Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-16
BROWN.
Fun Report Of the Speech OF the Gov
ernor Before the People or Dres.
den Ia Answer 10 Ex-Pres-
ideni johnson,
A Complete and Full Review Of the Al.
tackS Of the "areat COmmOBer'
- he State AdmlnIstTa-
tiOB Fairly and Full
~ Defended.
Where the Money Has Gone, What Fer,
and Who is RespOnsihle-State
Rnd County Taxes-The
PeRiteniiarJ and
the Beads,

the Beads,
DRESDEN, Tenn, October l2.-Gov-
efnor John Z. Brown spoke here this evening
ior two hours, TO large, appreciate and rep
resentatiye audience. Many ladies were In
attendance, and great enthusiasm was eThib-
lted by ali present. The governor repeated
the logic ana figures OF his pu aszi speech in
uelcuse OF his administration Of Stale affairs,
the more novel portion being his answer 20
% Ex- President JOnnson's recent uttfrauces at
ohelbyEIlle ana since. Although he was noI
candidate Tor office, and in the few address
Z = mHde 20 The people, upon their invitation,
b ne had ahstalneu from the mention OF EX-
resident JOhnsOn's name, and 2 oided the
discussion OF his policy or illness for office,
YET ne (JOhnsCnl saw NJ, both at Shelbyviile
and Murl eesbOTO, 70 sssail him personally
and Officially. The attack was unprovoked,
walton ana VIndictive Several eminent men
T had been announced a. rivals OF Mr.. Johnson
Tor the senate, and al least one Of Them had
sought an opportunity 10 discuss with him
declined. He sought 10 pass his avowed rivals
funuoticed AID parade hlm before the cOun-
/ Try. Johnson had right 10 critlcise his
official conduct and discuss legitimately such
measures a. he may have been instrumental
an nLng upon the country. he Johnson)
had better dispose OF the lions I'm his pathway
before seeking unknown and unseen enc
mics. In what be said Of Mr.. Johnson, DIV
way Of defense 10 these vindictive assaults, he
Il
uGl, 6nd no parry was responsible for his ut
| .erances IN this controversy. He had neither
purpose nor desire 10 iDiure him. He was his
senior by many years, an ex-senator, an eX-
| Fresldent, and his age and pubic services de-
4 manded for him the rt specJ and consideration
commensurate with the character OF his pub
lac services and the motives which have ami
Z mated his Official acts. Yet theee did not
! license johnson 10 drag him befO the public
and y lth impunity place him in false atti-
tude before the people. And without rfer-
/ ence TO The c. nseQueuces he would Nindicate
himself. And in doing 50, II shaft
uf the great archer was turned upon
him. II would be done 10 a defensive
Ealner ihan an oppressive spint. Mr..
johnson charged him with being a Whis:
| ne claimed no merit for that, but had never
deserted his cOlors IN the hour Of their gloom
] OF glory. No dazzling bait tenderel by
! dominant sectiona. party, al war with consti-
I tutionai liberty, ever did or ever could have
I allured him from his party allegiance or no.
/ litical iaith. lie stood by the Wing party, the
] party OF his iatherS1 until Its fortunes went
: down IN the memorable contest OF lslg. Mr..
] JohusOns standard OF Dcmocracr was not the
a kmOVieoged m asule Of party merit amor z
! tne Democrats OF the present day. He regard
! ed no one ss e. titled TO the appellstiOn who
was not Democrat from his cradle, and II
might be thai very few OF that class could
place Themselves within the pale according TO
MS conception OF party merit, He said Jonn-
80 ouasted that his pardon had saved his
AbfoNu , neck from the halter. That might ]
De- fUI al he cared nOS. there nay have ex- /
listed ECmewhere IN the government purpose I
20 OrzaL4lZe another military court martial /
under the shadow of the capitol TO hurry VIC |
tins Ia hot haste to the gzllows, despite the I
Ertts Of h0bedS c0rpu, IroLa the CT III courts. /
II women could not claim immunity from /
such summary cruelty, nov could men? No
BODY was b ng by constitutional courts, vet /
very mauy wer pardOned. None were c IN
0emned and tiled by the civil courts. II his
neck was saved from the halter, IL was the
halter OF an uncOusututioual military court.
II 10 were thus saved, he Ia suk-d Nj, Johp-
ron or his kiucLess, and stOOd ready to ae-
SnoWledge II la any way that did not violate
MS conscience nor compEomiso his self re
- CT. But how did Mr. Johnson, IN hls
speec- al Nashville, October lOtn, meet the
question: He did not an .Vyer q siugle charge
made against him IN his Brown address at
Mayerly. lie did not deny one OF them. Mr.
johnson endesvOrou 10 justify his recoustruc-
uOn pOucy, and undertook 70 answer the
charges by quoting nom a series OF resolu-
Of the Democratic STATE invention heId AT
Na>hvl ie IN leos, Ar IOu son does not
In my address al Waverly. he endeavors 70 I
Just y lis reconstI uctiOn policy. bal g. 10 the
other charges, ne underl kes 10 answer them
uy 4uoung rom q series of resoiuiious re-
lOriec b. inyself as charm n, Of the state
democratic invention, held at Nashville IN
lhoN here Is the resolution: "ReEoit6d, That
Andrew johnson, ln the discharge Of his Csr, AT
functions as President OF the Uuited states,
al d period OF tryi- & aad unprecedented en-
uaTrd-sTne {, b 4s rendered his name nlusiri-
Gus bN The fidelity with which he has sought
10 preserve, protect and defeud the constffu.
ylpn against me assaults OF revolutionary
lac % N, and IN his recent signal triumph 10
That behalf, mas earned the gratitude OF tine
American people, and rendered himself
worthy OF The highest mark OF confidence that
may be bes owed upon him." 1 was ,
not the author Of that resolution, hut a. :
chairman oi ihe committee reported {
u. But does his meet tns question? Is IL :
not a mere dOdge2 That resolution does moi !
VindiC4te Mr.. 5OhmsOn fom, nor excuse him [
ior' Aispending the writ OF hdbeas co l9tf5 in D
lela-lrt OF the CONSTITUTION. nor for apprOv- Z
.ug tLC Odlous, oppressive and uJoonstitu- 4
-iOnal c1ttan-tax bill, under v which Tennessee g
pad over I'VE millions OF dollars at time q
TnEn her resources aWnauEfpd- her Ia I 1.
Dor also ganlzed, I'd her people were Ia the A
most aoJ~ct poverty, and living under the &
uie OF a usurpatlon sustained by bayoneIs: I,
md a usurpat'on, too, which Mr.. johnson y
contributed largely 10 establish. TO does not d
z Indicate him from approving the funding 3
lll II The United States congress, which b
.dded fifty four milliOos OF dollars yearly 10 a
he SUN Of OGr gold interest debt. Il does not +
Acuse the policy Of the ex-President (as n
lsrdon IN my face, Of his granting Of thou q
ands OF pardous with the expectation Of win V
ing followers 10 his fortunes. IL does not q
nod g his iugrautude 70 his party, IN the II
abandonment Of It's faith It's organizations and v
.iding and saucuonlng the making Of large n
lebt, state and national, and then ad vsing It's b
'lrtuai reputation. That resolution simply / Il
usialus Mr. johnson in his conflict with the q
iHdical par IA VetOing the Ireedman's bu- &
eau Dill and other con, Nious measures. The | b
ruth Il, Mr.. johnson was not the choice OF Z
he democratic party OF Tennessee in 1865.
But Ia his position he had, As against the q
more violent Republicans, done US some ser &
Cts All we desired 70 maze an eA preston OF L
'ur 90 igauons. He was Ia power, and II was d
10 Rppease him. But he has fur q
lished rs with the most appropriate express p
ion OF our attitude TO him al that time, In e
Iefuing his support OF Greeley. We were L
Wiling % iase Mr.. johnson "like a man takes @
crooked stick TO xiii a mad-dog.7 b
But Mr.. J5bn-On, IN his speech Saturday q
light, says hi, administration Of the state K
cost less mOneA than the present. d
hat D. true. He does not state the fact, how o
Yer, tnat our population las increased; that Il
ae mana agsmeuL OF the state for several years d.
TER the var IA VOWED The State IN expensive c
~ lslauUn; that the negro population have q
ecOme citizens and lttigants IN our country; Il
hat the q facts, and the COM pliCated and de OF
sged litigation incident % and coDaequent a
pom the war, have demanded an increase Of Is
be judiciary aimO & double what 10 had been Il
lol our asylums for The insane, blind, aud v
=af, snd dumb, have double the number OF p
3 mates and expenses; that the state pTi Son, Il
lsteau o having from two hundred ana fiity u
Q two hn dred and eighty convicts, now has
yer nine hundred. And ne fails 70 tell the
JuntTy another important and significant
lct; That Tie Ordinary expenses OF Buchan- n,
o., aumiuislratf on IN lSj7-S, including inter =
81 on the puOiic debt, 81 JIG - a.
10 5'.--.--- boilzl 10 y - -
70 - S395oil5 - -
lt1I-3l .-.....-.------...-.. e. ,if2 % u
lille Mr.. JOhuson's administration cost, for =,
mary expenses linciGding interest on the a.
EDlic cebtI:
,2l2 81 20 Il
~ l--.--------- 'hI,bSily5 ~ X
p ~ s999f. ~ y u
am now oritieisip he e5ctra1- syanoe oY h
III un-pu administration OF the national Il
DNernmenL Eut these ngures are quoted dt
.al The increased - psnditures OF The nation re
government war and public debt aside Is IN
rtater ia proportion than that Of the state IN
- ernnent This illustrates the unfsirness Of
ais ailsck upOn the state government. as "a
'el as hl- indispO.itOn 70 state sll the facts e.
ld thus 90 complete Justice. The er Presl- Ia
ent bosstS OF his manRgement Of the peni- si
sntia y while he wa governor Let W look IJ
the record The report OF the prison man Al
2 Inenl Ior - =, r Johnson last term, fe