The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-17
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HtaAl,

Il
dition Of Affairs In Tennessee-Conservativ
\ Tactics and Conservative BARRIERS.
~ NASHVILLE, Tenn. July IL. 1857
ION whom or what party the responsibility Of the
FrSnkin riot has not yet been decided although huge
mass Of testimony concerning the ARRAY and It's attend
An: circumstances has been taken by the military
authorize The conclusion Of the taking OF depos.
lions hsS not yet been arrived at What has been
elected However ocsr engaged In the invsstga-
ton just Informed me, is directly and palpsby conflict
Ing each pavty swearing plumpy that the other COM
menced the firing It Is generally conceded that the
negroes In the procession acted grossly ndscree
IN manner astusly bordering the riotous; while,
on the other haud 1t cannot be Ignored that the white
rebels barely req pred the provocaon Afforded by the
blacks 10 exhibit The old time endish spirit OF the South
and reckless vllsh disregard Of human life Tho
lesson suggested BY this riot furnishes key to the PRES
emit deporable cond Of Tennessee Let US glance It
the general situation.
For tho las. two yea the theatre Of bitter strife and
contentious each cdng day ntensryng the con-
test, this State today presents more unsettled cha
otto condition shan any period the close OF the
war; The past furnishes anything bu: pleasing pic-
ture; the future invites The most gloomy forebodngs
Toward the close OF the LAST session of she Legislature
1t will be remembered that tat body In order the more
thoroughly to keep the State under the Of the
radicals, enacted stringent franchise law than
was already in usc excludlng all from the polls except
those who had been loyal dur sg rebellion Besides
enfranchised the negroes hor:zed the to
raise militia force Of eight tho 7sand men, composed OF
pack and white troops and ais gave that fSnctonary
absolute power TO annu the rsglsration in any and
every county no might see it, TO express the matter
briefly the intolerant and vn,dCtive course Of the
Governor was fast alternating from him the great mass
Of the Union'sts OF the State, 20 that, continue
lively necessary that the bales should be cx-
tended to the negro; while, calculating On the
possoe contingency that even at as die conservatives
might triumph, partisan militia authorized, and
despoc power extended TO the Governor nuIIy the
francnised, thoy hold the bsance or power
ana TINS fact being thoroughly understood by both po
adopted by each clan to securs the coored voe
The radicals had tho prior claim 1t being through their
votes in the Legislaure-purely measure Of policy,
noweverthat Sambo came In possession OF the ballot
while the conservatives apparently entirely forgettul Of
the fact that they had strenuousy opposed negro suf
frage when that question pending, at became
Overwhelmingly dernons.ratve In their attentions to
their ''colored fellow citizens" The disrranchsed
rebels OF course could not be indifferent the contest
going among the Unionist great question In
Tennessee politics s shall the ballot DO TO the
fourths Of the population OF the State These rebels
are In The main tho richer class, own tho
ing this relation and ycsrnng after their pr.rebson
political rights, 1t might naturally be supposed they
would take very dccdod interest in the Of their
colored employee The radicals. keeny alive to the
situation, at once set to work and organized coored
loyal leagues all over the State These secret oath
Of tho able bodied coored population who are virtually
bound 10 vote tho radical ticket In addition tho men,
bers have IL perpetually impressed their minds by
political dema2ogues that the whites are their natural
enemies and that for negroes TO vote in the
tive interest would DO doing much briugiua
about their own reensavement besides aiding pro-
mote rebellion and treason.
What the consequences Of all this? Why that |
the whites and blacks instead OF being closely
IN interest and feeling fast becoming garingy
tagonistic and embered against zach other. do not
at all essay the sensatonais6te when assert that th
indications all sides point unmistakaby in the drec-
ton OF war Of races just look at the Franklin affair.
Tho coiored loyal leaguers, every man armed,
come with shot gurs rifles and muskets, marched aud
countermarched through tue OF the town. aunt.
ing in the very teeth OF the scowlng rebels piacards
with such notices TRAITORS must be punished and
treason MAIDS odious,n 'Remember Fort Pillow" &c
Is It any wonder, after all. that smarlng under the
degradation and insults thus sought TO be tho
worst passions OF the whites should be aroused and Q
bloody conc, BE- the Tho conduct OF the
rebels at Franklin was anything but blamecss in fact
utterly dsgraceui but Ii hardly fair they should
havo TO bear the whole brnn OF the blame, while their
antagonists palmed composing peaceable and
aw-abidng procession! The anmus OF the Franklin
eaguers is that manifested by tho midnight clan
throughout the entire State. Hero In Nashville white
and coiored eaguers armed to tho teeth, while
white rebels, who still in the majority, anything
events bring il about II Is fortunate that the election
comes OF in little over two weeks which will doubt
the canvass
The au,agonsm between the races, even should no
bloody conflicts take place, be other than
perniclous in its consequences the freedmen being the
principal sufferers As Offset to the civil political
daD Lies Imposed ny The party In power which, N ex-
tended, will DO by the vote the rebels and
servatyes threaten plainly that they will in
withhold patronage OF every kind from both their white
aud colored opponents. Tho Executive Central Com
mttee OF the conservative party already formally
ADVISED this shori-sgated, proscripive pollcy-a pro-
gramme which IL already beng carried oat to
tent Passing shaving saloon this forenoon noticed
newly painted sign which read thus
'IRE DUNCAN, CONSERVATIVE BARBER.D
The leading radical coored barber OF the city, Nelson
Walker, noticing how the wind blowing, camo out
recently In card announcing that no opposed to
the further Acknowledgement OF rebels And thus the
clash OF interests the riot OF prescription, relentless aud
destructive, IL wased all the state. Who that
knows the antecedcnts aud proclvss Of the at the
helm OF state will not at once imagine the peculiar |
pleasure that functonary must take In wild conu-