Year: 1866

4fO matter HOW IusIludUIe BucH O. course
would be, It can and viii be perverted by
Radical testimony (at which they are experts)
into an unwarranted effort to sapercede q
legal and established government aud would
be a God-send to the +" Southern loyalists,"
who have already appealed to Congress to
establish other governments In the ten
unrepresented States.


The destiny of the South and the nation
IS now in the hands of the President and the
Conservative North, who, fortified as they
are behind constitutional intrenehments, are
fully competent to the emergency, and we
can best strengthen their hands bv the
general course above mentioned.


Tennessee can and viii outlive her present
oppressors, and in spite of franchise laws
enough legal voters will be registered" 30
hurl them from their usurped positions and
consign them to the ignuminy and oblipion
they merit


1 have said " emergencies NAV arise.
knowing that the people have at all times the
right to alter, modify and abolish existing
forms Of government fsince they only derive
their just powers from the consent Of the
governed J and that expressions may become
uncomfortable, and forbearance cease to be a
virtue and the prudence I urge is with a
knowledge that the aggressive tendencies of
the party now ruling US are such that they
can not remain where they are, but must
either break down or 20 to such extremes as
viii make their overthrow not only an easy
task, but wholly justifable in the public
mind, in spite of all the perverted or false
testimony that even Radical ingenuity can
invent


have designedly said but little of Andrew
johnson, whose deeds speak loudly enough
in his behalf and will be remembered with
admiring gratitude as long as republican
iuS inf a So


He must be seen occasionally, under ap-
parently tae most adverse circumstances to
be fully appreciated When his stoutest
hearted friends are most depressed with
gloomy forebodings, a sight of his ever calm
and hopeful counteuance inspires a conf
dence in his success that cannot be explained
even by those who experience it


Only to-day heard a Radical, though a very
clever member Of this and the next Congress,
say to him Your honesty of purpose is
all that prevents US from overcoming you :"
and closed very pleasant interview by say
ing " am sorry to see you looking so
well"


His unwavering faith IN the people, in the
face of the sorest disappOintments and even
treachery, is so sublime that it evidently
partakes more of the Christians faith in the
justice of Omnipotence, than he is himself
aware Of


Strange to say, his noblest qualities are
assailed with most vindictive malice, and no
arguments are used against him with such
perverted ingenuity the false charge Of
Inconsistency.


His acts and expressions during the war.
when be was literally under fire, are con-
trasted with his present conduct as evi-
dences of this inconsistency. Shame on
such sOphistry and a deeper shame on a
people who boast of their Intelligence, and
whose credulity is so easily imposed upon


Why not charge the War Department.
with inconsistency for disbanding an army
only because it was no longer needed2


Why not charge Congress with inconsis-
tency, for not continuing to vote supplies to
an army not now in existence2


Why not arraign the Sanitary Commission
on the same charge, for disseminating their
ministrations Of mercy, though the hospitals
are empty; or the soldiers for cultivating
the acts of peace now, who were then ex-
posing themselves at the front Any Of
these charges would be as legitimate as the
one of inconsistency against Andrew John
son.


Did he now act, or feel, or speak, as when
the rebel cannon were laundering around
the capital of his State he would indeed be
criminally inconsistent; but when with the
return of peace, he rises to the sublime





contemtble the complainings of those too
sordid to rise with him.


Tennesseeans know full we'll how he ruled
with an iron rod during the existence of
rebellion and though he has since mani
tested the God-like attribute of forgiveness,
they also knew that, under similar circum-
stances, he would again grid on the dread
panOply of war, and hurl defiance at the enc
mics Of his country.


The rumors occasionally going from here
to the effect that he will modify his views
have no foundation in fact but are indus
triOusly circulated with a faint hope to
induce him to do So Indeed, he cannot
change while the Constitution remains the
supreme law of the land for his determine
ton to sacredly observe its teachings is as
Interchangeable as the laws Of the Medes and
Persians.


These hastily written remarks have been
extended beyond nv original design, to an
extent wearying, / fear, to your patience.
I hey are my deliberate convictions, based
on an attentive observation Of passing
events, both here during the session Of
Congress and in the New England aad
other Northern States since. IF ] have
said anything that can be turned to good
account / am glad. If I have used an
expression that might do Conservatism an
I injury, ! am sorry.


viii spend the month Of November at
home during which / hope to enjoy free
interchange Of opinions with yourself and
other esteemed friends.


beg TO remain, yours, very respectfully,


JSo W LEFTWIcH.
The New York Tribune refers to the post.
ponemeBt Of Mr.. Davis's trial after the
following fashion


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