New-York tribune., 1867-02-20
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Hpors prrARruI>r OF TENNIssEE.
IoUisNiIIE, M. Feb. g, lsGI.b
CHARLES II. SNIIH, Mayor Cf Hc t"y g I'""r o. "'"
cg%TiEtu.v. The Maior-Gcunrl commanding the De
patIucn directs to acknowledge the receipt "i N"uI
communication Of the .Jth ut addressed tu BlcNet Ma
ao1 Tg, yns statement OF facts circumstance
which caused the arrest o certain ciuIsIi, ol hs,s
Tor being concerned IN the display of ihe nag "I VI. @
southern Conederacy in that city, and asking lh"t JUS
uce may be done and the prisoners reltascu ,,.,.,,
Iu Your letter state 10 dlsrcsp"c was intended 20
the United States Government hy the cNhhlIon o IN"
Confederate flag, and that the persons who displayed i
accepted iu good iut the present status uI alii>
ana do acknowledge the jurisdiction Oi the lhicd -a'
posed prCsuuiug that they possess ordinary trigrhct
. that thcy misunderstood the present status 81
. rldrd 10 he huge crime, cmbOdying all the
crimes Of the decaloguc aud that it has been con
b.rHs are hateful the people OF the mcd States ana
hr uiut be- indeed Obtuse Who expects without oticse,
evtcrtc and thcir alholrcujc 81 which they have
pressed n the most emphatic language ~ which II -
is pretended by certain newslapcts that because no
order has been Issued iio5u ulese nridfa,''i va,
see the light the citizens were not warned that
II yould e reasonable act This excuse j. too puciilc
yUuug men arrested. well rs other DtIcDE oi the
SntI ki,Sw Well enough what j. light and what Is wrong
ia such matters without waiting 10 be guided by orders
especially naming and prohibiting displays hondilHg
treason, ana of course ouiemnng loyalty Were they 80
stupid not 20 po,sess such nnale sense Of proprey
the order from these headquarters ioihddng Rebel glo
Ifcaon the riains the Rebel Brigadier General
Hanson should have been sufficient warning that such
performances would not he tolerated.
The sole cause c this apd kmllU Quenses Lee IN The
fact that certain citizens ~ Rome. and portion " the
people Of The states lately In rebellion do not aud have
not accepted the situation, and that i that the late civil
yiI VA. rel..I.n. ADJ history VII g lec9l9 H. Those
ehSa5tW 49, ana VIII De Pronounced EcDelsi icl"l-
Ion implies treason. and tIeas0p IS crime, aud heinous
one, too, and deserving Of slmtnt ana mat traitors
not been punished j. owing 10 the na ghanniy oil e
cnnquel0Ts with too many people o the south he late
ciywar called revolution, Rebels are called toicd
cfatc 10y asis 10 the whole cOutIy sre called damned
Yankees and traitors, ana over tho whole great crime
with acCured record of slaug ugtSTcd heroes patriots
murdered because 0l their trueheated love ot country,
widow aud orphaned children ana prisoners Of
war slain amid snch horrors as ind no parallel m
ia. history OF the world, they trying Ia
throw the gloss Of rcspectability, and thrust
Ing with cOitunely and dcIlsiun from their society
the men and Who would not join hands with them
i the work OF running their country. Everywhere M the
states lately ia rebellion treason j. respectable and
LOYALTY odiOus Thi, the people of the United states,
who ended the Rebellion and saved the country,
will not permit. aud all attcRuts 10 maintain
TN, unnatural order Of things viii De met by
decided di>apioya A. however il j. pretended by The
friends NJ the citizens arrested that they were Innocent
a. not TO know that it wrong Tor palOed prisoner,
and puuished traitors to glory in their shame ad tanit
the symbol Of Their crime ia the face of the country they
viii bc released from confinement with The understand
ilg that act Of treason VIII De- passed mmOilccd when
detected. and may they and others who think Ike Them
profit bl the lesson uIcy have received.
WM u. WHPrLE