Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-05-29
CIRCUmsrANCES ALTER CASES.

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CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
"Curses, like chickens, come
home to roost," says the old pro"
verb, and some of the Radicals are
beginning TO quake already in anti
cipation that they will be made the
subjects of a usurpation that has
been used very effectualty against
their political Opponents. The
| Press aud Times yesterday is
greatly troubled over what it calls
dan indirect threat to seize the
balIot-box and override the will of |
the people" That paper says:
HSome of Gov. Senters friends say
thst he is master Of the situation with
the registration machinery under his
control, and can, if necessary, (that is II
defeated before the people, declare the
election illegal in sufficient number
of counties to elect him. These
inconsiderate, reckless and hare
lbrained men do not, we hope, re-
feet the feelings of the Governor
I've cannot persuade or force our
selves into the belief that he Is so
desperately bent on the Office, as to reach
it bv such monstrous and despotlc act,
thereby becoming his own elector. The
law restricting the elective franchise
hardly clothes the Governor with the
sutocratic authority of depriving loyal
man of this privilege and right 1t
would be an abuse of power alone belts
ting an imperial ruler. 1t would De
proclamation of dictatorship.
Among the last acts which
= Brownlow performed as Governor
: of Tennessee, was T" to seize the
! ballot-box and override the will Of
the people" of the fourth and
eighth congressional districts, by
throwing out" enough votes to
elect" two Radicals to Congress
n from these districts. The editors OF
8 the Press and Times were then
O editors of the Jonesboro Flag, and
+, our recollection is that they did moi
d have one word to say in condemna'
ic ton of this highhanded outrage
k If they did not openly commend
1t this monstrous and despotic act,
j. they certainly gave it a silent ap
prevail. This despotic power wa
" against Rebels and our con
temporaries were at least ready t.
exclaim with old Poll, damn il
IL how he nix EN- " They enjoyet
nc the fun then, but now that there j
VI a fear that this despotic usurpatiol
may be used upon the Stokes win
of the Radical party, our contem
NC poraries throw up their hands il
:, holy horror, and declare that thi
40 would be a proclamation
, dictatorship" They say tina
" if Gov. Senter should b
guilty of such a usurpation {
despotic power, Tennesseean
Hwould not submit to such an on
-, rage upon their liberties" and thu
~ "with a just sense of the enormor
T iniquity, they would seize the
Is quite emphatic. If SON
of us "Rebels" had talked that wa
to when Brownlow was usurpin
of power to defeat the expressed wi
no of the people of the fourth an
ia eighth congressional districts, "
ot should likely have been waite
a., upon by an official with remindC
his of the existence of q sedition Law
as or had a regiment or two of "loy:
ed militia" quartered upon US. 1t
ce wonderful how these Radicals tai
Nv and act since they have got into
rs a position where they are likely or {
lis least fear they will experienc
ia some of the despotic tyranny unde
at which theirpolitical opponents hav
r groaned for years. They hav
On now a remarkably keen perception
in of the enormity of these despoti
be acts, and glibly talk of resort t
ne arms if they are made to feel wha
~ we have felt and suffer what W
cs have suffered. The very shadow c
st these usurpations now appals tn
he Radicals of the Stokes wing as di
Y. the handwriting which Belshazza
discovered upon the wall. Verify
- the whirligig of time hath its re
VenpeS