Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-01-02

least cause or proyocations by men in dis /
guise, and are forced 10 find security for
their lives where best they can Who !
can sead this resolution so unfounded in
fact, and then believe thai here is one
word Of truth IN the statement made by
he dTafters Of the resolutions, that they
have malice towards none, but charity
for all, and desire to see peace and gooi
win prevail towards all men through
out the State? Who viii have
any confidence in their assertion
that they desire TO secure this, and when
they assert in the next breath that
their ovenures for peace and friend
ship have been spurned, and in re-
turn therefor they have been abused and
maltrcated, and some have been killed
and others driven from their homes at
the dark hours Of the night by assassins
and disguised outlaws. All Of the al
legged. Ku-Klux horrors had their fabulous
existence prior to the last August cleo
ton. These general assertions are not
facts They have been repeated so often
and in 50 many varied shapes, that they
have lost their effect upon the Northern
mind We do not believe that they viii
have any effect upon the minds of ma
jority of the present Congress. They are
the desperate resort Of desperate and de
feated politicians.
We published yesterday letter from
the New York Tribune, letter written
by Knoxville Radical, in which he de-
claTes that the Radical leaders in Tennes-
see have been selected 'sfrom men whose
prime quality seems TO have been
treachery to party and country" This
writer proceeds:
"The consequence is that of Tennessee
politicians-while few, very few, have
been faithful to their party, and deserved
ly occupy an honorable position in the
land, many have turned Tecreant to every
principle of honor or patriotism, and, Ell
Their from the use Of money or the inOr-
dinate desire for place, have become the
most corrupt men of modern times, in
comparison TO their natural ability. These
are the men who have passed and placed
upon the books statute after statute for
the oppression of those who failed TO
agree with them politically. They have
plundered the public treasury, until we are
almost on the verge of bankruptcy, and
| our free schools, which should be in full
blast, have been for some time suspended.
These are the men who, when it was as
certained that the scepter wasaabuut to
pass from them forever, commenced in
! triguing to keep the ring in power, or TO
break up the Republican party of the
State
Who is it that knows anything of
Stokes and his coadjutors in Congress
that does not recognize the correctness of
this picturel Who is it that does not
recognize their hands in the resolutions
adopted yesterday The voice is the
voice of the black man, but the hands are
the hands Of the white demagogUe.
Let not the colored people Of the State
be longer misled by those designing men
who are endcayoring to keep them in
party bondage From emigration 10 the
South and West and other causes, their
numbers are rapidly diminishing. They
will soon be too few to be an important
element of political power in this State.
1t behooves them TO cultivate relations of
kindness with the white race. Let them
not hcarken TO the voice Of those political
charmcrs who declare that the proper
way for them TO celebrate their emancipa-
ton is by resolutions in favor Of our
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