The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-21
5. Q. mEHOEn, Edltor.
no TImo for ConciIIation.

NO limo Tor SoucitiaAohs
The eagerness which some manifest for
the Cancellation Of the rebels, proceeds,
in some instances, from kindness of heart,
but In many more, we suspect, from an
unwillingness to undergo the hardships |
and priyations Of war. Heaven knows
how glad--yes, how rejoiced we would !
be, IL Il were possible at this very mo-
ment TO win over those who have risen
against our country TO their old obedi-
cnce. But is this Cancellation possible at
present? We think not. On the contra
ry 70 attempt Cancellation now would be
most hazardous to ourselves. An armed
foe threatens our lives, and il we lay
down our weapons Of war and resort TO
reason, and argument, and entreaty, he
may oVerpower us, while we are unarmed.
II is absurd to think Of conciiating an
armed enemy. First conquer him if you
can, and then when he is in your power
10 will be noble 10 show him that you
desire his welfare and wish TO be at
pSIce with him. But TO offer compro-
misses now TO the rebels is tantamount TO
a confession of weakness, No man OF
true loyalty will propose such thing at
the present time. 1t is worthy Of notice,
that all those journals ndipoliticians
which advocate conciliatory propositions,
have been in the interest Of the fre-eat-
ers for years past, and were the apollo
gists of the rebel leaders up to the very
hour when they Withdrew from Congress.
Conciliate indeed. If deadly serpent
were about TO spring upon your child,
would you experiment with the reptile,
by trying to sooth him, according TO the
art of the serpent charmers, or would you
crush its head with a club? What,
us this a time to Jest and daily now'"
Whenever we hear one of those wishy-
wUshy, long-winded, solemn eyed com
promisers persuading the Government to
snap iis sword in piooOs, and send COM
mission composed of WIoKLIFFE, CAR
Isle, VALLANDIaHAN, DR.. OLDs, and BE-
RIAH MAGoFFlN, to Richmond, to sing an
Ode to Compromise, before JEFF. DAVIS,
we canuot help recalling the spirit words
of the Ettrick Shepherd, on the subject
Of CANCELLATION
"NO need o. cessions--coD found con
cessiOns-Whig and Tory may meet one
another at the halfway house, and sit
down TO a Cancellation dinner--but as
soon as the strong drink operates, the
false friends will begin to glover, first
suspieiously and then savagely at one
another--the towards will egg on the
Grouse TO fight---then with glib tongues
will keep gabblin about principles and
consistency-thoy'll no be lang in calm
one another names--renegade, apostate,
ratical, yultra, and every thing else tha's
infamous and fearsOme - till finely
there's battle-royal clourin OF
heads, and a beatin O. bottoms; while
the bars and benches are tleein up and
down, and no man sic is the Gale shangy
rippet and stramash, can be sure whether
he's knocked down or no by new friend
or an auld enemy fairly, by the clenched
fist, or by some sharp instrument treach-
erOusly concealed in the palm of the
hand--till the whole country side scan
dalized at sic nefarious behavior, rises up
like one man, and kicl6in' the heterogen-
Gus mass o. inconsistent combatants out
o. doors, pull down out O. very rage, the
half way house itself-alias the C0nciHq
ton, alias the Accommodation taUern. No
levin 80 muokles as single stone to tell
where the olay-biggin stood"
This lively description of the old
shepherd, is faithful picture of tho up
roar in which our compromise thinkers
and Cancellation journeymen would be
sure to plunge us. There is no manhood
no honesty, no principle, no justice, nc
sincerity-snd therefore, no permanancy
in their lilnsy plans of settlement in
which loyalty aed rebellion, patriotism
and treason, honest citizens and thieying
guerrillas, loyalists and rebels, WASH.
-INoToN's and ARNoLDs', ST. PETERS and
JuDAsEs', officers of justice and criminals
are all massed and huddled together and
placed on an equal footing, as entitled tC
the same privileges without distinction
of persons. The idea is utterly prepos.
storous. No right-minded man can toll.
crate il for an instant We must put
down the rebellion, and if the rebels re-
fuse to submit and still shout to us de-
family that they will not be subjugated
and obey the laws as we do, why then
they must find ano'h0- counhy--they can
not stay among us. This is the land OF
the loyal This is the home Of those who
obey the laws. This is a nation whose
citizens recognize the right Of the major
ity to rule. This is republic whose
foundation is the right Of man 10 self
government We and our fathers have
lived happily under it for more than
eighty years, and by all that is sacred
and noble, we swear that we will not sur
render t.
The rebels in Tennessee tel us that
the Administration is making war