The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-24

none AZ 81, unless MS congress OF Ia
nAtics or ispacked bench of judges
shall say that his proclamation was
wind. But al this will not do. We
must abandon TO that demon thirst for
their blood, which has been indecsntly
exhibited from The frst, all the men who
have rendered orr annals conspicaous,
aud under whose lead we have won .
fame, if not name, among the nations,
We must leave the President 10 AbTa-
hams tender mercies. The Army of the
PolOmsc must offer up their glorious lea
der, under whom both have become IL
lustrioas. .Bsauregard must be hung. In
short, every officer down to Colonel, and
every civil fuuctiOnary, from Congress-
man to messenger, and from Governor to
constable, are to be retained for Lincoln's
milignity. How he and Seward and
Sumner would gloat over the hanging
bodies Of the sdead rebels"
"a even Lincoln base enough TO imagine
that brave people such az the Ccnfed-
crates have proven themselves, would, IN
der any stress of fortune, prove traitors
to the men they have called to lead them,
In camp or council!
This miserable attempt to divide and
corrupt as will be cOntemptuously re-
sented as the insult which it is. And
this is the best Lincoln can think Of for
us-utter prostratiOn at bis ieet--a social
ruin, horrible toevery white man, rich or
poor and our choicest citizens, whose
names are our pride, handed over to be
hanged. .afs -a
This infamous proclamation will bat
arouse Us TO new zeal and new efforts.
LIEcoLN's MESSAGE.
[Ffcm tue Richmond enquirer, Doc. lG
We, this morning, crafty the curiosity
of our readers with the message of Abta-
ham Lincoln. Recovering but recsntly
from an attack Of the small pox, some
excuse may be made for the message. 1t
is but another exhibition of bis weak.
ness and folly. Why his Cabinet will
permit him 10 make such fool of him
sell, and render their country an object
Of contempt and ridicule throughout the
world, can only be accounted for on the
supposilion that il is the easiest way 10
gel rid of him. They, therefore, permit
him to have the freest and fullest use of
bis pen. -. ~ e..
TO his Proclamation Of Amnesty and
Reconstruction, we especially invite the
attention Of our readers, and when the
'one-tenth" are ready TO succumb, we ask
the privilege of announcing it to their
Father Abraham.
At the present, we have not the space
to review the Message, and do not know
that we shall hereafter find the time;
but, as there are some features ia il SO
characteristic of G Yankee, we may on
future occasions refer to this Message.
From the Richmond Exlm' ner Dec al
The message of Abraham Lincoln is
to be found in the journal Of this mora
ing. So much curiosity existed relative
to this document, and so much of the in
formation which it contains is important
to the right understanding of the pres
ent phase of abe war, that we have pub
lished it entire, to the exclusion of much
other matter,
In style it is bare as leaf from q ledg-
or. Such derisive laughter has been ex-
cited by the Holsters previous attempts
at fine writing that he has no longer spirit |
to show himself. The tone is subdued +;
the langusge dry and plain; the exposi-
ton is brief as arithmetic. But all re-
Election upon the general chsracieris'ics
ef this Estate Paper" is forgotten in won
der over the conclusion at which it ar.
riYes and the proclamation appended |
thereto After reaffirning the universal |
abolition Of slavery, without c0mpensa-
ton, in the brOadest manner, Abraham
Lincoln offers s ''pardon" to all persons
in the Confederacy, under the rank of |
colonel, and who have not held any civil |
office, executive, judicial, Legislative, or
diplomatic, ia the Confederate States, |
who will give themselves up, and swear
oaths of allegiance TO the United States, |
which contain an obligation to acceptth
proclamation emsncipaiing the slaves.
When one-tenth of the population of any
State has sworn this oath, the said tenth
shall constitute State Government, and
send members to the Congress at Wash
ington. On condition of such submission,
tue creatures who make il shall be per-
mittsd to crawl on the face of the earth,
snd possess property, with the exception.
of slaves. These are to be enrolled 10 the
army of the United States and qasrteEPd !,
over the conquered States, where negro
soldiers will be billsted 10 every opse,
aud negro. Provost Marshals lord it in
evky village.
Such are the first terms ofpe1ce offer
ed by the United States to the people Of
the Confsdstste States. These terms are
joined With many vague intimatiOng that
they may b. withdrawn or modified as
occasion requires. "Those laws and
are enacted and put FORTH"
says the shallow knaVc, "for the purpose
of aiding in the suppression of the re-
bellion" But in vain is the tray set in
sight of any bird. Even geese would
scOrn the chat with which it is baited,
and shun the snare which shows the
moose on the surface. The Proclamation
Of Pardon will have as much, and no
more, effect than the Proclamation of
aud the Proclamation to
i'disperse,n which began the war.
This document has however one trait
Of real Importance, 1t reTesls the de-
,lne OF the mania for war in the United
States. Lincoln represents his people
now ss he did two years ago. Then, all
was bloody. COnliscation, subjagation
and determination were the only meas
urss be aud they thought or spoke Of.
Great is the distance between those days
and these. Instead of crushing the re-
belliOn" in ''sixty days" by gigantic
Union army" Che chief hope now rests
ia juggle. There is time for all
Ihiogs. A time for fghting--aud that
lime is nearly past q time for CHEATING
and that time is nearly come,
Abseutees from the Ssuthern Arrny.
The following is going the rounds of
be Southern press. We fad it in the
Richmond Seatinel, JEFF Davis organ:
AN APPEAL FROM HON. II. B. HILL.
More than half the men-ofiicers and |