Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-30


time will have 10 elapse before the old
usurper leaves the State, still, it is con-
ISOLATION to know, that, officially" he viii
then be, 10 us, no more! Unfortunately,
however, by that time, he and his "cubsp
Will have bsnllrupied the State. Il IL lsifl
tnally bankrupt now. But with the pros
pect of revolution in public opinion,
such as to depOse the present incumbents
Of the Legislature, and the party general
ly, they will render her bonds az worth
less as Confederate bonds were at the close
of the revolution. Expenditures will gen.
orally be made, henceforth, with special
reference TO filling mp their depleted pur-
sea, not for the ostensible purpose of public
improvement. And since there are a
goodly number who are wanting in green
backs" these expenditures will be enor.
nous. Spectators are already ignoring
them in traffic as almost worthless, with a
downward tendency and since the fact
has become known to the world that
Browlow's reelection has not contributed
TO the political quiet of the conntry--given
no new assurances of political and social
confidence, the lapse of their advance in
our midst, to say nothing as to the esti-
mate placed upon them abroad, is any
thing but iattering. As to the credit Of
Tennessee we may bid it "good bye"
A word as 10 the prevailing good feeling
since the bogus election-its influence upon
the pecuniary interest Of the State.
Have mobs been less frequent? Have
Conservatives, not eren the so.called
Rebel citizens, received less number of
notifications from Loyal Leagues to quit
their respective communities, or be subject
10 cowding aud hanging on a refusal 10
comply with such notices? Have the
hypocritical imported clergy from negro
dom ceased 10 war upon the honest minis
try OF the country? Have these black
mouthed defamers preached a sermon(?)
in the last six months without alluding
directly or indirectly TO the Rebels" OF
this country-that they should not be suf-
fered to burrow" in their midst? No!
But few days since prominent citizen of
an adjacent county made preparations TO
move TO his farm, from which he had been
driven Immediately after the close Of the
revolution. This was no sooner communi-
Gated TO the leaguers, than he was notified
not to attempt zach thing; that ifhe did it
was at his personal risk and that of his
family. He needed not their notice
treated it with silent contempt In few
days his oldest son was mobed By a band
of these so>ealled ioyalistst The question
is, what neKt2 A case of arson viii be the
probable answer. Another word as to the
effect the election has had upon the State.
There are hundreds of men leaving this
portion of the State for the West and
Southwest, and some few families to the
Northwest. They are generally large
lasdhsfasrs, sss order 90 settle them
selves at once, on their arrival
at their destination, offer their lands
at reduced prices. There are, also, some
land or property holders, who are refugees
and desire to make sales, even at a sacri-
fee. Men from different portions of Vir.
ginia and Maryland and other States, motto
ing these advertisements at once take
trains to make purchases, knowing some
thing of the fertility OF the soil and agree
ableness Of climate from observation and
hearsay. Coming 10 the border, and thii
place, they stop-of' TO make inquiries, a!
there are many here who generally adver
| tise who can't return to it. From tht
description given of the lands, etc, they
| are pleased and, are induced to visit sucl
property with view to purchasing. Th'
visit is made, propositions made, with every
| prospect Of trade, when lol the news o
some man being outraged the day before
"leals out il is unsafe for any ont
of knoCn "Rebel proclicifies' to attempt liv
ing in such community, etc, and as con
sequence all further conference is at an end
The visitor will probably say, as many
have already said, that was never ideuti
fed with the rebellion in any manner
whatever, but am one who "speaks-out
my sentiments and, if in changing my
locality | am debarred this right, becans'
Of political principles, / shall not max,
any change. Al least, | must turn my
mind in some other direction.
Occurrences of this kind have actually
taken place within the past few days.
These leaguers or highwaymen attemp
| to systemic a method of this character il
order TO get hold of the property of certain
men; and some of the cowardly khaye
have succeeded in their ends. To say th'
least of il, such is the result of Brownlow'
reign as King of Tennessee No. .. HaC
he been defeated, as indicated in forme
letter, there would have been twenty mil
lions Of capital thrown into East Tennes
see, while there has scarce been dollar
brought in, aside from that in anticipation
before the so-called election, "a the resul
of such election. The influence is percep
| tible throughout the whole country. AL
inducements to the development of tn
| great mineral resources of the country ar
abortive, lust from this consideration.
am a Democrat said an old Pennsylvani
gentleman some time since, who had i
anticipation some Investments" "Well,
responded bystander, "that makes n
difference, unless you are Lacquer yo
cannot breathe in safety in the countie
west Of this place, meaning Bristol. An
who was this old Democrat? One of Penn
sylyanias largest stock raisers. And th
consequences are, from such society an
political sentiments Southwest Virginia
getting all such men
Stand at the platform when the train
come in from Tennessee, and your eal
will he greeted with remarks that smac
with anything but compliments of our ono
glorious Fast Tennessee, "Thank God
saws one, I'VE are across the line. Reall
| shuddered when ] heard those me
cursing all Rebels and Rebel sympathizers-
rejoicing in the anticipation OF confscatiol
and especially was | shocked when | sa
that man knocked down at such and sue
a station as We came up this evening.
reckon We speak what we think from Ia
point eastward
Young gentlemen going to and from it
Virginia military schools, invariably tai
of their legitimate gray-the time-honore
uniform of those institutions-lest the
should get mobbed. If they could onl
sport the national blue with those big uali
buttons, then they could pass the loyalC
superintendent and q few others withor
fear Of being insulted. No wonder the
is no travel worth considering on this roa
One common coach could generally convt
d all the passengers from this place ives
c ward, or from Knoxville in this directio
3 Sometimes the enormous number of III
g through passengers are checked throug
c Until recently such was the general trav,
The election Of the apostate Gillenwate
4 as Judge Is additional indication of outral
n and wrong. He stnmped the Judici
= Circuit and told the '1eaguers.n robbel
p outlaws and negroes that he wanted
a mete out to the Rebels and Conservatiy
,r Justice, according 10 the Radical idea of il
a iice, il elected. He even went so Gar az
) encourage the bringing Of suits against 1
- socalled disloyal element for injuries do
then, hv tho NRchan arrniea Nor Ala