The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-07

AAS AV0 OppVnASAOA dIby,
In the rapid alterations ofopinion pro
duceed by the varying incidents Of the
present war, few days effect the work
| of centuries. We may therefore be par
doned for giving an atique coloring TO an
event of recent occurrence. Accordingly
we say, once upon time, TUESDAY Ju-
ly /, 1922 a great popular convention
Of all who loved the Constitution and the
Union and all who hated " niggers," was
called in the city Of New York. The
place of meeting was the Cooper Institute,
and among the signers to the call were
prominent btisiness and professional
men of that great metropolis At this
meeting, that eminently calm and learn
ed jurist, the Honorable w. A. Duer in
terrupted the course of an elaborate arr
| gument for the constitutional rights ofthe
Southern rebels by melodramatic ex-
clamation, that if we.hanged the traitors
of the country in the order Of their guilt,
the next man who marched upon the
soaffold after Jefferson Davis would be
Charles Sumner"
The professed object of the meeting
was TO form a party devoted to the sup
| port Of the Constitution as il is and the
Union as il was" It's practical effect was
to give the Confederates and foreign
powers a broad hint that the North was
no longer a. unit The coincidence Of
the meeting with the Federal reverses
before Richmond made its professed OBJ
Ject all the more riiculous. The bab-
bling and bawling Of the speakers about
Z" the rights of the South" and " the infa-
nous Abolitionists who disgraced Con-
gress," were but faint echoes of the Con-
federate cannon which had Just ceased
| to carry death into the Union ranks.
Both the speeches and the cannon spoke
hostility 90 the National Cause. The
number Of the dead, wounded, ''missing,
and demOrolized memb bers Of the great
Army OF the Potomac exceeded, on that
TuesdRy evening, any army which the
United States had ever, before the pres
ent War, arrayed on any battle field
Jefferson Davis, on that evening was saf-
er at Richmond than Abraham Lincoln
was at Washington. A we'll grounded
apprehension, not only for the Union
but for the safety of loyal States, was felt
on that evening all over the North and
West. Ii was, in fact, the darkest hour in
the whole annals of the Republic Even
the authorities at Washington feared that
the Army Of the Potomac was destroyed
This was exactly the time for the Hon
orable Mr.. Wickliffe and the Honorable
Mr.. Brooks, for the Honorable w. A. Duel
and the Honorable Fernando Wood, Il
delight the citizens Of New York with
their peculiar eloquence. This was the
appropriate occasion to stand up for tht
prosecuted and wn-trodden South
This was the grand opportunity to assert
the noble principle, that, by the COnstitu'
tiOn, every traitor had the right to b'
tried by jury of traitors This wal
, the time to dishonor all the New England
dead This was the time TO denounc'
the living wOrthies Of New England
Hang JEFF. Davis OBJ, yes We al
, know that he is secure behind his tri.
umphant slayers OF the real defenders o
} the Constitution and the Union. Neither
, hangman nor Maj General can get neal
J hin. But Charles Sumner is in our pow
} er. We can hang him easily. lie hal
not two or four hundred thousand mel
} at his back. He travels alone and un
AtNtuAtus DO We Mdub y toloAltuAlOua
principle for combining the two men il
one act OF treason? Here is a calm jurist
here, gentlemen Of the party OF th,
Constitution and the Laws, ia the Honor
/ able w A. Duer, What does he say
Simply this: Hang JEFF, Davis anC
3 Charles Sumner" Davis we cannot hang
but Sumner we can. Let as take one
half Of his advice circumstances pre-
vent Us from ayailing ourselves Of th
whole. There is, 10 be sure no posi-
bility Of hanging Charles Sumner unde
any law known 70 us, the especial cham
. pions OF the laws. But what then
. Don't you see the Honorable w. A. Due
o appeals, In this especial case, to th
higher law of the mob! Dou't you Sc
,, that he desires 20 shield JEFF. Davis b.
weaving around his august person all th
fine oGbwebs Of the Law, while he pro
e poses 20 have Sumner banged on |" is
10 regular" principles, unknown 20 the ia
risprudence of Marshall and Kcnty
But enough for the New York meet
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