The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-11

The Restoration Of the Common
wealth

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The Restoration Of the Common
wealth
The redemption Of Tennessee, our rich
aud beautiful State, from the presence Of
hostile armies, and the ravages of civil
war, must be paramount objects with all
uprlgbfand judicious ciiizens. Terrible
'cslamitiss, both moral and financial
have fallen upon us, and filed our bor-
ders with sorrow and desolatiOn, far
sarpassing 10 number aud mhgnitude.all
our previous conceptions Of The disasters
which afIiict nation whose people war
with each other. Therefore, if man
have in his soul any emotion Of religion,
Of common charity aud humanity; il he
desire TO prosper in worldly affairs and
provide decently for his family T; if he
cherish any feeling Of patriotism and
devotion TO his State, as Tennesseean
and American, he must, above all things
else, desire the cessation Of war in this
State, and The restoration of the civil
authority. The business man who does
not desire the restoration of civil authori-
ty here must be fool the Scholar and
professional man who does not must
be lnnatie; the Christian who does
not, must be a hypocrite; the fas
ther who does not must be a
brute; the mother who does not desire
IL, must be demon, compared with
whose internal character, MARY mazda
LEN, before the seven devils had gone out
Of her, was a spirit of mercy and an
angel of light If any son or daughter
of Tennessee, opposite the return ofpeace
70 her borders, then in the name of re-
ligion, of humanity, of civilization, and
of freedom, we say, let him or her be ac-
cursed both in this world and in the
next. And I0tc shall we obtain peace ?
By forsaking the cause Of treason, lay
ing down the arms of rebellion, and re-
turning TO our allegiance TO the Union.
We cannot stand idle and obtain the
blessings which we desire. We must be
as active in our labOrs to re- establish
the authority of the Federal Union, which
Andrew Jackson declared must be pre-
served, as we have been, in the vain and fu-
tile attempt to cast down this nOblest ia
brio Of craftsmanship and philanthropy.
Rash and infatuated men that we were
who thought to war against the God of
Light, and conquer! AS well might we
have essayed TO turn the sun from its
course as the States of the Federal Union
from the goal Of continental dominion
and universal freedom. We must come
up boldly 10 the work of restoration
All morbid sympathy for kindred and
friends must be banished. IL is no lon
ger allowable, il it ever was, to sympa-
thize with and aid the enemies of our
country and society, however strong be
the ties which exist between them and
ourselves. He who suffers his sympathy
fer a disloyRl son or brother TO nullify
his own loyalty is traitor himself; he,
who for q similar reason, abates his de-
yotion TO his country, is on the high
road to treason, and striding with
fearful rapidity 10 the dreadful goal
TennesseAns, this prOpitious hour for
action on your part. Governor JOHNSON,
who stood faithfully by you in your
darkest hours, is here at your Capitol,
earnestly working TO effect your complete
dsliverence from all the evils of rebellion.
The greatest of the rebel Generals, with
the best of the rebel armies in the South
rest has been overthrow and is falling
esck, and retreating from this State
p esident'LNooLE, earnestly. desiring the
storaiion of Tennessee, has suspended
ne Emancipation Proclamation so far
As she il concerned, out Of Difference TO
the suggestion Of some of her leading
loyallsts, The Federal Government is
acting with unparalleled magnaninity
towards this commonwealth, whose ma
terial aid TO the rebellion has been enor-
nous. Many Of our citizens pointed TO
the Proclamation as an evidence that the
Preident desiged TO ruin the State. What
will these persons say to the suspension
of the Proclamation ? But the suspension
will avail nothing unless the people avail
themselves Of H. IL we do nothing for
our own redemption, the war will still
rage within cur borders, and practical
emancipation will assuFedly go on, and
rapidly. To use the words Of well.
known politician Of this State, who is
responsible for much Of the ruin which
this rebellion has wrought, "0.e friction
u lear ioiH free he slaves, iohetIer he Id
Hinissatioa desires II or not Every man
Of sense sees this daily manifested in the
operations Of the war; and for this
state Of affairs the rebels only are re-
a..,.,fhla Thar cannnt with the laaai