, 1869-06-04
TENNESSEE,
Governor Brownlow on Ten.
nessee Politics., :.
The Late Republican State Com
vention, -
Judge Of the Supreme Cours

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Judge OF the Supreme Court.
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l.; tFRox orR SPECIAL oosanzoxprxr., !
ho1sII1x, Tenn, Nay u, 1ska.
Knoxville, being the third largest ttty IN Ten
nrasee, aud the hrgest In East Tennessee. Il the
headquarters of political, Is val u commercial,
| intercourse tn the Eassern Division, And tnau.
eneca the action Of political parties throughput
the enttrt State. Here GoEeEnor BnxploN. md
Hou Hossoc AAJnxsu haze sheir homes: ard
tn f<mer tmta the Governor Wa wont "a vrn.
t1ake thn secesa-of sach Democratic rot1t,et.ns =,
ten IN his WAY. To the old nan Ad,n,ant. Knn1-
fme probably now ewes more Of her Prosperity.
since fne war, ttan to any other man liy,nx.
-BroHu1ow, u Governor. vas inretera,eir bast,la
to the confeder1tes md Conserya,,,.s. anIs d.
IVES, to q certain extent, looked upon A the na.
tou aa'ut Of Cnion men us houe va. conse-
quenty the a!s1 to receive the oenect OF northern
Immigration and Northern capital; fog, uear hin
tneS expected TO End the haven Of security, which,
wAs thought, did not exist my xhere else In The
South Af{er the waE tho Republican pzxsy wss
supreme tn Tennessee, aad In the party there were
nnne Who dared 70. my tho Goyefnorr nsr. :,
what the Governor, desired, thai Hss f1xoted: :
and the wealth Of tbs State, to a very R1e4, de-
Rree, was made to foster and encourage the
growth OF Knoxville. Since his ply sical prost.s.
ton and election to the u41;ed states Senate. he
hAS been unable to give that attention 10 local pol
1ttes which for thirty yeA14 past has been his con-
st&at studJ, md he now paJ6 bat little attention
to state afAirs. though Ia ts Al thoroughly cog
infant Of surrounding events as cyer before.
Having dtalre to know the feeling Of our ,13s
Governor, and promoter Of the Republican psf,y
In Tennessee, on the preaent MtuAt1on IN our
stata, we called n nts Testdente md had m inter.
ttew with him.
sENAfoR BRowFLow on rzsnzss1E 4YYusa
We found the Governor rather anuell hIs throat
trouble being somewhat aggravated, anl his zen.
erM Appearance not quite ~ strong a. In f;ebsu-
my, when we saw him la4t He was Sitting up
when We entered, and though little paler than
usual, there WIS no lack Of vigor IN his mind, and
the bright, pletcinB ere, and nrn, determined ex.
Preston Of countensaee g4rd totem OF the cp1-
unued triumph Of mind over matter. For rome
time past there his been come uncertainty In the
public mtnd a. 70 the preference tho Governor
has for Gubesnatot1a1 candidate, but u bis son,
tosonet John BfuWnaoH, has been stumping Md
die AID West Tennessee In the interest Of Gov
esuor seutct, It HAs thought The preference OF
Dsownlow MAS IN the 4s11c direction. Iuthc
course Of the conversation We gained from him
his opinion, which wxa the same thns h1s
Ence been embodied In letter written
to SOME delegates to the State Convention
His preference ts strongly IN favor OF Governor
senter, who he oocxidets the bekt mAn 70 lead tsa
Republican party II the present ttne. This onto-
h,n he holds without considering or thinking Of
any personal Or sasested obligation under which
he may be to either Senter Of Stokes-the TWO as
ra11ng candidates. 90 far as persoual obligation,
which stokes claius, should induce DrowuloN TO
support him. the Gortsunr replies thst he ras
unanimously Nominated BY tho STATE Convention
two years ago, whR the convention was we'll
aNarc be was physically unable to make the can
raaa himself. he BaJa he never invited NJ Stokes
nor any other man to make the canvaAx for him,
and that In taking the neld they wsre merely fnl-
nllng their duty 70 The party and bringing thcn-
selves before the people In nne, II no speech had
been made in his behaN the Governor clai1as his
ms|oHty wpold hare beeQ between 5000 &ud
4aooO.
In answer 70 I remark regarding tho tilshanh-
Iaent Of The State militia Mr.. Bruvn1ow expressed
the fenr thas u the mll,ata Eerc III mustered out
the kp-Kjux wonld be On the war path bcfore the
middle Of July.
The staud taken by Governor Druwulow, In
favor Of Mr. 6eptcr tor Governor, Nfr1 have very
great influence Gos the na1ue Of tho la1son ls stu
held In great venesadon hJ the loyk maesea
TIE LATE RKrrBtlcAS STATE CONVENTION.
In view Of ail the facts before the people, and
tic manner IN which delegates to the convention
were, In majority Of cases. elected, Inc E1uler
L, not that the meeting should hrexk up La AroH,
for II would have been nothing abort of miracle
which could hive brought Organization to such q
nasa OF conflicting, bitter, corrupt and schcrotng
lntefcsts- From the maas OF evidence at our CON-
nand, We sclect two specimen ab11cks:" In the
County Of Jefferson, upper East Tennessee, entt-
lied to nine delegates In tho State Convention ez
men assembled At the county seat, Organized
themselves into County Convention, appointed J
the niae dtleyGtss, and passed resolutions In.
suuctlng the delegates to cast the vets Of She |
county for Stokee. In the County OF HAMILTON = |
convention had also been Organized In the Stokes
interest and delegates duly Instructed, but thcFc
being 4 rew sen&er men Ia Chattanooga, VINO knew
~ thing OF two, aud who never do anything By J
halves, orgeni1eda . County Mnss Convention the !
day before the State Convention, not much csare !
numerously attended than the Jefferson County
Convention passad cnthuataatic resolutions tatoz-
Ing tho nomination Of Scatter aud scnt = fulr dele
l. perfectly ssta assertion that one
hAu the delegates tn the Nashville !
Conych.ion were apputnud N about !
the same m1nneF - above stated THIS however. |
Of iteclt womb not tayc caused the dlsorEanIza-
ton, a. disposition the part Of leade1a to rrs-
setre the unity Of the party organization woulu |
hAye settled these matters before cummittee On I
credentials, but the vauIting ambition OF Stokes,
which has oeen Rrasping for position and schcm-
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cen months, would not be satisfied with anytnlux
short Of absolute control In tho convention, and
IL recent developments hare shown that he con- |
spted list fan TO ruin the reputation OF Governor
Scutcf With The people, and etect him lroU Office,
= majority OF the leading men of the State were I
unwilling to bow at his behcst and would not sub. !
Hlit the pEcatranged plot for seeu1nt, tho nom.
luarion. How the convention adjourned, ailcr
TWO days session, without making nominations,
has afready been announced BY telegraph. Both [
the friends Of Governor Scn.cr and Nj. Stokes |
have held Informal CONVENTIONS announcing their
respective candidates for Governor. The KNOX
Vile FAf, has hulsted the nnue Of Governor
Sentcr, and the Nashville Frrss ard 7I,<. has de-
ciared for 6tokea- The German Republican paper
at SaAnvflle Is enthusiastically tor Senter.
Stokes, Sill tue to his trading and peAdnns pzp-
pcnsitcs, has proposed 70 Withdraw nom the can
yass Scatter will agree not 70 oppose his eEecttoa
to the CEsteu States Sendte- To this proposition
&c the honor Of Governor Senter be II known, no
assent has been gwen, And disposition shown 10
traae with or recognize the most corrupt politician
who has ever held Place IN Tennessee.
THE CANVAS.
Both caIcitstet arc fairly before the people and
the campaign has ALREADY opened vigorously. In
Ctattauossa, the largest city Of Stokes district a
nfEc meeting WIS held last night, at which strung
speeches were nade BY gentlemen from abroad,
AID the follow snE resolutions which RIyo 10 show
the scntcr campaign platform, wese unanimously
alop,ed. Here ara tho resolutions:
q stes ae4 sa i, Ia W M
eF1s. the NeIthJ Aod srue leader Of the Republican
k.e.tI II. asAer .sa sonaspan ,he .nt.:aos,
~ @ en n sr.sat0ss Of ths ta'Hs At
enc, strikes tie keynote o! the sentez party, md
wilt be tie ca1ur1cn Npcau OF The epeAttss on thaS