The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-02

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Our readers will find the following ar
ticlc worthy orattcnlion, for several rca-
sons. ltcShibits the deep hatred and con-
tempt cherished by the secession party for
the white labonng class. 1t manifests
bitter opposition TO The democratic priuci-
pie OF general suffrage. II betrays the in
nate blackguardism ofyour thorough rebel
aristocrat. 1t shows an anxiety to JUS
tify the rebellion to the Southern people,
by telling, what the history of the times
proves 20 be base lie, that compromise
would have saved the Union. Il seeks
TO inaame the Southern mind by telling
Che stupehdous falsehood that the Gov
eminent is for universal system Of con-
fiscation. Lastly, it is highly amusing.
LINCOLN AND SEWARD. ..
[From the Richmond Dispatch, june I0I
If a stranger, passing a few years ago
through Springfield, Illinois, had visited
the Court house, and heard il predicted
that the ungainly, vulgar o,ire attorney,
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President of the United States lac would
have regarded the prophet as a fugitive
from the madhouse, and called for the
first policeman to restore him to his keep
ers. 1t is perhaps, supposed by those
who are unacquainted with the section
from which Lincoln comes, that he is n
fair specimen of the civilization of
Springfield. 4 greater mistake could
not be made. 1t will not do for his
| slavish sycophanis to shuttle off the re-
sponsibility of his ruflianism and vulgar
| ity upon the barbarism of "the Vest"
| Q region which has more real civilization
and manliness than the boosted centers
of New England refinement In The
| same town 20 which Lincoln emigrated
from Kentucky, and at the same bar
| there have been cmigrants from the same
State who would have graced any civic
or social position. The man was yul-
| garian and ignOramus in Illinois as evil
IDENTIFY as in Washington, He had
brought with him to the bar OF the courts
the manners Of another bar, at which he
had retailed whisky to the red-eyed to-
y pers Of the village at three cent glass,
and the culture and the finish of the
railsplitters and boatmen, to whose fra
ternity he had belonged in carly life
What a magnificent illustration Of the
iniallibility of the popular will2 What
an irresistible demonstration that " the
voice of the people is the voice Of God -
was the selection of this unmitigatcd
| BLACKBOARD for the Presidency of the
| United States
Now, on the other hand, if we were to
hunt over the United States for man, in
all the externals of life, tho least like
| Abraham Lincoln, we could find none
more different from him than William
ii, Seward. Iercscmblcs Lincoln neth-
er in person, manners, culture, nor intel
lCct. He is a respectable scholar, man
of the lamp, and a learned lawyer. lie
has mingled with good society, and been
successful in aping IFS manners, SO as 10
| present a respectable counterfeit Of gem
tleman to pcrsonsnot familiarity acquaint-
ed with that currency. Yet il would be
impossible TO find in the annals Of histo-
ry, Astounding as they do in similar ex-
amples, more signal proof than Seward
affords OF the utter inadequacy of mere
| intellectual cultivation TO CiyiliZc human
nature, or convert blackguard into a
gentleman. Nou might rs well undertake
TO transform pine table into mahogany
by the process of yepeering, az to make
gentleman out of such man as Seward
by any amount of external polish. He
has literally and truly no respect what
ever for honor or for good faith; he can
descend 10 anything that is treachcrous
and vile for the accomplishment of his
base purposes. The absurd and clown
ish President is less Of a villain than the
shrewd and polished premier, who has
upon his shoulders, more than any other
man in the United States, the RESPONSE
bility Of the present war, and of all its
misery aud bloodshcdfrHe deliberately
worked up the anti slavery sentiment Of
the North for his own political purposes,
Just as he had previously done that Of
nti-masonry, and the religious element
in the iree-schOol system of New York.
He, moro than anyothcr man, had the pow
cr,When Lincoln was elected TO the Presi-
dency, TO render impossible that resort
to arms which has plunged the country
in tears and blood. Lincoln was entirely
under his influence and had called him
at once to become his prime minister his
counsellor, and his friend.
There has never been a moment since
Lincoln's election when Seward was not
the real President of the United States.
Lincoln was from the beginning mere
clay in the hands Of the potter. A word
from Seward would have made him break
the ominous silence which he maintain
ed from the time Of his election to his
Inauguration, A word from Seward
would have induced him TO extend the
olive branch 20 declare that the govern
mrnt of the United States rested upon
the mutual confidence aud love OF the
people; that II had no power for coer-
cion and that he should exercise pow
ers not granted to him by the Constitu-
ton. What magical effects would such
a declaration have produced Who that
knows anything Of human nature, or Of
The proud and generous character of the
Southern people, does notknOW that such
a declaration would have saved tho old
Union; that not q gun would have been
| fred, not q dollar added TO the public
debit not q human llle LOST That ne
never spoke that word, thai he covered
himself with darkness, leaving his pur-
pose either for good or evil, only matter
Of conlecturei that, privately and indie
rectly, he caused IL 90 he understood
among the leading men Of the South that
he would moi resort 10 coercion. and thus
prevented the united preparation for re-
sistaneo, which might have kept OF the
war, and then suddenly, when they were
thrown on their guard called for an ar.
my Of 10000 men 10 crush the South
into submissiOn--al this is the work Of
William II Seward, for which, and an the