Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-17

He Writes Another Letter-ImpsIIe,
Of Removing once Holders wh,
Voted for senfer. E
The Knoxville Wing says the followinI
letter was sent to the Washington Chroni
Gle, but as it has not appeared in tina
paper, "the inference is that its publica
ton has been declined" and adds: "Thi
inference is strengthened by the fact tina
Senator BrownIow's letter addressed h
the colored men was forwarded to tina
Office with like request, which was moi
coupled with Emua oil To-
KNOXVILLE, TENN, August 10, 1865
To the Editor of the Washington
Chronicle-SrR: I wish to say few
words through your journal to the Re-
pnblicans of the nation. generally, and
also to the President and his cabinet
particularly, touching the late Tennessee
election. lisI.f 5lFass ViIli
Hon. Dewitt C. Senter is elected Gov
ernor Of Tennessee, by majority rang
ing from sixty thousand to seventy thou
sand, having carried East, Middle and
West Tennessee, the three grand d.
visions Of the State. That there were
many fraudulent votes cast, l have no
doubt; but the majority is quite too large
to be set to the account of fraudulent
votes.
l again take occasion to endorse Cover
nor Senter as q sound and reliable Re~
publican, the charge Of his enemies % the
contrary notwithstanding.
The legislature, though not Republi.
can, is not Democratic, and therefore will
not elect Andrew johnson to the Senate,
but will fall back upon some such Con.
sentative, old-line Wing as Governor
Neill s. Brown or Bailie Peyton; and, in
my judgment, will adopt the fifteenth
amendment.
Messrs. Stokes and Butler, stung by
defeat, and by the loss of both their Con-
gressional districts, which have been car
ried by the Senter party, it is said by
their friends, will proceed at once to
Washington to have all federal officers in
Tennessee who voted for Senter instant
ly removed and Stokes Republicans ap.
pointed in their places. Thousands of
as good Republicans as Tennessee affords
voted for Senter as Republican candi.
date; and to-day majority of the Res
publicans of Tennessee are Senter men.
They have never sent delegations to
Washington to invoke the aid of the adj
ministration in the contest, and they will
not do so now, even for the sake of
continuing their friends in Office. /
write in no spirit of dictation; but in that
of friendly cautionary advice. We think,
here in Tennessee, that il was qGi 9
enough for members of the cabinet to send
eIectioneering letters during the canvass
declaring their preference for Stokes; srd
now, to turn Republicans out of office f T
daring to vote for Senter as their choice
of the two Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, will look to US from our Standpoint,
very much like bringing the patronage of
the government into conflict with "the free
dom of elections" We think here, that no
e1mpetentand honest man should be remove
ed from office because be voted for Senter
or Stokes, both being Republicans, and we
shall be greatly disappointed if the Re
publican party Of the whole nation do not
take the same view of the subject. In plain
English, what we AJAX, is this: that in the
removal of Senter Republicans from office,
the same rule shall be applied as in the re-
moval of Stokes Republicans or any ether
Republican,; /. c. that they shall only be
removed for incompeteney growing out OF
inefhciency, unfaithfulness- or dishonesty.
In conclusion, am not by any means
alone in the holding and expressing Of
these views; and, further, in uttering the
additional opinion, that the administration
should make haste slowly, TO drive from III
support majority of the Republicans o
Tennessee, by pursuing the PTOscriPiive
policy which will be urged upon it BY
Stokes, Butler, and few disappointed pol
iticians, L am very respectfully, you
obedient servant, w. G. BRowNLow.