The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-05-05

vile Democrat
We received the following card from
Mr.. BABER, of the Louisville Democrat
on Saturday night, but too late for it to
appear in our Sunday mornings issue
The Louisville Democrat aud tho
Hfep ubIisan Hammer.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, April goth, 1868.
El.tof @ he Nashville Union:
BE kind enough TO allow me a briel
space in the columns Of the Union this
morning, hat | may do an act Of simple
justice to the proprictors Of the Louis.
Vile Democrat. You have Reproduced
in your paper n number of editorial ar
iicles from the Republican Banner of 1861,
Of which, at the time, | was one OF the
editors and through those articles you
impugn the loyalty Of the Louisville
DeDtocrat, 10ih thich I am noi0 caitoriaRy
connected.
Now, Mr.. Editor, the louisville Demo
Graf is not, and should not be held, res
ponsible for articles published in the
Republican Banner under rebel authority
in 1861, or at any other time. The SEN
Tor editor Of the Democrat, who he's GER
tainly labored fer the Union cause ~aszeal-
ously and consistently as any member of
editorial fraternity, and now directs the
political lone of the paper, never dicta-
ted a word for the Republican Banner, and
the Democrat should not be held culpable
for aught that tho Banner said.
| am, tits true, responsible, in part, for
the articles you have reproduced, but
you know that, at least twelve months
ago, subsequent TO the establishment Of
Federal authority in Tennessee, l pub
licly and frankly repudiaied the errors
they coniain,an re-afirmed my devotion
TO the Government and Union which, in
truth, ! had never ceased TO revere. IL
is hardly legitimate that the errors thus
committed by me in the midst Of a revo-
luton which unsettled much older heads
than mine, should now be recalled from
the dead past, and made 20 stand against
the integrity of a public journal, whose
fidelity TO the country cannot be Justly
questioned. Upon the same principle,
you might impugn the integrity of the
Church, because a man who, having sim
cerely repented of his sin, had been re
ceived into its folds. Such, as / conceive,
is the only process by which our frac-
tured Union can ever be restored on the
basis OF a free peoples consent. / will
not offer a defense of my claim to being
a..Union man. Your opinion, or that OF
any one else, on that point, cannot change
the fact a particle.
Very Respectfully,
Gro. BABER.
Mr.. BADER, here admits, over his owr
signature, that he is "connected edi-
toriallJ" with the Louisville Democrat
He is remarkably silent on one interest
ing point, and that is, whether he wrote
the two paragraphs yillifying the mem
: bers Of the Nashville Union Club, which
appeared in that paper. We are sure
that he did write them, as the marks Of
paternity are unmistakeable. We will
reproduce one of them:
EMANCIPATION IN TExNEssEE.-Soyer-
al mornings since we stated in our news
column that at a meeting Of the Union
League" in Nashville, Tennessee, a reso-
luton had been adopted condemnatory
Of the institution Of slavery, as inimical
TO enlightened progress, dishonorable to
labor, and in favor of its emancipation
in that State, at thR earliest possible date.
This resolution we do not doubt, origin
ated with a fen men ia AashviHe lCho haze,
gone 10 that city since is occupation 5g 10
Federal forces, and 0bo really haze no pernla-
acnt interest ia tie tDeJfqre IF Tennessee. and
pho do not represent any respectable number Of
her people. We egceediRQlyfeq Mqt there are
osfgb oaf,i a3 M.aIauyya H.. H.. L..
stumbling block IN the tcag Of reUiviag The
Union sentiment of The people heye, c0er since
they sceatf into tie city. They are al traitors
10 The Union cause, having at heart none other
chan feelings Of bitterness tOtrdrds the Suh,
and wishing only tie destruction If her people
and her installations. Their mouth piece is
the Nashville Union. The editor is an
Abolitionist. His object has been since
the first publication of his paper, to
abuse the ladies Of Nashville, 20 villify
her most estimable citizens, and 10 make
war upon the Institutions of the State.
He is not a Tennessean, and went to
Nashville after the occupation Of the
place by the Federal forces.
The resolution of this "Abolition
League" has been herAlded through the
North as the expression of the Union
men OF Tennessee. We omphatically
deny that it is 80.
This was one Of the polite, not TO say
veraeious, notices which Mr., BABaR gave
Of large body Of tho loyal citizens o.
Nashville, many Of whom have roiei NOR,
years in Tennessee than he ever lived
10 say the very best Of these paragraphs
they were most shamefully and utterly
unjustiiable attacks upon the very bes.
men Of this city. With the exception o.
eleUen honorary members, who have never
attended one meeting Of the Club, never
signed its Constitution, and have no
voice in its deliberations, every member
of the Club is a citizen Of this State, and
nearly all citizens Of Nashville. Since
the Declaration Of the Club was publish
ed, several of the best and oldest citi-
zens OF Davidson county have subscribed
to ~ and ayowed their cordial approval
OF its principles. We began the publ
cation OF a Union newspaper in Kentucky
long before we were Of age, and have
keptth Union banner floating for wears
in the very hoi-bed Of Gre.eating ehiv.
airy, never for one moment leaving tbe
national flag before these u-nserupulous
villains, and hurting defiance intheir IA.