The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-21


The Press Of yesterday says:
The veteran editor Of the Missouri
Republican clearly perceives the true
course TO be pursued By the opposition,
IN the coming struggle againsf che per
petuation ct destructive radical abos
litiohist sdministfat ton Of the govern
ment 0f the State Conrention Which
as embed II St. Louis. on the 5th, the
Republican thus spsaks ia is issue Of
the nezt day. y
no convention ever met in this
State composed Of better material, and
while every one expected diversity Of
opinion, It Is gratifying to know. that
the principle object Of the meeting was
kept constantly in Fiew-that Of nom
mating delegates to the Convention 1T
Chieego-3nd that all other cues tons
were regarded as of minor importance
et This time. Weinfer from the temper
Of the delegates, that there isga deter
minsfion on the partof a large majority
70 suffer the representatives Of Ms
souri, to go to Chicago uninstructed and
untTamuelled, and. that the whole
question of the nomination Of cam
diiates for President and Vice-Presi-
dent viii be left to their sound
judgment and patriotic impulses
They can better determine, when they
meet st Chicago, on the 18th of July or
at a later period il that should be de
cidsd upon. what is most for the inter
est Of the great Union and Constitu-
tional. party of the, country, than can
the members Of this Contention at this
critical period in the nations history.
Pass no resohtionS--iet tie delegqtss 90 aS
Jfseiaeh, with one sacred object IN view,
that Of the nomination Of candidates
who, viii best command the confidence
Of the people, and who will when elect
ed, bring about order and law and
regulated liberty and peace, instead Of
the disorder and chaos with which we
are now threatened. a
The Press, copying its articles of faith
from the Missouri Republican, is anx-
.ious that the Copperheads shall enter.
the canvass without s platform. That
is quite natural The principles Of the
party are so .odious that their simple
sgowal will bring upon them The. scorn
and contempt of every patriot There
fore the Press, which is the feeble echo
Of Northern reasonable sheets, says,
'1et Us conceal them, that We may de
eeive voters, as we did IN 1862
But our verdant contemporary judges
the temper Of the American people by,
that of the Romans, who could be whee
died or bought By any enterprising po-
litical leader; and therefore, in all its
calculations it Is sadly deceived. We.
would advise it to study Anericqn
5ofiies, a little, as the Roman Empire
win scarcely be revived during the pres
ent age. 81
The party that is afraid to pronounce.
upon the issues of the day, is not only
treacherous, but cowardly; and must
go the way Of all negative political or
carnations. What the people want, is
something positive; and especially do
they demand this now, when neutrality
Is crime; when there can be only pa
triots, and traitors.
At the beginning of the excitement
in 1861, the Missouri Republican, con-
Quoted by its present T. veteran editor,
hoped that there would be no "uncon-
ditionaI Unionist elected to the State
Convention which was to decide the
policy Of the State; decide whether it
should array itself with the Govern
ment, or with South Carolina; and con
sequently nc il fit leader in the Cop
perhead party to-day; and there is also
g fitness in the echo which the Press
gives to the sentiments of that traitor