The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-09

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REGISTRATION OF the State AuGhor-
tiles.
In brief article yesterday, we called
attention 10 he magnitude OF tie achieve
ments Of tbe Chattanooga army; and ss
they are apparent 20 al, meme need be 60
bind as rot 10 perceive that political
consequences IS important IS, perhaps
even more important than, those Of .
military character, vii and must snsus.
No one but foolish dreamer would fayor
= perpetual government Of the TebsIlious
sections, ss mere Conquered provinces
such aprocssdiug would Be not only IN
profitable, bat contrary to the genius Of
our inst,'uiione--fatsl to tho republican
principles upon which our oli,ical sys-
tea rests. This State Governments mnst
Be rsorganiz. ID by the loyal people Of
the States themselves, small though their
numbers be and graduslls the civil
power sill Be pre- AIRED to supplant th-
military, and law and order be re-estab-
hihed once more.
The people, algays accustomed 10
self control, and to the moderate con-
tt,sint mpossd By . mild civil admins
trsiion, would gradually fall into the
support # governmentto which they
might, at frsf, seii u,ly object whenever
they became convinced Tat it secured
them liberty AID security; and one By
ons would accept conditions they could
not change, aud which they viii grAdu-
ally perceive were the result Of their own
FLY; and at length the military need
no longsr De called il TO AID in the exc
culion # legal process.
None can fail to perceive the .dvin-
tAges Of the sxis'etcsof . civil govern
ment cooperating with The military, 10
tie work Of suppressing he rebellion
How we're May land, West Virgins,
Kentucky, and Missouri saved to the
Union ? By loyal governments which rex
listed, or were speedily established 10
each. The whole burden was not then
upon the military, whose chief occupa-
tion, when practicable, should be in &C
tive campaigning. The States above
named, have been cleared Of tho foe, and
now nearly ell the troops can b. spared
10 other field; TIE local authorities be
ing able TO protect tit'zans, aud expsl
such small marsuding guerrilla parties
as may occasionally visit them.
That which has occurred in Kentucky
will occur in Tennessee, if the proper
steps are taken tho experiment. in Mis-
souri, can be success fuliy repeated in Ar
kansas and Louisiana; for those States
are now less infested with rebels than
Missouri was in 1861 and 1862. Ken
ticky has maintained its Safe author
tiles from the first; yet at 10 lime during
tbs g ct tsO years Ct The wsr, was it as
nearly clear Of reb,l troops Is Tennessee
is to-day.
II any evidence were wanting Of The
potency Of an orgsnizsd civil admin
is,ra,ion, it cruli be found ia tie history
Of this aud other S ates, during the
memorable crisis which sccceeded the
election Of Mr.. Lincoln. Tennessee,
through lie legislative and admin. ira
tive machinery, was made to assume 3
hostile attitude towards the Govern
mcnt-nade to array itself on the eide
of The rebellion, against The clearly ex.
pressed viii of The people and what is
trne Of Tennessee, is true Of North Car
olins, Arkansas, and-other Sts'es; and
By supsrseding the rebsl governments il
those Commonwealth, by others of =
loyal character, the same relative advan-
tsges will be gained by rs. Shall We
possess ourselves Of them
The diGleuliiss vi icb surround there
siOrstion Of the civil authorities chiefly
relate TO the iucipient steps. Without
discussing the legal status Of States in
rebellion, or Nhe,hsr they 90, or do not,
sacrifice their political existence, it ia
cuough for tie present TO know that the
old governor AID legislature Of Ten
nessee have I'D 10 Dixie; tnst anarchy,
save so far as the military authorities in
tervene, exist; thatevsa with the old Goa
stilution 10 fol force, there are no officers
appointed or eleced under it whose
terms havs net expired; and therefore
some extra constitutional measure must |
be resort,d to before the machinery Of
can be gaia put in motion.
scsrcsls Two persons are to be found /
who would sxsotly sgrse 10 ali particu
lars, relative to the b.st method OF BE- |
ginning Tie work, even though ell have
the same object ia view; ana hence il is
necessary TO accept some ono Of the
phns, TO the exclusion Of al others; The
ED bsiEg the al important matter, and
not Toe mcaas.
The President Of Tie Uoitsd States
has made = proposition, both liberal and
reasonable. Il requires bus tenth Of all
The voters CT tho Sta'fs to unite in the
project, when he win place the military
power At their service, to enforce their
lscrses. According T. this ratio, t5e
1otes required in this STATE would be
sss than 1900, which, We are confident,
would not embrace one fOutth OF the 10y
atty Of the 5 ate. As evidence Of this
Tact, it is only necessary 10 state that
Tennessee has already furnished over
3. 600 white troops for the naiionsl
AFmy, although it aas labored under IN
paralie!sd oiaicuides, aud although thst
portion Of the STATE most devoted 10 the
Union was, ua,il recently, under rebel
control; and during that occupation, /
thousands upon thousands Of as good
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