Revolution in Tennessee
May 18, 1895
Summary
The majority of Tennessee citizens begin to protest as Tennessee’s governor refuses to step down from office after losing in a recent election.
Transcription
The action of the legislature of Tennessee in stealing the seat to which Hon. H. Clay Evans, Republican was honestly elected is in keeping with the high-handed methods of the Democratic Party.
There is no crime which cannot be justly laid at its door. Here is a gentleman who offered himself as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the state, won upon the face of the returns although the machinery was in the hands of the Democrats themselves, and yet in the face of all this the usurping Gov. Turney has been declared elected and holds the office against the protest of a majority of the people of the state.
This is indeed a positive indication of the decay of popular government.
Tennessee is disgraced. The damage done her material interests is incalculable. Healthy immigration will shun such localities and capital will find other fields in which to labor.
A government of wrong cannot long continue and a people permitting it will be the sufferers.
There is no crime which cannot be justly laid at its door. Here is a gentleman who offered himself as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the state, won upon the face of the returns although the machinery was in the hands of the Democrats themselves, and yet in the face of all this the usurping Gov. Turney has been declared elected and holds the office against the protest of a majority of the people of the state.
This is indeed a positive indication of the decay of popular government.
Tennessee is disgraced. The damage done her material interests is incalculable. Healthy immigration will shun such localities and capital will find other fields in which to labor.
A government of wrong cannot long continue and a people permitting it will be the sufferers.
About this article
Source
Location on Page
Upper Left Quadrant
Topic
Contributed By
Cord Fox
Citation
“Revolution in Tennessee,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed January 24, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1405.