, 1874-06-04
POLITICAL.
Brownlow Comes Out Against
the Civil Rights Bill.
Qe Calls It "0ppresstvo and Out
rageous Usurpation."
A Sound Farmers Convention In Rock
Island.

A Sound Farmers Convention in Rock
Island.
sof.ator nroxvnloxv OIL tho Olvi1-
Rights IRill.
NASHVILLE, June 3.-The following Is n aynop-
B!u OF tho lottor from 8anntor Drownlow pub
lished in Tuesdays Knoxville Chronicle, In an
swer to roeont attack On him by tho Rev. Mr.
BARTLETT. President Of tho Mnrysyilto College.
nlxod school. He Baya: ~ am opposed to tho
Civi1-Rlghta bill because It is uaurpation Of
rghtB, and
An OPPRESSION urox ALL GLASSES OF wn1rg
PEOPLE
nmy State and Hcc.ion; but no foaturo Of 1t Ia
to mo more odous than that It 1s especially bur-
donHomo to tho poor whito people, and in utter
contompt Of thoir rig hts and interests. nm d
friond of tho poor whito people. as I havo al
why's beonn, becanao I want their ehildren cda..
those moro fortunate than thoy, who arc able to
Tic passage Of tits Civll-RigIts iii viii
DESTROY THE FREE SCHOOLS
Of tho State. US It ought to do-for it Is bcttor
to havo no nehools 1t all than such NJ aro nrbi-
trarily dictated uudor this bill. Tho mora
throat to pnsait ta thu greatest inault and out
rage which has ever boon attempted upon tho
honest Il e. people Of na pGopsrt
who bolloyo that poor white n,an III tho South
should not have equal rights with tho nogro,
aud politicians who urgo it ln Ignorance Of tho
e1s s or IN disregard Gi f. tho interests dor 9 % he
1S,:' men: we' VIZ know YOU s d. p''i not want want
to send your children to mixod
schools. We know il Congroya forces this n,oas-
pro 1t will 9oatroy tho schools, l1t ysou shat
witto trash Of massachusetts. whoncc Mr. Bart
lott omigratoa, may cowor and yio1d to tho inao-
lont demands OF politicians, but tho poor people
Of East Tennessee will mover be driven like
tlciaua Or BY my political party. They know
tho.r righta and daro malntain thom. They have
always been freon.on, aud thoy will always
ba such. Tho whole Southorh Oonfodoraoy could
not anbjugato thon. and tho small politicians
and donlhsogueB OF their own political fnith
cannot do It. Yes, Mr. Dartlott, you cnn rally the
miscogonation and white lodging politicians who
agroo with you TINT the poor whito people ilaye
no righta nna VIC will moet you With tho honest
rsyod ald trampcd upon by Ills abomination."
He romarks that tho negro now llas tho equal
protection Of tho laws In other worls, he
HAS EQUAL POLITICAL NIGHTS
with tho Whites. Beside this. iu sl tie South.
tho public's expense, though ho does not pay ono~
touth Of por cont on tho dolar Of tho taxes
which aro collected to support tho schools
No inyidioua distinctions aro mado against
sphoro Of politics. Tho negro is amply protect
cd, aud tho National Legislature ahould cense
legialating on the educational question, mud cro-
ating turmoil and bad blood whoro progress and
tho creator portion Of tho tirne Of our Logis-
lature has boon occupied in logislattng for tAo
negro race. Amendment after amendment to
Tho Constitution haa boon adopted and law after
lac F-ks
boon. adopted, until be is now tho political
equal ot tho white 1nau Now, this being aphioved,
THE SEono-pus1NEss OUGHT TO srop.
The country at largo Is becoming diagusted
whitos in tho passage Of q blu which is not os-
santial to tho. protection Of tho blackH. What
tho people mud Ssatos Of the South mood is to bo
lot a!one BY Congress-. and given little oppor,,
waste Of war. Tho Southern people havo boon
whipped into battlo botwaen Tue SECTIONS and
oAoapt gmAll olnsa Of fossilizol politicians md
lot OF woah-nindod young men who part tlelr
hair in tho middle thoy acknowledge aud feel it.
In no State is the negro deprived Of full ind
equal protection before law, but in Heyoral
Southern States like South Carolina tho white
/ man has no right which tho nogro Is bound to
| respect,
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY
PUNISHED
for participation in the Rebellion, and, Instead
Of harassng md further hunlilating them,
Congress ought to extend them d helping hand.
The result OF tho paBsago OF this bill will bo
thAt tho school system will DO destroyed, war
and raca pref udices winch woro being rapidly
| oblteratod, will ho revived with nnEontcd fury,
aud the presont generation will not live to SOC so
favorable condition Of aftairs as exists at this
time. a feeling OF returning loyalty which waa
growing in the South will do out. aud ono Of
Hostility to the Government will toka it's place.
Tho Mixed School bill might appropriately bo
tormcd, " a bill for tho encouragement Of riot
humiliation OF tho widows and oppression Of
tho orphaus OF the South" With my Wow Of
this question AIN gad to 500 that tho Suporin-
tondontt Of Public Instruction for Teunehaoe has
tnkon tho nitlatory stop for abolishing tho Whole
conton BcAool system OF tho State, 80 II the bill
should paAs tho systo!n may DO abolished with
out delay. In the fullest md most emphatic
manner possible, l wish to Bee TenneBsoe OK
press tho indignation and disgust Of her people
at this papablo invasion OF thoir rights In their
purely domestic relations.
Indiana Labor Isaroran Convention.
spsc5a' Dispatch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
1ND1AsAroL1s, Ind, Juno 8.-political circles
are groatly agltatod over the approaching Labor
Reform Conyention. Several things leaked out
to-day, aud 1t ia known positively that both tho
Democratic ind Republican parties are maneu-
yoring to capturo tho Convention by preventing
nomination, with tho view OF indorsing tho TO-
tion Of their conventions. The leaders, Of tho
| Reform movement ire cognizant Of the faet, and
! will choolunate tho conapirators. TAoro are
| uome diiYeronceH Of opinion among tho latter Oh
hnAnco, tAero being about Ill oqual division on Il
| hard-monoy bnsiH. No particular difficulty ia
| npprehended In harmouxing thoso differences,
nnd there 8oeina no doubt but TINT atato ticket
| vii! DO nomiuared Much anxiety IL folt bypoli-
| ticians and the friends OF tho movement ~ to
| tho material OF which 1t will bo composed. Tho
| Republican lenders hnvo Bont out Beoret cir