The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-10
TUEspAY MoRNIN0, NoY. 10, ZOE
"why cahs Tennessee, when Che
Union Srnv ia excIualVelr donirant,

Union army 10 feXciuslVciy uOiulHbutr
have Union civil government, DC p
Press
This question is put to ia by the Press
with some significance. II is pnt to us
with the evident assurance that there Is
some reason known to uB why this is not
done. tits put, too, with the apparent
'e ihsinustioh that the present government
of Tennessee Is responsible for The want
of aregular ciyilgovernmenti In Tennesr
see. Il is done, too, with an evident air
OF satisfied assurance that the people Of
Tennessee have been ready for this great
movement and that their efforts have
j been thWArtsd BY the military govern
.ment aos.
II the Press does not mean this, what
does il mean? Assuming, then, that it
utters this complaint against the present
szigOvernment, we would call upon our
neighbOr 10 answer how such a govern
ment could have been inaugurated. There
q. has been no movement on the part of the
people that could satisfy any reasonable
man that there has been the shadow Of q
.ass chance for electins State officers Or il
they had been elected, could they dis
charge their legitimate funciions2 In
"a some counties they could, perhaps Il is
y indeed doubtful whether the editor Of the
Press would expose his person in any
official capacity five miles from this city
tits hardly necessary to explain TO Che
public the nature of political affairs in
Virginia, and the Union, cannot devote
ftgcoiumns 70 instruct the Press exclu-
siyely. .'s"a .t" ~
J oItwould be desirable TO have the ship
-ymo9red safely in the hasbOref the U MON
vita her sails newly rugged, her mastu
MA and yard arms all re6tted and from bet
= ter and boundet timber She is in that
direction and under the guidance Of her
present pilot is surely and safely bound
,I7ii4g over the waves. In The language Of
alAte Confederate General (" Tennessee
tempest tossed and bolt-riven under the
v.guidsnco Of her great pilot, steers fOr
her mOOring and will be safely anchored
before the leaves fall w "a VI
We would urge the people Of Tennes-
see tospeak out fully ihsirrOpipioAs, il
is extremely desirable that civil govern
tbihsnt may be put in motion. AN the
loyal men in the nation as in this state
= pray TO behold her back firmly and
Loyalty. This State relieved from the
rebtllious would become the basis for oil
the great armies Of tho fepublic. This
done and the war would soon be over.
''@Tho obstacle, to extinguishing the power
of the rebels in North and South Caro-
lima. GeOrgia and Alabama in three
= nOnths Is the disloyal element Of Ten
nessee Let tho rebels in this State come
back TO their allegiance faithfully aad
asAthe war will be virtually ended.
The Press should lodge it's charges
:. where they properly belong. 1t is, I'M
Necessary for it to quarrel with those
that have stood up manfully for the
government from the commencement Of
those troubles. There are elements of
ruin and crime here yet upon which al
Union men might venture TO keep up a
war, without seeking to under mine the
Influences Of those that have ever toiled
for the good of the State.