The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-25
SUNDAY MORNING JAN rs, 1868

The Louisville Journal contains a de.
served -castigation Of thnt thorough
paced traitor, Senator POWELL. II is a
burning shame that such miscreana
should be tolerated as spy for the
rebels, in the United States Senate. He
is as disloyal as BUoKEER or BREoKrN-
RrDsE, and The Senate owes it to its dig
nifty and reputation for patriotism, 10
expeI him. ~ gsl',.. 1900 4 ,,fI
But bad as POWELL is, he has his
fellow from Kentucky in the Senate, un-
less the telegraph does Mr.. HARDING,
Representative from that State, great in
justice That member is reported 70
have uttered these ibfamously disloyal
sentiments in o recent debate 10
Mr.. Harding, Of Kentucky, said the
emancipation, proclamation of the Presi-
dent hat united the South, as he pre-
dicted, rs one man, and .paralyzed the
efforts Of loyal men so as to leave little
hope OF the restoration Of the Union,
He spoks about arbitrary arrests, and
said any man or executive who usurped
power under the miserable, detestable
subterfuge of military necessity de-
serves to be called ".tyrant" He had
no hope Of reunion under the Presidents
radical policy, The. Democratic party
of the North and South would crush out
both the abolitionists and secessionists
and snatch the Government from ruin.
Nothing more REASONABLE has ever
been uttered in the rebel Congress, and if
Mr.. HARDING hadone spark of loyalty
in his breast, he would lave suffered his
tongue TO cleave to the roof Of his mouth
before it should have spoken thus. What
does he mean by saying that a paper
proclamation Of the President has "united
the lrlole ISoaahF' Who are the South 7
The rebelsg II sd, they were united
long before the Proclamation was ever
dreamed Of The rebel Government was
organized, and its armies were in the
field, and Union men were shot hung,
whipped, and imprisoned before Mr..
LINCOLN was fairly in his seat, But if
Mr. HARDING means that. the Proclama-
tion has united the loyal men of the
South with the rebels, he states what is
incorrect in point of fact. IL is not so.
The Proclamation has had no such effect;
and we defy Mr. HARDING to point to one
man of undoubted loyalty who has be-
come rebel in consequence Of the Proc
lamation. We have had in our posses
sion letters written by intelligent slave
holders, men and women, natives of Ken
lucky, living in both sections of that
State, warmly endorsing the Proc
lamation, In this vicinity the Proc
lamation has not only not made a
single convert TO rebellion, but is actual
ly endorsed by many loyal shareholders
It is regarded by loyal men here solely
in the light of policy, and we do not
know of one Onion man who would moi
advocates warmly if be believed that il
would cripple the rebellion. The loyal
man whose efforts TO save his country
can be paralyzed by any unwise, or in
judicious act, or proclamation, or resolu-
tion, Of the President, or Congress, OF
some military chief, has not learned the
first elements Of that patriotism, which
clings TO country, through prosperity and
adversely, through sunshine and storm
through good and evil report; and which
is not ready to say with CuRRAN;
s,For thee, my country, welcome even the lost:'
The patriot is ever faithful. The acts
of false or foolish friends cannot shake
his devotion TO his country, or turn him
from the path of honor. If after life
of toll in her service, An ungrateful ooun-
try's tickle populace should Danish hin
Srom his native soil, he would lift his
streaming eyes to heaven, as did ARIs-
TIDES, when he was banished by his
cOuntrynen, and pray the Gods not t.
permit this great injustice of the Greeks
Mr., HARDINGknows nothing of such pa
triotsm as thai His soul never glowed
with such divine feeling OF self-forget-
fulness.
But he speaks of the Democratic par
ty of the South snstching the Govern.
ment from ruinl Who are his Demo
Gratis? JEFF, DAVIS, or BENJAMIN, OF
IsHAM Harris, or MASON, or SLIDRLr, OF
BREoKINRIDeE Why, these men never
were democrats in the true sense of tn,
word. They always were thorough aris-
tocrats. They hate the people. They
despise the poor. They crouch And
fawn around Courts and Cabinets. To