Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
ANOTHER BLAST FROM GOV.
BROWNLOW.
He Favors Extreme Measures.
The Legislature and Convention
to be Wiped out.

10 De WlpcO Outs
We find in the Knoxville Chronicle
the Radical paper recently established il
Knoxville, the following characteristic
letter from Senator Brownlow. It viii b.
seen that he thinks the reconstruction bill
will pass:
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER
WASHINGTON, April 11.-WM. RULE, ESQ.,
have received the first number OF YOU
new paper, the Knoxville Chronicle, ano
have examined it with care. II is quite
readable weekly, and would like TO sec
it in every Republican family in the State.
The type and paper are good, the selec-
tons are judicious and the mechanical
part of it well executed. Enclosed send
you the names of three subscribers, and |
will hand you the money when | see you.
Having now. spoken of the good quail
ties of your newspaper, | must say word
of its bad qualities. 1t is too mild in its
tone, and altogether too conciliatory, con-
sidering the patty with which you have
to deal, and how violent and hostile to-
ward the loyal people that party is. We
have Gov. Senter with us, and, as | am
told, he has been before the Reconstruc-
ton Committee of the House. His testi-
mony is said to have.been strong against
the Ku-Klux party, and altogether salts
factory TO the Republicans. | expect
the committee of the House to report
bill looking to the reconstruction of Ten
nessee. We propose to wipe out the
Legislature and the late Convention, and
order an election of new Legislature
under the old law and with new regis
tration, leaving the Executive and the
Judiciary undisturbed. The bill will
meet with opposition in the House from
the Democracy and the tender-footed
Republicans, but will, nevertheless, pass.
In the Senate, we will have less trouble,
as we are divided, politically, sixty Re
publicans to ten Democrats. They will,
of course, go on to elect Judges in Ten
nessee. What Gov. Senter will feel it his
duty to do, am unable to say, but if |
were Governor, / would refuse to COM
mission their Judges and other officers
That party have made great noise over
the increase of the State debt by the issu-
ance of bonds to pay the five year inter-
est they had repudiated by the rebellion,
and bonds issued under my administra-
ton to put our railroads in order They
call it the Brownlow despotism, extra "a
gance and swindling. They promised to
wipe out Radicalism, and renew an era of
prosperity. What have they done? Are
they building up the towns and waste
places2 Is real estate and rents
advancing or falling off? Let the
mechanics and laborers of Knoxville an
swer the question. The fifth month of
the present session is passing off rapidly,
and l am pleased to be able to inform
you that am the only man in the Senate
who has not been absent day. | make
no speeches, but the ayes and noes show
me to be always right, voting for extreme
Radical measures. If / had not loss my
voice, it is likely would be talking too,
though we have quite too much talking
in both Houses.
The death of Gen. Thomas has cast
quite a gloom over the whole country.
The country seems now to appreciate
him. Why notl l hold that he was the
greatest man of the war, and the only
General of whom it can be in truth said
he never lost battle nor made mis-
take. | have extended this letter be-
yond what had intended, and therefore,
hasten to close. w. g. BRowNLow.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE EXPLODED.
We have received the following letter
from Representative Boyctt, of Obion,
which fully explains itself and explodcs
another Ku-Klux outrage:
To the Editors of the Union and American:
KENToN STATION, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad, April IS, 1S7O.-I was handed
a strip from some paper l could not find
the name of. 1t gave an account of
horrible hanging in my neighborhood. 1t
stated that man by the name of John
Pitts was hung by the Ku-Klux and
fingered for several days, and finally died.
Now, Sir, the whole of this is false. |
was well acquainted with Mr.. John Pitts,
I saw him on the day of the election. lie
voted at my house, and the next day he
was taken sick and lived just one week
and died. My son, DIR. William b. Boy
EFT, was called to see him, and he told me
that he died with pneumonia. This man
Pitts was reported to be a man of bad
character during the war, and was accused
of taking horses. He has been living in
this section ever since the war and voted
the Conservative ticket and voted for
your humble servant in the August cleo
ton. If you should see this report in the
papers please correct it, for there is no
truth in it. Respectfully,
ID. BOYETT.