The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-16
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sisting from rebellion as an excuse FOL
persistence therein. "If they should
withdraw their support from the rebel
/ leaders and return 20 loyalty and tdeh-
sy, You will nevertheless cOnfscate al
their property and divest them OF every
civil and political right: so why should
they What is to be their motive
their indueement?' The President hsl
answered the question and silenced Ihs
cavil. Every person now within The
territory of the rebellion, with except OF
of two or three thousand Of its more con-
spiciOus and determined chiefs, may So
cure q foil pardon tomorrow, aad be
restored 70 all his former privileges ~ {
loyal citizen Of the United States, with
his property intact leave that which NAV
have already been conhscAted and Sold
on the easy condition Of his swearing al.
legiafce to the United States, and Il
abide by and Acquiesce in the ac's of Con.
greBs and Executive Proclamation affect.
ing the Status Of slaves, 80 long and 50 fAI
as not repealed, modified, or declared
void by Congress, or by decision of the
Supreme Court" Here is required nc
assumption Of The universal efficiency
and irrevocable validity Of those acts and
proclamations, but 4 simple agreement
TO respect and abide by them, and eact
Of them, until the same shall be invali-
dated either by Congress or the Supreme
Court Of the United States. How Cat
any one who means TO be loyal AZ All, OBJ
| ject 10 these conditions Ninety O
every hundred Rebels may be restored Il
every right tomorrow without sacrifi
cling or relinquishing any particle oil
their property; while nine-tenths Of the
residue are required 10 relinguish moth
ing but their right to Cypress and sell
their fellow men. We believe Tennessee
Louisiana and Arkansas may be rsor-
ganized and restored to the Union on
this basis at an early day, and that the
residue will gradually follow.
HeDceforth, il caa neither be truthful
ly nor plausibly said that those who have
once been Rebels have no inducement to
return TO lOyalty, no hope bat in the tri-
umph of Disunion. They may come
back to morrow and enjoy every pOliti
cal or social privilege and advantage en-
joyed or claimed by any Ofus. We prof.
fer them equality with ourselves. Should
not that suffice and content them9
The country must now realize that
naught but Slavery obstructs the way
to Peace and Reunion. IL no metSpho-
rio or poetic sense, the Union and Lib
erty are henceforth inseparable. They
will either rejoice in . common deliver
ance and triumph or ell the same bloody
grave.
OF course, the master spirits of the re-
volt tOiIl not be conciliated. They have
stAked their all upon the cast, and N 1st
stand the hazard Of the die. But what
possible motive will . non-slaVehold6r
have for persisting in rebellion after re-
ceiving due notice Of the issuing of this
Proclamation? Merciless bands may
still scour the region cursed by the re-
Wilt, and drag every man and youth into
the Rebel camps-Often by the help OF
bloodhounds but TO what end shall the
non -slaveholding conscripIs remain and
fight? What they risk and lose by con-
tumacy is obvious: where is the cOul-
terbalancing gain? Depend on it, this
Proclamation, if seconded and sustained
in the loyal States, will 60 far to break
the back of the Rebellion.
In Europe, it will be even more gener-
ally efficient. The fiendish mAlevolence
betrayed by the Secession oracles is
rarely or never exhibited in Europe
through quotations from the Rebel jour
nails; yet none can fail to'reAliEe the re-
gretful tenderness and kindly charity
wherewith the Rebel masses are contem-
plated by the President. Though his off,
cial term of service has been rendered
anxious and troubled by their treason,
be has never ceased TO regard them az
deceived and misled, and 20 desire their
speedy return to loyalty and peace. The
mere influential British and French
journals conceal this, so far as possible,
from their readers yet the truth gradu-
ally makes itself known and respected.
But when the loyal North, through the
President, pref rs amnesty and restora-
ton on The single condition of acquies-
cence in Universal Freedom until Con
gress or the Supreme Court shall decide
that this is 3 condition which the Presi-
dent had no right to impose, Why should
any stand out? And how can Liberal
Earope withhold her ardent, active SYM
pathy from the cause that asks nothing
Of its deadly enemies but that they let
the oppressed go free? The Times will
misrepresent and The Saturday ReVieD
defame US as usual the aristOorscy may
still frown or sneer; but the masses Of
Europe, already insiinctively our friend o,
will be impslled by this proffsr to 8
more general and hearty enthusiasm in
behalf Of that Union which now repre-
sents, even more emphatically than hith-
erto, the aspirations of bowed and strug-
Cling Labor throughout the civilized
world. Thanks, then, to our President,
for the wise humanity and generous i'm
pulses which prompted the issue Of his
Proclamation Of amnesty 1t must be
that in this sign we shall conquer?
From the NJ Y. Times.l