The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-24


an interesting question what influence.
will control-what hands direct the ex'
ecutive Government Of his State L:
Tennessee to continue under military
control for q while longer, or will q
State Convention Of loyal men be called
% re-establish popular Government
! IL State Convention Of loyal men il
! called it will frame a new constitution
that will accord with the march OIL
events, and open up for our State an
easy road to wealth, density Of popuia
ton, material progress, the develop
ment of our resources, and the happi
ness of our whole people The policy
Of the nation has been determined by
che late Presidential election It ii
the integrity of the Union, the crush
ing out Of the rebellion and the ami
hilation Of the existing cause.
1t will be well for Tennessee, if she
accepts frankly the policy Of the ma
ton For her TO be factious and hos
tile TO national policy cannot change
that policy, bat may De. most injurious
10 herself Injurious, because IL will
keep her for whilsalonger tied TO q
corpse that exhibits 81 ms Of advanced
decomposition Injurious because 1t
viii retard her prosperity, restrict her
civil and commercial privileges, prevent
emigration TO her fertile soil and keep
alive an agitation that Is ruinous 10 her
prosperity
Slavery in Tennessee is gone. Ii
cannot befesuscitated by any political
galFsnism of rebel artillery. So it is in
Missouri 1t IS buried in Maryland
The funeral in Delaware cannot be long
postponed In Kentucky it must soon
give up the ghost In rebeldom it is
being killed by the project of arming
the blacks to fight. Some may suppose
that the rebellion would have been
sooner put down if slave property had
never been touched by war, or blacks
never been placed in the Federal ar
mics; but we must right or wrong, &C
cept the past. What is done is done
The Government considered certain
measures needful 1t enforced them; ;
and it is not possible. to put slavery
back in the status it enjoyed when the
war begun. The national faith is
pledged that it shall not be; the ma
tional policy is adverse to anything
looking that way, and the loyal millions
of the country will never again suffer
slavery to have peaceful existence in
this free country. Let US cut loose from
the corpse-let US accept the new con-
ditions in which we find ourselves, and
do our utmost to place TeRnessee in
the front row of cur glorious galaxy Of
States.-herlpkis Bulletin.
The foregoing brief article from the
Memphis Bulletin is worthy of the Sc
rious consideration of every citizen of
Tennessee. The time has arrived for
the exercise Of their right to secure for
themselves the blessings of a republi-
can form of government through the
fundamentally of constitutional con
yention, and to remove, if possible, all
distractions to their future prosperity
and happiness. In the present chaotic
state of affairs, no one has any as
surance of competent protection; and
none should hesitate to exert their in
faence to restore order and good gov
eminent
The policy of the Federal Govern
ment in the enlistment of our able
bodied slaves il the army, and giving
the boon of freedom to their wives and
children-together with the gradual
of the cords and letters Of
slavery, incident to state Of rebellion
has greatly reduced the lsboring
of the State, and unless
something is done to remedy this,
very large proportion of our best and
most fertile lands must 60 uncultivated,
and production and capitll, already
materially lessened, be still further
So long as the remedy
is postponed, the condition Of the
people will grow worse and
worse We are now great body
Of consumers, slowly but surely, ex-
hausting our resources, and shall soon
become entirely impoverished, if we
permit things TO remain as they are
1t is useless for US to hesitate about i'm |
energetic action, and meeting,
the responsibilities of the
hour. By prolonging our unorganized
we cannot save the remnant
Of our slaves. 1t would not be sound |
policy if we could Slavery is doomed,
aHd it becomes us, as sensible people,
10 wash our hands of all connection
With it. By so doing, we shall take the |
best step to repair our misfortunes and |
10 secure prosperous end brilliant flu
lure for ourselves and posterity. Ten
nessee, as free State, in few years,
will take higher rank than ever, and |
will be immensely richer, in popula-
ion, productiveness, and all the ,ele
nents of greatness The history of the
great west furnishes US with indisputa-
Die proofs of the advantages of free
,yer slave labor, and points out to US
he road to wealth and honor
A Convention will be held Let no
me have any doubt of this. And ev-
Try citizen of the State owes it to him7
elf and to his country, to aid in the
election of delegates, and shaping its
policy.