The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-05-01
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al unconditional Union men viii give
il their attention
Important Document.
The circular issued by committee
Of the Southern chivalry, as early IS
November, 1860, and which we publish
ed in our columns Of yesterday, isabout
as fair an exposition Of the views and
determination Of the malcontents, as
We have yet seen. 1t was a confidential
document, and intended only for the
initiated; and therefore It's authors
spoke freely, and fearlessly, their views.
TIC declaration that the north was
prepared to yield to a fair compromise,
and that such measure must be de
feated, is highly important, as evincing
the temper Of the sections at the time
The people Of the north were prepared
10 offer any reasonable guarantee to
slavery; were anxious to preserve the
Union, and perpetuate peace; but the
leaders Of tho chivalry were as deci
dedly for rupture, regardless of conse-
quences
Tho circular takes from the copper
heads nearly ell their thunder They
have long been urging that had tie
north yielded, in the proper time
peace might have been preserved; al d
that the war only resulted from fear
on the part Of the Shareholders, thai
their property was in danger. But all
Ellis 20 denied BY tire confidential oircu
lar in question; it declares that the
"rights Of the South were not in jeo
pardy; that the people of tho free
States would guarantee them perpet-
ually; and that it was the duty Of the
chivalry to reject them, and strike for
nouthern independence at once.
The fact j., the desire for disunion for
tho sake Of power, has been the leading
idea Of the cotton State leaders, these
thirty years; and they have only been
waiting to educate the public mind up
TO the sticking point, in order to strike
the blow
Those who have watched the current
Of events closely, since the days Of null
LITIGATION, or who, being too young for
that, have read the history of the
country since that time, must be con-
WINGED Of this. There can be no cues
ton Of it; if any one had doubted |
It, previous to 1861, it must have been !
dispelled, Immediately after the seces-
sion Of South Carolina-that hour
when the traitors believed their triumph |
certain. The act Of sthat State was
everywhere hailed with wild delight by |
the malcontents; and in their congra-
tulatory speeches to deluded auditors,
they diyulged their real feelings, which
they had managed to conceal so long. |
Then it was that they honestly inform
ed the world that the steps they had
taken were not in defence Of the insti- |
stution Of slavery; for that was in no
danger; but that they desired TO es-
tablish Confederacy safe from the en-
croachment5 by a democracy; a Con-
federacy, in which all power should be
lodged in the hands Of a few, while the
masses were to be made slaves.
--s%<.-
Reported Retirement Of Hr. Chase.
We sincerely hope that tho reported
resignation Of Mr. Chase may prove I'M
true. The country could scarcely spare
him from his position at this time
Whatever may be thought of some OF
the minutie Of histrade regulations with
the seeded States, all will agree that
he has managed the Treasury with a
degree OF skill which is unusual We
believe we hazard nothing in saying
that there are not half dozen men in
the nation who would have been able
20 manage financial matters as success
fully as he has done; with almost any
one else at the head of the Treasury
Department, we should have been a
bankrupt people, ere this; should have
been in about the same condition, fnan-
eially, with tie bogus Confederacy.
We have differed from Mr.. Chase in
regard to some Of his trade regulations,
in this vicinity; but in this matter he
doubtless acted upon the advice of 9th
ersi Of men whom he supposed to be
vorsed in the necessities of. the situa-
ton here, but who we're not good politi-
cal economists
These errors, however, were such as
necessarily follow under the circum-
stances; that he has committed no
more, is the only thing that surprises !
US To lose him now, VIII be to take. !
away one Of the most valuable Of our .
public servants and We hope Dir. Lin
coin will not allow him TO retire from
the Cabinet !