The New York herald., 1869-08-26
GOVERNOR sENIER.


D. &c. Senter, the present Governor and Gov.
ernor elect OF the State Of Tennessee arrived In this
city last evening" accompanied by General John A.
Mabry who is spoken OF as q probable successor to
Senator Fowler; Colonel John b. Brownow son Of ex-
Governor Brownlow. and Colonel D. NJ. Nelson. The
Governor and MS party shortly after being installed
In comfortable quarters az the st. Nicholas Hotel,
were called upon BY several Tennesseeans Of note,
who came to pay their respects and oYer the Gov
ernor their congratulations on his election. Mr.
Senter is q young man. being only thrty-six years
OF age. Is above the medium size, and stoutly, or
rather solidy, built. lie Is quite afable In his an-
ner, courteous to fault, and o very pleas
ant conversatlonlst, but withal rather ayerse
TO ''talking politics" or ''rcviewing the stua-
SELF into print pS Our reporter on snS Announcing
his mission, which was to obtain the Governors
views on the condition OF AFFAIRS In Tennessee and
bis side OF the election storyGeneral stokes having
already furnished his SIDE TO the public-was very
cordially received. and after little ''gentle pre-
tion on thc.mooted Tennessee subject.
"The fact OF the matter isn said the Governor, In
answer TO our reporters inquiry as to the motive OF
his Journey North. 'the fact OF the matter Is don't
ike TO talk politics after election time. especially
when the talk is published In the newspapers.
out Of ITSELF which it win II it is ony len alone. You
ask me II came North to see General Grant about
the election IN our State To this answer no. My
and II Ii not my Intention to speak TO the President
concerning Tennessee. do not think 1t necessary"
he viii have ali the federal ofcehoders s in Tennss
might change the aspect Of things.
the subject II the office holders who voted for me
are removed 1t Will be gross injustice, for every
one Of them is staunch republican, and an ardent
Grant man. This puts me in mind that Stokes
claims that oil the good Republicans voted
for him noM s.a s1S ss0S % w
foremost nins out every ten OF the Grant ana Col
fax electors Of the State voted for me- and three
tion voted for me. They were during the Preslden-
tal campaign, aud are still, strong Grant men. The
fact Of the matter is the light IN tine late election
people in Tennessee understand by ire
strctlver republicans. the latter being opposed
holding out hope to the men who naa Joined T the
wrong side during the war Of an era OF peace and
brothery feeling. The platform OF the liberals who
elected ma was based on the resolution offered by
Carl schurz at the Chicago Convention, and which
was made part Of the platform on which Grant
esos resoulon s"' favored the Extension q prvi
leges and the removal OF disabilities from the
people of any Of the States that had been in rebel
lion whenever 1t found safe TO invest them with
oil the rights they had lost by the rebellion. On the
strength OF that platform we won the fight.
REPORTER-Your opponent says by fraudulent re-
sENTEa-He says, when be says that, what he
knows to be untrue. He lays great stress
ca cast for Grant. Now q full vote was not polled
by the republicans at the Presidential election. They
e they had thing ana
not be justly taken as test vote by Stokes The
vote to compare our last election with is that cast
got l9 900 votes less than Brownow In '6i and the
thus see tnat all his talk about "tranaulent
registratiOn' Is Just so much bosh; Tor
he would nave been defeated by his opponents get.
ting 900 majority had thore been no new regsrra
fraud IN the elections. l believe, on the point
OF there being such q heavy vote cast; but he
could easily explain the increased vote II ne chose
you will remember some time before the election,
decided that all those who had been granted certi
Gates by the first Enfranchlse law but VINO were de-
prived Of The right OF voting by the second Enfran
chise law and oy executive pr0camatiOns should be
allowed to vote. This admitted 1000 votes that had
been heretofore kept out. AS for the charges that
the election was carried by my appointing corrupt
registrars, they are absurd. l appointed the best
Wilson and several other counties, whomI knew t.
be strong advocates OF my election because theJ
to bs issue ,s s
Among others l removed o registrar whom
|. found selling certificates to whites and
| Was the removal of such man 'fraude' why
SIR oil the charges OF fraud IN the world cannO
change the actual rssu!. Of the election In sds cal
during n the war snd sn1g got xot whipped at thar
district, in his own Congressional district, IN
fact, beaten In every Congressional district
In his own district Brooks, tie 'restrictive''
candidate got $50 votes less than Thornberg, the
radical candidate in 1857. Can Stokes charge that
to the registration decision which admitted 30 many
REPoRrER.--What do you think, Governor, abou,
what the restrictive party say concerning GOV
ernor Howniow; about his having made political
'VSs VsEaffHS,~politcal somersaulti tell you Mr..
BrownlSw T. today as arn strong as ardent and
an M enthusiastic Grant aud administration man, and
that's Just what am myself. Somersault, indeed
Why Brownlow Is the youngest man Of his age--if
may be permitted seeming paradox-in the United
States He is true progressive republican. Prob
ably you remember the fact that he intimated In hi
message to the Legislature in 1857 that the tim,
would come when the franchise would have TO b,
extended-that Is, when 1t would be considered SAT,
to trust the State in the hands OF men who had beer
connected with the rebellion-when. In fact
they had become loyal At the late cleo
ton he felt that that time had come, ant
he advocated the extension OF the franchise Wa
that making political somersaut? Stokes alleges
our side was that he had three sons In State posi-
lions well salaried and he didn't want them Il
lose their places. The fact is he has only II
the said service OF the State and that son was gver
hia position at my urgent demands, simply becaus;
he had worked so hard for the republican party IN
the State without reward that thought he ought to
get something.
REPoRrER--Doy you think that the new Legislature
will disfrancnlse the negroesl
SENTEF-lt Will Hot even tOutu uUOu tHdI SuDltCt
It will do nothing that the republican party can call
revolutionary; nor will 1t do aught that VIII lnjurt
vital interests OF the State as they at present exist
The white people feel kindly toward the negroes
and Stokes did not speak truly when he said
that they were beginning to persecute the
blacks as Of old. AS for his talking about
having the election nulll1ed by the FEDERAL
government. that Is oil buncombe, The election Is a
liked fact 1t was as fair one as ever was neld IN
any State, and the general government would nave
no more right to nuify 1t Than 1t would to nulliy
an election In Massachusetts,. The "restrlctives
charge that since the election outrages aud murders
by s'rebels have become frequent, which is another
falsehood. But two men have been Killed In the
state since the election, and they were men who
voted for me- and they were Killed while wran9linp
ABOUT politics by Stokes men, one of the urderers
having been at time an officer In his regiment.
RErORTER--What about the Senatorial question,
GoverporS Do you think Andrew Johnson will win
SENTER--1hat question is rather mixed, SO l can
not say anything positive about it,
REPoETER-An0 that question OF the nnances-the
Reputation OF the new State boudsS
SEYTER--An can say about that is, that that bono
question is yet unsettled. The question o
liquidation never came up IN the election
campaign and WAS never preached by ethel
party; but know that there are men In varlou
paris OF the State who WELD very great innuenc'
amopo paonlp and who ara advocating thu mn