The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-31
Arr,vn, Of oovernOr Johnson.

was met at the depot by the rlrsV DiiuN''
Tennessee Infantry, and the First East
Tennessee Cavalry, and escorted to bis
residence on Capitol Hill, by avery large
concourse of soldiers and citizens Ar
r,ying at his residence, he addressed
very few words TO the crowd, expressing
his belief that the day was not far dis-
tant when Tennessee would be Wholly
redeemed from rebel thraldom, and de-
olaring that there was but one path 10
peace by submission to the laws, ana no'
by armistice or compromise. de stated
that he would, probably, shortly take
occasion TO give his views Of the state Oh
public affairs, and asked the assemblage
TO excuse him from any further remarks
for the present On alighting from the
carriage he was cordially greeted by
host of friends who thronged around
him.
For some wet ks past he has been close
ly engaged with the War Department, at
Washington, in the promotion Of plans
which he believed TO be for The interest
of the National cause and still later
for some time, sickness in his family,
and urgent business connected with the
equipment of troops for East Tennessee,
have detained him in Louisville. The
Governor has an abundance Of physical
and mental muscle, and few men can per-
form 80 great an amount of work in
given time, He is emphatically work.
ing man. We are gratiiled 10 know that
his scheme has met with warm reoep-
ton over the North, and that the Gov
ernors of severalsStates, New York in
cluded, have offered regiments and brig
AIDES TO raise the %, 900 soldiers desired.
We hope that Tennesseans will now
give louder response than ever to the
calls of patriotism, and rally around the
flag of the Union.
The incalculable Importance Of freeing
Tennessee wholly from rebel domination
and moving her safely in the harbor of
the Union, long ago impressed itself on
his mind, as perhaps the first step to be
taken in crushing out the rebellion, and
without any premature specifications at
the time, we may say, there is much
ground for hoping that his lsbors at
Washington have not been in vain.
II is a matter Of profound regret to all
who have watched the progress Of the
war, that his plan for building a rail-
road from Central Kentucky to East
Tennessee, which was so warmly urged
by the President, was not adopted at the
time. II now appears to be recognized
as a military necessity" to say nothing
of the partial solution it would give to
the negro question, by taking one or two
hundred thousand rebel slaves to aid in
its construction. The road will yet be
built and before the end OF the war. II
is absolutely needed. The laborers will
cost the Government about segsn cent
per day.
Like Wright, of Indiana, Dickinson, o
New York, and Holt, of Kentucky, al
though lifelong Democrat, Of the Jack
son SchOol--perhaps we should say, Be
cause he was such Democrat, Governo
johnson has won place in the hearts o
patriots, throughout the land, by th
plain, vehement and powerful appeal
which he has made in the popular forum
in behalf of the army, the Administers
ton, and the Union cause. No speciou
party watchword, no smOOth-soundinl
and plausible phrases of selfish politi
clans, intent on riding into Office evsl
over the ruins of the country, were 4
seduce him from the honest, bold, AM
generous support of an administration
which, even had it committed errors
was still entitled TO the help Of all hon
est patriots,
He spurned that false conservatism
which forgot that there was a rebel
lion, in the fury of its opposition
Republicanism, and "stole the livery" ,
Democracy TO serve the cause of treaso
and appealed to the people to lay asic
party preferences, and rally to the suI
port Of the President
Such an appeal from the lips Of time
honored Tennessee Democrat, smote Il
hearts of the people with a power, whio
perhaps, no other public man in the Ian
could have put forth. The hypOcriticS
so-called conservative leaders, hithert
elated with their sucoess--at one me
ment sending secret peace commission
ers TO the Southern Oonfederaoy, and I
the next caucusing with Lord Lyons, fo
the purpose of obtaining British inter
ventiOn--shrunk back astounded, and
short time the grand loyal reaction 8,
in over New Hampshire, Connecticut, an
the Northwest None will feel MOI
profoundly gradfed to Governor John
son for these timely labors, than thos
intense haters Of rebelo, oopperhoad
peace, and armisice men, the Union
loving soldiers of the Army OF the Cum
berlAnd.
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Public expectation is 80 rivetted o
vickaburg, that all things else, for th
time, seem tame and void Of interes
We trust that we shall soon be able I