, 1869-09-01
TENNESSEE,
A SlnrtkiE,F IEst.ilor.

I
q zane DUR, sRxug Hls'iof wns rubI!.aod that
stft:ss rlrct'on M1,llsl 1a net ns!tle. TIT ifs4a
| and tierntt's mnru faIl hatrnlrnt II thus:
III VIVA funoteIs m tho Htrrrta ycstrr,!ay that
thc of'ct 81 tho SECRETARY OF WAr II tultt.r F1l.
t.,tn y Iako charge, ~ ltrrcIrrr Of thrsr ns.ta,
loren nf Fsirrnt etiljrea un Vc,,rsscc. IN ur,ur
! tot10soto conflict with tl,r proplc. nnst lhua,
nh'Hf titntHtc' Ut an lnsurspctsn, DECLARE martha!
iaW aE1l tlatt Hnf HtAtp uhier tho control Of
Allll1sy governor, who wilt ID nonu clAo Ihau
UrArral ". H. t,tokeh"
Il Ia n"rd|ess far ~ IN state that ~ ,llAcsut!Is
tAt sn!oFs ~ rnttrr'y gf,,nnrks, nt calculated,
ulItrm HGlhoEttatlsey ienlett, 10 rAuse neelcIs
alarm alhuls IL ptoilu ~Iorp hearts tlcMsu It Tor
peAtt. " ~
. i'rreistly i'nw mush truth these ru,nora coutain
i u stlf1cut TO asctFt4n. The news comrs to IN
~ atlch form and from various t,lr,stInna. All
c!lne1t To As'aca Dore Importance to IL thnp at
hEat, or tlIuu OUR contemporary adm.ta Tnese
snmo1s E, may Or 1nsy no. be true. Ne hope they
may not In true bnt, II triIe. they involve Lhe
Qnencss which may even shake ths riltara oI the
tepahi'c, and Hhch viii Inlet upon rtuncssee
To give tuore full idea Of the scope OF these
Iumors; The plan "a for the Stokes candidates
Stnler lnembera aud who wtr, defeated al the
ballot, 10 meet at Nashville, on The rrst Monday ID
t,cioler+ organize themselves into General AS
senhly, dcclhre Stokes the Governor-eiect, inau.
eurate him al Governor. adopt the Fn1ecnth
Amendment, elect United State. senator, and
The Senter mcmters, Il Is supposed. will meet
Goycruor senter, Tcitet thu Fifteenth Amendment
democratic EteWs-perhaPs Andrew Johuson-
ard thus make an issue neforc Congress as to
which Organization Is the true one.
VI CourEG Governor SEutfr will feel called unon
% dt:ptrss ihe lotner by the militia or Slate
Gdlfds, Then the Stokes side Will appeal to the
Federal authorities for troops to protect them.
alo fnoald EnWlSe counsel PREVAIL United States
tEtops Mas be sent an,l comic: Of force be be-
gnD, the end or the results Of which 10 man living
Are these conJecturcs correct: THIS Will be
seen n me deve5ornents OF the next six weeks.
u.cD both sides. the stokes s,s'e an. certain Iea
err Of the Conservative Side, seem to b. WORKING
Mtralt Of yesterday It Ia boldly assertea tha: the
tfteenth Amendment VII! mt ~. a4}opte1i, auI
mat ne senter party viii not stand plo. the CHI
t!ses nil not sell their births1ght for "a nasty
Mess Of pOttage."
This spirit u lenance, ty lea,lers Of tho Con.
serEatise side, Is working right Into the hanis Of
ne sfofers, and Will do much 10 assist them IN
tae earring out Of the programme we have
sketcneu, while the anhii.on OF Stokes, anu few
40 what would ruin the State, so that they can
only succeed, even over ita ruin, to tho achieve
these 1nnoss 6zye some foundation tn faet anI In
pEubsbilty, aud, n that case, We see roth,n9
We must be allowed to express the hope that
better coonsels Will prevail at Washington than
70 allow Of tho rpenIn9 Of such fell schemes:
mat President Grant viii oct wisely. md a. least
war, unltl he has heard hoth sides For there
are evidently Two sides to th!a question.
Gtant and Ills advisers should not CONSIDER what ]
efec; EGch q collison-shoald one occur between |
1neo inc State ,,s aDd the un.sd s,9teswoaa have
i might mt react against the national amlutstta-
tlon, and cause the overthrow Of the KerobiIcan
flese nfs moments full d cies, as q sas -
dom, coo!ness, fairness and justice should hare
IT, at;y tplny ND frL ac'ton; The Booh has ssts,
dleth, 'snd also, The beginning Of strife ts as
the letting out Of waess.'' Once kind1cd. once
started, who can qucnch or stay them
Since wnt1Dg the aloyc, confirmation OF oar
een1ectares Is furnished. in conversation report
ed in the New fork Htsstf, with General Stokes,
:" Correspondent Wha, a. are you yon going to sug-
gess to The President and C,blnet:
Stokes: Wei, Of course the President can do
nothing without CongTess. / shall suxxcst that |
ConRress be convened In extra zeaslon-say about |
the 2eta of septenber-ro take the condition Vi
ton You see the Legislature Of Tenncascc meets
on the 1st OF October As soon Us they yet IL ses-
sou, they arc not interfeted With bg the Federal
governments. they will 70 to work st once to wipe
out everything that hss Geen done since Tennessee
was reconstructed an! admitted to representation |
IN congress Every Law enacted TO restrain the |
fehels md protect the Union men Of the State |
VIII be sotf'ctl oG the statute book the d!sfrau-
chlslng clauses Of the State Constitution viii bc
dow. ''' 'A'e eN'A'e enon oul"alA 11oSen
Correspondent. SUPPOSE Conr-rss worn ..on-
stokcs Tennessee Il Que Of t5e rrSonstsgcted N "
States, the game as Georgia, for Instance. Now.
then, what did Congress 10 IN the cse Of i;eur,n:
ttc eanc a. Tennessee, ouiy her Senators did nat
get IN. and yuu know the reason Of that. ceoruIa
91o tennessee, It seems to 1ae, are parallel cases
and the House refused 10 atlrit ,he Iiaa,9ia ~
reseptativcs to ihc FurtjciI, f'nncTrs Wh1 LEX
~ t,iS oAAtSAA NoutAG4I WY H&- |