Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-24
Tennessee Returning 20 LOyalty.vs

The public meeting recently called at
Nashville to prepare for the full restoration
of the authority of the Union 10 Tennessee
was a great and gratifying success. II shows
us how every State given over to secession
10y the violence of faction may, when the
power OF that faction is broken, come back
through the regular action Of its own citi.
zens. la the meeting at Nashville there f5
an array of prominent citizens which guar
antics the strength OF the movement, aud the
hold it has on the deliberate Judgment Of the
people. They can come forward, prepare
for an election in due time. or as early as the
war within the State will permit and, with.
out doubt, procure the endorsement Of three
tjurths of the people to their course, When
these forms are completed Tennessee will
again be member of the Union as before,
and this bloody and terrible rebellion will
be remembered only Rs a painful episode, in
which a malignant faction ruled and nearly
ruined its people.
Il has been said that the. restoration Of
| regular loyal State governments, In the Sc
ceded States, would be impossible for years
to come, but here is conclusive evidence that
process OF restoration isapplicable TO Ten
neSsae, North Carolina and Virginia, OF least.
We believe 1t will be found equally effective
and ready in Louisiana, Texas, aud Georgia,
l ~
| sissippi, Arkansas, and possibly Florida, on
ihe incorrlgible list. None but South Caro-
lima will finally prove impracticable, and 10
| will be pleasure to all of as to continue
that malignant fragment OF territory 10
| double irons for ten years. or even more.
! The seeded States are capable Of regulas
| restoration to their old places Ia the Union,
| and that through the spontaneous action Of
their own people. AT irst il must be ex-
| pected that the people of those States will
| feel indispo5ed TO act one way or the other
as citizens. They will feel an unpleasant
sense Of complicated injury, bat when the
rebel military power Is crushed, the whole
framework Of affairs will speedily be altered
10 their sight. The people who remain will
as certainly organize loyal State goVern-
menis as time will pass, and there Is nOt the
least danger that they will postpone doing
60 to day so late as to injure the future
permanence Of the Union. In fact, the dan
ger is rather that an attempt will DO made
| 10 bring back some part OF the perverse and
malignant body Of secessiOnists under pre-
tence Of loyal submission, aud that new con
flicts will begin in the legislation and poll
tics of the country. Secession must not
come back TO plague us with auOther series
OF threats OF revolution. IL may a. we'll be
stated now, 80 decisively that nobody will
dare dispute IT, that whatever the regular
law-makng power Of the country orders I'M
der the Constitution mus be observed as
law, aud must not be resisted by organized
bodies, armed or otherwise, or by any State
or municipal authority. This being under
stood as the test Of loyalty, we welcome all
men who declare themselves loyal, every
State that returns to It's place 10 q laW-abid-
ing Union. There Is not now, nor has there
been in the past, auy purpose to enact laws
| specially injurious 10 the interests OF She
people Of any State or section. We believe
there will be rs much care In this respect
! hereafter as there has been heretofore; but n
must be remembered that reciprocal duties
| exist everywhere, and that the proper obser-
| vance Of every law will be required OF The
| people Of every Stats.
The meeting as Nashville appears 10 have
been altogether satisfactory in every respect.
| The number IN attendance was very large
and the proportion OF men formerly prOmi-
nent 10 the politics OF the State was even
! greater than could be expected. When it is
| considered that The peculiarly loyal section
! OF ihe State OF East Tennessee, necessarily
was deprived Of parlicipationin in the meeting.
there is reason 70 hope that wheu the whole
stare acisireely, the preponderance Of Union
/ y0ters will be as great as in kenluoky.--
| Wnen the army Of Beauregard Is driven
ron COrlnth, as u surely will be az no DIS
iaut day, aud ourrightul possession 10 tsNea
u East Tennessee, IL will be practicable %
uall for a convention or legislative election,
but probably not before that ums.--Pa!G.
h0Uh -aHlHicln,