Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1871 — Senator Brownlow. [ARTICLE]

Senator Brownlow.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes respecting Parson Brownlow as follow^ The Senator expressed the belief that the questions of the war aro not yet definitely settled, and will not be until after the next Presidential election. He said the leading men of the South still look upon the separation of the South from the Union as a hopeful probability. The devil is in them, and they will get up another rebellion if they see any chance of success. They exqjfc,*. in private, ov. r fho reduction of ihefregular army, which Oongr. ss foolishly cut down to 80,000 men, and they boast of having arms enough to organize an army at any time Davis, Toombs and Stephens express the sentiments of the masses of the Southern people. “ vVhatdo you think is the plan of these Southern leaders?” I asked. “T) try to accomplish at the ballot-box and by legislation what they failed to do in the field,” he replied'; “to get control of the National Government by the aid of the Democratic party; to destroy the work of reconstruction, and during the administration of a Democratic President to reorganize the Southern Confederacy, after long and careful preparation.”

Senator Brownlow went on to say that he had al ways believed the rebellion had ended two years too soon. It would have been b-jt’er for the future peace of the country had the war continued until pub lie opinion had demanded the hanging of ihe Lading rebels He was no believer in general amnesty, for the reason that he knew there was no security in the prolessed'willingness of the Southern leaders to accept the situation and give supportto the government. Thev hated the Union as bitterly as ever, and were just as ready to destroy it There ■» ould bo a desperate contest at the next Presidential election. The Democrats expected to carry the South solid and get enough of the North em States to bring them out ahead. “ This contest will he the last chance of the rebel Democratic party. They know this, and will stop at nothing to succeed. Woe to the country if they win! Good bye to peace anti tranquility. We can whip them if we have harmony in our party, aud if our people do not play the fool in the National Convention, by quarreling about candidates.” He believed that Gen tral Grant would be renominated. The Republicans in Tennessee were inclined to Grant, he said, but would heartily sup por whoever might be the nominee of the Convi ntiou. Grant would no doubt get the vote of Tennessee, and, probably, of all the Southern States, in convention The Senator expressed strong hopes of carrying Tennessee for tho Republican candidate f<r President next year. If harmony prevailed among the Republican*, lie was sure the State could be redeemed from tho Democrats. There is still considerable feejing among Republicans who supported Stokes at the last gubernatorial election, agaipst those who voted for 8 nter, whom they are dispos-d to-proscribe for their course in that campaign. This trouble could be healed. The Stokes and Senter men were as good Republicans as any in the State. Speaking of Tennessee politics, Mr. Brownlow said that the Legislature met in October, and would try to gerrymander the State so as to make all the Congressional Districts Democratic They could not do this with the First District, but they might with Maynard’s District, the Second. The Democrats hated Maynard, aud envied him his talents and his consistent record. He spoke in high terms of Maynard’s ability, integrity, and usefulness as a representative. The Legislature could no doubtinatruct him (Brownlow) how to vote in the Senate', but he should pay no attention, ho declared, to Its action, and should reply that he did not acknowledge the right of trainers to instruct him. I inquired whether he thought the Ku-Klux ha<l an organized existence in Tennessee., Ho replied that they had not in Bast Tennessee, except at Chattanooga. The Republicans were too strong here, and if a company of Ku Klux should make their appearance In Knoxville in their disguises they would all be slaughtered. In Middle and Western Tennessee the Ku Khix had a formidable organizetion, as he believed they had all through the South, ready to spring into activity in time to control the Presidential election by keeping negroes from voting, or forcing them to vote the Democratic ticket He believed the only remedy for Ku Klux troubles lay in the use of military force, und it Was folly to expect a fair election in the South unless sufficient troops were sent there to protect the blacks in their right to vote without intimidation. For this reason, he believed tho reduction of the army to have been a great mistake. Senator Brownlow said that the Republicans of Last Tennessee were trustworthy, and as fixed in their principles as those of Massachusetts or lowa They w ere independent —most of them devotedly loyal during the war, many of them suffering loss of‘property, exile and great hardship for their attachment to the Union. In Middle and Western Tennessee it was different, he said. There the condition of society resembled that in the States further South. The J&nd was owned in large tracts by men who went with the rebellion, and who wero now bitter, proscriptive Democrats. There were many poor white men in those sections who would be Republicans if they dared, but they stood in awe of the wealthy planters. The prejudice In those portions of the State against North, rn people was still strong, and was kept alive chiefly by the women and preachers. In East Tennessee there was no such feeling, and Northern immigrants find a cordial welcome, and are as safe as they are at home. that ride horses to plow are adtw . I 4 * le Maine Farmer to remember when h« r «^ doea nearly all the stepping, n the fore feet He pivot. Now,yj‘2u^“ d fect .. c , hi^ B r 8 8 and keep them awU '2? of his fore-feet, pay no attention to*hfc£P. JJj ohll l8 t Bml wUI succeed nicely. “nd feet, and you —An Englishjlady has tak«i> w. Baden-Baden tot the waters, er 084 40