New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-08-12
TENNESSEE.
THE PRESCRIPTION OF CoLORED LABoRERs -
APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSIONER TO PRO-
VIDE EMPLOYMENT.

THE PRESCRIPTION OF CoLoRED LABoRERs -
APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSIONER TO PRO-
VIDE EMPLOYMENT.
BrRElU n + AND A. L., Asst CoMM.'s OFFICE,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 5, 1861 5
JOHN LAWRENCE, esq.-SIR; You are hereby
appointed special agent OF this Bureau to take charge OF
The cDored abOrers thrown Of employment In Middle
Tennessee. You will endcayor 20 find employment Tor
them. and II necessary, advertise by telegraph ana In
the papers North and South that aborers can be sup
piled by you. II necessary 10 ship any beyond the state
To present them from becoming charge on the Govern
portaon from Washington You can take possession OF
Inc Contraband Barracks II necessary, and establish a
pie. and ooored relief associations as well as good ct
must result from this wholesale prescription Relying
implicitly your judgment and good WILL leave all de-
Brovet MajorGeneral. Assistant Commissioners.
Judge Lawrence in his address says; 1--WE have just
citing period Of our history Tho stuatlon has been alb
soutey painful Tho bad passions aroused py the war
people have been suddenly enfranchised and majority
OF the white people disfranehiscd From causes not
necessary toenon the colored vote was cast In tho re-
cent election almost solid against tho lifelong convle
tons tho disfanchsed whites or course this was IT.
rtatRE Tho dsfranehisement OF so large portion OF
the white citizens OF the state Is IA every one must
know. n most hazardous experiment ZINE may Justify
It, and II may condemn t. The Republican party az
vded In opinion on tho question and all admit that IL IL
amostdosirabo condition OF things ana that IN Drlet
period equal rights must be extended 70 all citizens of
The state Now whatever may be said OF Congress or
the Legislature OF Tennessee or OF the recent election all
must concur I'm the statement that the coored citizens OF
the State are not blame They have been the Innocent
cause or the innocent prctext OF thirty years conro
versy which terminated In dreadful war; and now,
with little education aud little means OF support they
have been drawn into tho fierce whirlpool or politics.
They entitled by law 70 OF tho honors or emou
ments OF ONCE Their votes have been sought and oD
tanned the OF the usual party tactics Are they DO
censure1 and punishsdt Il IL wise ia 10 expedent to
drive old aud faithful servants from their homes be;
cause they have followed their political convictions
Must they be ground 10 powder between the mill stones
OF the white mans ambition Now ali those uDprncped
men who seek the votes Of the cOored man, ana care
nothing for his freedom and his elevation In tho scale OF
being desire nothing better than his prescription Iney
rejoice when they SEQ him wandering homeless hungry,
ana pennesS upon tho streets because IL makes gOod
political capital IL inflames the public mind III gives
power TO extreme men, and popularity to extreme meas
ures IL widons tho breach, now alas, TOO great,
between the masses OF the white men ana colored
men ~ invites foreign interference IN affairs which we
can better manage among ourselves lt postpones the
go0d day or peace order quiet, good WILL ana fraterna
eeng which every good prnys for Is sick at heart
tosee and waits for those that watch for the morning
In view OF those reasons, and others that might DO
urged DO most earnestly petition all good and honor
aoe en 10 Nashville and Middle Tennessee, TO use their
utihosI enaeayorsto prevail upon employers not 10 ais
ehrge ps servants for political reasons 70 recall suoh
M nave been discharged and 70 aid those who cannot re-
turn 10 their old places TO find new ones.
UNION SOLDIER DRIVEN OUT OF BOLIVAR
BRUTAL ATTACK UPON A CoLoRED VOTER.
MIR. Arnold lsler, native OF Switzerlandi
ana veteran sQder Of the Union army, having served
In tho ith NOwYork Cavalry and aferward In the 18th
New-fork Cavalry IA an Orderly Sergeant, has beon
driven ont of Bolivar. Iardeman County, on account Oh
MA Union sentiments Mr. Isler for expressing UNION
sshtliens. was threatened with deathby the Town Con-