Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-14
OLD PLUTO.
The Last ar Him as Governor.
His letter of Resignation 10 the
Legislature.
STATE OF TENgzssEE.

KSoxvILLE, Feb. 10, lss9.J
To the Members OF the General Assembly Of
Tennessee.
Gentlemen: I herewith tender my
resignation IS Governor 0f Tennessee,
to you, a. the representative of the loyal
people OF the St6te the resignation to
take effect on Thursday, the 18th inst.
The Occazion serves to express my pro-
found sense Of obligation to the officers
and members of your respective Houses,
for your faithful and generous co-opera
ton with me In the endeavOr to admin
ister the State Government for the pro-
teeticn OF the loyal people thereof, and
for the quiet and welfare of al the cih-
zens; and, also, to say, that If there have
been any lack OF complete reRliz alton OF
these objects, the fault has not been from
want Of PURPOSE and effort on my part,
n0T Of corporation on yours.
1t has been my study and labor to
bring Tennessee up from the ruins in
which she was left by the war, to that
degree OF moral and material prosperity
and progress to which she is 30 emil
nently entitled TO develop her ample re-
sources render efficient all her chart
table and educational enterprises, and
maintaining her financial integrity-in
a word-tO place upon her that crown Of
honor she so we'll deserves to wear.
There can be 10 doubt our success, in
all these respects, would have been far
greater, bus for the fierce hostility with
which the administration has been
fought from the beginning, and at ell
points, by the rebel element. Probably
no man ever filed the Office who en-
eouDtered equal opposition to that
through which it has been my lot to
pass.
How far we have succeeded Ia our
honest purpose and earnest efforts, even
under these Disadvantages, the present
condition Of the Safe, with her indus
tries active; her financial credit sus-
tanned hsT old lines Of commerce in full
operation, with new mes opening her
school System "a fair working, and her
elaeLaosenAry Institutions all crowded
and sustained, and her future smiling
with SO much Of promise, will sufficient
" attest.
Feeling, as I do, a lively and abiding
| interest in the future welfare Of the State
aud Of the Union Republican party Of
Tennessee, my regrets, on retiring, would
be greater, were IL not that the gentle
man who will succeed me for the re-
maiuder Of my official tsrm-the Honor
able Speaker Of the Senate, Mr.. Dewitt
G.. senteT-is q loyal man, capable, tried
and tTusty, who Is sound in his princi-
pies, and who will stesdfastly adhere to
them upon the platform OF the Union
Republican party Of Tennessee.
IL will be 10y honor as well as pleas
ure, in the new official position 10 which
you have called me-to represent, / n
part, our state; in the Senate Of the
United S.ates-to watch " and sub
serve her interests, with SIS much OF abll-
ity and Fl ielity as / may. II, st present,
owing to nay physical feebleness, it shall
be impossible to make my voice heard 10
the Senate Chamber, my constituents
may be assured l shall be found voting,
In all cases, in favor OF the principles,
We, in eoaarn0n, 90 earnestly cherish.
Thanking you, gentlemen, for your
generous, official confidence and eOuT-
tesy, l invoke upon you, and the great
State you represent, the blessings Of an
ale watehful and %benignsnt Providence.
". q. BROWNLOW,