Governor Brownlow on the Situation
GOVERNOR BROWNLOW ON THE SITUATION.—Governor Brownlow of Tennessee, in a late letter, says the entire State of Tennessee abounds with thieves and robbers, who would murder a man for his watch, or a five dollar bill. He has no faith in the rebel professions of loyalty; thinks the war ended at least two years too soon for the good of the country; and adjures the Republican majority not to admit to Congress indiscriminately the representatives from the lately rebellious States. Those States, he maintains, will not elect loyal men to Congress, nor can loyal men be elected governors to them. He believes that the political leaders there have not abandoned their idea of a separate confederacy, and that they are now reorganizing to make another effort at rebellion.