New-York tribune., 1868-03-25
TENNESSEE.

GOV. BROwNLow on THE POLITICAL SITUATION
In a long address to the people of the State,
mainly devoted to personal matters, GOV. Bro"nlow
says;
Ihave seen with profound regret disposition among
some Republicans 10 form party upon the platform that
Tennes shah be ruled only by native Tennesseeans
and that ours shall be "a white mans Goyernment
cannot but regard all such movements as hhe
en unjust, aud mischevous VIII enter ho no seG1o @
alzing conspiracy TO prescribe Northern men W. & nc
consent for one, that fraud aud oppression anal p
tced upon the cOOred man. Nor VIII l. now or heteal-
ter lend my humble influence 70 Ine oi y MAN d
forolce who may plant hmselfup0n snGh "patoInI; I IN
Government like our Pdclsd P0cda PsIma5oSIy Parms5 0I
can and only G@se Ged 20 on S"fSSe0 the great prnG
pies of right and Justice Only these can give conference
ontpngsss nil thoso principles cannot but
fellow citizens against an error so Migrant anu
man has vndcated hls right freedom and 10 exercise
the full franchises Of complete manhood and ctLenshp'
lion; by his manly heroic patriotism rs soldier ot the
Republic. and by his political aimtion Doth IN Iehhei
the loyal Of the nation For Republicans In Ten,
nessee after all this to prescribe ana depres nn anu %
Justice. Negro testimony negro suHrage ana nvHlo %
elevation generally are me result 9I .ho rhe hot
OF Slavery haunts these practical
Rebe-at every step N b eT Tgbs ~ manhood Upon
can Merdecai dsittng in the kings gnte" To the ex-
camor against negro equality ana IN favor %I
arc they weakening their own party and giving ala TO
that OF the Rebels In every position where We have
placed the cOOred man, he has proved himself true ana
irusty We viii not now throw him OF and aid in his
degradation. So in reference TO this native tennessee
question II l. no mans right business 10 inquire OF
candidate FOR Office on which side OF Mason and Dixon
line he born. This IL narrow sectlohai ptosSIlp
to-iho very spirit that animated the cause OF rebellion
Verify have had enough OF seconhsn 10 Hulce Iut
a oontury Tho old tests of fitness for office are
all that Is necessary. "Is tho candidate none !
Is no capable a. We shall certainly not commit the
foly Of adding this: "Was he born In Tennessee !
When the gallant Union army came South 10 sup.
nress the slayeholders rebellion loyal men OF
were clamorous for their entrance INTO our
state We did not stop 90 inquire whether the soldiers
coming for our rescue were Tennesseeans or New
Enganders; whether they hailed from kew.1ork or
Mnnesota; from Ohio or ms.our.and surely We shhit
moi now after they have helped us 90 conquer Rt
20 live i'm Tennessee and Ourselves under the 19r
law. upon them and deny them the gnt 20 holu
office among us because they happen 20 be OF Northern
birth should the Republicans OF Tennessee, as party
adopt policy so narrow unjust, they would deserve
the defrnt which such folly would make inevitable hhat
We need rs party this state Is harmony ana concert
OF action becoming the great impending contest WIN
these our success Is assured 10 will he grand, decisive
IN we suffer bad men divide and distract our ranks we
shall be defeated our defeat in the Presidential elec'
ton would be an incxpressibe eaamty-an almost lre'
parnblp disaster