The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-22


for tho mastery. W1Sa shaH us falls "
re basis Of harmony and sestoraGoa5 6e
principle icRioh everybody g2pc0eS, Of Tho
Prtnops which hardly anybody oH7Ovesl
Shall we adopt the method Of on oligar-
chy, and let slavery rule, or shall we
adopt the method Of democracy aud let
the majority rule Shall the many yield
to the few, OF the few 70 the many :
Whose interests, tastes and prejudices,
are to be consulted, those Of 100000 per-
sons, or those Of over ~ 100000? II Is
not IN the nature Of slavery 20 DO
at peace with anything. Il is like the
pike which Is said 10 deyour all other
fishes. Suppose slavery be voinstated In
lie old authority, what then2 viii We
have peace, or war, in consequence Let
as take Tennessee for IN example, A
restoration Of the State on the slavery
basis would Instantly revive an ultra
p%ro-slavery party throughout the Mid
die and Western Divisions. No caAdi.
date could be elected, or appointed to
any office, who was not intensely pro-
slavery. Slavery would be the only top.
ie discussed in the newspapers, or upon
the stump. The odiOus laws Of the old
slave code, the more summary rules OF
Judge Lynch, would be enforced against
every writer on speaker who should ven-
ture 80 question the Justice or policy of
slavery, II is also certain, that every
man who supported the present Republic
can administration either directly, or in
directly, in a civil, or a military capaci-
ty, would be forever excluded from all
positions Of trust and profit by the
slavery faction,
Now, does any sensible loyal man de-
sire to see Tennessee restored to the
Union in any such way as this, in which
this elements Of diecord are all increased,
and their fury aggravated instead of
being lessened9 One might as wen try
TO cure a patient Of a raging fever by
making him drink boiling water, and held
red hot iron. The lust Of power, the
thirst for gain, the distrust of all inter-
ests except its own, and its consequent
efforts to mOnopolize all political power,
would grow out Of slavery in future,
just as they did before, and would in a
brief space engcnder another rebellion,
more dangerous, because better planned,
than the presentone. We SEQ bu' ono safe
basis Of restoration. It is the basis Of
freedom incorporated in ouc national
edifce, approved by sage experience, and
heartily applauded by tho immense
majority Of the people.
II may be asked, why attach so much
Importance to the final adjustment of the
slavery question, in restoring the Union
Because it is the only point Of difference
between the various States, possessing
any significance. No other question pre-
vents the immediate reunion Of the dis
cordsnt States. IL Is fr slavery only
that the Southern States can be united,
and it is against slavery only that the
Northern States can be united. Remove
this cause of controversy, aud the severed
portion of the Republic will spring TO-
gether, and become firmly consolidated.
California and Oregon. far off on the
Pacific, though surrounded by vast will
dernesses and lofty mountain ranges from
the sister States, and over two thousand
miles distant from the National Capital,
and bound fast to the fortunes Of the
Republic by the golden chain Of Free
dom, whose links, consisting OF education,
morality. end progress, ars stronger than
Jupiter's
Go,isn sVetisFire Oh b.,
whose stro1g 'o'race aattl hesree ara earth snl
1sia.
But faint those no5lN States with thG
curse Of negro sOndage, add they tOC
would fall AZ far a. South Carolina int
tho black and seslhing whirlpool Of dis
union. Yes, carry ont honestly the greAi
principle Of freedom on which this Gov.
eminent was founded. Make the States
free, and thus congenisl In feeling. It il
. step forward in the path of virtue
Free speech, free schools, free newspapers
free labor and free institutions; these
are the agencies by which ell interna.
dissensions will be virtually removed
and this beat Of Governments rendered
perpetual.