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. .---JS. -I...,. if AX V0L.1. UALEIG.I, -NV C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 18G7. NO. 102. 1 1 I4l rfx DJ IT vs TimjHiWTINEL. WM. E. 1UH Ikopkitk. ii i i rxxxKHtutii. We nieke no ll'Ky for the space we occupy, to-day, with extracts Innn a recent luiwrrlul and withering ( li t tlic II. mi. j, ih ii Baxter, at Cleavcland, Tcun., in ci HMur f Ut alrrtritiea and iniquities that have marked the reign il llrowiiluw ism iu (list State. Mr. Banter w writ known t our Mplt! us gentleman of flue Hliililiev, mill of great fearleaancas ami iicrsoual iudc s tubmen, lie, haa frequclilly served in our State councils ami ui lit one lima Speaker of the House of Common: of North Caro lina, hut moved it Tennessee n few veins prior to the war. Hi record throughout tin' struggle " "' unflinching "I l u linn nt tn the Union ! 1 1' im i n ii . I , . iu'j wy, ' "-a i ! i , putty iiuifli tin- i ..itinn of H. v. Moon, Ksq , of this city, bivmg mi Blow nlow 's nwii city, Ituving Is-en thrown mlnll in coiinat'l ami ro-oH-iuliini wiih him Uuruig tins war, and Liauiuy tin man i'O'l i'i" purposes thoroughly. Sir. ltax-Trr's terrible expo-mitrand inv-t;tiie U.II with the more powerful effect. Air. IkaxUs hajt seen enough ol ' praclii al Southern Uadiciilisiii, a illustrated in the nurse, ol lkrnwnlow, u I 1t) kii ud disgusted Willi Ii"' enormity ol iu nets mid I In- Aeiidishiits of its design, hihI, like a patriot, lie in engaged in canvassing the Mate anil endeavoring lo arouw (lie people to a wow of tile ilangi-r involve. I in the iiiutiiiuance ol ita wirkel sway. Wei-oiiinienil Ih! 'u-tur- which he jirt arota of the frightful fon.liti.m of thini; in Ti-nnenoe to the wrioin i-oni.lrrntiin ol'our x-ile. The Itailiral len.lim in tliia Slate nlau.l tile roll In: ol Kniwrnlow ; they IimI.I hi in ui aa s worthy 1 1. m.l.ir ami til Intiize liim a.i "a (lorioiin ohl patriot th. ir aim is ta inuuurate in North Carolina pre c ix lv the same alnle ol things tint exists in Tennewiee, the name pulilii ul tliliaii i-hi4'iiit'iila, jiruacriptii.il an.l perse utions. II tliev aiK-wiil, wruiny l.i.l a lnrew.ll to H-ae ami jirosjMiity. Ilr.iwnlow is uot nne wliit wiiiw than many men in our own ini.lst. I'lIK ('UBI.TTK Iti'lliorml "till rill - the i Iijiiui-s. upon the unfortunate mistake" ol ton. Worth, wild permitted himself lo run a.'uilist Ouv. llol.len in IWi."i. It says nl.l prrjti(lirt inlhirm-ml a set of nWu' to alart the oppoaition. We, perhaps, know u uuuh aUut thia tuatter auy utiier living person. We ileny the atalenieiit utterly -No ohl prejuilicra or oh I j.'nnli,'es inllueiiceil the partini a whit, who were active in that matter. The rourae of the Provisional tiovernor, ami the ileteimimilion of the pen pie not u vote lorj him, were the causes, mi. I the only rauaca, lhal le.I (o toivemor W orth'a liciuK run. Nothing hut the .ni vietion that the jHiijile wouhl not en.lorne the administration of the I'rtivisonal io enmr Uil to the determination to start op poiti('n That thorn- who hroue;ht iim Gov. Worth did right, an.l I i I what was lat for the State, has la-en almmlatitly proven hy the n-aiilt an.l hy auhseipient fwta. No propoaition can If more rlearly estuliliyheil than that thek ilclcnt of Mr. llol tt wflTl-fnrtanatr -'riretWuni e, a4imr man of dtacrrnmrnt mimt tiave seen nl the time." "PrriiH)i tlic ti-atimony of Senator Wilson will awthify the Ikmaend. Wheu iov. Worth waa in Waahinyton i-ily lust, he met Senator "Wilson, in the presence Ufa iiiiinls-r of Keutlemen, wlio expresa.nl much pleasure nt meeting tJov. Worth. Mr. Wil S.UI remarkeil siilmtantially, a.l.lressiiit; him sell to tk Ooernor, "itonie liilks maile aii a.lo liecauac you lieat Mr. Ilohlen for ot enior, liut, for my own part, 1 waa (jla.l enough of it." Again, the Itemorrat aay, we al.use "Hi 1 ilen anil hia frieniU." We w ant the prnot. , Is it alulae, to piove the iticonainteney ami unworthineaa ol xilitieaii hy their own reeonl 1 Wherein have we alnmed any one ? Have we raid anything untrue of any one : Have we made a charge thai we have not suataiued ? It the Democrat prow its as sertiona ahout the Seiitintl ami (lov. Worth, or eeaae ita fault findings. 'l reminils ua ..instant ly of old aunt racy Sotireroul, who -tinel alwaya bent on a fuss, and would luvviwtxly qul itU lU dtta aud cats for aliug up the fxtltnfu. We never pick it up hut we look fur aome aoiir, captious rcniurJi, as if it Waa trying to he uncommonly smart. The Democrat tried thin once when (Jen. Uu I cr waa iu romniand here. The General had arreated the editor ol the Timet at the sil(,'geation ol the ritamlanl, and the Jkuv rtnt bristled up aud cut away at (Jtmeral linger very sharply Ih a day of two the itrmx-ml waa on the way to Italeigh under am t. The Democrat anil the Ktamlard ' int'it tweatne wnndrnn, thirk, and have been ever lince. Th mariko rorreaponilenta if the New York Tribune and lleraU aeml the most aw till storiea of "reM" atna-ity at the Mobile riot. We have already published the ac count of the affair giren lit . tW Associated . I'ren,j.ji.irhea, ami awaif, with much in terei't. iTie statements of the Mobile pafkm. I'rima f,irie, which iii apparently ' the more worthy ot credit, the responsible agent of tin. I'reaa AasiH'iation, or (lie irresponsible partiiian -orresxinileiit of a Kadical, pajier ? .-,-...:;. I.LI. t --.J .SJ,,'..-';." ' ' '-" - !l s.. The Iooisiana Supreme Court have deci ded that notea baaed on Confederate money should not lie paid, as that ayoacj it jjlegaj; also that ttotea aigned twlora tha paaaaga of (he Hump act do not require atampa to be oaad io evidence. ' SPEECH OF COL. JOHK BAXTER, K KNOXVlf.I.K, At Cleveland, Tenn., on Monday, May 8. 1IIK IMUrlMt.Xr AX It M;nAH:XNKT tir Him ii i. ii ii -. i i:t:iui;i: Tin: I'l.cfLi: a r it a u a i i.li i v n it i rni:i:ii: i:rusiiiux. Fn.t.ow Cmzi Ns: The social anil po litical reviilnl i 1 1 thii.uli which we Imve just pa!! imwseH uhu each and all of us corrcspon.lin;; .luti. s. :iu, responiliilities ; uii.l Mining theiavesi ami mos, np.irtant of these aic pin. I. in e, pat riot istu, and all honest purpose to do our whole fluty in the cicrcisc ol our political rihiH. K-pccially is this true ol li as Teuui sseeiilis ; for it la h. re. ii ii. I purl i.-iitiii Iv in this ill vision of the Slnli . tlint til..- i..issi..ns. or. jinliees. anil ma I I. v..i in . i n: en. I it- 1 I i In- late relielliuu have liikeli ihepist bold, ami are lining most to "ip t he lo nil. I. il I .ii- of society. -Tlieseevil- ale l.tj.l.l.V . 1 1 i 1 1 i lo; Us t o al.so lute ainl piisitie ruin, an.l if not arrestc.l will ilisoi i-ani ir St.it . - :'o i in i n. -1 1 1 . break down evely tiling like h-oal pi . .1 eel H in to persons an, piiipei . tin lijitlu- liilltltllilis ot in.iisti, eiiiientioii and progress, and render 'I'l.tiiiefsee au unlit habitation li.r an upright, law loving, and intelligent people. The uigi ut hii'cssiu for prompt uii.l it: orous in 1 ion on ouriall uill liel apjiear li'om a retrospect of CXellls liir (lie past li-w yeaj-s. Our Stale ..o ernuient. wbiih had b. i ll disotyr-ilii, . bl the rebellion. W as re eolisll -iii (iTl al a period ol ejrt at public (bill oer. uii.lei the iulbieiiic ol lien, passion, with strong heliiig ..I' resent ineiil towards III . I portion ot' the people w ho had adhered to the rebellion, and in the presence. I thc pcrmis-non. and to some i-Meul under the direction ol'tbe in il itn r power Jtieh tlu-n b. I.I ession ol the Stat.-. The lime, the prevailing temper of the then dominant parlv. as well as all, tin- surroundings, were nnpropit ions to a wise pertoriuauii ofsmli import nit dut. Tin-int u bastilv cleati-.l to itosii urns ol Hiwcr and great public re spoii.ibilit net more troni passion than Iroin r.-ason. Thev .i k timre to ciflariM- an.l perpetuate I In il power than thev do lo :ida!lcc the plll.ti. will. ire llitteriles., maliee, noisy prolcssioris nt loyalty, eoupli d w ith a spirit ol' r lentles- oppr. si,.u and iii. Mil i .lies-, al. want'.nlx plot ru. I..I l- lon the plil.li. as the highest pelleelioll ol patriotism and slat, sinali -Ii ip. 1:110 w M.o w . , tin- wa ward. Krownlow . tin- way ward, the impulsive, Ihc vailllating, the intolerant, the ili.llc ' live, the r. ckless a.U.M .tle in turn 1. 1 eel evtrellie. elit.-ebleil bv disease, o ver tl. 1 w i llg T. ith c-i rtnni-ri-t. and totallv indilb-rent to) the driiiain! - or pi .1 ice and tliei oust itutioiial i rest I h'tlolls thrown aioitinl tile c. -Milne ot all men tin- . a-t tilled ..r the delicate ami rii;...ioiMe !iiit ..nli.led lo h.s hands is uiihiilumttcly commissioned as (inn-mor to put litis new government into opeialiou. The Hi V ill 1 1. .11 thai initiated the move tin us (or reorg,uii!(ii., and pres. nted io crnor liriiw nlow as a candidate for tjover ni.r, took, also, the necessary steps to insure his elect ion. Tin v presi-ri bed it most rigid lest lol Vot' ls, calclilllv cvcludlllg Iroln tile polls every truce ol disloyalty. Nunc but llleli.tsot III. Ke.lelal io ernuient were Ill lowed t. v..i.. and ut the election thus hoi le I. r iln-sc rest in lions, in a Stalc w here lb.- an i.tge voli-s for many years pre ceding .o. ill:;. .1 oer I.'ill.llllO, there iv. n only 'Jo,-. ii vines polled, ol wliiih -.M.i-.'-' were ca-.t lor tbivcrnor Brownlou. an. I Ik loi lite other genih men. Here, it will be isef-u, was an ample U-giiiniii tor a stable ioveinuieiit. tn the keeping and fostering e-ire of au Innn st statesman eitial tojrn-oc ca-sion, and antinafcd by a love ot pence and it spiiit ot conciliation, and controlled by a des te to allay tin- tieicc passions evoked by tbcwar.it would soon have drawn around it thcsilppoil and iitlectioits of evcrv class of iuir eit 1. ns. Almost everyone bad Is-en Juiioii-iishe.l bv tfie'war. -jiTiiT rffe" tri-irrsf irr-iit portion liiinnlialed by ih b-nl. Kur llier lesisUiiice to the authority of the Nt tional (Joveriiuu-ut had Ish-ii entirely uhuu tinned. No one entertained the slightest idea ol renewing the conflict. Allthf rebels htes tor or exie4 tetl w a- the protisj-tion l the taw. In a word, a government anlmiiiis tcre.l w ith tudiiiHiy fitiincss, justice and hu manity would have commanded almost nni vernal support, and sRiji-ctJ irresistible, popular strength mil imjiVrishablc fame to its authors 1111. 1 public servants. Hut this higher order of ststesmaoship never found favor with (governor llrownlow, from hiv iu augtiralion to the present time Indeed, lit is incupable of understanding it. Ib-is bit ter, malignant, and unforgiving' himself, and naturally supposes everybody else to be controlled by similar passions. Having never forgiven any one, he did not expert to bti forgiven, l-'.vi nts the singes ol' civil war li.ii i thrown him higher than lie ever dreamed of in ihc palmv days ol c;tce. Mrs clrva-tion excited an avarice-nnrt an am bition which hi- had never felt be fore ; and being aiivious lo perpetuate bis power, and li-cling conscious ot a want ol merit, be km-w- not how to tlo it olln-iwise tlniii Ly iisiupaiioii, pioswriptioii, and loh uce. Hence the recklessness, oppression, ami a rltlat itm s! hat haw niiirk-et t cvery atti vC hia adiiiinistttitioii. THK IIIAM IIISK LAWS A Ml 111 Kl II OIU I I I . The first measure tleemetl necessary by him and bis party friends was the adoption of the law limning the right ol Irani Inst ill the loyal white population of the State I lit It r Ihis act, which, in virtue ol the power conlerrnl by the schedule to Un amended Constitution ol the 22.1 of Febru ary, IiHiVi, Ixvamc a part of the Constitii tioii of the State, mine could vote except loyal men. l!y this net the whole political power ol ' t!:c State was vested in the loyal portion of the population.- - Hut it soon tat came, apparent that Hrow nbiw could not go safely belore the loyal people with any lioe of a re-election. His incmieteiii y aud reckless abuse ot Mwer had turned the title ol honest loyally against him. In all of his appointments (and here it may lie remark -ed,rn yn'minl, he claimed the right to ever rise almost unlimited imwcr) he sought atone for Slllaservioncy to his own iltteirst. Ilnitipctcnt men msyvet) fityor.aV his hamls, as was the case in some instances, tho appoiiiliueiit was made by mistake. i UAI'INK AN 11 HUHIIKIt. Instead of enforcing the execution of law, tie bWnftt oncouraged its violation ; public ly uilvisd, inni the tump, and through tiia KlifHWHW Whi'thtTTOblMBf tjtl - dering. id tliiwu' wfio had taken lidet or STinpathi.ed with the South ; and to insure hn Utf(w.utinn of liia fiendish advice he nro ,MV S ..... ... .... ... J I muca, -UOlu.lieivj wau wiun- nis tictuun,. ik,i tl m.nv ol his fnllnweta should Uu con. victed by the court ot the country for via ' lence inflicted on those who had lam identi fied with the rebellion, and heiiteucctl to thu penitentiary, he, as tiovcnmr of Tennessee, would imsft them at the depot in Nashvillo with pardon,; and J.liis, pirmil iuu to aay, is one ol the few pledges which he h is re deenu'd. And in thu then existing state of society, at a lime w hen we were just emer ging In ivil war. which had broken down all rcsinct for law, and s..uri broad cast the sccifs of ilemoialt.ttinii , w lieu pus aion and Imuil hatreds and appititts lorplun dcr, w hetted Ut iiidulg. nee and en -.uiao.-.l by previous fiiimiiuity Iroiu pumshinenl, aggravated the evils with which we were then contending, it was not .lilli. nil to tin. I ! a large number ot men ready and willing I to avail themselves of the license which the I highest otlieer of the State had voluntarily thrust iisni them. It was in this vvav be stimiiliite.l law h-ssiii ss in Kfticin iimiosr j to nn extent but 111. p. id . t I y uiul. 1 -t...n I. , ' htsoiis at a distance. I Mo.NSTilnl s i.l-TIi 1 I s ! Mobs, thi lls, rotil.i.'li.s, .m. nun, Iris vvel- of eoniiiiou, almost cvirv.l.y oci iiircm e. 1 Ministers ol the (i.isp. l, ,li-i i'n..i ,.., (, ,- ' piety, mid venerable wild a-r, have Is-eii j ruthlessly bireeil I It .111 III. ;el.,.l, k til ridden upon nils, bi . . ,j i iiist.mc. , t.. men ol' t.,.,1 . r. .Ir'u. 11 bv violence inmi i Ui-calnr. in Mi i-s , . , 1 1 n 1 v . I tlnv v . 1. j engage. I ill. out 1 11. I 11: ;- -i ,l. - t 1 n . . I n,. . t , j . . j thirteen milt s, and 111 ule I.. 1 ;n i v 1 . 1 1 1 is ..f wood through the put.; , tiv.i ,1 ..,n.. i in Me.M Mill cunt v . 11. 1 l;r li.it I.l i. . 1 . ' , v all. I by asni.i.tl. I - i I .1 .t 01. i- I .V.I disturbed the p. ar. ..I 11 1 -. I -nni l.-..- U'CI) illt illll.l.tlt d bv tl 11. 1 ,... p'.l- .. executions I. v mob. ,,, it,., t- v n iW b i... - ! villi- ha V e o .111 1 . . t vv 11 In 11 Ih. I 1 . 1 1 ."lilt. 11 . month-, without ;l .ii m. nl... .V 1 111 -lllld in some I..ta!ilie il his leu v.M .1.11. geriiiis lor a o-nl l- in-in s,.,j,-,- (,, ;l, ,. twenty tl.. Nils to tlavtl :.!..n.' I loo::: Ii I lie count rv: vv bib lo .1. i v . g I m n li.-m lb.- couiilry.uli.h r the pu tt nee 1.1 ili-',.v ill v . ! but nallv l.-r 'he pm- ..I appt. plial oil- : their plop. It v . vv:.., with liianv a livonte policy ol cnrii liiug tlniiiselvis .Vi.d ail ! this w -is done l,- III.' l.ov. 111. "I s p., IH1..I Iriemls, mid done, too. 111 the mime and mis , ilirtln 11.1.1 ..I loyalty. 1 1 l- 1 1 1:. I I1.1t t Ins, lawless p,,pi, !:il 1011 was mailt- up lin.atlv l.v , the ret-ist , tin worst ji..riiou ..1 both sides. bl.t ll.is lilll't.- Hot, so I ; a. tln v lit id I line si ; v fs in 1 1 a - line s lo tlo t hi I mv 1 111, .. '-. bl I.. -I I io n ol j. I I vva- p. ll . hi- . t to Cl.l-'i, I .' opposition, to s,j.,, (,,!,, - : an. I 1 -1 I r .. t 1 r in'., tl,. olli. ial c- i. tbii 1 ot h.i.o. ' .ml Ihosi :,ss... i:.. .1 with ' bin . t . ,ile will. 111 hiu.sill nil tin- , power-. t. ' k, ; te. all. I lost ill.' the lived. -In of th..i.g ,1. ,-. 1 I tin pies-. 'Sin Ii 11 poll . cy. it 1 . . .1-1 : . I - s, , ,, 011 1.1 ,111 a 1 . .unl 1 v ol oldilrilv I'.li I'lo , an.l vvhtir lln- cvi-l 11,0 ...v . 1 ,1.1, . I. pi 11, lent ii vtii a pill t : at slitti ,:'. 11 "V . ' titovv !lll itv tmst v. j liou .v 1 1 , uh ) vi , I j .l,ili, i. , -Hid -11. !i " :i" t t.ilrst 111. o' 1','i.VV nlow 's ! an i, I. 'i. Inl ;'..,,,. , W ith liim, :is vv ith every , on. else, .no a- I ot' iisiu p.iii.ni and oppres sioll .l. lnaii.l. .1 anol lit r -i n I-. i.ov 1 u si in v v ti 1 1 1 . 1 s 1 vt 1 III 1 As weak and mtrel.-min" as he i. he saw -r lhisiiiu.il. and at 0 1 1 1 1 , in 1, , op rial ion j with a iii:ionty ol' 11 rat ini s m il,. I.t L.tsl;( litre. v ho, loo, likl llillls. il, Vll tr t.lls. ill Ihrir promises and false in tin ir eotistnu I tiol:ll(ol.in.llioll-. ...I about lobbing the 1 pi ople vv Iii. hid flcilc.llhcin.il allpoliti eal power, and turning it over to .in h a- , vvoi'ld oust 1 iipnloiisl y and re.itlilv do what ever might Ih: re.llil'.sl of tin in. To t f 1 l-s ! end, nit lubcrs It gallv 1 It . t. . 1 an-1 a.liuilt. .1 In tin IT seats w t, If (Xpelltd nil. let' val lolls ! pr. texts. I. nt in reality to m.-ik in l.-r mori siip.il, just riiments. bht-is, tliily ami rcgur'ai ly eht leii, welt ihtii'.t then s-.-it. I'vjr the sat,,,. re:e..i. anil when, by 1 1. i- f--l . i I !c an.l illegal pinning. lii'tir,J.'rimn (and there is no more appro pi iatc It rill lo cliarsctet i- I he 1 lex llish spit it tl at is prev ing upon the v ita Is o I' our Stale i Is-ealne s; 101, g e-iongh, it put tort Ii an atlleli did ni . cnli.l ll'.iilchisc law. thr dist illgllih ing feiiitne of ivjiictt is Ih it i ecmil.1 vole except suet, as'hehl re rt i tica t cs1 tforn tlic IJoViT Il.'l's appolnlees. This , lb ft ive leai b I. r jiovvt r. like all usurpations, was put forth under a sieciiins pretext. Il was, as alleged by its iiuthors, mi rodiieetl and a.l.iple.l l..r the piltpiisL- ol keeping the gtivernill.'llt in the ll in.l-ol the A.y.l .. Vt ..' Il .(. But 111 this cor.Titi-tiort it tuilst Ite remein-b.li-.l that the ei.vellllucnl nt tile State was alliadv III the guardianship nl Irijtil nt,i.t this object I. l.v ing Im.i ji 1 lit i t 1 10 1 1 secured by tl"- Ii iiii-liisc law w hich had been pre- viollsly passi ,, No ; I. it ,s 11. vt ilelllile iMii'sel v es bv sink a shallow' and mnvortliv pit leiiet file s,eoi, klvv Was pass, , n 1 v. In, I. I. . v .ill v 1 1 .in the hallol-box. It lias 1 i hided loyally . 'lis. the purest loyally mid patriotism ol the State have be-n re pt Nr. I In 111 all p. 1 1 1 t,at mil in tin- publie lill'.iiis l the Stale Art ..niiii.r to tin- pro visionsol tins law the t biv it nor Is ntiltioi' itd to ilppnillt a I. ::ls!i I t l votrls in eal II county 'I'lirl iu il.i kill-, who s,;, ami Who shall uot be rntilled lo be fegl-tt rei I a s Mitels. Auiollo . .liters, vt.kltels vvll" lla I I. 'il it Ii I ,,i I he I lov 1 1 11 1 in ut in the late si nig glean. I l.s-n hoe. .1 al ly ills, haigt ( are tie claie.l to be entitled to Vole loll tin u. tile I bivenml 's -ippol.ilet- Is In 7,1 1, t he judge ot this tact. 1 1 is .let i .ion u t one llisi ie , itcao liiltlu r U- appenled bo, II nor It-Vlevvnl. Il' he tfeeitlcs em mis nis v, w h'etht-r I'liuu Clip 1 11 c, mist out. pi ion 1.1 fiis tltity, inline, or unworthy pai 1 1 01 1 . n-i. I- 1 at 1..11-. li.ert is mi way ol cvu ria-t Hi:', tin- 1 rinr. 'Iheappll cant i - . h pi ixi . I ol on. ..I 1 In . tt are-1 1 ii.dit s illt id. Ill lo a It Jill1. lie in l.lltl ol eovtl'l III. 'I.t. Thus, von vvll! settll'll tin I iov 1 tool hold - till whole o on, III h.s ov 11 hall. U ; suit lo mak.' Ins povV't'. 11 po-sihlt, niore coliipli te. not w it h-l ai.t t ,i-g Hit. Ir.iiivhlse ai t is 11 part ot tile fun. hunt rt t ,1 km ot the laud, cngrattctl into ami in 1 Ir a p.ul ol llie Collstitlltinn tit the Stall, .llii.h llii lo V cry nni' hi'liling a cei I ilk ate vv it lot in rtm-i i tlltiollal light of Vol lug, by a lit. rati it the It4-gisbilure Lit h .-. ,.. 7, r.'..., , s nut lloried. al his ue-e will and pleastllt-. to annul inc. registration 111 anv i..iiiii. ai point 11 new ami liinre.luplact ut teg 1 st ei'. and nrder or lli't ot dermis he ltetvsliiipi.se most promotive of I. is laciion. 1 u.-w or 1 ise.l rVgistml ion. Villi IIOV KliNoli si I'Kl.vil. These laws are intend,. I 1.. nni,.- thc fbin iTioi sUirimc, ttu-v art nrtt-iidi .1 l.. cl.it he hi in with nil n . , s- n 1 p, ,v, 1 t.. I..11 i- till- II civil It'll o blllisell, as well : - 1 I ? ; I -I. llttre siltKsi tV ieill tn III. Vt-A I u'lill llilll to apptiinl I'.'gisti ts ol vol. Is III tlle si-veial cnlinlies. Nu ntte can Voie -exee-pl bv the M-rttiissiou of his apjinliilc.-, n ml if a .4KittMwm'sM4tM4. lfeii(..tVi,'.ii-iJk.i. likely to east n vutr. ,n,Hiinst liim ami his time-serving followers and expecliints, a stroke of hiri oinnipolciit pen annuls the wlHtlu, and lnar-tlie crtiwrre iii tu.h totrn-' tie as may come under hia displeasure (Vis Iranchlaed aa long as his malice may choose to continue them in that condition; or he may order another registration. In which be can con line the privilege of voting to those, mid those only, who may lie known to lx lav or il-lr to hi, continuance io" power. This, frllow -citizens, is no lucre fancy picture, or the suggestion of a.merc possi bility. Me has already attempted, under the provisions of this unconstitutional law, by pint laination, to disfranchise the people ok semi count ics, ami w ill, ere the August election, make a further attempt to exclude fniin the polls the people of any county in the Stale which he may suppose will cast a majority against him. Such la Ule spirit in vv hit Ii the law has liecll and is now being executed. The tiovemor's apHtutees, so far as thev have come under mv observa tion, iu this end of tho State, are generally tin- most violent and unscrupulous purti -.iii-. Tin y are, as might, be expected, but tin nlhx ot (invcrnor Hrownlow himself ; "like master, like servant ;" and this i, sut- II. n ut tn convey to c itizens aud strangers a C1.1r. i t appi 1 1 iaiiiut of the material used by t In-( !ov 1 riior, under the mime nl registers, lor the purpose of 1 out rolling the eleetious. I' i imp il'lc, in the very nature of 111111;.-. that it should be otherw ise. To cn-1111-t il- r v.. 111 1011 to holiest, liberal, and ni t 1111 11 vv ..ill. I be I., .let, at the object of it- . 11:11 liiieiil. Holiest men could not be i.-.-.l tor -in h purpose-, ami the monstrous iii(iistu . whirh ennt-eived il also rciiuirus 1 . nv , nit nt. 1. 1 ilr ii.-t i iinieiils to pill, it into 1 i 1 mi, .11, . a- to insure In its authors that Ina I'll over the people which its Cllltcl III. i.t u a- intended lo lire In thrill. Ami 111: 1. 1 it, pr.iv isitnis, as imw ailmiiiisli-reil t'v tin r dcgtii.lijig creatures of guU-rniilo n il 1 oiiii.h in f, a large nuinlK-f Ot the lliost 1 on i -t. nt. w ort hv . atol rt liable friends of 1I1. t ni. .11. in. In, ling ii large niimU-r of the oih, . 1 , and soldiers ol the Federal army, vv h . I,.ii"ln with gallantry mid have Ihih Ii-. li.ii-.-d with honor, are robbed of this iiib. n ut and in. -1 1111.1t. le right of tree c it i ii- Ion i v. 11 vv ith this most ample and pi. 11 able maehiiii-ry. i-ei'tcritig in the tiover in .1 t In- w hole power nl the State, there is a nir.nitest tlistrustfiiliiess of succi-ss on the pu t ..I its traitorous biiiIiois. Why is this ! "i ouscitius guilt," ui-ntleuieii. "makes cow-ai-l-oi ii- all." None, gentlemen, know l It. r Ih in they the exit lit of tin ir base be trayal ol t he people. es, under the guase ol Ineudship and loyalty they sought your 1 onti.h n. e. begged your permission to serve vou in posit ions of public trust, and when 1 ..iijini ionrd. tin y have basely used the powl. 1 ol, 1. iii,,, I ihriiiigh insincerity and It hi. I to n,l. v on ..I' y our liberties, ami to I..11.1V vou into llie poxxer of the most con -1. in p: i I .e ami corrupt oligarchy that ever dol . lt d over all enlightened people. And 11 is a consciousness ol this fact that makes ih. in afraid to trust auy portion of I h. people, hampered as they are by the iron h and of power that seeks to control tk. 111 ilitough the complicated network which 1 have attempted tn unveil and lay bare hetiirr ou. lint what more could fraud am) cowardice suggest ; What resource was left by which thce accidental occupants of place could drive an unwilling people into their sup port: A crisis had been reached, and something muHt be done, and the negro, tlic poor, harmless, and, if let alone, in oilciisive negro, is by a third "franchise" tu t enfranchised. Thus, an element capable ..I voting linn, 10,000 to 50,000 votes in the Stale, unticcustomed to the exercise of poli tical rights, uneducated, unlamiliar with tlic theory or w silts and necessities ol the in.v. Tumult, and aa a general thing incap ,,!.!., I giving hd enlightened vote, ii crowd ed and thrust into the political arena, to be gambled tor by demagogues, and inveig led into tire party harness, liut even here tlu-ir coiilidenco waa not entirely tree from ini-givings. Doubts, having their origin in a sense of wrong, still disturbed their minds.' II the stake - the negro rote was b it tn its own volition, or to an impartial scramble of interested jxiliticiaus, uninflu enced l.y the presence of force, it might, and piolml.ly would, lie cast against then). THE STAMIIMI AHMV. liin.-r 'Knot her step tMsruine hisriwiary, anil ' 1 t n these oppressors of the people, ibe-e men who sought places as servants, but who uw claim U be masters of the country, by another act of the legislature, ma. h- provision for the' organization of a standing atniy nl eioht thousand men ill a tune ol raec; and llitssn incu lo he orgao i .1, c.piippeil, I'ctl. vlothe.l, ami paid by taxes galhcreil from you anil I, ale lo Iw ollit en d un l cominatided by our most cj- II Ui nt. 'iut , mul iiivreet ttwrermrUi move at hi-i-omtuand, and to execute hia bloody, oppressive and illegal decrees. Yes, fellow citiens, in a time of profound peace, when tin- machinery of civil government is in full ,, ', ial 1011, and in the hands of their own 1'ricmls iu all its tleparlniriils, with a sub missive mid mm resistant population readily' ai ling ti.e execution uf the laws and acqui escing in the decrees nl your court, a Inr iniikilile niiliiaiy power is l-ing oigiini.e.), in v iolaliou of the Ct.nstiiiili.in which ail of thesi.-. men have sworu to Mipport, fiir mi other purpose Hum lo control the election-. The negro, like smue ol you, can v ntc. provided In: gets5 a, jfrmlt Iroiu the C. M inor Ihinugh one ol iis registers, and provi.li.l I u rt In r, tlmt he votes in acenr- . lance w ith the ( inventor's w ishes. And this, g. ullemcu, he will la; rcipnireal to dn.. Siich i- the unmistakable giving out of the (Jov crnor's organs ami most trusted tools. it . With such prospects ami with sucli a fit lure. Tt nucssce, a land of untold resourci-a -capable, under a good government and el -lightened th v elopinent , of bec'iming one of tin- leading Stoics in w ealth and influence ot this ;( ro.ifnlt nny of great Stiltlt to V.;,. ',.. and lahtjiiiHliiiiij lire, until it shall l.ciXuiie a barren waste, a bleak and howling wilderness. Our present government not only repels capital mid enterprise staking ingress into 'IVnncsse, but is daily driving out a poitinti nl that which is already here. As the sources of industry are dried tip, everything else must lose that life antl activ ity imparted to it by a prosperous agricul turn! and manufacturing interest. Commerce will sicken and die; your rail mails languish, (as is now manifest to every observing man ;) your educational institu tions will be deserted ; military violence witl n-mrp the pmvtrrc of raw, until, if it were possHile to continue just such a rule as now exists under 1'arson nrownlow.it worthf not Im- twenty years tirfnrv'W-e wuuld relapse int.. absolute barbarism. Twelve months will tint elapse befnre .repudiation, or, what is the same thing, a failnru (o provide for the p uuiit of the public liahtlitiea, will lie s.l. led to our other cause, of complaint, fistiirj? wfwther fmit Mot npos tmr prnur -cnrclieon, aud dishonoring w in th eyea of enlightened men everywhere. Fellow citizens, the issue ia not on utb whether the Congrea or the President it right; of loyalty or disloyalty; it is not whether we will ally ourselves with the Kadical or Conservative party of the mil ion; it is not one as tn the best mode ol n eon tructing the rebel States; it is uot one ..I frwdom or of slavery ; wbe-ther the .iwgrn i shall or shall not vote; hut it is a struggle i for existence as a community one of life i or death, of civil liberty or military ib sp , , tiam ; of honesty or corruption ; ol civ ill 1 ; tiou or barbarism; whether thu Slate shall ' be governed by its moral worth and inti III geiMie, or by a despicable oligarchy, com ; posed of a lean minority ol the tvoist lie 11 1 In the State. -In such a contest, mi go.,. I j man, proiicilv impressed with the ilsogrr I ol the situation, can l,r nil imbllercnt spec tatnr. Hise, therelore, 1 Im-sis-cIi you, hii.I I shake the dew-drops Irniu your garments, i and u the spirit of true manhood, move 1 forward to action and Ut victory. That ir- i tory will perch upon your banner is as ccr- I tain 11s that the sun rises in the cat and acts in the west. Your success is n . of' ttieifly. ltrownlow an. I his faction will not be per milted In interfere ami stnp the onward progress of i v 1 1 i it t it ni . The rninit inch of the loyal States, with whom many "I v"i coopi riitetl iu upholding the nationality of the country, w ill not demand your s:u rilit e, in a local (mini nf view-, to r.dvuncc partv in terests. Tltcy will soon learn that Hrnvvm low uiul bis lactioii are au inettbiis. a dead weight upon them. Justice is all that our ja-ople want. Protection under and c.pt il- Hy Is'lnre the law is nlir due . and We will llnMollrselvesrea.lv at all tun. and I. r all ciicunistsiices to sitike hands with anv -man or party ol men who mat be willino tn accord this pi us. And our friuitU w dl . t. Itmg see that there can be no pence, 1.0 .. tice, uo protection in Tennessee, or in in.. Slate, under a few- men, such as an- 1 apal.le of turning vindictively upon their m-igliLoi -and sectinn, ami aiding in theii t.pjticssion as the means of elevating llieinselvt - to ot rice, through the influence of Im-til.- int. 1 eats abroad. I'eace, gentlemen, the .1. -id eratum so much desired by the w holt-country, is inevitable death to "Brow nl.. vv imii in this State. Hence, he is determined to have peace if he can avoid it ; lit-mc tin many misrepresentations sent abroad to poison and prejudice the mruds nt out Northern brethren against us; hem e bis many ellorts to bring on a collision wln.li can Is? so misrepresented anil tlist.uted a to re-excite the Northern mill. I, w hich 1 gradually settling down into a limn. I th d will insure justice to us, as a means ot git ing him a new lease of his power. A New n. lean, iit, or something like, tv uhl h regarded by Hrownlow and his fnlh.wi 1 a tlod-send to them. Ohdkk Kl.- As we expected, and pie. lie tel, the order of (ienerul tJritlin rciitiiiing white juror, to take the test oath, uiul pi i cing freedmen on juries, has had the t 11'. . t oi suspending the activities ol the pt ople in matters which have no connection with po litical affairs. We learn, lor example, that a great many planters have refused to sub sreribe to railroads of the most popular and necessary charcter, for fear nl au dfdi-r stopping work upon them, op doing some thing else to make the enterprise insecure. This may seem absurd ; but when people an under an absolute government, property and the spirit of improvement bt-coiue timid, and begin to show signs of seeking a shelter at the first omen ol a storm. We cannot wonder at this, knowing, as we do, the state ot mind into which the Southern people have la-en j thrown by the many clumes through. whit h , they have had to pass "recently, anil by Ihr j uncertainty which such changes, in c.iuiicc ' tion with the present kind ot government, are so well calculated to produce, (Jnlrrs- j ton ( 7'mvi) A'eirt. ! A Most i.amkntahi.k Suiciitu -A Lauv Dkowns Hkush t in a Wki.i..-A most painful tragealy was t-nactetl ou W'edm-silay night, on Oregon Hill, hy Mrs. Susan (iieen. Mrs. 0. hail some two weeks previously giren birth to twins, and while contined to Her bed by Itlness rabontl nndcrlhtr -mI1h cination that her babes were in the wll. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednes day, while ber husband, who was sitting by her bed and holding ber band, was asleep, she stole from her chamber, and, proceeding to the back-yard, plunged headlong into the well, a distance ol sixty feet. She was l most immediately missed, and search mad. for her in the neigh Uirbnod and along the Basiq bank, but her Unly w as not discover ed lor some hours, when I lis- was, of coin sr. extinct the probability I icing that she was almost Instantly killed by the fall. Judge McCarthy, acting coroner in tin absence of Dr. Utile, examined the body, but deemed no inquest necessary. Dr. Fairfax, wbo was the family physician ol Mr. James Green, the husband of the d. ceased, informs us that Mrs! (Iri-cn w as n.in li deranged in mind during her illness, and. fearing that some accident iniglo .s i-ur, he bad warned the family against leaving h r alone, advice which they scrupulously and laitbfully observed. Mrs. Green was highly respected by all who knew her, and leaves a husband and eight children to mourn her Iniueiiial, It fate. Richmond Examiner. . It is said in the accounts of the relea.-c of Mr. .Davia, that wheu the name ol Mr. Bolts as nne of his sureties was called, there u. re hisses. Such improper conduct deserves severe censure. Yy the public course ol Mr. Holts, antl for his political opinions. .,nr opinions are well known, liut the atbxii g ot his name to the bond was an h uiotal, It act, for which he deserves applause. - Al. 1 anJria Oatctte. We happened to lie in a situation to ob serve that the ouly distinct hiss value from one of Underwood's negro jurors.- lit,, maud "Whig. Tub Famink in Soith Cakoi.ina Mi. W. Oilmore Strains says that, so tar as he can see, there is no pHtsihleescaic lor South Carolina from general (amine, iu w hich all must suffer, and many perish unless the charities of ths outer world should be mote prompt and more bountiful than hitherto, lie says tbat the very lieasts are dropping dead at their work for want of -toml. Florida produces lemons that, weigh over a pound, and are twelve Inches in flrctfth ference. They are obtained bv a cross he twecn the cemmou lemon and the sour orange. A practical friend of ours, engaged in the West India trade, declares that wc have enough lasses in Norfolk to sweeten all the temoB : grovea - .-tiwi ta-w Ftew--Karfolk Ktrywitaa. ( ' Registration will commence in Georgia n the ISfh ol June, at -which lim tha an-' poln tment ot offiobrt and other preliminarks will b completed. Mr. (Irecly has l-vcn very hoarsely assailed by the New York I'miimj I'm! (Hi yiint) and New nrk t 'iiiii,i ,,-,.il AJrertim-t tWiil,) lor his hl'i nil course in reb n ncc to Mr. Da vis. The Vn-Tr trghts back w ith the vigor ol 11 mail vv ht I. as an npprnt iug enn-cit-me and a sirniig t aii.se. v cm alinosl luir some ot the licks in the follnwing : '.I .7.s-.7-.'.s II11M I.IMI The, u k ase i.f Mi. Davis allot ijs to some lllpolal It s a p!t.t. ! or lllltlig I be etlltnr nt this jour itant vitiiterat ion nal is hnv. h tl at iib a t ititlictivem-ss which i- c 11, lotting , .,- as il shows that the tongues ot cei ijiiti of our liit lids have lint yet cleaved I. t he ot,-i, tllfil IlliltltllS. Let that pass ns the itlle wind which we hee.l not. nni- ..' tvtu observations, how ever, may be xcii'iiicd in reference to a mill ter which -et ui- to 1 xcitc more than ordi nary interest. .letl'rr-on I i.-iv is vvastakin prinoner two years -iiiie. lie was arrested as an assassin llllil li.rlli, rtiiv.f tl... .nii'uriilnn.it i.-i.jI tin- sum of one hundred tliou.-jtn.l dollars. ! The President claimed to know ill I'll'ering this reward I hut Mr. Davii vv as t lie ni coin pliee ol Wilkes- Ik.oih. lie was thrown into a dungeon and lilanai li d, and In Id in h.iri--uig diir .ii, ei.lllv a- the :i-- 1 rig. u and v igilalit ,-pe tills Mi I.11,.,, lid ,0! . . Ill 111:111 Willi ll! Ik. ej-.-.ary , prnitts and we were t ..nl, nt t h. a. In. no - r..l 1. ,11 1 1 tti I to U'lVe, Wits It j l!,,t IV I-. , ol t'n I,, I ... I I !.. 1 ei-ttiilt . Ill I i,e as-a . I.'. I . lb.- lour hange I . , v . 11 v 1, .hi. to III. III. Ill, .I V I that -l..lv justice I I .1. .1 ,. -1 : II. . -It it , 1 ' 11 .11. flr-l.on llnit w ,1- -inal ion ..t Mr. I. n.r., I - in. I ii. vv n l. Ii vv h w rt t.hi-s who w en l.r ini I -1 ; 1 1 1 III, I'- 1 1 :i n In w-i-lhe was shot, o swittly were the uu re iu-lriiiut ut . in the rett ot' the great criminal Thi- belie! in. In. . .1 Mr. huvis' ari'es.aii, tin- pav m.-iit "I an enormous ri w ild W hit -nine ol th. air.-st With videiit . ot guilt in the pnsscst.ioii of Mr. Stanton w.ib a hundred generals only ton happy to be assigned tn curt martial duty with tin- curls open, able lawyers and di-ti it i-atl.u'iiey - duly citininissioned. the on at cii'tintnl wa- peiiuittctf to rctuiiin in pri-on. and not a vv..r.l was said ot justice, for tvv.. v . ar- tin. In- cont iu lie. I, and now, at the 1 lid ot two veals, the Ibivcrnmcnt permits him, no unpunished assassin, to l i.ikeii M-iin pri-on ami released tin bail. It ll.i- i- nidiiiioiv. when. lid it bci-nme right'; If. afti r atl, the ilnverninent has no evidence shovvin:' 11 mplicilvnl llavisiiiul ItiMttll, why vva- tint, the charge withdrawn Well. 11 wit- a- 11 t mi tor. ami not as an as--i- in. that .Mr. Ilavis was held, and as such he should have bu n kept in jail. Hut w h v keep him in jail : Treason is a crime, ami a crime, taa oitliug to Mr. .inlmuon.tiiat shoinld In- jiun i-sln-il. Tlieie is a lawlul way ol jiiiuishiiig rui n iu this country . 'I'o kei-p a man in prison without trial i- a violation of law. not oltrilience to it. Mr. Davis limy hate cniumittcd iniinv criiiit-s so many in deed that, according to lUu howling l'hari bcc, "it is a disgrace uiul repruuch to our countrv that be should over be permitted to desecrate with his traitor foot prints the snil of a tree Slate." Hut hotv tin we know that In- committed crimes l' There is but one way of know ing it the verdict of twelve trusty men. Itccause Mr. Davis is a criminal, must vvc also be criminal f. He cause he is known to have committed trca sou. must wc alsti commit tvluil is ccrlaiitly 11,, n il treason to the ('uHstitntion '. If it is tlniii to take .b llt r-iin Datis, citicn, ami imptisoii him tttn years witlmut judge or tut", win nt.t titiin 'I'll 11 rlt . tv Weed, or 1 Hiin William vi I It 11 lirvant; liut it is populatlv In lit vrd that Mr.Jlavis is a trai tor, ami thai, as it traitor, he should long ago have been hanged. Well, it is also popularly believed that if Mr. Thurlow Weed had bis ili scrts he tumid Imig ago h te been ill Sing Sing. V e have tin legal knowledge of the fact, Mr. Weed has never ln-cn nrn-stcd nor tried ; lu.r bast-vcii an lit dictineut Imvh found, lie is al liberty, and 'sii hmg as br-'Ts not irg-aHy an ttsetl- sbwfl insist that he remain at libtrty, anil, if m- Cessal V . vte shall lind twenty bnlel-IIH 11 wlm will aii-w. i tot hi- security 11:11 il liictl. Tin- piiiniplf is ihc same, w Itcthi r it rip plies 1. . 1 1 iv is 01 Weed, or" citizen Demiol arrest.. I lot n ault uml battery. The law h:is it" piijiidici-s the Constitution no 'popiil.l" I 'ltnstlllients. t eilani 1 itielis leslily their aj ipl't ciat Inn ot the iiiinciiilc sn cnnspictlouslv xiolatetl in th ol Mi. Davis l.v Its-.. tiling Ins Listen to the Pharisees howl ppulat to howl at Mr. Davis, iii tin- lou.ll-y echoing indigna .. i - .111-1 ice ; What is law ( . ,1 -! it ut Ion ' but are the l.gi.it v ..I' I his nation f Mr. Du- bonds,,,. 1, im... Iii. and tj,. ,., tt.,11 ' I, tl 1- i lion,, I a-nl V I- I- :i tr ill J..I11 - 1 , ,, I -I11.11M be hanged ! W ell, 1.1 . and vv hv did lie lint I'h. n i-t 1 s vv ho how I over .h-hti-on. So long us Da oiii.i.-ed Iii 111. The relt-l I halo, loin I I lav I- l.i, 1 lol vi- w 1 - a la. 1 , vv hon lo- led. the' Slave system he cherishetl liie disunion be preached, we have warretl upon. Wc w ar upon them now, and shall eonlii.iit to .1. -.. until this html is a land of uuivcis.tl h,-. ,1. . m and impartial suffrage. Hut .1. tl. is. ,ti Davis i- no longer a lact. He i mi loe-4' i r. pi. seiiis iiruu-tl treason. He is our victim, our prisoner, the creature of the j hivxs. .111 1 .-in- 111 wht-w pt-rsnn the laws have j lor tv. 1 v. ii- bun dishonored. Against j that in;it-:iee we have protested, as wc hope 1 In proit-st a;' iiii-t iniustiee in any Innn, no 1 niattei ht.w I. .tit or hvvly the victim. This 1 vv e do l i .,11-e we b. Ilet'e it In Is- right. j 'Iht l'k. ui-t t - 111 v howl notw ithstaiivling. 1 W 1 - h ive heard ill. in iin.nv and manv a time ! before. Til'.'. I In nr.!. r out ot th. COtlllCCtl ! K1111.I, tv I, I 1 II I I.N I bil-ll AS Itl.l.lKP KlM. - ,. settle the illll.it llllh s growing .li-piltes 1s t ween ilitl'erent part iefe I wiili the Southern Orphan Keliel 10 1 1 a.i in tin balance in Ike Chesa- pcake bank I" lite credit ol xiii luiul, of tl,. f.r- t'S, the Clj..--ateake Hank lias tin . I . bill ot intei ph . der 111 tlte SiiM-rior onit all the laim-tois, sn that all part-es m t 1 n ipiire. I to settle their respct live t Ial...- i.. sa.tl Inn.! in 1 ..in t betore bringing suit a: a. 11st the bank. ' .'-i.-rc .1,1,, Otn rivANiiw I'ltnsfKi 1-1.7 We hear from "H .-i-lniir.ioii that the Seretary of the Trt-s-swy epee the. npiniou very lrevlv that 11 turw, r r. duet ion ot the puid'u- d. lit need lie 1 p. 1 tt .1 ut present; indeed. ilie t ham es art that th. tifbt will lie iacr iv l within tli ivrxi ttirw months ..Ycif 1 , ri 7'tm.. recently elected to thv position ot Mayor of Tttsenmfta; ern t i"trV ulliwr, by th. Frelue oi. hua l-wa rtHuocal by Gen. l'ope, who contends that the akictiwa aa illegal, on account of the Freedmen who toted, not baying been regialejad. 1 1..1U the N'ea York WutlJ. -, 77 AT M0UILE RIOT. ' A most r.-gn-ltalii statu of faalusg ia springing up in the Stiuthera cities1 which threatens lu i:onipJaUi iftutltira almady auf lieientlv tlillicult. an.l tn still further delay ami embarrass the restoration nt the Onion. The riot at Mobile on Monday evening, lol lowing close upsm the negro riot at Kick in. m. I ami New trlratM, challenges inquiry into the can e nt these most untoward na iiirbiim-es. They tend not only t lviv the ditcnytng anrmositT Imtweew th- tortu and the South, tnu. to m. raco tgaitntt tlirou.'hout the Souther Statcsn. The interniiitioni.f. Judge Kelley's speech at Mobile, iiiid the breaking up of the meet ing assembled to hear it, might, if conaWer etl alone, In- susceptible ot a coloring which would represent the South aa inimical to free speech. Hut no such const ruction ia warranted by a full view oi the facta. Mr. Ki lley has 'Wn for some time making a pro gress through the h.mth, speaking at' Vari ous places w ith all the Ireedmnof a Radical .eitlot : but nowhere else have then tie' ""' "'''''!!.'' 'M"!'1""" diaturtiance.-- Senator Wilson, uothcr l'ree-M)kctl Kepub- lii an w In. has -aid many distasteful, things, i- ni his s. rom I stumping tour in the South, and in atl ihc iiiiiiiei-iiu-t mootlttgs h(t has addr.-s-cil he ha,s met with treatment aa at tentive mul ii-.pecttiil as he received last autumn during the political canvass in Muiuc Horace Lively uiul Uerritt Smith, two lile long and mo I noted altolitiupista. m i. Ir i-piiches iii Kichiiiond on Tuesday t veiling, and were listened to With Cordial g I leeling bv whiles as well as blacks. It is innnilcst. t.licrcl'ore, that JudgeKelley's rcicplion at Mtiliile was exceptional ; B ei- eepiion to the ttcatmeiit ta'stoweu on oiner speakers nl the same party, und an excep tion to that received by Judge Kelley bint self until he reat lied the cxtretnrat Southern c itv on the tliilt. As the treatment received by Judge KtL i.Kt at Mobile was peculiar and exceptional, it is natural to inquire whether his bearing and language were not exceptional also. It is not rtistomar with the American people, in any part ot the country, to liatea to polit ical speeches w ith the same quiet deoorara w hich they observe iu their cliun lies fn res pect to sermons. They applaud, they hiss, they ask questions, they utter ejaculations of scorn, contempt, dissent, irony, approba tion, mirth, or appreciation, just as the humor takes Ihrtn ; and with skilful speak ers w Im can command their temper, much ol the life and interest ol such meetings is made to consist in the adroit turn given to such interruptions. Not even tho President of the United States wu .protected by the dignity of Ids olliin from interruptions M the same kind in bis noted tour last year in the free North, which his enemies called in derision "riwingjni; round the circle." No body can have lorgotteu the offensive rude ness which he encountered at Cleavelaod ami other places, und although, on one occa sion, he seemed, for a moment, to lose hi I em per, he was hurried no farther by his leelings than to bandy words with the dis turbers ; tt Xo.ltdejnjttq.irllicjlll'.: ftHpa. thought iimlignitied. but which was certainly in lr better taste than the insolent threats indulged in by Judge Kuxv at Mobile. Although the provocation was much greater nobody would have thought the President justified iu threatening his auditors with military vengeance if they refused to hear him. Hv was sometimes, like Judge Kelley, nimble to proceed with his intended re. . marks ; but nnlsKlv affected tocoBaider.it aa an evidence that fiee speech Is not tolerated in the North The Radicals did not like hia remarks, ami they drowned his voice in Con fusion ; but if he had been foolish and inso . lent enough to threaten to bring the whole Army ot the United States to compel them to listen, he would doubtless have stirred up aa much of a riot , as Judge Kelley did at Mobile. Up to the momeut of Mr. Kelley a " passionate threat, nothing occurred but what is usual in political meetings everywhere when there is a strong intermixtute of dis seining auditma. Kvenin Kuglaud, celehra- as-tuu ciAiniry.iXi&tacuJjlv UeBfJWartl rteecher encountered a storm ol hostile " tumult al the beginning ot his speeches; but his pia;ticed ileivterity enabled him to humor dir-t ntidii-ocrs and gt the-contaol of jr. them, aa he would easily- have siooftat Mo- bile had he stood in JjpJge.,K,elIoy'e place. We therefore conclude that Judge Kelley ia more chargeable with blame tfcan nybodjr" elsc for the Mobile tint. . , We are in favor of the widest latitude of free speech in the South, in the North, and everywhere. But let the utterance-f opin ion be alike free to all ! It ix not freedom but intolerance for the military authority to In- usctl, as it is by the reconstruction satraps, to warn and suppress dissenting newspapers, while, bitter Iladiculs like Judge Kelley boast that the Af my will back theiii in every insolent and insulting strain of remark their envenomed breath can otter. Nor is it consistent with freedom to nip press such manifestations of the feeling and temper of political audiencea aa prevail ht all countries when? political discussiosV. i tolerated, and is constantly exhibited even in the British Parliament. ' ,.. We have no doubt that the speeches ot Wilson and Kelley. nn.l the attempts that are making, to array tin- black population of the South in p..!i:iial lioslility to ttie whites, are uuli'iluiiatw, abU-tUukchia-fou-t, although th. -at r. tl right ut tree speech re quires that tin y should Iwt tolerated, Th" incipient negro riot in Richmond at the close of 1 lii lust work are their natural fruit. Let it I borne in mind tha it is to reveiit greater outbrt jiks of negrt violence that troops are t ncau pe I permanently with in the city; that it was the negroct that Judge I 11. 1, rwo.nl found it necessary to warn, 011 Suuciay, lhat,. if they carried out their prnjetied riot the next day, cannon would fs- planted to swop the streets; that it was the u.ijra Mounted Guards ' that General Kchofi. hi tlisbaiidtd on Mon "lay, a dangerous ffl the pnbtlc pcat-e. The tact that tlie Bt-gnies came armed to the -nowir hktuii, Tm tic Wlllltar Tort . PUCtl UemonstratioiiH Ik token consequences ol the kadical agitation w hich every patriot, which every trutitl nf the South, and every wll wisli. rot the io g it 1 mce, slrniiltl most sin Oetdy thurecate antl deplore. X ItailictLliu T ciiuciaifci.mai'ked itasasig.. tiilj iint i nn 11, a lew niorr.itigs since, tbat tlic 1 aidtii nl a CniiMTvative w a destroyed by fro -r. litle tlint ta Itiulical nearby was liesh ami green, and .ays: It signifies that Hrownlow, the righteous, shall flourish .Uke L,.-gtgiMaJi!B4e . be tut down by t he rigorous trot of jus tice. The -'Irost of justice." will cot&e tome mglii, wlieu ie al'oul irajj irtwn, ith a bastetjin fiwVrni.' "" "'" ' ' ' Forney's CArVm- ol Friday comes ot iu long editorial in favor of confiscation. 1 4 -Xr V I s-V.
The Raleigh Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 22, 1867, edition 1
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