The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-31
President LIncoIn's PfOclamatIOn
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President LIncoIn's PfOclamatIOn
IN the ISebel Cong ess.
In the proceedings Of the Rebel Con.
press. published in the Richmond En-
auirer, Of December is, we find thai
President Llncoln's amnesty proclsma-
ton was under consideration in that de-
leatable body Of traitors. Their wrati
waxed exceedingly hot at the document,
and they could only find vent for their
indignation in the most vituperative epi
thets.
Mr.. Foote presented the following pre-
ambls aud resolution:
.'Whereas, A copy of the truly charac-
teristic proclamation Of amnesty, recent
iy issued By tho imbecile and unprinci
pled usurper who now sits snlhroned
upon the ruins Of constitutional liberty
in Washington City, has been received
and read By the members Of this House;
now. in token Of what is s9iemnly be
lievsd 10 b the almost undivided senti
ment Of the people Of the Confederate
States,
Be 4 resolved, That there has never
been a day or an hour when The people
OF the Confcderats atss were more in
lsxibly resolved than they are at the
present time, never TO relinquish the
struggle Of arms in which they are en-
gagged, until that liberty and ihdepen-
denee for which they have been so ear
nestIy contending shall have been Al last
achieved, and made sure and steadfast
beyond even the probability Of futUrs
danger; and that, in spite Of the reveFses
which have lttely btfallen our arDies 10
several quarters, and cold and selfish in
adherence 20 our sufsrings thus far, for
the most part, eginced in the setion Of fore
eign powers, the eleven millions OF en-
Iightened freemen now bztting beroic
aily for al that can make existence de-
sirable, are fully prepared, alike IN cpl
rit aud in resources, to encounter dangers
far greater than those which they have
heretofore brsysiy met, and % submit %
fer greater sacrifices than those which
they have heretofore 50 cbeerfaliy Gu
countered, ia preference 70 holding any
further political conHection with q Gov
eminent and people who have notori-
onsly proven themselves CONTEMPORARY
regardless Of all the nights and privileges
which belong 70 = state Of civil freedom,
- well as Of ali the most sacred usages
Of civilized war.
sMr. Miles regretted that the gentle
man from Tennesses bad introduced
such 4 resolution The true and only
treatment which lha, miserable and con-
temptlble despot, (Lincolnj should re
ceive At the hands Of this HOUSE was 81
lent and uDmitigSted contempt. This
resolution would appear % dignity pa
per emansti1g from that WTstched and
dstestabIe abortion, whose contemplate
emptiness aud folly would receive the
ridicule Of The civilized world. De
moved 10 lay The subject on the table.
aMr. Foots was willing that the pre-
amble and resolution should be tabled,
with The understanding that II would in
dieats the unqualified contempt Of tbs
House for Abraham Lincoln, and his
message aud proclamation alluded 70
ar. Niles said there would be no mis-
understanding about that.
eThe motion whs unanimously adop'
ted.
Similar resolutions, offered By Mr.
Miller, d Va, went the same way
The above speaks for itself, sad il
venom is almost As bad - We might ex-
pect 70 emanase from the mouths Of {
conclage Of CoppsrheAds. Bat IL look
very much % ns Ike whistiing 70 keel
their courage up. lis more than likely
that quite another feeling besides that o
indignation seized hold Of them, els
Why resolve again that the people Of III
Confederate States should continue I
Hsat On. Alrekdg the Annesty procls
mstion is making vast inrosds upon thel
wening aeHer, aud tasy know 4 vel
II Afkanaas. Texas, Easssrn Tepnessel
Mississippi. Louisiana and fifEinlas