he had guard
to escort him North and he was the only
man that ever did. s...
B When be got North he went to delivering
his sanitary,lectures in the principal cities,
aud paid dollar to hear him. He talks
about his snfferings now, and wants the,
sympathies of loyal men. will dafs Mr..
Brownlow to come up and say that he has
eyer taken an aetiYsspart for loyal man
in Tennessee. He has done nothing but
TO agitate and urge the Acknowledgement of
his superiors.
With regard to hismilitia, / will say that
il was not the interest Of the Legislature
to call it into service. 1T was in
accordance with Mr.. Brownlow's represen-
tations, that it was dangerous to travel
through this State without guard They
first passed resolution to request General
Thomas to furnish troops, but this WAS not
done. But defy Mr.. BrownIow to say that
he did not request Gen. Thomas not TO fur
nish the troops, but let him BrownlowJ
furnish his own. Isalg the letter. So
Now I'll tell you what he wants those
State guards for. He wants them to com
pei men that don't agree with him to vote
for him, or to keep them from voting at all,
and I'll def him to deny it.
He talks about his sympathy for the
loyal people Now I'll defy him to prove
that he has ever extended single favor to
any man in Tennessee, outside of his own
hin or intended kim He imports his very
staff from Germany or some other State.
l tell the cOlored people that when
Brownlow tells you he is your savior, he is
a liar He has never moved peg or toe
nail, and has never made a speech in your
favor in his life and defy him to show it.
Before the war he was your worst enemy
and he never pretended to be your friend
until he wanted your vote to be elected.
There is nothing in his little dirty paper Of
news or sense only abuse of his old neigh
bors, and in favor of no one but his advo-
Gates. And who are his advocates? There
is Houk, one of his Judges Didn't Houk
go about abusing Brownlow until Brown
low let him have an office TO stop his mouth.
Now the best thing for the people of this
State and of the South is to get good men,
who are not mixed up in politics, who have
served with either army, in whom you can
rely, and elect them to Office, and fix up a
good, strong, stable, peaceable government.
hope 10 see that shortly.
know that have been the enemy of
many of you here. But the war is over
now. We have conquered and you ac-
Enowledge it. Let us forget by -gones, and
be friends once more as of old. 1 hope soon
to see the day when every citizen of this
country, black or white, without regard to
what he may have been heretofore, shall
have the right to vote and take part in the
government So far as the Rebels are con-
eerned / am not afraid to trust them. l
have been, since the war, through this State
and through nearly all the Southern States,
and am not afraid to trust them with an
equal share 10 the government, and We shall
never be at peace until we do.