The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-19
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n DRAFT.
Whether the weak and reckless men
who temporarily administer the Federal
Government are aware of the fact or not,
Il Is un~deniably a fact that De very eria-
enoe Of ne GoVornHent hey admfnister Is
quite as seriously involred IN he execution Of
he CONSUMPTION ukiA Aey are noso putting IN
force as u las been IN any other measure or
event of The var. The act Of itself, which
should never have been framed, except
with the most absolute difference TO the
Constitution and on the broadcast attain
able basis Of representative support, was
fairly forced 70 its passage through the Con-
stitttion and OUsT tho restraints and dtcencies
Of Senatorial debate. Such were the cir
cumstances which attended its passage
one might almost have supposed the ma
tlonal legislature TO be al OF garohic %c0nspir
Gcypkotttng a Vast scheme Of military seyVitHde.
Il measure ,ohich could not haze 6eea pen
ttSed HDon in England even ia thoss dark
days t0hen The press gang FILED &e Eaghsh
ships. Of tcar 10Th saves, and dimmed the
glory Of England's noblest naval heroes
- measure wholly repugnant 20 the
habits and prfjudices of our people was
thrust into the statute book az one might
say almost by force. u raS not only a
o0nscrpeson5 bit an act By CONSUMPTION.
Such we're the incendiary words which,
repeated day after day, at last aroused
an ignorant mob to riot robbery, arson,
murder, and every phase e brutal ruff
aanism. And this is the work of con-
seva6ve newspspersl Conservative Of
what, pray? Why sl the radicalism of
the mobs of the French Revolution, and
all the rage of the London riots never
discarded and repudiated conservatism,
and law, and humanity, and order, 80
sweepingly &C these CONSERVATIVE Journal
Of New York did. They knew that thcse
rawlings would lead to mischief, and they
chucklcd at the thought, IS Mark Antony
did when he said,
" Mischief. lhru arr anotr'
We thank these base hypocrites who
have csnted 80 vooiferOusly about haLeos
corpus, and illegal arrests, that they have,
10 their premature rejoiCings, cast aside
their robes of light aud exhibited the
naked devil of mObbism in all his hid
eOus deformity. They would make
capital Minute Men in South Carolina, or
a good Vigilance COMMITTEES In Mis-
sissippi,
While the people were shouting over
the great national victories at Gettys-
burg, Vioksburg, Port Hudson, and He
lena, these copperhead conservative our
malls were endeayOriDg by violence TO ar
rest the execution Of the most important
war measure Of the Administration. To
the nccIamAtions OF she loyal they added
the groana Of murdered officials, slain by
New York r%uflans in discharge Of their
duty.
The country will heed the l%esson, and
rally all the more eagerly around the
Administration, which is sndeaVcring TO
save the nation from ruin.
While this radical Administration
Is winning splendid victories, tho New
York copperheads are numbering officers
and soldiers. While the army is oAptur-
ing 10000 rebel soldiers, the New York
cOpperhesds are numbering the agents Of
the Government who are working to re-
inforce the army. The federalism Of
1872 covered itself with infamy, but lis
infsmy win be glory beside that OF the
Northern traitors Of 1858.