Year: 1867




their claim to Office and power; and if they
succeed il. this-mark it, my countrymen
lit won't be twenty-y ears till they viii
hatter us that emancipation is a failure,
and that they can afford us better support
and protection in a mild state of slavery.
1 cannot trust the fattery and cupidity Of
Radical, and I warn you to beware OF them.


If we join the Radicals, we will, BY that
act, declare our approval of that iuiquit-
Gus law which DISTINGUISHES fouT-ffths Of
the best men in the State. You JOIN them
to heap reproach and injustice upon your
best friends, men with whom your future
destiny is so linked that you rise or fall
with them. Tennessee is the only State
disfranchised. 1t was not done by Con-
gress, but by the Radical Governor and
Legislature of our State. Do you think it
possible that such party can long exist
1 am sure it cannot, and if we do our duty
it viii be hurled from power on the first
day of August next. But the Radicals
fatter US that they are our best friends,
and our only friends, and that they gave US
freedom. How is this ? Let US look into
il a moment The Radicals charge that
the Southern States brought on the war,
well, so they did, and the war by our
strong arms was successful, and resulted
in our freedom. The rebels brought it on,
and we made if successful, as all parties
agree. Now, how did our feedom come
If the rebels had not brought it on, and if
we had not fought for it's success, We
would have remained to this day in bond
age. Therefore, we are indebted to the
joint agency of the rebels and ourselves
for our freedom. [ admit that the rebels
did not intend To oprocure our freedom by
the war yet, they were willing to risk it,
Neither did the Federal Government pro-
pose to abolish slavery by the war. Our
freedom came, therefore, by one of that
class of accidents which comes by the
overruliDg Providence of God.


Now that our freedom is conceded by all
parties, as an established and unalterable
fact, it becomes our duty, and the duty of
all, to make the best of it possible to our
selves, and to those with whom the Provi-
dence of God has cast our lot. The peo-
pie, climate, soil and productions of the
South are best adapted to our future pros
perity aud happiness. We ought, there-
fore to seek such unity, harmony and
peace with the Southern people as will
best enable US to accomplish our perma-
nent prosperity and happiness in this cOun--
try.


The rebels, as we call them, who fought
long and bravely against tho Union, have
laid down their arms ; have accepted the
terms of peace offered by the Government;
have returned to peaceful avocations at
home, and have taken the oath of amnesty
in good faith, as their conduct for more
than two years has proven-and are now


the men of peace in this country. The
Radicals. especially the Tennessee Radi


Gals, who never did much fighting, and


who never seemed to get mad till the wal


was over, are now the men of war, and


are secretly and publicly melting and do


ing all in their power to bring on cOD


fiot between the white and black races


This you know as well as do. I tell you


my fellow-citzens, I cannot trust their ly


ing batteries, nor do fear their cowardly


threats.


How can you trust Gov. BrOwnlow who


for twenty years, employed his pen, hi


tongue, his press and his iron wheel t.


grind US down into slavery forever ! Hi


scurrilous books, containing the most falls


and bitter ISLANDERS upon our race, are wide


ly circulated North and South, to be rea'


by future generations. He asserts tha


any effort to raise our people to the man
hood and equality with the white rae
would be as fruitless as to raise the pole


cat equal with the lion.
, But need not ventilate the character @
, Gov. Brownlow, for he has done that him
! self. Do you ask me why he doomed u
to perpetual slavery as an accursed and in
r ferior race +? It was for money and power
, Do you ask me why he glOrifes us now a
better than white men-the very white me
? that supported his newspaper and famil
r for many years Il was for money an
/ power. By this matter Of fact reasoning
3 VS. are forced to the conclu. ion that Il
( same motives that governed him in til
: above named cases would lead t.i, in
0 certain class of circumstances, to acando
= rs again to slavery forever. canuo: tru
t such man, nor can trust his follower
e for they are ike him. I can trust Il
It Conservative party, both North and SOutl
It fo- the preservation and unity Of our T
y publican government wiz be SAFE in the
+ hands. Again earnestly warn my peOp
e Of the danger Of joining party 50 violeu
q bitter and uuscrupulous as the Radicals
n Tennessee. Do notj join party now dOir