The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-22
gsss9ille Antna.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY %, 1868.
VINO shan Restore thO state.

VINO shall Restore tho state.
The political gamblers Of the slave
ocracy, involved our beautiful State in
lhe rebellion. Prominent among these
partisan chuck-a-luck and ro-dealers,
were the aspiring scions Of Nashville
apprehension, and the parveau arisIo.
Gratis Of Middle Tennessee, who ruled
this commonwealth for many years with |
Unsuitable selGshness, and total con
tempt for the welfare Of the masses. II
was enough for these political tricksters,
n they could distribute all the fat Off
o,s among few kinsmen, and advance
t,e pseuniary and political interests OF
Z 10 cottonocraoy. For the non-slayt-
holders, tho mechanics, The tradesmep,
the manufacturers, The people Of the
Eastern portion Of Tennessee, they felt
no sympathy, and rather desired @ OPP
press them, go 90 TO keep the cotton
arisiocracy in their well featherod nests.
These tsrants kept = reign Of insolent
oppression. They arrogated more than
princely power 70 themselves, and ruled
as If a divine supremacy had been dele
gated to their hands They talk OF
"Sauthern Rights" and estate Rights"
but these speciOus phrases were only the
sugar coating to the bitter pill which
was: "Olg right 20 rule; the right Of
zoe, tho slave poorer The headquarters
of this presumptuOus clique was in Nash
virle, and here they marked out and
dictated the policy Of Tennessee.
We viii mention one instance Of
their dishonesty out of many. A
magnificent tract of Government land
had been donated many years be-
fore 70 Davidson county 70 erect Fiee
Academy, for her children, in Nashville.
After much engineering, n Board OF
Directors was appointed, in which, by
degrees, the majority consisted Of
planters who had little interest in this
county, and who owned herds Of slaves,
and large Southern plantations. These
men then worked the wires, so as to
give up the whole Free School grant Oi
land, 10 a great State University fund ;
and a costly University was erected
where the sons of rich planters might
be educated at exfavsgant prices, th'
poor young men Of Davidson not being
able to avail themselves Of its benefits
Thu whole affair was gross fraud upol
the people, practised by the Nashvill,
fire. eating 4" blooded" aristOcracy. Eve
rylhing else was managed in the SAM
manner.
Now, as il is very evident that Ton
nessec will be restored TO Federal con
troll, completely, we ask ,oho shall mari
out her domestic policy The same
clique, which for years has tyrauized
over us and defrapded us; or shall III
loyal people Of Tennessee, the true men o
the mountains, take the internal affairs o
the Commonwealth into their own hands
and manage them without asking th
advice or tolersting the dictation 3
their old masters? Are we to permi
the restoration Of the old "negro- wor
shipping" dynasty? Are we to COMM
the fortunes Of a shattered, bleeding
PROSTATE and, ali but exhausted State, {
the t.nder meicies Of the very factionisi
who betrayed her If the people vii
tolerate this, then we say in bitterness O
spirit, "God help poor Tennessee tn
men who have plunged her in the vorte
of rebellion and ruin are not the ones :
deliver her. The times demand an en-
tirely new order Of affairs Let US hav
new measures and new men. Instead o
the damnable counsels Of such imposier
as Harris, Henry, Zollicotfer, McGsv
Ock, and others Of that ilk, lot u
be guided by such live men as johnson
Trimble, BrownlOw aud Maynard Then
are earnest, loyal, progressive and lu
men Of integrity and ability In Middl
Tennessee, who have hitherto been gsg
ged by the slayeocracy. Let these nobl
spirits take the lead in restoring th
State TO the Union. We want no eley
enth hour Union men, 20 cit on the from
seat, in the Church, and sing hymn
to negro slavery. We are tired of tina
sort of stuG There are rebels who hAv
Joined us, only for the sake Of savin
slavery and the loyalty of such is a
worthless as the honesty of the devil.