The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1867-05-30
were rebels, but because they will not
vote for them. Cheers.
GRANT AND STOKES

!, Think OF Grant and the surrender oil
Lee and compare the conduct Of the
great soldier with the conduct OF the
author of the Duncan letter. Grant
said obey the laws. Stokes says obey
mo and the Loyal League. When l get
so low--when become so base and so
disqualification I so far forget my
manhood
May the grass wlthcr from my feet;
May yon woods deny me ,shclter-earth a
l. ID. home; ........
The ashes II grave; the sun his light;
And Heaven its Cod"
WHAT THEY ASK THE CoLoRED MAN TO DO.
! l have said, and repeat it, that these
Radicals had stretched out their hands
to the colored man and had asked him
to aid their party to do what7 Why
to reduce their white neighbors to II
worse condition Of slavery than that
from which tho blacks had been rescu-
ell. Such men were beneath the mean-
est of slave owners.
In whose interest did these apostles
seek to do this wrong. Twill tell you,
presently, who he is ond what he is, in
whose behalf, at the hour Of midnight,
they are trying to swear in these color
cd men to vote for and support.
STOKES LOVE FOR THE SLAVE.
A few days ago at Memphis l asked
MIR. Stokes what he had ever done for
the colored race to cntitle him to their
consideration. Did you ever sell a
slave, Mr. Stokes. His answer was
"Ycs, SIR Now, my fellow citizens,
never did sell ono in my life Now
they are publishing in their Radical
prints garbled extracts to create the
impression that am in favor oflc-cn-
shaving the colored people. And right
here meet these inucndocs with the
announcement that any man who says
l am in favor of cnsaving the colored
men is Il fouled -mouthcd liar.
A SHOWING OF HANDS.
Why, years ago, they denounced me
as IN aboltionist, who now would pro
claim me the enemy of the black man.
say to you that, if there is any man in
this State who wants to cnslave you, !
do not want that mans vote. l would
like to put the question to this vast as
semblage, and ask every man to hold
up his hand who is opposed to the re-
enslavcmcnt of the colored mcn.--
Thousands Of hands were elevated in
the audience. Now, ! would ask that
every man who fayors the cnslaving of
the black people to hold his hand,
Not one 50 signifies. Thus you see,
my ;olored fellow, citizens, the people
themselves pronounce false the charge
that they desire to deprive you of your
suddenly acquired freedom. Nor can
i believe that you arc mean enough to
desire to restrict the privileges Of your
white ncighbors. do not believe there
is black man n Davidson county who
will go with these apostate rebels, who
call themselves Radicals, and vote to
enslavc the native white population of
this Commonwealth. We of the Con-
servativc party stand pledged to your
freedom, and have not II friend or
supporter in the State ofTcnnessce who
does and will not continue to stand up
on the broad platform of principles
which contains this provision.
TRIED AND ACQUITTED AND sLANDER
NAILED.
The meaner sort Of Radicals have
been parading at the head their news
paper columns the charges against me
that / have been inimcal to the color
ed freedmen. But the more cOnscicn-
tious and respectable of Radical edi-
tors in the State had long ago taken
down the slander, as so palpably false
as to be IN injury rather than an advan-
tage to the cause they advocate.
I find in the Press and Times, the
Brownlow organ in your city, what
purports to be an extract from a speech
of mine as follows:
"The negroes are no more free than
they were four years ago, and if any
one goes about the country telling
them they are, shoot him; and these
negro troops, commanded by low and
degraded white men, going through the
country ought to be shot down."
hive only to say in reply to this
charge which they parade in such glar-
ing and important capitals, that was
tried by a picked court martial upon
the very charge of uttcrng the Ian
guage here mentioned. and was pro-
nounced not guilty.! And the very Off.
uials who acquitted me of the charge
declared that the man or men who had
circulated the slander ought themselves
to be shot down. All six of these Gen
eral officers comprising that Military
Court, treated me like Il gentleman, and
each one of them at the conclusion oI
the trial requested my autograph.
They pronounced me q true man and
gentlcman--and that's more than the,
could say Of my accusers.
TIE LYING HENCHMEN.
But these henchmen of Brownloy
even lied OH Gen. Thomas, when the,
asserted that that officer had had m
arrested. They have slandcred every
body, and they lie pertinaciously ant
hcontinually. | had not q single witnes
in the trial. / did not need one, and
scorned to make q plea Of detenc
against it. I..I".
BRowELow, THE DEVIL AND THE AROLl
ii .. .. TIONISTS.
But in whose interests do these zeal
Gus henchmen seek the aid of the bla;l
mcn2 Why, in the interest Of a maj
who was, his whole life long, the per
, secutor and traducer Of cOlorcd peo
, pie. | have reduced these charges
e against Brownlow to writing and / shal
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