The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-20

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EDrTORIAE ConREsPOSDENcE.
Hxw aFEorx,-Eee.-al, s1s6Sr
rs BY che kindness Of ; friend Eztlsnded
- lgrbay Interests . g ssion ioI-the Uhipni
Lesgus Of Of. Cit, yssterasr evening.
The rooms N (which tLe Iesgne meets
: are large and very elegantly furnished
aud deeofssedSths probably supe-
3 rior in tie extent and richness o. their
ACCOMMODATION 70 any elub-rOou1 in The
counirys Andaps the distinguished per-
sobages in stlendsBee were the Hon..
Sfsorge Bsaeroit TIE historian; Senator
!. wrigbt Of Indiana, one 81 the nlustriOus
War Democrats" Of the nation, and
Gen. Lew Wallace, another of the same
noble remnant WHO seemed TO follow the
Soufberf secessionists who had become
tbs dsssoia q that organization. sena-
tor Wright enieFtsined the club with a
twenty minutes Spescb, 'delivered with
.isgrest feryor and received with profound
interest, ofleh Witt heaftg applause. The
distinguished speaker naturally occupied
a mnch Of his fims in csn1mensing on the
-elzse message u the President, or rather
that portion Of ittreaiing Of the "restOr-
:. ,Asisao OF the rebsllious stsies. lie paid
: a warn tribute TO tbe patriotism and
e snagnksinity Of En Lincoln and his
2 deep Devotion 10 The laws Of the land,
ard said that -ho lad made an emf
- hsnfly just generous and sale pro-
position for tbs reconciliation of
the revolving portion Of The country,
lie appealed 70 I'll to sustain the Presi-
deal zsalously, AID strengthen his hands
with al the uorsl as we'll as the phys
cal power Of the,Auserieau people. The
speaker depIorsd tbs existence of slavery
and said that be believed at the close Of
the war there would be none of it left to
.quArrsl,over. In this opinion ] emphati-
cslly concur. Providence seems TO have
hardened The hearts of the influential
rebels as he did that OF Pharaoh in order
that BIZ tLe obstinate wickedness of nan
sgreat national blessing msy be worked
cut fOr the people. A ahsrdened heart"
and "repro5afe mind" used 10 be my
Theological Stumbling blocks, and was
SLOW 10 believe that Providence ever gave
man up to sbelieFe lie that they might
be damned, p nut since the rebellion broke
out j have become convinced Of that fact
Althcugk may not comprehend the pfin-
cipls. Mr. lincoln may eGer as many
amnestiss as ne plsases to the rebellion,
but that sccursed body will not die or
yield lille the breath Of lie nOstriIs,"
slavery, continues in its body. An
attempt TO restore slavery in the re-
bellious States would assnredly be fol-
loved by another internal war as bloody
as The present one. The TINES, Tribune,
Post and Commercial, the leading Be
publican newspapers Of this city, ap
plaud Che Presidents scheme; while the
journal Of Commerce, Ben. Woods organ,
the News, aud the World, all copper
head, violently oppose it, This fact is
no little recommsndation to the scheme.
It would be a great consolation, in con-
neeiiOn Hilhrihis momensOus question, If
the venerable Chief Justice fancy
could be induced to taingle enough poetry
vita his legal lore % remember that
supsrnuous lass tie veteran on the stlgr;''
sad should crown his official sets by
final one, whose brightness woHld out
shine al iheEest -rssignatiou. Suppose
he concludes that the Federal Govern
ment must deliver up every slave who
has enlisted and fought in our army to
bis master, no matter how Febellious he
may have been What ihen ? But this
perhaps is hardly practical question.
predict that therevolting States viii de-
ride the Presidents prOffered amnesty,
and that the war viii 60 ON, just - the
President seems 10 feel il must believe
with Gen. Grant the most illustrious,
perhaps, Of ell OR military leaders, that
this war isia 60 on until The Gauss of it
shall be wholly destroyed. Human wit
is powerless TO avert its mission; or,
rather, l should say thsthuman depravity
10 50 fearful that The terrible mission of
war isnecesssry to purge the land of that
plague which Henry Clay pronounced
4 the greatest curse Of ali human evils"
New York is still 10 existence, but why
lean hardly imsgino. Strange as it may
appear, there is no watchfllness over the |
vast interests Of cur national metropolis
worthy Of the maize. Rebel emissaries
swarm here and lay their schemes, with
put mOlestation. II would not surprise
me 20 hear, any day, TIA, New York had
bsen fred at hundred or two different
points at once, and NEST of il laid in
ashes. Consider the capture Of the Ches-
EpsAke, the other day, and think what
criminal negligence must prevail here.
Certainly, the Federal Government would |
bejusti6ed in taking q city SO important
under its own supervision, at time like !
this. --e---
a very deep interest Is felt here about |
Tennessee. Ifshe adopts the true policy, |
We shall in short time receive from the
pOPuiOus North many thousand iumi-
grants and many milliOBs Of dollars.
l w s. z. M.
The following message was sent to the |
Q. S. Senate en- ths 18th inst
Herewith lay before yaa Il tssrAd.
dressed 10 myself By 4 committse Of eea- |
tlemen representihg Tia Fr,.a ~ A,1