Year: 1874

NO OUTRAGES IN TENNESSEE.
STATEMENTS OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE
pENIED-No MAN IN DANGER ON ACCOUNT OF
HIS POLITICAL OPINIONS.


| TO lhe Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: l desire to call your attention to the
address Of the Republican State Executive Committee,
lust issued and signed byA 8. Prosser, Chairman As
jt was issued for circulation North, and designed to
affect Northern elections. ask place in THE TRIBUNE
for contradiction Of this one OF Its most startling
statements. ask this Of THE TRIBUNE. as my name Is
somewhat familiar to Its readers, especially OF The
WEEKLY, and am personally known to many OF
them and believe 1t has the independence to pub


ish the truth The statement that either life or prop
erty Of any is In danger in this State on account OF
political opinion simply false far any part of the
state that have visited and my travel has
been extensive and thorough in East and Middle Ten
nessee delegate from West Tennessee, In the Chat
tanooga Convention, stated that the Democrats were
only waiting opportunity to insugurate another
rebellion ;" and yet this s still alive nor has any
one of the fifty or more blacks who earnestly sppauded
his statement been moesed IN any way. The extract Is
as follows:


Human life which is the most precious OF all the
treasures has become cneaP ny toI both ht
aud cOlored, there is absolutely no protection.


have been living travelling In the State OF Ten
nessee nearly nine months. The County OF Rouse OF
which this town Is the county seat sent to the Union





vote Of the county has ever been largely Republican,
though cast last Summer decidedly against the Civil
Rights candidates In the county elections, and have
never in six months stay heard OF any mans being
molested Of political opinion The adjoining
counties on the southwest and also the southeast
are Democratic and are different Judicial and Con-
gressional Districts. frequently visit them, and
have never heard Of the Republicans in those counties
being danger or afraid, nor do those In Rouse over
border show any signs OF fear OF their Democratic
neghbors Ny business relations are with both parties
and have never yet seen any sign or heard any hnt
that any In danger Of being killed or injured
or having his property destroyed for any political
opinion may have expressed or may be supposed TO
entertain few Of the most bitter Democrats decline
ask into their family circle who IS In favor
of the Civil Rights BILL because they say N ne desires
to make himself companion for negroes he cannot be
companion Of my family" This Is the extreme opinion
that I have heard. -,


This Congressional District is very largely Republican
and while the Republican candidate will undoubtedly
be elected wound have been Overwhelmingly defeated
II he had not declared everywhere that he should next
Winter against tho Civil Rights BILL and II passed
and he reelected, he would vote for Its repeal.
again repeat that the statement that NE and
property unsafe In this State account OF political
opinions" Is false or in the plain Saxon OF Horace
Greeley a e," and s the desparng wall OF set of
Ooehoders who had rather see their state ruined than
that they should lose their places HENRY f. COTTON.
Kingston, Tenn, Oct. IL, 1874