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

That able and fearless loyal paper, the
Baltimore american, makes the following
admirable comments on the late meeting
Of Conservatives, at the Cooper Institute,
No Third Party wanted az Present.
There has beehive see-another meet
ing Of the so-called Conservatives" in
in Congress, with Mr.. Crittenden at their
mead, 70 proclaim policy in tho conduct
of the war and the adiustmentof all Sec
tional controversies. We cannot but
think such a movement Premature, even
if 1t comprised every conservative at
Washington, and we cannot help think
ing, too, but that just such movements
have already, in the hands of such men
as Vallandigham, and others who figured
at this meeting, done vast deal to dis
tract public attention from the true is
Sues and the real and only method Of
dealing with an atrooious rebellion.
Whoeyer else may be caught bg aRy s,tch de-
Uices the Union men Of Magylaad are not
liksly to be. They we'll remember the adj
vent here of this same Yallandigham and
hisparticular friend Breckenridge, backed
by some others who have since clearly
demonstrated their standing, for the pur-
pose of advocating aaconservative policy
of some kind that was to tie the hands
Of the Government until Mr.. jefferson
Davis and his friends should at leisure
accomplish their vile purposes. That
many, perhaps most, of the gentlemen
who figured at the recent meeting at
Washington, are patriotic, we shall not
assume TO doubt, but even these we fear
are TO be made subservient to sharper
men in the present crisis of public affairs,
and SO we hope TO hear that, like the last
meeting of the kind in Washington aud
the recent one In New York, the people
will severely lei them alone.
When Richmond has fallen, and when
the Rebel Government is compelled
to hide in the swamps of the Cotton
States, or to cut and run for foreign parts,
it will be plenty Of time-we think-to
talk Of leniency, compromise, aud TO use
all the other soft phrases in vogue with
men Of the Breckenridge school who 6g-
ured few months ago in endeavoring to
paralyZe the strong arm of the Govern
ment in dealing with the rebellion. Ind
zoe imagine that M. Jefferson Dqvis, If he
loere permitted 10 dictate course Of action
here himself iOouH desire nothing better in
the ,oay Of an e8ectiUs diversion IN his fauor
than these so called "coase,vatir" efforts on
he part Of tie politicians
We bQpe, then, that foy The present, at least,
the n5assss--tle real people-ioiW lumistaEa-
big from upon his H0Uemeat There can
b bit hOo parties until his rebellion is PIT
30,0H-''thoSe for be G0Ueumelt, and those
against as aUelre3 Jy the laDeated Doug
las. We want no "bulIers," nothing to
come between the "belligerents" until
the question Of p0lCer is settled, and after
that peace will come of itself, aud with
out having any body to thank for "inter-
vention." We dislike Intervention" al
most as much here, as when il is tender
ed or limited at by John Bull, and will
none of it. That Yallandigham did not
figure in this last Washington meeting is
nothing 30 the purpose when we notice
some Of the other names that did, He
has become so obnoxious that those in
sympathy with him have at last learned
TO keep him Ia the background, if they
would have the shadow Of hearing from
the really patriotic Of the nation. This
rebellion is not 10 be PIT DOM BIZ any kind Of
Conservative" ora,@y or resolution" max
ing. That was tried thoroughly at first
and with the "Crttenden Compromise
resolutions" The atrocious foolery of
that period even now makes one feel in
dignant, as we think Of the part taken by
such men as Mason, Benjamin, Davis, and
others, in manmuyering merely TO gain
time, and with no purpose whatever Of
accepting any terms AZ all which should
stop them, short Of an appeal TO arms.
They have sought the latter, insisted upon
IL; let them get a suilloieney of what they
were after, and let the ma ion frown down
all attempts TO make terms for them until
they arc thoroughly whippcd--as they
richly deserve.