The Van Buren press., 1869-06-22

hostile to the government, but wheh tney
come in and locate on reservation with
a view of becoming friends to the gov
erement and cultivating arts ana haoitS
! OF civilized life every assistance practiea-
BILE in The way Of clothing, provisions
and agricultural implements may be CIV
en- them.
Senator Ross and Mr.. Reynolds, editor
of the Lawrence Journal, have been III
this city n week past on business con
Injected with affairs in Kansas. Ihey
have had interviews with the President,
Secretary Rawlns and Gen. Sherman.
! The result of their mission is, that orders
to-day were prepared and addressed to
Gems. Sheridan and Schofield to treat all
Indians of the four great reservations rs
hostile and to proceed against them ac-
cordingly with a view to the protection
of the citizens of Kansas and elsewhere
on the frontier.
NASHVILLE, June II.
Governor Senter publishes an address
to the people Of Tennessee in the Press
and Times Of this morning. He states
his position relative to removing the po-
Iit!cal disabilities Of citizens Of the State
in the following language;
"On this subject | am free to say that,
in my judgment, the time has come, and
is now, when the limitations and disabll-
tiles which have found their way into our
statute books as the result Of the war
should be abolished and removed, and
the privilege of the elective franchise re
stored, and extended so as to embrace
the mass of the adult population of the
State. In othd words, | am in favor #
50 amending the Constitution and laws
of the State that the present disfranchis-
ing clauses and provisions shall be made
to disappear from the same, and the privi-
lege of the elective franchise made to rest
upon the facts and conditions Of the
present instead of the past, and upon
principles Of impartiality, equality and
! Justice Disfranchisemcnt was adopted
rs only q temporary necessity growing
out Of the needs and situation of the time,
and with no expectation that it would be
long continued And there can be no
reason for its further continuance now,
except in selfish, partisan ambition to
gain Office, or q selfish, partisan fear OF
losing it. Disfranchisement necessarily
produces restlessness and discomfort, and,
as we.Aave all seen engenders animOsity,
discofd and strife Enfranchisement will,
in my opinion, heal the animosities which
have 50 long divided our people, and
bring concord peace and prosperity to
the State, while at the same time it is
most consoAant with the theory and
principles Of our republican form of Gov
ernment, and with the declared policy
j and purpose of the party now in power.
He announces himself in favor Of the
proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution, and pledges him
self to favor its ratification by the Leg
islature at its next session, and concludes
by saying that he stands on the Chicago
Platform.
The debate at Cleveland yesterday be
tween Senter and Stokes was looked to
with much interest. No new develop
ments, however, were made. But little
feeling was manifested by the audience
which appeared to be equally divided
Senter's friends are sanguine, and some
of them predict that Stokes will withdraw
Until the candidates have filed thcil
appointments in East Tennessee, closing
on the 9TH Of July, it will not be safe te
give an opinion as to the final result a
the polls Stokes friends feel the wan
of a newspaper organ here, and have de
termned to start one in fews days.