Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-03
-, Yer The Louisville Journai
Tenntssss ana Governor 5ohnsOn's


To the mind Of ihe statesman, the pstriot,
the philosopher, aud the philanthropist, there
| IL, perhaps, presented no more fertile field OF
] inquiry than 60 events recently past and
| now transpiring ia the United States. The
| human intellect is % the alert, while great
| and novel questions are being evolved, The
! determination OF which may eveuinate In the
| ultimate welfare OF the people and well-being
| Of the Government. Among the most inter
| esting questions thus arising, IL Is probable
many will be found in She current slory Of
| Tennessee.
| In ordaining aud establishing the OOnBii
| tuition Of the United States, he people express
! ly declare it their obieoi go form a more
perfect union, establish justice, insure do
mestiO tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare, and
secure the blessngs OF liberty TO ourselves
aud our posterity." This was the action Of
ne peoDe of the Uuited States, not of the
States 10 their sog9a0H egpaeitiss, not carved
ont Of existing State soyereignties, nor a
surrender OF powers already existing in th3
| State governments. These powers remained
unaltered and unimpaired, except so far as
| granted by the people 30 the Government of
she Uuited States. q Wheat. s24 4 Wheat.
1862
Something over IL months ago, the State
! OF Tennesse, by vote Of nearly seventy
thousand, refused to call convention TO de-
Hibernate upon thequestiOn Of Union or Dis
| union-so fearful was she that her friendly
relations toward the National Government
might be uniavorably affected. Yet, sub
sequently, by The astonishing intrigue of am
bilious leaders, she was hurled into the Vor.
tex Of rebellion, and so violent was the
usurpaiion which Immediately eusued, that
! for time the authority Of the United States
was held 10 allegiance or suspension-the
/ Union endangered-justice perverted do.
mestic tranquility disturb d, il pot destroyed,
and The blessings Of liberty secured to US by
| the action of the people In the formation OF
! our national constitution neatly lost to as
| and our posterity. Aud all this assumed to
| be done ly existing State sovereignlies, pre-
! tending the resumption Of powers formerly
| surrendered to the United States by she sep
| arate States Nc sooner, however, had
! Tennessee been thus seduoed and involved
than she was deserted aud betrayed by
! these very leaders, and, though for a time
| deprived Of the presence OF the United
! States Government, she was left go com
pletely destitute of oil State Government
that three thousand Offices we're actually va
csted, either by the abdication or active
treason Of the incumbents. Strange as ii
may appear, this seems almost exclusively
! to have been rebellion Of officeholders--
/ legislative, judicial aud e1ecutlYe--all of
| whom had eolemuly sworn to support the
| Constitution OF the Uni ed States.
Oar National Government, finding this
! State in such condition, resolved at once
to perform the high and responsible duties
| imposed upon her by the Constitution, she
being required to preserve the Union, insure
/ domestic tranquility. provide for the common
/ Act fhss orol a.
! ID was evident she had the power, otherwise
TIE duty would be entirely nugatory. For,
though the case OF Tennessee was anomalous
yet the obligation Of the National Govern I
ment being fixed and defined, the necessary
power is held 10 result by implication
| (Tucker's Blackstone, 1922 For there is not
a grant Of powers in the Constitution OF the
United States which does not draw after il
others not expressed but vital TO their exer-
else; not substantive and independent, but
auxiliary and subordinate. Is Wheat 2O4
| / Halls Law Journal 465, Sergeant's Com
mon Law 30l) The power aud the duty
corresponding, the choice Of the means, as
we'll Us the method, WAS left TO the goodness
and wisdom Of the Government.
The United States, with maternal solicit
tude and sorrow, beheld and commisserated
the condition Of Tennessee, and regretted
the violent temporary suspension OF national
authority, by which she was prevented frem
rendering earlier relief Accordingly, no
| sooner bad Tennessee's enemies been strip
ped of their usurped power, than ii WAS re
| lived TO place her at once in the same posi
tiCn toward the National Government which
she had occupied prior to the commencement
\ OF the rebellion. Tennessee not being In q
territorial condition, and II being cOnstitu
tionally impossible toTeduee her to such, she
having framed her Constitution, submitted il
/ 10 Congress-, and been formally received into
the sisterhood OF States, thus becoming an
INTEGRAL part Of the Uniou,' there being no
civil government here. and no means OF i'm
tmediately recognizing the civil power-it
therefore became necessary TO meet the ex
Iligeneiea OF the occasion by the adminis,ra.
ton OF civil government under n military
ifortn, Add the civil and military power
being happily and hsrmoniously blended,
uGoVsrnOr Andrew Johnson, being nominated
by the President, Was confined by the Sen
ale BdgsdieT General, and assigned to the
Estate OF Tennesses as his Geld Of duty,
lsclothed with all proper powers for the same.
When this appointment was announced, il
was feared by some OF our intelligent citi-
zens. notwithstanding Governor Johnson's
stroug native intellect, enriched by ripe ex-
ptTience, and cultivated and enlarged by the
close, intense stady Of many yeArs, that so
greatly had be suffered and such just cause
bad ho for complaint a. veil as anger, per
haps his feelings would 50 far sway " 20
/ embtter him and mark his administration
with en- unfortunate severity. But since bis
I arrival here--since bis views and opinions
have become kn wH--sinoe his policy has
been enunciated and bis conduct observed
llsiuce bis entire iorgeliulLe.s OF private ia
Ejury has been manifested by his exclusive
Edcy0lion 10 the Interests and welfare Of the
bGoyeinment, il is believed that mole sult
ab.u sci, elton could not have been made
As Brigadier General assigned ~ this State,
be is the accredited representative OF tue
United States. Being rent here 10 insure
domestic tranquility and 20 extend the
protection Of the Government to she people