The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-09-16
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proper course as State Of the Union |
which certainly she has AZ no time ceas-
ed to be, 20 elect Legislature and del- |
egaton to Congress, and enter at once !
upon the discharge of all her old duties |
and the enjoyment OF eli her old priv |
ileges. She should perform the acts that |
Kentucky performs aud be treated 40
Kentucky is treated. Is there any OBJ |
stacle TO this? If So who interposes il?
And by what right?-LouisDHe Journal
Yes there is obstacle, We have a
Military Governor appointed by the |
President, which Kentucky mover had |
The people are waiting for Governor
johnson TO authorize and direct cleo |
lions; and Governor johnson is perhaps
waiting for the people to invoke his as
distance more greatly than they have
done-iasfviIe Press,
Perhaps il would be q sufficient reply
to the first insolent paragraph, to say
that it appeared in q newspaper which
Hereby denounced tho President for
calling out troops to suppress the rebel
lion. Had troops not been called out
Kentucky would have been plunged, as
Tennessee was, into the whirlpool Of jeff
Davis Confederacy Fortunately pa
triotic President called out an army TO
suppress the slavery rebellion, and Ken
lucky Is consequently not IN the South
ern Confoderacy, greatly doubtless 10
the disappointment and chagrn of The
Louisville Journal, paper which never
had principle, nor uttered manly, pa
triotc thought Had the advice of Rous-
seau, Joseph Holt, and Gen. Nelson not
.sa been overborne by the EARNED neutrality"
doctrine of the Louisville Journal, Ten
nessee would have been spared infinite
suffering, and torrents of blood. The
worst foes Of Tennessee during this re-
belon have been the pEO-slavery poliu-
clans OF Kentucky, who proved false to
her in her hour of trial.
We are astonished that the Press should
not only join in the sneer Of the mali
cious Journal, which, like oiher reb-
s.s.. els, trembles with fear aud rage at the
prospects in Tennessee but speak of tho
Military Governor of this State as being
- an 'obstacle" in the way of the reslora-
tt ton Of civil liberty. Governor Johnson
f from The very day he assumed his
present office, has not ceased both
publicly and privately TO express his
earnest desire that the people of Tennes-
see should enjoy civil governme Mt as soon
ia as such thing was practicable. No
man knows this better than the editor of
the Press, and it is singular that he
should speak of that officer as being an
haE obstacle 10 the restoration of our State
Government We are aware that many
persons who were active rebels under the
reign of Gov. Harris, are anxious that an
election should be held without delay,
ever the State, for officers of various
grades, feeling strong hope il not an
assurance that such step would place
the State in the hands Of the very GLASS
ofpoliicians who helped TO drag her in
to the rebellion These men do not de-
sire restoration Of civil authority so
. much as restoration Of The old, YeJellioas
Pyo-S'avwy influence, which has cursed us
SO bitterly already. Recognizing but one
institution in the State, and but one ele-
ment in State Sovereignty-Slavery--
and regarding only class of men as
needing or deserving proteoGon-Slave-
owners-they are eager TO re-organize
TennesseS under mammoth SlaUe police
The next step would be to receive TWEEN
ty thousand or thirty thousand State
militia differed by Galvanized"
Guerrillas, after the fashion of
Governor Candles officers in Mis-
souri,, whose sole business it would
be TO suppress "rsdicAlism," over the
State, and If any little burning affairs
should take place in Knoxville, or Shell
byville, or Greenvile-why, il would
teach transient Adventures aud slap
dash -innovAtors 10 mind their own bust
ness There is nothing more certain
than that such is the plan and programme
of gentlemen who have figured exten.
sivoly in tho rebellion.
But in what respect has Tennessee
been treated unkindly by the President?
Was il an oppression TO give her MILF
tary Governor instead of leaving her
entirely TO military authority? Ken
lucky had no Military Governor because,
thanks TO Rousseaus soldiers, Magoiin
was not suffered to follow Harris's ex-
ample, although he did come TO the State
line and confer with that official Ken
lucky was never formally in the Confsd-
eracy, nor was she held by Confederate
armies as Tennessee was. There is no
parallel between her situation and that
OF Tennessee Had Wicklffe been elect
ed last August tits very certain that
Military Governor would have been APP
pointed in Kentucky But after all, we
know that Gov. Robinson, who preceded
Gov, Bramlette was an officer who virtual
ly deposed Gov. Magolin, who was suffer
cd TO resign merely to preserve the SEM
blance of civil authority, But all this.
while Kentucky had a Legislature, she
had sherifs, she had circuit aud county
courts, she had Justices Of the peace