The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-25

Northern pccTle have no desire to keep them under
On ,rGnee'4 but everything to gain BY discounte.
nothing TO lose by their restoration to the right
when. every free American is entitled to-when
bes 4ed with taxation at least representation. All
tie Illustrations OF a thousand Stokes or Arnells
cannot up the nqulties OF the radicals in this
State. II s stencil in the nostrils OF every fair
minded man. Go where you will throughout the
whole length and breadth OF the Commonwealth, IN
the cities as well as in the country villages among
the mountains OF the EASTERN as well as in the
fields OF the western portion, and the sentiment
will be found ever the saine-a determine.
ton to keep the peace nc all hazards, under all
proyocations and to have the right by ballot OF say
ing whether or not they must support q Set OF men
to rule over them and oier them every indignty,
out of taxes wrung from them while the wolf Is
bowling at their own doors. Men who are hired at
public meetings North 10 recie the trials OF repub.
icans In Tennessee without ever having set foot
Tennessee soi-and penny -a-liners in the South to
falsy and Willy the people, to dstort every
brawl into Ku kluX outrage, to invent horrors OF
s.rebelr nongs which have no foundation in truth
to style every petition an ''enanation OF treason-
may talk and write from now until dOomsday; but
yet the fact win loom up still that the people
disposed towards the negro and have no intention
to deprive him OF any rights he now enjoys. They
simply, almost on Bonded knee, ask for themselves
what has been given already to their former slaves
release from bondage.
The Legislature will reconvene on Monday next
when In all probability, definite action will be
taken on the militia bill presented week ago. The
opinion still prevails that 1t Will pass, though now
have my doubts about 1t, as ] understand the radi
Gals up North have been telegraphing and episto-
liZng the members in the agoniZng lines OF en-
treaty not to take any action in regard to 1t. One
OF these dispatches, which came from OF the
Jacobin head centres in New York city, and which
shown TO me by one OF the honorabes who
damned the petitioner for his folly, concludes in
these terms:-"Pass that bill and let BrownlOw call
out the militia and you'll lose thousands OF votes.
As you value the of the party tell friends
in the House to keep quiet about the bill and all will
be well.o Appeals like this may have their effect,
but no one who is not acquainted with the pgheaded-
ness Of the carpet-baggers whom BrownOw has under
his thumb can foreteil the exact result Far stronger
in its strength against the legislatures machina-
tons In this militia business than all the peadings
and beseechings OF the radical party North combined
will be the action which, it Is said, the President
will take in The matter A gentleman who came
from Washington yesterday has given it out that Mr..
Johnson would certainly, In case the militia were
called FORTH send federal troops in numbers suffi-
cent to keep the hirelings from repeating the out
RACES OF last election time yet fresh in the mind OF
every woman i'll the State; and what gives seeming
confirmation TO this Is that General Thomas came
down from Nashville day before yesterday in great
haste and had a ''big tak with Brownlow at Knox
vile. What was the result OF the consultation has
not been revealed. The radicals are very shaky
about the affair and act as though such proceeding
a. that f0reshadowed by the President would ruin
all their nicely laid plans and spo their little terror
ism game completely. The men who make great
boast of their loyalty and their utter adherence OF
rebels are wonderfully afraid OF the presence of
the United States troops. Pie 'rebels,' at a meet
ing held last evening in this city to discountenance
the acts of lawessness that have been perpetraed in
Franklin and other places of late hailed with cheers
the announcement That the United states troops
would he sent to the State.