The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-18
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A contemporary denounces Horatio
Seymour and Washington Hunt, Of New
York, for their general course respecting
the present war, and particularly for
positions taken by them in letters pub
lished sinos The aFrestof Vsllandigham.
The Northern anti Lincoluites, are dis
tinctly and especially characterized as
being worse than Sumner of Chase. Our
contemporary goes 30 far as 10 announce
that il would be glad to learn of the ar.
rest of these men by Lincoln. The de-
sire that these arrests be made is not the
resultof athope that good would grow
ont of. them in the way of goading the
Northern people 20 violent resistance /;
but the position of the journal in. ques-
ton is, that Seymour, Hunt and others Of
their class deserve arrest for their innate
meapness ana for their offences against
Lincoln, MIA. t.t I ..' ....
This isa strange attitude for South
ern journal, or, indeed, for a sensible
journal anywhere. The leaders thus We
hemently denounced are as fiercely anath-
ematized by Horace Greelsy as they are
BY itself. Their arrest would cause es
much joy 70 Charles Sumner or Henry
| Ward Bsecher as could possibly be ex-
pressed by the editor, whose articles sug-
goats the thoughts we are peDning. We
respectfully submit that this community
| oil, wishes, on the part of two extremes,
is conclusive proof that reason has not
had It's legitimate sway in the discussion
of this question. Passion has been DOM
inant. There has not been enough of
calmness. GUS
o. The great and disastrous war which is
now raging must have an end some day.
| When il will terminate no human pres
cicnce can now foresee. But this much
we al know, that Abraham Lincoln will
never give us peace. That is certain.
This war will continue until his pow
is broken. The men so heartily abused
by our contemporary are welding all the
| influence al their command TO wrest the
power from Lincoln's hands. Hence they
are obj ects of special hatred and denun.
citation. by Sumner, Wilson, Beecher,
Greeley, Sc. Why, then, should South
| ern men wish to see them thrown into
dungeonsP Why should Southern men
wish TO see them arrested in their lauda-
l bic work Of trying 70 overthrow the abo :
lition power as welded by Lincoln
Isolated expressions may be taken from
the publications Of Northern conserv-
alive leaders, and so distorted as to lead
4 to great prejudice against them. This
is uufairlo We should look 20 their gem
eral course aud the grand object they
have in view. They want TO PROSTATE
| Lincoln, who is an insuperAble obstacle
| TO peace. Thus far they have the heaPt-
felt sympathy OF the rational intelligence
of the South. Thus far taey ought to
have the sincere sympathy OF every man
and every woman in Che Confederate
| States. iat. b. aaeii.i .l laia n.lal 81
i. Why do they want to overthrow Ln-
| coin, Chase and Sumner? Their gener-
ally avowed reason is that Lincoln, Chase
and Summer are laboring TO subiugate,
rob and plumber the South. On this
point, therefore, The conservatives arc not
as bad as sumner and Chase.
But discarding all niceiies and refine.
ments of melaphy steal reasoning, il can
be shown that these men are really for
4 peace II is true that they avow them
selves as being for war for the consti-
tution--as being for prosecuting the war
30 long as IL is carried on in accordance
with the constitution, &c. But, whils
saying this they denonnce Lincoln foI
waging war against the constitution
/ They charge that Lincoln, Sumner and
/ Chase have transeended the constitution
in their war policy. fence they are OPP
posed 10 Lineoln's war, and as Lincoln
will not change his war policy they are
inierentially for peace. .-~ bal.
4 SO far from wishing fer tho arrest o
sueh men as Seymour and Hunt, we ap.
plaud every effort Of theirs which tend
TO embarrass Lincoln, Chase and Sumner
and weaken their power. We should like
TO see them get possession Of the govern;
ment. Take the worst possible view Of
such contingency, and we would los'
q nothing. Lincoln will give us no peace
They could do no worse. But we are thor
or.hly satisfied that, under the rule d
such men. this war would come TO 1
speedy and honorable end.
!, bai Such articles as we are commenting
! upon do inahitc mischief in the North
,fhey nre copied there with eagerness IL
p the Ab0iuOn JourhAis anu accnhpAnAe'
with appropriate comments. The eiiee
Is 10 weaken the influence Of the anti
Lincoln leaders. The conservatives arr
insulted, derided, laughed at Linooln
Sumner and Chase find their handi
strengthened, and they gather new ener
gies aud new resources for their brnta
war upon us.
D Such results can only be deplored b!
the enlightened statesmen and diplo
matists Of the North. and the SOUTH
through whose agency peace must ulti
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