Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-29
TENNESSEE.
The Political Prospects Of Both
Parties.
Moses" Stokes rs. Moses -
johnson.
The Former LIKELY TO go to the
wall.
A PeG-Piciure by WateFsOn. Of
the Courser-JaurnaH.

Eill give you briefly, but accurately,
q pen-picture of the situation IN Tennes-
see at the present moment.
WHAT MOSES - JOHNSON WILL DO.
Andrew Johnson is expected to arrive
here by the middle Of March. He has
written to ais friends to say that he will
be a caEGiaata for Governor. No one
will oppose his nOmiAatiOn. 1t will DO
made spontaneously by the COnssrva-
tivesi ard his platform will consist Of
" universal amnesty and impartial suf-
frage," on which the people Of Tsnnes-
/ see have risked their claims from the
fEst.
He is expected 10 do two things:
l5t. He will talk 10 the negroes as no
/ one elss has ever talked to theua.
! 81. Re viii wakea the East Tennessee
"IoyAlists I" to a sense Of the perils Of the
! present State Government IS no one else
esn waEen them.
Z Johnson is not wit like Etheridge.
I Nor Is he an orator Like Coiyar. But he
/ is 2 prodigy of muscular power before
| the Tennessee masses, who consider him
8 child Of destiny, marked by Pcovi-
depcs 20 be their next Governor.
Jobnson's purpose is co secure a Con-
servative Legislature, which viii return
him 10 the Senate OF the United States
10 place OF Mr.. Fowler. But for their
faith Ia him the people Of the Stately
whom l mean the disfranehised masses
would make no c0ntest this summer.
They consider the existing system ma
( chine; and they regard It's operation as
little less than certain. Johnson does
not. He says he has fought worse
fight, and Won it. he says he can break |
% the loyal leagues as he broke up the /
KuOwNothing lodges. He will denoGuee I
the ku-KluX il upmsssured terms. he I,
will take strong national ground on all /
national questions, and he expects to 1
carry all before aim.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. /
The Radicals themselves spprehend /
his coming. Moreover, they are disu- 4
nited, Fletcher will probably so into /
the State Senate, which will eleet him 4
Speaker. This will give him the Cub
ern2tOriRl succession in III. He Is an
able mantle sblest in the State on
many Doints-and is a Republican, bat
not Radical. He is backed By grow
ing sentiment in bis party,
Ssnter, ths present Speaker of the
Senate, Is IN the line Of safe pTscedeGts
IL BFoHnioW should die or resign. Sen
ter would be Governor; but BTOWnlOW
declines to do either, and SsnteF IL se-
cretly Disconnected, aarewd Radicals
already loOk on him with distrust. He
was quasi rebel in '6l and is E smart
East Tennessee lawyer, with some taste
and spirit, Ii BroWnl0w does not give
him Ehat he considers his right-thst Is
the GoveFnorship--he will 90 mischief.
BEOwnlOv's term as Senator begins the
4th Of this coming March. His term Gs
Governor does not expire till the follow
iog October. VIII ne hold On to the
State Office until it expires sDd then 20
TO w sshlDgtOn and draw his back psy as
s snator from the An OF March +? He
will. Il is plain oiphe.jng to man who
has nothing to lose. B lt there ars other
c0hsiGsrasIcns. There are psTsC1ai sDd
prudential mo;iyes-rnotivss which be
cannot resist-that iIapel him. II be
should give up the Goyernorship to Sem
ter, what would bacoms Of his present
deputies
THE GOVERNORS OF EAST, WEST AND
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
For Tennessee, you must know. like
Gsui, is divided into three parts. These
are sevsTslly designated East, Middle
aud West Tennessee. Dr.. PesrnP, q
Methodist preacher st Knoxville, Is Gov
ernor of East Tennessee. Dr.. BoyntOn,
8 sSn-in-law OF 6r0wnlOW, and Buck
A4c - tCCAOAENt 81 . AA4C BsALlt pal AE-FEA~
n0rs Of Middle Tennessee; but when
they are absent or lying about loose, 1t is
customary for thOse who have public J
TO transact to 90 cut and hunt
downs Governor or two from amOug ]
the negroes ard osrpet-baggers Of Nash
Vile. The Governor Of West Tennessee
is DR.. Pearne DO. z, q brother OF the I
Knoxville Governor. All these Cover
nocs act in the name of Brownlow, who
is st home with the palsy, having ceased
to be OF any significance or to possess
any sense of responsibility.
THE CONSERVATIVE AND RADICAL ,
NOSES
The Radical party is controlled by
strangers and kept going by negroes, and
the coming Moses is SOkes.
This Moses is large, thick-set Moses,
a Moses with bald pate aud red face,
aud voice "a loud as that Of Bottom,
the Weaver, a Moses passing the wit Of
man to say what manner OF Moses ne Is
Or is not.
johnson Is also Q Moses,
And when Moses meets Moses
Then comes the tug Of war" g
] think It Is fair to predict that the !
chances are even; that tine fight will be g
sharp and close; and that Johnson may
,ome out Of it with flying eolors.
WHY MARTIAL LAWS
The militia bill and martial law proc.
smation are mere pretexts on the part
If the r ideals to carry the election by
Orcs Of arms,