The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-21
now 70 nestoro iho rebellion.

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made by a very shrewd observer
the petition Of q delegation Of Lou
isiaua planters, that the President would
allow th, N 10 take the State Government
into their own hands, and thus %restore
Louisiana 70 the Union. ~ 70 a P'opo-
stiop," said be, "b rsstars Ire REBELLION"
We cannot characterize the request bot.
ter, made under the circumstances, and
by such parties. A New Orleans lettor
ssysi
Dr. Coiiman End company are in Wash
logtOn pretending to Tepres'nt forty 0i
the parisheR u LOuisiaDR-when IN truth
they don't represent one; above all, The
parish Of Orleans, containing one-ihird
Of the population Of the State, is n :
represented by them. The entire thinf
IL q hole and corner affair of 3 few men
In the i~ntsrest OF Slavery. They are
aelf. elected NV never appointed
by The people Of any parish Ia this State
AT . DTfvate meeting held 10 the ST. Charles
Hotel on May ~, . few planters consti-
tinted themselves the Representatives. oil
tue pthPie Oh LolAaAhhaf huu - C"Ahntt
tee Of three Wss appointed to 60 e.
Washington 10 forward TIER interest
Ice, the slsveholding interest.
There never has been any meeting
other than the one referred 10 above held,
so you can see In what way they repre-
sent forty parishes. The slaveholdinP
race are like the Stuarts-" they learn
nothing, and forget nothing
So this is the real state CT Affairs, over
which the conservative journals have de-
claimed 30 vOc~iferously, Tho petition
which was very sensibly rejected by The
President, was gotten up by q clique Of
rebellious shareholders, who, growing
hopeless Of the restoration Of the Con
federate authority over New O%rleans, ana
fearing that Gen. Banks's free Labor
system would soon kill slavery, seized
upon this mode Of prolonging the life OF
that institution. To talk Of restoring
civil government 10 Louisiana at pressnf,
and Of Withdrawing the United States
military force, is wholly impracticable
Instead of restoring Louisiana to th'
Union, it would be " a restoration Of lh'
rebellion" In that State. Squads o
guerrillas, who are encouraged and sop
ported by the shareholders, still infes
nearly all portions Of the State. N,
United States officer, and no State office
who acknowledged his allegiance TO h,
United States, could discharge his dut,
in any considerable portion of any
parish without the risk of assassination
II has been but a few days since Bra.
shear city, q short distance back OF New
Orleans, was attacked by Gov. Moore
troops, and % largo amount of Govern
ment property destroyed. Not one o
these Louisiana sisveholders who ask tb,
President TO yield the State into ,hei
hands would dare TO make Union speech
es outside Of New Orleans, for fear o
being captured by Corfedtr rate soldiers
Thousands Of the Louisianiaus, nc doubt
in the Interior Of tho State, cherish ih
hope that Joe Johnston will YET plan
the Confederate flag over ,ho Custom
House of the Crescent City.
1t wOuld be criminal folly in the Pre-
sident to surrender the keeping of ths
which il has cost the nation 40 much t
Obtsio, into the hands Of mon OF doubt
fol aud newborn loyalty. As well asI
shat the Uuited States forces be with
drawn from Memphis, Norfolk, Nash
willie, VieksbuFg, and other places fror
which the rebels have been driven, as /
ask for the surrender Of Louisiana, At
time like ,h's. II these Louisiana plant
ers are loyal they must know that The
osnnot carry on their State Goyernmer
without the military aid Of the FEEDER,
Government aud their State GOyernme,
would be but a nominal one-StAte
name, but Federal in fact. II they a
disloyAl, their request is not to be COZ
sidered favorably for one moment. Il
the policy, rs IL certainly is the inter
of tho Administration 10 relieve itsel
az soOn AZ il Is practicable, Of the bu
den Of providing for the government
States which are In process of RECLAIM
ton; but 10 attompt to ro-establish the
local governments prematuroly, at a lii
when one false step might throw the
into tho hands Of the rebels, wou
evlnoe a singular lack Of wisdom al
sagacity. Lei us advance so that
shall, have 10 take no steps baokwar
Il is certainly safer for the loyal Louis
anians to remain a little longer uad
Federal patronage than TO rely IN ther
selves alone, being in a minority. Be
ter put up with q few temporary inooi
venienoes than to risk the terrible co.
sequences Of a relspso into Confe,
crate power, the DISASTROUS effect Of viii,
on the Union cause, both here al
abroad, Same DO estimated. IL il be
ter for = feeble patient whose System
Just recovering from a severe shock
keep his bed a few days longer than
expose himself aud relapse into diseas
tits remarkable has this cry FOE Il
immediate reorganization Of Louisian
m from a class Of newspapers WI
have always said that the rebollic
could not be conquered. It wouI