The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-21

The rebels profess to think that Gov. |
JOHNSON is not conciliatory enough in
his administration, and that the UNION
talks too severely. This is strange talk
to come from men who used 10 denounce
and villify loyal men during rebel rule
in language Of unmeasured severity.
"Hang and shoot the white livered Lin
colnites," Danish ABE LINCoLN's
hounds" "Give the Union traitors
cold steel and bullets" were the COM
mon expressions Of the Nashville rebel
newspapers, while stump orators outdid
Billingsgate in heaping opprobrium on
the heads Of all who would not join the
unholy rebellion. Are not these persons
presuming rather too far when they Of
fer to advise loyal officers and loyal
newspapers what course to pursue in
Furnishing and exposing their own mis-
deeds? Are criminals to be the judges
of their offences and punishment? Ger
tainly not. Sell-respect and decorum
suggest that these offenders should keep
silent, while their acts are undergoing
Investigation The severest punishment
lIGovernor JOHNSON has ever inflicted on
lthe most violent and prominent rebel has
been mild compared with the atrocities
inflicted on loyal citizens by rebel lead.
ers. The hardest things we have
ever published on rebel leaders ha!
been tie republication Of their on,
articles published in their ot0a organ in iii
city at time when they exultcd in th,
conviction that the Federal authority wa
exilcd forever from this State. Blood
hound advertisements, announcements o
, vigilance committees, furious denuncia
, lions Of Union men, and all that rabi
, and frothy ranting so characteristic 0
, treason in its pride Of power and place
were the materials which filed the col
D. umns of the press of Gov. HARRIS. An
! must a veil be drawn over the guilt {
|, that terrible carnival Of rebellion lest tn
q feelings Of some one be hurt? Is free
: dom of speech to be granted to a
except the loyal? Is justice to !
q fettered and investigation blindfoldeC
when the deeds of traitors come be
fore us? We see no reason why 81
= should claim for itself exclusively FIRE,
g dom of action, and uncontrolle
i speech. We do not think rebels Il
., proper censors Of loyal officers, nor
persons to decide what should be pull
y lished in loyal newspapers. There a
/, a few timid Union men who want to s.
~ the rebellion put down without using Il
m means to put it down. They are for col
10 ciliating rebels by giving them fat Of
ar ces, and excluding loyal men from 9
I'd positions for fear Of offending rebe
nj They want the great work of rescuiI
M the State from rebellion to be done
ia rebels In their opinion it does not ma
ia ter much whether Union men are cor
~ pensatcd for their losses and sacriGc
nd or not--perhaps it would be better to co
.e- fine such persons to the approval Of
nd good conscience-but these same perso
I'm think that the government must ney
he omit an opportunity to pay rebels han
ok somcly for all their losses Unhappi
d. in some instances, shall we say in man
me this policy has been adopted, and il
he safer for man to be an enemy than
ira friend of the Government For OF
lol selves we repeat the memorable words
mr. Governor Johnson, as embodying
no only policy that will save the Rcpubli
no that the time has come when the Cover
lie ment must know who are it's friends a
of its foes, and itmust coufine its fayors,
off positions of honor and profit to thu
GER - Z ssinngEt u. To say not