Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-09-04
Letter OF Ex-Governor Brown TO
Judge Dent.

Judre ncut.
Ex-Governor A. @. Brown, of Mis-
sissippi, has written letter to Judge
Dent on the subject of the canvass in
that State, which has found its way
into the newspapers. Governor
Brown saws.
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ne expresses regret at the post
ponement of the election to SO late a
period as the 3Oth of November. not.
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vember. The letter continues:
/ regret more than + do the post
ponement of the election that the
President seems to allow himself to
be more than half persuaded, not
withstanding our protestations, that
we are not sincere, and cannot, there
fore, be trusted. why, my dear sir,
our main idea in asking YOU to take
the head of our ticket was to assure
the President that we were sincere.
If we contemplated treachery, is it
likely we would give the leadership
to the Presidents brother-in-law?
Even Butler, think, will give us
credit for more sagacity than that.
Now, what have we done? We
have protested our willingness to sup
portthe President on his own grounds.
We have laid down platform of
principles, as we sincerely think. in
exact accordance with his policy; we
have invited his brother-in- law,
whom we supposed to be in full SYM
pathy with him personally and po-
llitically, to stand as our candidate
for Governor. And we intend in
September to put ticket in the field
composed exclusively of his acknowl-
edged friends. And we intend to elect
it, if he will let us. When say we,
| mean all who agree to the policy
we are pursuing, and that, l under
take to say, is vast majority of the
people of Mississippi, white as well
as black,
The President can defeat your cleo
ton if he will, and he is the only
power on earth that can do it. If he
shows a want of confidence in the
forty thousand white voters in the
State who offer him their support, he
will paraIyze their zeal and neutral.
ize their.efforts, and the consequence
will be that thousands on thousands
of negro voters will be spon0ed upon
up by the other side that would 9TH
erwise be cast for YOU. If the Presi.
dent will simply carry out his prom.
Use made to your friends last winter
and see to It that we have q fail
election, that is all we want. To dc
this, he must check up Gen. Ames
Isit fair. as commander of this de.
partment, and acting military Gov
ernor of this State, that he Should
openly pledge his support to the 9th.
er side? Is it fair that he should turr
your friends out of office because the,
are your friends, Union men though
thew were, and Republicans though
they are, and have been from thu
first? is it fair to appoint none to of
flee but those who labor on the othel
side? Is it fair for the General, hold
ing the relations he does to Missis.
sippi, to be himself a candidate fol
the United States Senate? All Thu
l charge, and l can prove, and I sim
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