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.. WASHINGTON. March IN 1870

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WASHINGTON, March 10, 1870.
Affairs In Tennessee-Tnterview wlfs
the President.
This morning the Tennessee congress
sional delegation, and a delegation of the
colored Republicans of Tennessee appointed
as q committee by the Colored Republican
Convention lately held in Nashville, had
an interview with the President. Con-
gresham Maynard stated the object of the
visit of the joint delegation was to request
the President to interposc his strong
arm and prevent the continuance of the
present lamentable state of affairs in Ten
nessee.
A committee chosen by the Convention
recently held in Nashville were present
with the memorial of that Convention, and
stated facts in relation to the state Of
affairs in that State.
DR.. Young, the chairman of the colored
committee, read a memorial adopted by the
Convention to the President and Congress,
and addressed the President in behalf of the
colorcd men of Tennessee. lie stated that
the Convention recently held in Nashville
was composed Of colorcd men from every
section of the State that the vast majority
of them were educated and intelligent a
number of them were farmers, planters,
business men, and, in many instances, men
of family and property -; their rights as citi-
zens were taken from them by the present
disloyal State authorities. But he said
this was not all. Day and night were the
men, wcmcn, and children, of his race muir
dercd, outraged, robbed, md driven from
their homes, their property destroyed, and
no redress given them at the hands of the
law. lie entreated the President to interfere;
to send troops throughout the State and pro.
tcct the loyal citizens, for, said he, the
white loyalists suffer alike with the colored
men. He argued that the President had
the constitutional power to send troops into
the State to protect citizens and enforce the
laws. The State of Tennessee is to-day in
instruction against the General Govern.
mcnt. The proclamation of the adoption OF
the fifteenth amendment will have no force
or effect in that State if the President docs
| MT send troops there, or if the State wal
not reconstructed as Georgia. He r~ecountet
many horrible things that had been dom
l by the Kuklux during the paet year, ant
: predicted that many Of the members o
= Congress now present would find it a serious
business to attempt tn continue their resi-
drncc in Tennessee if the Kuklux we're no
broken up by United States troops.
: DR.. Young appealed to the President TO
0 aid AMI his intcrposition. He was followc'
0 by the Rev. Moses Il. Johnson, of the Me
, thodist Colorcd Church. who reiterated case
Of outrage; breaking up Of church gather
ings demolition of churches and school
o houses: maltrcatmcnt of the teachers
t male aid female, etc. lie trusted that tn
President would send troops at once an
; take possession of the State, so that loya
citizens could enjoy their rights and priv
lcees!
n The memorial contained an account 0
= the calling of the Convention Of colore
n Republicans at Nashville, their meeting
and the result of their deliberations, whic
we're, in brief, to ask the President to sen
troops throughout the State to protect then
=, and their families, and to ask Congress t
/. reconstruct the State on truly republica
t and loyal principles, and to pray the &c
vcrnmcnt to enforce the fourteenth and fiji
u teenth amendments by the aid Of troops
, etc.
h The President replied: 81 regret yer
= much the condition of the state OF thing
s in. Tennessee. will do my best to chez
II these outrages. Tennessee is q State j
~ the Union, and l have no right to take pos
session Of her territory with troops. | wi
t take the whole matter in consideration. W
: have troops to spare, and | will see if "
: cannot send them throughout the State
SO as to have a moral effect at least, IN
also 20 aid the United States Marshal an
his deputies in carrying out the laws of tn
. General Government and the DEGREES of til
United States courts. As to the ~iifteent
amendment, | am sure its provisions wi
he carried out i'll every State, as Congress
is now engaged in preparing q law for tina
+ purpose. I will certainly give this matte
due attention. ] will consult with tn
:. Secretary of War and see what can b
done"
: News from Texas.
Scnatur-clect Hamilton arrived here thi
morning from Austin, Texas, and dcliverc'
to the Secretary of War the certified copie
Of the acts of the Texas Legislature il
/. which they adopt the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. General Rey
nolds also sends by messenger the certified
l copies of the facts of the State election, tn
: adoption Of State Constitution, the name
of State officers, Legislature, and others
elected the organization Of the Legisla
turc adoption of the constitutional amend
ments, and the election as United State
senators of Mcssrs. Hamilton and Flanagan
Secretary Belknap conveyed the document
to the President, and he transmitted then
to the Secretary Of State to be recorded
and fled.
The Cuban Question.
The Cuban question was further discussed
to-day by the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs. No reply having been made b.
the Secretary of State to the call for in
formation, the subject was again postponed
They decided to make an additional cal
rpo, tho Socratorv If Stoto for IN form n rio,