Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-29

constructed; he has caused Tennesse
to break faith with Congress just a
much as Georgia did Now, then
why shouldn't Congress interfere il
Tennessee as well as in Georgia?
Congress was in session / would NOV,
the hrst thing for the appointment 0
a special committee to investigate tn,
I Tennessee election, with power to visi
every county in the State. By thi
means it could be proven that Senter
the acting Governor of the State, haI
not only carried the election by stu
pendOus frauds, bur had set the Con
stitutiOn at defiance and annulled it:
most important provisions.
If CONGRESS DON'T INTERFERE, THE
UNION MEN WILL PROTECT THEM
SELVES.
COrrespOndent-DO you think the
| President will convene Congress, and
if convened, do you think it would
interfere in the Tennessee election?
Stokes-f don't know. Ii the adj
ministration and the Republican party
propose to stand by and witness the
slaughter without doing anything,
then all have to say is the sooner
the Union men OF Tennessee know it
the better. We will know what to do
then. Every man will have to take
care of himself, and so will the admin
istration, 50 far as the Union men of
Tennessee are concerned. If there is
nothing done, and this rebel Legisla-
ture Is allowed to go on and undo
everything that has been done by the
Union men, then you Will see such an
emigration of UniOnists from Tennes-
see as VIII astonish you. 1t will be
equal to 1861, when We flew before the
rebels.
.sENTERITEs HOLDING FEDERAL OFF
CEs TO BE REMOVED.
Correspondence did the Fed
cral Office holders behave i'm the
fight.
Stokes-They got demoralized at the
Outstart and went with Senter. They
supposed that BrOWnioW was acting
with the administration, and that they
must do as he did.
COrrespondent-Will Grant allow
them to remain in Office now?
Stokes-NQt much. They are every
one expecting their walking papers.
They did not see their mistake until
B0utWell's letter appeared They are
sorry for it now, | think, but that
won't help them. One of our friends
saw Grant at Long Branch and told
him how the Federal Ofiice-holders
were acting in Tennessee, and he pro-
missed that they should every man be
removed and their places given to
men who acted with the regular Re
publican party. That will be done di-
rectly.
THE EFFECT OF BOUTwELL's LETTER.
COrrespondent-What effect had
BOutWell's letter on the canvass?
St0kes-It had a good effect. 1t
tended to consolidate the Republican
party around me, and it gave the Sen
ter men to understand that their false
protestatiOns of Republicanism were
in the proper light by the
That was a good let
ter of BOutwelPs, and l was grateful
to him for it.
THE sENTER MEN PERSECUTE UNION
MEN-A Likely STORY.
Correspondent-How do the Senter
men fake their Yictory2
StGkes-They have commenced
already to haEass aud perseeuta the |
Union men. The old rebels are COM
ing back from Texas and other States,
where they had gone after Tennessee |
had been reconstructed. They are Or
ganizing in bands of twenty or thirty, !
in the regular old guerrilla fashion, |
and committing all sorts of depreda- |
tions. They used to be afraid of the |
but you see they know the |
militia is now i'm the hands of their |
friends, end they have nothing to fear
from that quarter. Letme give you /
ln instance. There was man in my |
who was CAPTURED by /
Dne of these bands. They came to |
his friends aud said that for $200O ne |
conld be released. His friends raised |
the money, and he was set at liberty. |
Correspondent-Were these men not !
ordinary thieves banded together t. |
aXtort money out Gf peOple2
StGkes-N0, slr. They are eX-rebel |
and they did not dare do this |
sort of thing before Senter was
elected.