Appeal to the People of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson as Union, War-Time Governor of Tennessee, Broadside Initialed by Johnson, 1

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Lot Description

Broadside, 8 x 10.5 in. Printed in three columns and signed in type by Johnson, Nashville, TN, March 18, 1862. Inscribed at the bottom in ink by Johnson, With regards of A.J.

Johnson tells his fellow Tennesseans:

In this condition of affairs it devolved upon the President, bound by his official oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and charged by the law with the duty of suppressing insurrection and domestic violence, to resist and repel this rebellious force by the military arm of the government, and thus to re establish the Federal authority....

Meanwhile, the State government has disappeared. The Executive has abdicated; the Legislature has dissolved; the Judiciary is in abeyance. The great ship of state, freighted with its precious cargo of human interests and human hopes, its sails all set, and its glorious old flag unfurled, has been suddenly abandoned by its officers and mutinous crew, and left to float at the mercy of the winds,...

I have been appointed, in the absence of the regular and established State authorities, as Military Governor for the time being, to preserve the public property of the State, to give the protection of law actively enforced to her citizens, and, as speedily as may be, to restore her government to the same condition as before the existing rebellion....

I shall, therefore, as early as practicable, designate for various positions under the State and county governments, from among my fellow citizens, persons of probity and intelligence, and bearing true allegiance to the Constitution and Government of the United States, who will execute the functions of their respective offices, until their places can be filled by the action of the people. Their authority, when their appointments shall have been made, will be accordingly respected and observed.

To the people themselves, the protection of the Government is extended. All their rights will be duly respected, and their wrongs redressed when made known....

One of the more reassuring mandates from military governors.

Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co.

Condition

Toning around the perimeter, with some chipping and scuffing of edges (long sides, especially).
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