The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-14
The eosw sgeafatlne,


from the sheep-tho traitors from the
patriotsA-g0es an most satisfactorily
and but a few months will intervene,
til che lines will be distinctly drawn
till al guize viii be thrown of; ill false
prstences viii be cast OF; till a man win
stand in his correct attitude before the
world.
f, Hitherto, in every election contest,
the peace party has obtained at least
hslf it numerical strength by means
OF deception. Peace and Union" has
been its motto; and the most gigantic
fslsehoods were invented to convince
the people that the moment the IL
vading armies" of the North were with
drawn, the South was prepared to re-
turn 70 Its allegiance Fallandigham,
after lis tour through Dixie, made this
assertion, and though it has proven a
lie, yet the evidence came during q
heated political canvass, and Of course
had little weight; and there was not
one, among all the "peace" journals,
bu. declared that they would never
consent to dissolution Of the Union
The elections came of; and the lead
ers in the movement perceived that
their plans had failed They had hoped
70 obtain power, under the guise Of
professions Of devotion to the Union
but the majority saw the hypocrisy of
their professions, and repudiated them.
The malcontents then determined to
change their tactics powerful mi
nority, on a squarely reasonable plat
form, would give great encouragement
to the rebels of the South; and as TO
aid treason was the sole design of the
political leaders Of the peace party, and
IS they had no hope Of accomplishing
heir object through rsajorites, they at
)noe resolved to throw of ali guise, and
demand : recognition Of the Southern
Confederacy.
The course Of the New York News,
Cincinnati Enquirer, and Columbus
Crisis is no longer marked by decep-
ton; they admit that we can have no
peace, save upon the entire subjugation
Of the South, or the recognition of the
independence Of the COnfederacy; and
thoy are for the latter. They know
that if there be such recognition, it must
come from the Administration and
then, when the fact is accomplished,
they will condemn the act, and hold
the party in power responsible for it;
and do all in their power to renders
them odious for following their own
recommendations
Such calculations, however, will not
win The last three years have done
more to educate the public mind, than
any score of years before and all calcu-
tons based upon previous political phe-
romenon will utterly fail If the gov
eminent should not be successful in
this struggle, the country will hold the
really guilty responsible; will attach
the blame TO tho ooppsrhesds, who have
done more to cripple its energies, than
the whole rebel army.
The majozities for tho Union ticket
last fall were regarded as unprece-
denied; but those OF this spring far
exceed them, on smaller vote
We have before Us collections of re-
turns sufficient to Gil columns, by which
this fact might be proved; but we will
content ourselves with an example or
two from fow of the Western States
In Fremont, Ohio, last year the Union
candidate for Mayor had 60 majority
lie now has 203 Last year tho Union
Trustees were elected by majority of
two or three votes, and ON one the vote
was tie Now we elect them by ma
jorities ranging from POS to ga
The Chicago papers come to us with
reports Of recent township and muni-
cipal elections in Illinois, in nearly all
of which the Union tickets have been
successful Some of the strongest Cop
perhead districts in the State have been
reyolutionized, and in no instance, so
far as reported, has there been
Democratic gain.
St Paul, Minnesota has been under
Democratic control for eight successive
years. At the election on the 9Th,
however, the Union ticket received a
majority in every ward except one.
The municipal election in Kenosha, |
Wis, resulted in triumphant success of |
the Union ticket The Democrats have
carried every previous election for ten
years.
Yet all these elections took place
before the copperhesds had entirely
thrown off their guise; were they re-
peated to-day, the Union majorities
would DO more than doubled The good |
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