Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-04

things which they are directed to do in the
circular letter." are facts, patent to all
who have given the subject proper consid-
Grafton. l am truly glad that their vii
lainy has been exposed, and if my publi-
cation shall have the effect of opening the
eyes of those who have become the inno-
cent victims of unprincipled and design
ing men, ] shall be thankful.
SD. Pool.
A CERTIFICATE FROM RESPONSIBLE CIT.
ZENs AS To HOW IT CAME INTO THEIR
POSSESSION.
We certify that we were conVersiug on
the corner of Pollock and Craven streets,
at McLean's corner, the evening of the 26th
instant, about dusk. That the pocket. book
containing the circular letter dated
Washington, d. c., August "a, 1865"
published in the Journal of Commerce the
morning Of the 9th instant, was picked
up by Samuel Radcliff, one of our number,
and examined in our presence In add.
ton to the letter, the book contained a
small amount of money, but nothing TO
identify it.
LSigned S. RADCLIFFE,
J. V. JORDAN,
j. K. FLEMING,
j. L. FLEMING,
Il. II. HILTON.
l certify that after reading the circular
letter, l carried it to the office of the
Journal Of Commerce, and sent for Colonel
Pool and requested him to read it, and
publish it. l am very certain that Col.
Pool never saw the document till | took it
to him for publication.
No one connected with the Journal Office
was present at the time the pocket book
was found, and it could not have been long
upon the street OF it must have been dis
covered. SAMUEL RADCLIFFE.
The gentleman who found the pocket
book and who handed the Circular" to
us for publication, is one of the most re.
spected and respectable citizens of the city
so far above the reputed managers of the
Republican, in character, that we regret to
be forced to bring his name forward, even
TO prove this libeller false witness.
READ.
Read, white men of the South, read the
infamous instructions sent out from Head
quarters at Washington city to the leaders
of every Union League in the South.
Colored men read them. They tell ycu
the estimation put upon you By the leaders
whom you have sworn to obey. You are
their "slaves'-they say it, and you now
can read for yourselves the damnable
means they have employed to make you
such. Will You longer be duped? Shall
they incite riots and get you killed that
they may make political capital at the
North? Shall they burn your cabins, "kill
your stock" and destroy your crops" to
excite you against your natural friends, the
Southern whites? Will you, can you be
longer led by these base men?
Men of the North, Of every shade of
political opinion, You can now see clearly
whence have come the murders, the arsons.
and the riots in the South, out of which so
much political capital has been made with
you at tie expense Of the people of that
section, and the Democratic party-can
you permit the party whose counsels. ad-
vice, and instructions have led TO such
fatal results, and who have gone 80 deep in
crime, longer TO rule
THE CIRCULAR.
WASHINGTON, d. c., August IA, 1885,
BROTHER 1t is with feelings of deem re-
greet and alarm that the loyal BODY of the
U. l.. and c. e. learn that the negroes of
the South are leaving the Republican
ranks, and indcntifying themselves with
the Democratic, and TO such an extent is
this dissatisfaction existing among the
negroes in each and all the Southern
States, that it is now by ONLY APPLYING
severe remedies and by unceasing labor
that we will be enabled to control the cleo,
toral vote of the South.
The society has sent copy of this cir
cular to each leader of the u. L. and C. G.
in each Congressional district throughout
the South, and it looks to Won for faithful
performance of each Of the following
suggestions
1ou will make your usual reports, and
by the former channel, and state precisely
the state of affairs in your district. and if
you continue to lose from your ranks, or
are gaining back the recreants.
Firstly. You must hold tri-WeekIy meet
ings of your league, and as much oftener
as the interests of the party and the excite
ment of the negroes will admit. During the
session tell them Of some outrage
Imaginary if necessary as having been
committed against their race By the Con-
serVatiVes, and in strong terms denounce
the guilty perpetrators. Then swear them
to secrecy, and by our usual methods
make an impression on their feeble minds
and convince them of your plan to place
them in power, and make them the masters
Of the South, etc. Deplore their present
position and argue with them that it is
their fault alone they don't possess the
farms.
Secondly. Drill them like soldiers and
be prepared for any emergency. Control
the negroes like slaves. Keep them in
alarm and excitement all the time, and
have one spy upon another.
Caution the backsliders of the vengeance
of the g. L. & G. C. and by intimidation
and the love of power and freedom
threaten them with evil. Should indiffer-
ence or apathy exist among them, you
must then appeal to their ignorance, charg-
ing the Democracy with a scheme to re-
enslave them, and, in failing to do this,
they propose to kidnap them as soon as
Seymour and Blair are elected and sell
them in Cuba aud Brazil.
Thirdly. You must promise them farms,
mules and bread for voting for Grant and
Colfax, and assure them that they would
have been supplied with them long since
had not Andrew johnson and the Democ-
racy interfered. They are credulous
enough to believe THE, and by such assur-
ances Won can work to good advantage.
Fourthly. Promise Them the majority
Of all the Offices az soon as Grant and Col
fax are elected, stating in excuse for in
quiry (deIay?) that their Northern and
Southern friends demand them at present,
but they shall have their choice after the
election. You can calm their excited de-