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

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low is q Receiver of one of the Ten
neSsee railroads. \ couple of Brown
lows sOns-in-laW hold similar places
They have a salary of $1,000 year
but there is more to them than that
there are some pickings. In addition
to this the BrOWnlow boys have beer
dabbling in stocks with certain Sentel
men, who led them off. The Brown.
lows are all fond Of making money
Now here's the point. If had been
elected Governor, with a Legislature
in harmony with me, / was pledged
to break up certain rings in Tennessee
that are trading in the railroad inter
ests of the State and doing their best
TO ruin them. ! was also pledged to
break up other rings connected with
the school fund of the State. This
might have interfered with the Brown
lows a little; / don't know any other
reason they could have in opposing
my election. But their opposition
didn't amount to much. The people
| OF Tennessee mean, of course, the
| loyal Union mrn-dOn't follow Brown
low as they did. They understand
that he has fallen into the hands of in
| tereSted parties.
JOHNSON HAS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SENATORSHIP.
COrrespondent-W do You think
will be elected Senator, Colonel?
StOkeS-Well, that is hard to tell.
The Legislature will be a good deal
mixed on that subject. ! suppose
Andy Johnson stands as good a chance
q. orxr Of V1hnro nr, -rx-o,.,l
candidates besides Johnson. There
is Ballie Peyton, for instance, but l
don't think they will take him up.
He is an old fossil Wing, and is really
out of politics now. If Andy chooses
to make the fight there is none of that
school can beat him. He's got pres
tige on his side, but there's q good
many old rebels who hate him for his
past record. They have old scores Ia
settle with him, and now that they
are in power they may take occasion
to do it. The general impression in
Tennessee is that they will take up
some new man, one who has not been
identified with politics much.
COrreSpOndent-DOn't you think
the old rebels have forgiven Andy by
this time? He has pardOned a good
many of them you know.
StOkeS-GeS, so he has. But you
don't know those men. They never
forgive. IL you ljYed in Tennessee
you would lind that out. Besides,
Andy was pretty hard on them when
he was Military Governor. lie kept
tight rein on them, | tell YOU Rut,
as ] said before, If Andy wants to
make fight it will take u good man
to beat him. He understands the
ropes, having been through the mill
before.
HE WANTS c0NGBEss AND GRANT T0
INfERFERE - THE DEAD DUCK
THINKS 1T DOUBTFUL.
Correspondent-What do you pro-
pose doing?
Stoke5-That'S Just the question. /
am here 10 consult with the President
ana the members of the Cabinet as to
Wh9t IS 10 be done. Something must
be done or reconstruction in Tenues-
see and every other Southern State is
a failure. And if the administration
and Congress refuses to take cOgni-
Ganoe Gi the condition qf affairs in
Tennessee, shall proclaim recon-
structiOn farce and failure every
where.
CorreSpondent-Whom have you
seen here?
StRkes-I haven't seen anybody yet,
but Forney. They are ali away, but
/ am going to stay here until the
President and the Cabinet get back. l
shall then lay the whole matter before
them, tell them how the election was
carried, and present the present con-
dition of affairs in tennessee.
Correspondent-What a9es torney
say
Stokes Forney says it is a terrible
Qutragei hut he does not see clearly
what the Federal Government can do
to mend the matter.
C0rreSpondent-What are you going
to suggest to the President an Cabi-
net:
StokcS-Well of course the Presi-
dent can do nothing without Congress.
shall suggest that Congress be con-
Vened i'm extra seSSion-Say about the
10Th of September-to take the eondi-
tion of affairs in Tennessee and Viz
ginia into consideration. You see the
Legislature of Tennessee meets on the
first of October. As soon as they get
in session, if not interfered with by
the Federal Government, they will go
to work at once to wipe out every
thing thai has been done SINCE Ten
nesssee was reconstructed and admitted
to representation In Congress, Every
law enacted to restrain the rebels and
protect the Union men of the State
will be rubbed Of'the Statue book, the
DISTINGUISHING clauses of the State con-
StitutiOn will be stricken out and the
entire Union bu.W lrk broken down.
He WANTS TENNESSEE TO BE RE
RECONSTRUCTED BY CONGRESS.
CorrespOndent-Suppose Congress
were convened i'm extra session, what
will yQp ask it to do2
St0keS-TenneSsee is one of the re-
CONSTRUCTED States, the same as Georgia,
for instance. Now, then, what did
Congress do in the case of Georgia?
She was admitted to representation in
Congress the same as Tennessee, only
her Senators did not get in, and you
know the reason of that. Georgia
and Tennessee, it seems TO me, are
parallel cases, The k3enate refused to
admit the Georgia Senators, and the
House refused to admit the Georgia
Representatives to the FOrti6th Con-
gress. Why? Because the Georgia
Legislature and State Government
violated faith with Congress, violated
the reconstruction laws, and violated
the State Constitution under which
she was admitted to representation in
Congress. In Tennessee it is the Gov
ernor, instead of the Legislature. lie
has trOdden under f0ot the Constitu-
uon under which the State was recon-
structed and admitted : he has allowed
persons to vote who it was expressly
understood by Congress when the
State got In should not be allowed to
votei he has carried the Statd back by
q revolutionary movement TO the POI
sition she occupied beloFe she Was ie'