Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-08-01
"TIIE HONEST MEN OF TEN
VE,CCEEr

! A few Gavs since the New York World
published long communication from Mr.
John Lellyett, Chairman of the Middle
Tennessee Executive Committee. Ii was
full of the fiercest denunciatiOD ofGovcrn-
or Brownlow and the Union citizens of the
State. They are bloodihirsty, and Mr..
! BrOwnlow is a snO.ister Of tyranny and in
iquity. But if penslve public wished to
see mild, mannerly, forbearing, humane
and law abiding citizens, devoted to the
! Government and to the fundamental Amer
ican principles of liberty and equality-in
truth very lambs--ft must inquire for Mid
die Tennessee Conservatives. The name
is suggestive Mayor Monroe thugs who
massaCaed Union men last summer were
Conservatives" and the men who held a
carnival of murder and crime in New Y ork
four years ago at this time were of the
same great Conservative party.
On the day upon which Mr.. John Lei
lveti's communication WIS published, We
also received communication from a citi-
zen of Tennessee, who served throughout
the war upon The side of tie Union, against
which the Conservative" party, which
the World calls ''the honest men of Ten
nessee," was arrayed. These homes gen
see organized into a political party con
trolling fifty newspapers, while the Union
men have not half dozen, carrying on the
campaign with determination to succeed
at all hazards, their leader and candidate
for Governor. Emerson Etheridge, declar-
ing that any man ought to be shot who
says that slavery is abolished. and the rank
and file of the party following his advice
to the letter Such il the terrorism that
these honest men of Tennessee have es-
tabliShed that Union men are consciously
i'm constant peril, and Governor Brownlow,
who fully understands his State and the
spirit and purpose of 1.-The honest men Of
Tennessee has taken military measures
for the preservation of the peace and The
protection of the Union men. None but
Brownlow," says oar correspondent.
"could meet the emergency now upon us
in Tennessee; and underlying his scorchirG
rl.eteric there is a reliable basis OF truth,
virtue, and patriotism.
No man In the country needs to be en-
lightcned upon the character of the ex-reb-
els in Tennessee. They hate the Union
and the Government just as cordially as
ever, and the lost cause is the unknown
god whom they worship. Even ihe mild
Mr.. Lellyett, who calls Governor Brown
low n monster of tyranny because he will
not let rebels ride rough shOd over loyal
men. is much less mild at home than When
he addresses the New York public. But
ter SO to speak. would not melt in his
mouth in New York, but in Nashville
No in Hisponi0! Our correspondent
writes: Governor Browniow cannot surpass
in fiery invcc,ive the published card of the
Hon. John Lellyett in the Nashville
Banner of a few days since, in which he
saws that every man. white or black, who
votes the Radical ticket, oughtto be mark
ed and discountenanced, not patrcnized or
encouraged in any thing, and that the
ground lie walks Rpen should be occurs
ed His advice is being carried out liter
ally"
What that means in semi rebel State
every sensible man knows. The hope and
purpose of Mr. John Lellyett and his 'hon-
est n,cn of Tennessee" Is to make the State
too hot for the devoted and faithful
ful friends of the Union and ofequal rights.
That is the issue OF the August election
If Mr.. John Lellyctt and his friends sue
ceed. the situation ofloyal men in the State
will become intolerable.