Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-16

THE CONDITION IN TENNESSEE.
The Radical Office seekers in Tennessee
have made desperate effort to have Con-
gress reconstruct the State for ttsir espe-
cial benefit. Congressional interference
has been invoked by the malcontents on
the assumed ground ''that the peace and
quiet Of the State, the security Of life and
property are constantly disturbed, the re-
sponsible actors in the scenes of violence
and outrage being those lately in arms
against the Union, 2 and sthat the Legis-
lature had utterly failed to provide a
remedy" for the evils complained Of.
These charges have been promptly met
and disproved by Union men, many of
whom had served in the Federal army as
officers and soldiers. The Indianapolis
Sentinel says ga former citizen of How
ard county, Indiana, who is well known
as a gentleman of strict integrity, and
whose leanings have been to the Radical
side in politics, removed to Tennessee a
short time ago; and he writes to his old
friends that the reports about the condi-
ton of affairs there, are gross misrepre-
sentations." The Sentinel reproduces an
extract from private letter written by
Judge N. R. Lindsay, the gentleman
referred to, in which he gives his impress
sions and observations about the condi-
ton of affairs in this State. Judge Lind
say says: E b ar a aa3
81 have been watching the subject of
reconstructing the State of Tennessee
with quite good deal of interest, and
if were up home and reading the many
articles that appear in some of the papers
I should think the devil was to pay down
in Tennessee. But, being here and look
ing on and seeing for myself, 1 am sur
prised beyond measure. +
81 have now been in the State for one
month, a short time spent in Nashville,
two weeks at HarTison's, in Giles country
said to be the land of Ku-Klux, and now
about two weeks at this point, and during
the time have been here a most exciting
election took place. Twice during the
election was out on the streets to see and
learn what / could. l can now say that
since l entered the State, month ago,
have not seen a disturbance that would
amount to the most trivial breach of the
peace, except a couple of young Tennes-
seeans who fought at Harrison's mill on
one Saturday, over some family troubles,
as learned.
con the election day in the city of
Memphis, white men voted, negroes were
voting, Democrats voted, Radicals were
| doing the same. Union men and Rebels
were meeting at the polls and voting, the
negloes and Irish uniting; that is, the
Irish saying TO the negroes, you vote for
our man and we will vote for yours, this
accepted by the negroes, and carried out
by both, and both succeeding. Yet, with
all this, everything was so quiet in the
city, so far as could see, that no one
would have thought it was election day.
81 think to talk of reconstructing the
State of Tennessee is a foolish and silly
thing. But know you all will say, Nat
is hardly sound on these questions. Well,
that may be; but | remember when some
Radicals said, Shall we pull up the
tares p and He who spake as never man
spake said. NO, let both grow until the
harvest, lest in pulling up the tares you
also pull up and destroy the wheat; let
both grow until the harvest, etc. So Isay
in regard to this State.
The Sentinel truthfully says: "The
representations of Judge Lindsay give
about the actual condition of affairs in
Tennessee, and what apology can be
offered for this wicked attempt to recon
struct State that only needs to be let
alone to soon reach as prosperous con-
dition as she had ever attained before the
recent terrible civil war Radical legisla-
ton, instead of looking alone to the good
of the people, and the welfare of the
country, has no other purpose than the
perpetuation of its party rule, regardless
of the evils that such policy may entail,
individually and generally"