The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-15
Forrest on the stump.

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the stump in Tennessee. He made a
speech at Brownsville on the 10th,
from which we make some extracts,
italicising such sentences and words
as seem to be of peculiar significance.
In speaking of Gov. BRowNLow's
proclamation against the Ku Kluxes,
he said that was simply declaration
of war against confederate officers
and the Inauguration of civil war in
Tennessee. He said on this point:
1t is not our policy to get into an
other civil war, or a war of any kind
at the present time, as it GcOuld be used
against as and aUedkeR oar cause an The
n Orth, and | have advised every Con-
federate soldier whom | have met
lately to do all in his power to prevent
war of any kind taking place in Ten
nessee.
War is to be postponed, according
to FoRREsT, only so long as it has a
tendency to weaken the Democracy,
which he significantly calls "our
cause" in the North. To the black
men present he said:
/ now want to say a few words to
the black men who are here before
me, and what | wish to say is, to ssk
them 10 stand by the men who raised
you, who nursed you when you were
sick, and who TOOK care of you when
you were little children. say stand
by them who are your real friends,
and leave your Loyal Leagues. where
you are taught to refuse the fran
chise to those who have always proved
your friends. l tell you that if you
will only stand by us, that we will
always stand by you, and do as much
for You as any white men can do for
you. You can have no interest with
any scalawags and carpet baggers.
Loud cheers and laughter. All
they want from you is the little money
you have got. The Northern people
say that these scalawags and carpet
baggers were thieves and robbers in
their own section of the country.
Applause. Then what can you ex-
pect from them? Applause
a voice-General, there are few
Southern earpet-baggers and scala
wags also here.
Gen. Forrest-Yes, there are, and
I am ashamed to own it that they were
nurtured on this soil. They are too
low for me to speak about, and [ have
no words to express my contempt for
such persons / feel to day that Gov
Kisses. He has escaped to this time
because he has been shaking lcith Sick-
ness and Goedk1leSS, and IS considered
crazy but IF he jnduglT0teS ciUiI lod7'
iin this State, then 1 tell him he must
suffer the consequences. Cheers.
OF the New York Convention, For
REST spoke as follows:
Well, l now wish to speak to you a
few minutes about the Democratic
Convention, lately held in New York.
While [ was present at that Conveu-
ton, / learned that some of those who
call us their friends were not in favor
of enfranchising the soldiers of the
South who fought in the late war.
Now. I want to know how that is.
I tCas taken cheerfatty By the hand
bv the leading Democrats of the n Orth
q01tiZe / aUds IN Net0 York, and hey
shoaoed me the greatest friendship and
dis1loUed the greatest kindness tOlOards
me. That is the reason l want to know
whether it is true about the remarks
that certain parties there are against
enfranchising the soldiers. One of
that party (Mr. Leftwich) has been
nominated here to-day, and l want
him to come forward and state wheth-
er he has ever said that the Southern
soldiers should not be enfranchis-
ed, or whether he is opposed to Civ
ing us all our rights. When l hear
MIN deny this rumor, stand ready to
support him, but not until then. bnt
without 1t | cannot do it, and neither
can you: LGreat eheering.1 I have
a letter In my pocket from Washing
| ton, and am sorry to learn from Il
that Mr.. johnson is said to have zone
against the Democratic party and
against the South, on the ground that
the convention did not press his nom.