The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-25
R%estoratIon OF the Union oa the
Ola slavery nasis.

restoration OF ihe onion oa the
Ola slavery nRsis.
The leaders Of the conservative faction,
who are berpetuhlly crying out for 'the
Union as IL was" conceal a great deal Of
mischief under this plausible phrase,
They mean that when the Union shall be
restored, every stakeholder shall be en-
titled TO all the local rights Of property
IN his human o1aRols which he possessed
before the outbreak Of the Slaveholdsrs'
Rebellion. They mean that no legal
rIaht Of ownership in negro bondsmeh
shall be impaired By the act Of traitors
or Of the Federal Government. They
mean that as far IS local laws Of the
Slave States have any force, and as Tar as
the laws Of tho United States, and lts
military power, If need be, can effect any
ling, the chairs Of African bondage shall
be slvetted as tightly as ever, and that
every fugitive slave shall be rotarned TO
his owner. This Is the sum and sub
stance Of that phrase "The Union as Il
wss," as IL is used by the oopperhesd
friends Of Morgan in Indiana, and OF
Lee IN Pennsylvania; as Il ia used BY
Andrews, Able McMastor, Fernando
Wood and their eo-workers in the New
York riots. They mean slavery as Il ,gas,
when they shout for "Tho Union as it
WAS"
Consider what must be done before
we can have such a Union as existed du-
ring the infamous dynasty of James Bu-
chanAn and John 9. Breckenridge.
Slave property is recognized by the
Constitution, we are told, and tho Fu-
gitive Slave Law requires that every
runaway slave be delivered up 10 his
master. There are to- day over 80 600
armed slaves in the national army; and
twice that number probably employed
on national Qualifications, aud as team
sters, laborers, and servants, and with
hardly ON exception, these slaves are or
were the chattels OF Indignantly rebel
llous owners. Hundreds Of these poor
creatures, struggling against the rage Of
their masters and the aneers Of our own
thOughtless men, fought heroically, aud
died as proudly IS LeOnidas and his
three hundred SpaFtans, at Milliken's
Bend and Port Hudson. At Beaufort
they yielded to the Government last
year a net profit Of S600,000 in cash.
AT many other points they have aided
the Government in securing large guam
titles Of rebel property, stock, cotton,
sugar, and other valuAbles, Robert
Small, with daring intrepidity, piloted
a rebel vessel right out Of Charleston
hRrbor, and delivered IL up 10 the COM
mander Of the blockading fleet. Re-
peatodly have they risked their lives TO
TO warn little squads of our soldiers Of
intended attacks, and such cases would
have occurred more frequently, had II
not been that they feared a repulso from
Our pickets, and a terrible death 81 the
hands OF their infamous masters.
We might enumerate maltitudes Of
cases, bat Il Is needless. By the publish
cd orders Of many OF y commanders
by the oOnhscstiOn act Of Congress, by
the solemn promised OF the President of the
United Safes, made in the emancipation
Proclamation, and by many concurrent
circumstances and events AL indicative
Of tho advent OF freedom, hundreds Of
thousands, yes, every slave In che rebel.
iOuS States, has boen lead 10 believe
that the nation means TO give him free
dom, spd has acted accordingly.
By The terms Of the Fugitive Slave
Law all those slaves, arc still property
still owe labOur 4 their masters. aud
must be remAnded from liberty 70 bond.
age, al the close Of this war or sooner. IL
possible.
II Gen. Banks, and bis whole army
were TO testify, that e frican valor aided
slgnAlly in taking Port Hudson, still the
brayest Of those black soldiers, is liable
TO be cowhided, aud sold on the block
to the highest bidder. The brave rem.
nAnt who survived the bloody aght At
Milliken's Bend are not only liable to be
sold, but a be tried, and hung by the
slave Code, for raising deadly weapons
agAinst their master. Every slave who
has given aid or Information to u OIL
GERS, and saved the lives Of our soldiers,
is also liable to be hung for aiding in.
yaders who were stirring rp mutiny in
the State. Every free negro who has
assisted u forces in any way, can be
tried for violating State laws in SO doing,
and can be either hung, or sold into
slavery. This will be the practical work.
ings Of "the Union as il was" on tho
old slavery basis If slavery is 10 be
reinststed, slaves remRnded 20 their
former condition, and shareholders re-
instated in all their former ownership Of
human chAttels, then slavery IN America
will present a darker and sadder aspeet
than the Spanish colonies ever Witnessed.
Here comes a Louisiana constable with
his bloodhounds, bringing in to the old
plantation half . dozen stout fellovs