The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-13


penalties OF the Constitution o. We think
a man not " tudor the Influence Of
strong passions" would have said. that
e the yaei is under the penalties. and The
loyqi man under the petectin Of the
Constitution" aud we think that both
law and common sense would sdStain this
amendment Of the Journals proposition
AL Of the Journals truisms about the
Constitution which arc trae make against
IT, Does il admit the existence of war
power in the Constitution II It does
not then every rebel who dies by loyal
hands is murdered, and every step our
armies make on southern soil Is = tres-
pass On private property, IL u admits
that tbereis a war power then IL follows
that everything needful 70 Vcaken and
destroy the enemy aud save the Republic
may DO done legally and conslitotionslly
by military officers. The jealous and
energetic war men who have been urging
. more vigorous prosecution Of tho war,
have passed without notice too long the
charge that they have Nc regard for the
Federal Constitution. For twenty years
the ,Gre-eaters ware forever harping ON
the Constitution, and protesting TO be its
especial guardians, and every copy Of the
Congregational Glide contained a disquisi-
ton on that instrument from JoHs MAsoN,
or WiorALL, or xxi 7, or looms, or
HANNoNn Virginia and South Carolina
were the only States, so said ihusc i'm
maculato writers, whore our Magma
Charta was thoroughly understood. Now
these politicians aud States are in open
rebellion against the Union, and as
our armies march cut to fight
these double dyed traitors aud in
crates, a new set Of logieians and
abstraclionists take their place, and
a rs that "the Constitution is the
law of the land, and thatTHE REBFt AND
THE LOYAL "a Z ALIKE NuE ITS IEO-
LECTION AND ITS r~ESALT1Esp Was it
conscience That led the editor of the
Journal Of Commerce 10 say that this
strange article Of his would be met with
accusations of disloyalty and charges Of
sympathy with rebeIlion?" Certainly he
had no right to anticipate any such Lam
guage from us, from anything he ever
read in our columns Tor, while we hold
aud publish our own views as to the
proper policy Of the Federal Government,
we have never INDUCED in indiscriminate
charges Of disloyaIty, against those who
disagree with us. But we cannot omit
noticing that the Journal in the same
number which contains tho critique on
our article, says that the " indianapolis
Sentinel is above suspicion The col.
umns Of that paper fop months past have
almost ignored the rebellion, and have
tcemed with ultra p]artizanism, and lac
tious opposition 90 the Administration.
No Blue Light Federalist Of Boston in
1872, ever denounced U7Es MADISON
with more vehemence than the Sentinel
has rallied at Mr.. LINCOLN. In the very
article copied by the Joraa} q CpaE-
msrcs from the Sentipei the Grand Jury
il called an " irresponsible body -
a "%secret inquisition as mean as the
Spanish inquisition." Is this the Ian
guage we are required 10 learn by our
New York Mentor before we can aspire 70
the name Of y cUnseryatiy92 Must We
rail at one Of the most wise aud yencra-
bic tribunals established bg English
Justice ere we can sit down by The side
Of the eulOgistssq NAlIANnIGIAN ald
the a~poio2ists Of BEy. Nopu? II The
Indianapolis Sentinel br mp 20 the J9w'-
MATS standard of loyalty, we are surr that
We shall never court IFS appreciation. We
shall not attempt 20 c%0niroyert the ,jJuy-
n1Ts assertion that " war is not ncccs-
sarily harbarous," but hand IL over 10
the censurc OF the wise aud good Of all
ages aud climes, who have universally
pronounced war a relic of barbarism
which human Legislators should ever
strive to avert as a mighty source of hu.
man misery aud crime, Doubtless the
editor Of the JoUroq} regards war as a
legal matter although the maxim icJes
silent i.iy' qr7la is So old that the memory
Of man runneth not to he contrary, aud
probably like the shipwrecked French-
man, who found a gallows with a skelc-
ton on it, on a lonely island, he consi dcrs
itan evidence Of high civilization,
nebcI alag Captured.