The national Republican., 1862-04-17
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Mr.. Ethsrides, - Clssk d he Houss, he's
returned froa vbit 70 Nsshvills and other
parts of Tssae.sa visiting hh home (and
lsmily) snose othsr places he brinss q en-
report Of The STATE Of feeling among
tAs sub s,antial population Of Tennessee. Al
certain points -Nashvillc, Memphis and at the
towns slcng the great railway lines there h,
undeniably, . good deal Of disloyal sentiment
remalnins. This b easily accounted for, these
localities having done ane busIness with Tho
rebel Govern ment, and especially The War De-
psrtment Of that bogus Government But away
from these centres, amopg the ysomanry Of the
State, there 10 very general loyal feeling
The common people are sick Of the rebellion,
and will gladly welcome The old Government
and The old Union.
We have seen other gentlemen from southern
Tennessee, who know very thoroughly the
topography Of the country, and they assert that
sipce the bridges across the Tennessee river
have been burned, the position of Gen. Mitchell
b perfectly safe. Beauregard cannot now send
troops against him, and previous 70 the late
great battle, Beauregard had called in all his
troops from Decatur and very many from Chat
tanooga. In Eastern Tennessee the rebels have
ali they can do 70 keep the loyal people quiet
and can spare no troops to attack Mitchell
Il h quite probable thai Knoxville and Eas,
Tennessee will soon be In oar possession.
10 Nashville and Louisville the universal
opinion seems 70 be, that the disasters Of the
dr.t day Of the Pitsburg battle are ascribcd 10
the criminal neglect Of somebody 70 provide
against surprise. II was this surprise which
cost us 50 many prisoners and 60 much artillery
on the first day. .'
EMANCIPATION.
The President signed the District emaucipa-
ton bill al an carly hour yesterday, and the
notification was brought 70 Congress shortly
after one O'Clock. A message was sent to the
Senate, nominating the following gentlemen ~
commissioners under the act: Daniel r. Good
loe, Samuel r. Vintou, and ex-Aayor Berreta
We trust that the business Of transporting slaves
from the District 70 Baltimore will now case.
HOW Is IT DONE!
The Maryland Ne,os Shee. yesterday morning
contained three or four columns Of late news
from Richmond-one or two days later than
any other news received houorably and hon
estly. The Ne,os She'd Is notoriously rebel In
Its sympathies, and in It's republica.ions Of tht
villainous Richmond journals, II answers all thu
purposes Of genuine secession journal In Bal
timore. According 70 its mode Of managing
things, it may regularly republi,h the Rich
mond Enquirer, simply leaving of the name ant
putting on Its own instead. But the question
is: how does the Ne,os She'd get the Southern
papers? Who keeps up this new /" underground
railroad ~
POWELL ON CoNPlscATIoE.
II any one were 70 Judge Senator Powell b
bis late colleague, Breckinridge, he would "a
that his very long speech delivered 10 the Ser
ate, yesterday, against confscatiou and In d
fence (:) Of the Constitution portends bis futur
open treason. That WAS the way Of BreckiI
ridge One day he was agoniz'ng over th
Constitution in the Seuate--the next in arm
against L. Mr.. Powell admitted that me
would call him traiter because he defende
tbe Constitution" No, sir that is not the re-
, son. II Is because you and your friends Al
always believing against every attempt 10 p'
down the rebellion, bu. neuer say ,oord again
he r,Lsuion hseJ! Nobody doubts the loyal'
Of Mr. McDougail, though he did attack Seer
tary Stanton 80 severely. Why! Because
votes men and money, and talks sgsinst rebe
!. lion. Who ever heard Powell ssy anythlr
against the rebellion? Who ever heard Va
. lsndigbam! These gentlemen are never indie
nant at anything JEFF. Davis does, but are fol
Q ever boiling over at Ar. Lincoln's conduC
As for the argument Of Senator Powell, Il d
not amount 10 much. Mr.. Wade was right, u
day before, when he said that II you hunte
deep down into the hearts Of these people WI
, make no much fuss over the conduct Of Il
Government, you will find traitor blood ther
ONE THING AT TINE.
. The House Committee on Elections, 10 u
, case Of Byington against Vsndever, have d
elared that man cannot be member Of Co
J sress and colonel in the army at the same tim
They say:
"The committee are, therefore, clearly Of u
= opinion that, In Whatever light Col. Vandev
s Is regarded whether as an officer Of the milit
3 OF Iowa, actually mustered Into the service
the United States, or ss an officer OF the aru
proper Of The United States, his position 10 n
= only incompatible with that Of Representa-,
:, In Congress, but also that his case falls clear
, within the last clause Of the 9th section Of Al
of the Constitution Of the United State
It which provides that no person holding an Off
# under The United States, shall be member
either House (of Cougrsss) during bis contin
snce 10 Office.
"The loyalty, patriotism, and vslor viii
prompted Col. Vsndever 10 leave the compal
!, i've ease Of this Hall and take upon hims'
A. the labors, vexstions, hardships, and dangt
- Of the recruiting service, the camp, and I
~ battlefield, impressed the committee with
U warmest admiration for his character, and Q
in ham, a utr Aostro lf,a vaI