Daily national Republican., 1863-06-24
A R.sponss to ths Ethsrlau. Latter.

A Response TO the EtheFidHs Latter.
At a meeting Of tho Nashville Union Club,
held on the evening Of the 11th Of June, 1858,
Rev. W. @. Brownlow, one Of the members
thereof, offered the following preamble and
resolutions, which were adopted unanimously,
Whereas, The Hon. E. Etheridge, in re-
markAble letter OF three columes, In the New
York World, has set forth that there u an Abo-
lition Society ih RdshSille, meaning the Union
Club" Of this city; and ,ehsreds, this entire
letter has the Copperhead ring, aud makes war
upon the Administration and its war policy
and is calculated, II not intended, to give " aid
and comfort" 10 those In rebellion against the
Government of the United States, therefore,
Resolved, By the members Of the Nashville
Union Club, that this organization is one Of
Loyalty and Fidelity to the Federal Union, op-
posed to this internal rebellion, forced upon
the country without the shadow OF a prelext,
by a set of the worst men Of the South that ever
God permitted to breathe the vital air Of earth,
and that we are opposed to every man, North
and South, who at all excuses these rebel leaders
In their mad war upon the Government, or
sympathiges with their wicked objects.
Resolved, That the members Of this organiza-
tion stand! upon the platform of principles
enunclated by us In this city on the 2tst day Of
April, 1858, and In speech made by this same
man Etheridgo, in March last was a year ago,
| which speech was reported by the editor Of ono
of the then Nashville papers, said report being
corrected by Mr. Etheridge before 1t was sent
before the world.
Resolved, That President Lincoln, who is rid.
iculed by Mr.. Etheridge at a most fearful rate,
Is greatly to blame for not having discovered
at an early day that Mr., Etheridge was the only
man in Tennessee qualified TO serve as Military
Governor; that he ought to have been Prime
| Minister In his cabinet councils; that he ought
1 10 hau farf IN all ha ,nF D.,
rope at one time; that he ought to have con.
suited Mr.. Etheridge in all that was dsne In
| regard To- Tennessee, or any of the border
| States, the appointment OF Generals in the
field or the employment of negroes, In or out OF
the army; and that, the President having failed
to do 30, has displayed lamentable want Of
sagacity on his part. a. y "' Re- e.
Resolved, That in view Of Mr.. Rtherldge'l
position, as defined in this mAtchless letter, he
| Is a suitable candidate TO berun for the lucra
tive office Of Clerk Of the House Of Representa-
4 tives, by the " Peace party "'ih tho next Con
gress, and in opposition to the Abolition party
against whom he is now 50 galantly, eloquent,
Resolved, That the friends OF the "pecuiiaI
Institution" and the advocates OF Southern In
dependence, who have, for years past madt
war upon Mr.. Etherldge because Of his alleged
Abolition proclivlties, and of his voting and
| speaking in favor of the Black Republican
| party, ought to now forgive all his sins, past
4 present, and to come, and receive him into the
full fellowship In the most holy communion Of
JeG. Davis, Isham q. Harris and Dick Mccain
trinity In unity, and the embodiment Of ali
that looks to the glory, Immortality, andro
nown of the everlasting Niger. l''...rrI D.
hrsolVsd, That this preamble and resolution
be published In the Union and PreSs of thii
\ city, and sent out Unto all the world" as an
offset TO the many copies Of the New Yorl
| World, franked by the new born " "conserya.
tive" e. Etheridge, and at present an ofIicel
OF the Lincoln Government, under pay, .ant
enjoying the liberty of speech upon a larg,
! scale.