Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-24
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them as furious as herd of mad
buffaloes. The Greeneville Union
of the 22d inst. says:
1--WE hear, that in some of the counties
in upper East Tenpessee, certain ignor-
ant and evil-minded persons, are threat
ming to prosecute for illegal voting all
persons who shall attempt to vote under
certificates issued by the new registrars.
While Others again, still more violent,
and not content to threaten them with
Howard, hope to iatimidate voters with
the threat that thoy will not wait for the
slow process of law, but will themselves
mighty men-castigate and punish
severely any who shall dare to attempt
to exercise the privilege Of which they
have SO long been deprived"
There is Radical evidence that
this effort at intimidation is seri-
ously contemplated. The Greene
vile Now Era (Stokes organ)
publishes a communication from
"Thomas j. Davis, near Warrens-
burg, Tenn" from which we extract
as follows:
Republican friends of Greene county,
from the information get Gov. Senter
has had certificates issued to Rebels to
vote for him in the coming election. l
want to know what Legislature repealed
the franchise law2 | did not know Mr..
Senter had the power to get up law and
pass it himself, and especially repeal the
franchise law, without the sayso of any one
else Soldiers and Republicans of Greene
county, tits just as lawful for us to go to
the polls on the fifth Of August, with our
arms and not let man vote unless lie
gally authorised to do so. That is the
only chance. That's my motto from the
sole Of my foot TO the top of my head.
We know all Of the Rebels, and do not
think it would break the law to 90 to the
election with our pistols, and not let a
Rebel vote, ifhe has pocket full OF Sem
| ter certificates. The franchise law cannot
be repealed until 1872, and it has not been
repealed yet If Mr.. Senter is elected,
if we want to live under the government
and laws of tho United States, we will
have to move out of Tennessee. 1t will
be q Southern Confederacy. x
| fought the Rebels three years and came
near losing my life, and now for such men
as Andrew Johnson and Governor SEN
ter to try to make Rebels, CT give them
the right to step up and tear down what
we fought for, and they are better friends
to a lousy, rogueish, thievish Rebel than
tLey are to a federal soldier All
the Rebels in Middle and West Tennes-
see will vote. | am in favor of not
letting Rebel vote unless he votes &C e.
cording to the State law. | don't think
they will vote here. That is the only
chance" ..
Here it is boldly and unblush-
ingly suggested that the Suckers
ought to go TO the polls armed and
prevent the "Rebels" that
term embraces nearly every man
who will not vote for Stokes-from
voting. This is the respect for law
and order which animates the sup.
Porters of Stokes in upper East
| Tennessee. So desperate have they
| grown in view of the defeat of theiI
candidate, that they are prepared
to commit any excuses, even the
most fragrant violations of the law
to prevent the supporters of Gov
Senter from exercising the right Of
suffrage. Such threats as these
under the Brownlow administration
from "Rebels" or Rebel-sym
pathisers' in Middle or West Ten
nessee would have insured the visit
Of large body of "loyal militia
to the locality in which the threats
were uttered, and the militia would
have been quartered upon the pee
pie. The East Tennessee Radical:
who arc now threatening to use
Violence to prevent fair and i'm
/, partial election, would have ap
plauGed Brownlow for turning The
militia loose upon com
munity who tolerated such dcs
perate and lawless characters
: among then. 1t would bC
simply retribotive justice fol-
Gov. Senter to ORDER force of "loy,
al militia" into the Counties of East
Tennessee in which threats of vic.
lence or efforts at intimidation are
made. These Stokes Radicals have
had everything their own way
for four years, and now when the
prospect is that they will lose tho
power they havo SO remorsclessly
exercised over the "Rebcls" during
, that time, they are ready to robe
against the laws by 4 resort to VIC
lence. We repeat, this is n Icgiti.
mate case for the loyal militia, and
the men who are suggesting 4 re-
sort to violence and endeavoriDg to
intimidate those who have certiG,
Gates emitting them to vote, should
be made to feel that curse which
under the BrownIow administers.
ton, was so freely dealt out to Mid
die and West Tennessee. The laws
should be respected and obcyed in
East Tennessee as well as in the
other divisions of the State, and
when lawlcss individuals in that
section exhibit a want of restraint,
rs in the present case, they should
be made to feel the heavy hand of
power. "Let us have peace.