The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-01
TENNESSEE.

Progress OF the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sentcr
Appointing Conservative Registrars-Anxiety
of the Stokes Mcn-Chnnge Of Sentiment IN
East Tennessee-Probnbies Success Of Scnter-
The FiBances-CrOps.
KNOXVILLE, June %, 1869.
The conservatives OF Tennessee will act discreety
and harmoniously In the present canvass. They do
not intend to hold either State convention to noml
nate candidate Tor Governor or county conventions
for the purpose OF placing In nomination candidates
for the Legislature. They will act circumspec.
ton and do nothing to embarrass the liberal move
ment 30 boldly advocated by Senter. This Ia essen.
TALLY canvass in which men are nothing principles
everything To win the victory for white eniran
chisement is the all-absorbing desire Of the con.
sentative masses in the State.
Governor Senters removal Of the Registration
Commissioner Of Shelby county and the appointment
conservative to the office has created great CON-
sernation among the friends Of Stokes who foresee
In this move the certain defeat Of their candidate
The liberal construction Of the Franchise law in the
light OF the recent Supreme Court decision Is that
the registers are judicial officers responsible to their
c0nsciences only for the faithful performance Of
their duties The Supreme Court decided In express
terms that once being voter according to law, the
voter has vested right therein, which may not be
cess Of law which IS defined By the court to mean
~
Of an infamous crime. The court says:-
The elective franchise right which the law protects
nn o S sIs: the n aRs
right vote the sestvs ranchiss or the privilege Of the
s sss ss IN
The rules law which guard against deprivation or Injury
alike
Of With
OF Otherwise ,Ss rN than ey due process OF law
ss!: t sns.
evidence establish ih:ir Tile: and
sss.Iss!s Sss:rstion and right ass %
The registers, therefore, can draw their own De.
auctions and rules Of guidance from this decision
Whenever conservative Is appointed In any coun.
~ he Will undoubtedly issue certificates 70 oil who
are entitled to them The questions asked applicants
will be about as f0llows:-Have you ever votedY II
mot are You Of proper age Are you Loyal These
viii satisfy the register OF the applicants right to
certificate. and he will forthwith issue one to him.
II he constructs the law wrongly. it IL merely an
error OF Judgment, to which he Is responsible to no
earthly tribunal The result OF the policy indicated
by the removal by Senter OF an unfriendly register
and the appointment OF conservative to the posi-
ton Will be the virtual reimbursement Of every
eneh es wo J" tho prUSaos De ie pest ana
do away with the necessity of State convention to
alter, amend and tinker the constitution and, as the
Acknowledgement OF nineteen-twenteths Of the
'rebels" expires by limitation In 1870 much expense
and trouble might thus be avoided.
The Stokes radicals have had the new register
Shelby county enJolned on the ground that the Gov
ern0r has no right TO remove registers Boughner
the newly appointed officer has applied to have the
on Tuesday. IL Is said that BOughner has filled up
and issued 5000 certificates dutlng the day he was
unmolested by the injunction. As the possession OF
q certificate IL by the law undoubted evidence OF
the holders right to vote it will be seen that the
registration In Shelby Is at least heavier by 5000 than
it was before Mr.. Boughner's appointment
From authentic sources am assured that COM
pete revulson OF sentiment Is taking place In East
Tennessee. "Senter and universal sufffagen mas not
only obtained a l0dgment in this division Of the
state, but Is also fast becoming the ralyng cry
and violent Br0wnlowitos. Whether the influence
Of "Od Proc" the desire to be the winning side
tude, is the cause whether all three OF these nu.
ences combined have led TO the result, cannot says
but 1t certain that senter will get heavy majority
of the votes IN East Tennessee.
The probable failure OF the State to pay the July
interest ON her bonds IS exciting the public mind.
communication In yesterdays Press ana Herald of
this CITY, written by q gentleman occupying an emf
nent judicial position IN the States avors the passage
OF law creating apreferred stock in the on-interes
paying railroads, to be exchanged for bonds ma
tured and unmatured dollar for dollar. The writer
says, ~ admit this IL "a violent remedy. But what
are the alternatlves9 Reputation or the slow and
altogether inadequate remedy-the sale OF all dc.
faulting roads,
All over Tennessee the advices from the wheat
crop are cheering. The yield will be bountllul. The
man who laughs" IL now seen amid our waving
nelds OF grain, glanclng along the shocks OF wheat
and blades OF corn, the happy farmer glad In the re-
suits OF his toll and beaming with exultatlon as ne
thinks OF the time now near, when the labor OF his
hands VIII be blessed In 4 state where, indeed "all
men will be equal under the law" In that day will
Tennessee be again proudly revered by her sons and
take her place among the sisters OF the household,
no longer their scOf. From q 'bcll on earthr fair
Tennessee Will be heaven,blessed State; ana with
her genial climate, kindly soil and equitable govern
meDt, wlllinvite with 0utstretched arms the talent
and the industry Of all nations 10 home beneath
her Tranquil skies.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad bridge over Chm
MANS creek, twelve miles WesL OF LeaXenWOrLh. haa