The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-28
IFsou, the Nashville Union
The KaSas Of 0DecOnssGuctiO0.

IP.oua the Nashville Unionl
The Basas Of o8ec0nss.uctA00.
TIE proslsvery Uniouists. . very small
and rapidly diminishing party. labor under
the prepos,erous delusion, that when tbs
/ Union shah be restored, the slave holders
~ii obtain eli the gaarsatsss they desire,
in addition to al the old and caahersoms
M achinery which the whole nation was for.
merly put under bonds to run for their bens
fit. The only basis these conservative
gentlemen can see 10 the protection Of the
slave property Of their Southern brsthern.'
The people have had quite enough Of this.
and very generally think that an institutions
which demands the protection and direction
no. only Of the local Gover,mens Of the
States " here it cxists. but Of oil the other
State Governments, aud the Federal Gov
men,. itself, is . nuisance and an imposit; on,
and should be abated. For il is no: enough
tor slavery that il should control oil the
slave States and National Government. but
every Governor. Legislature. and Sheriff
from the Ohio river 70 the Csnsds line, and
tn Allan ir coast. must be an obseq uious
servant and slave catcher for the slavehol-
der. There never can be . restoration OF
the Union 90 such bari, - the revival of
the African Code. II is idle to talk Of har.
manizing the very ground OF disuuion.
/ Il is incomprshs nsible Why any man who
desires a restoration Of the Union, and the
establishment OF harmony between the W.
rious sections, should select Is the basis o.
restoration the very thing about which there
has been for three generations the 6ercest
dispute, and which a. least 97.o0O,0O0 out
81 o 20 900 Of the American pc 1ple. 10 say
nothing of all Christsndom abroad, thor.
A. IL
is,. hold slavery to BE- more valuable than
,he Union hat they ask tha: the Govern
ment shall be in the future. - in the past.
lilo servant instead oa the master of that un
popular syssem?
Slavery is to De protected. BY new guar.
antees, ii asked for. and all fugilives are TO
be surrendered. 10 that the proposition!
Well We will consent to il when JET Davis
gives back the Uated Siatss huy GOO, 600
! manly sons. wb, have lost their lives in
ouelting this heinous rebellion against free
government. Never until then! We ad.
wise ouI friends to be quiet on the subject OF
i slavery protection. The country has had .
little TOO much Of il already. The day Cor
such protection 10 paas:we have paid heavy
price in blood for that sort Of work already.
and do not cara To- rspeat the exhsusting
/ process.
There is oee brosd. se~ated. hasis OF
restoration which is strong - .d.maus, and
on which the people may IN securely stand.
| Ii is the principle which uudsrles our Gov
ernment and all our institutions. That
principle is Fk4EDoH. Every body admits
that freedom Is wight as = principle. and
every body admits that slAsery 10 wrong 40
principle. Now Freedom and slavery are
warsiug elements which hsve brought about
this contest! Each is struggling for the
mastery. Which shall We sshs ~ the basis
of harmony and restoration; tho principle
which every ybody approves. or the principle
hardly anybody approves. Shall We adopt
the method Of an oligsrshy. and lss slavery
rule. or shall we adopt tie method Of dc
,nooracy and let the majority rule? Shall
the many yield 10 the fsw or the few to the
nany2 Whose inserssss. 1pstes. and pre-
JUDGES, ara ses BE eopssltsd. th"se Of 3pO.-
mo- in TIE nature OF shvesy to - N peaes
with any hing. hisEks the pike which is
said to devopy sN oths, 6shss. Suppose
/ slavery be reiussassd II it, old authority.
what then? Will Ne have peaes. or war,
in consequence? Let ~ take Tennessee for
ar example. A restoration OF the State on
the slavery basis would Instantly revive an
ultra pro-slavsry party throughout the Mid.
d s and Western Divisioas. No candidate
could be elected. or appoiats1 to any Office.
who was not intensely pso-slavs1y. Sls.
very would be the oaly topic discussed in
the newspapers. or upon the stump. The
odious laws o. the old slave code, the more
summary rule. Of Judgs lynch. would be
enforced against every writer or speaker
who should venture to question the justice
or policy Of slavery. Il 10 also certain. that
every man who supported the present Re
publican administr .tion erber directly or
/ indifecily. in civil. OF military capacity.
f! woult be forever excluded from al positions
of tsas; and profit BY the slavery faction.
Now. does any .ensibls loyal man desire
+ to see Tennesses restored TO 'he Union in
ary such way ~ This, in which the ele-
+ ments of oiseord are all increased, and their
/ fury aggravated instead Of being lssse
0us nigh, IS vel. Try 20 cure ptaisot Of
yssing fever BY drinking boiling wster, and
hol.i red rot iron. The lost Of power. the
thirs. Tor gain, the dissfuss Of ali interests
escep. their ova. and iss consequent Efforts
10 mono pol re eli political power. would
gro. out of slavery in the fsssve. just -
! hey dit before. and would 10 . brief space
I en- gender another rebellion. moro dangerous.
/ bec.rse bsuer planned. thar The present one.
Ne zee but oos sais kaSis OF restoration. II
/ il lie OASIS Of iresdom incorporated IN our
national ediioe. approved By sses expert
sncs and heartily appssaded b. the immense
majority Of the people.
|, may be ssksd. Why astash % much i'm
porianee 10 the final sdjaseosss Of the sls-
livery question. in restoring sbs Unionf
Because i, is he o.ly poiss q di6sreaes.
between the various S.asss. possessing any
signi6canoe. No oshes question prevents
The inmediats seaaioa e Ne dneesdass
States. 1t is fos shveEy osiy. thsa the
sou,hsrn Ssaaes can b waited. ssd il l.
: .cains, slavery oaly thas - nosthsrn ssaass
can be united Rsmovs shis easss Of con-
,rov~rsy, and The sssssa1 PsssiDas u sAs Re-
pabEc will sPsisg saCehse asA beedns
Ifrmly eo.solidsseS Od6eenia and Osiaos,
far OF on the RasiGs. ihsa6h ssfrosDdsd By
v,ss wildsss0ssoAd ~ ASdAtaia naecs