The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-14

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WAsHHGroN, Dec. 6
HOW THE MESSAGE TAXES
The message is of course in every.
body's mouth. Its beyond doubt the
most popular of Mr.. Lincoln's State
papers His Emancipation Proclama-
ton was looked upon doubtingly by
some; and with bitter Interpretation
by others. His message two years ago,
with its astounding scheme of gradual
compensated emancipation, to be
wrought out some time after the year
1900, was ignored by Congress, and
gently laughed at by every body His
amnesty and Reconstruction policy
Of last year awoke bitter opposition in
the very heart of his party.
But the Message of to day has, at the
first reading, united in appreciation and
admiration all wings and divisions of
Unionists. 1t presents no impractical
bic or dangerous projects 1t does af
firm, with an emphasis that must be
final, the irrevocable death of slavery,
and the true solution of the problem of
peace. 'law sal h
WHO WROTE THE MESSAGE?
There have been questions at tim es.
of the authorship of certain documents
which bear the name of the President.
The original manuscript of the Inaugu-
raj, fairly covered with interlineations
in the handwriting of Mr. Seward, is
still in existence IN Washington. The
concluding sentence of the Emancipa-
ton Proclamation is known to have
been Mr. Chase's The purely DEPART
mental parts of one or more late Mes
sages were originally written by other
hands a ltm
But the document, which linked with
another great act, viii 60 down to His
tory as having made this q day to be
marked in the calender beside that one
which gives US the Emancipation Proc
lamation, is of no uncertain origin.
The more important parts of it were
heard by the Cabinet, when for the
first time read to them, in silent appro.
baton. Not change ola sentence or
word was suggested. And, if Histo.
ny wants any Boswellian particulars it
may be interesting to put in print the
fact that the President wrote the Mes
cage on stiff sheets of a sort of card
board, which he could lay upon his
knee, and write upon as he sat with his
feet on the table and his chair tilted
back in the american attitude" 4
oSK POINT ONLY on WHICH Mr. LINCOLN NAY
ise NOT BE sustained
The tonesof the message, and the act
with which ii was accompanied, remove
the painful doubts that had become too
general IS 70 the united support of the
Administration measures by the AID
ministration majority Congress viii
most heartily. second the measures or
the message and the general policy ii
indicates
on one point only Mr. Lincoln Is
likely to fail in carrying his party with
him He has earnestly committed him
self to the scheme of reconstruction in
augurated by General Banks in Louis
ana, aud in somewhat similar though
less clearly understood fashion, by
others IN Arkansas. Congress is very
much inclined TO 90 against it and some
OF the strongest men among the Union
istsare inhexibiy opposed to IL Thad
Stevens. Gems. Sckenck, and Garfield, !
and Ashley, Winter Davis Gov. Bout
well, aud other such men of the heaviest
0 Lbre in the House, VIII resist 10 the I
end The admission Of the FIVE members Z
claiming seats from Louisiana, or the !
recognition in any shape or form Of the |
pretended reconstruction. In the Sen
ate similar opposition viii be made by
men Of no less weight
Mr. Lincoln is likely to use ali his
power 70 secure the recognition Of these /
State Governments, and his feelings are :
said 70 beFery much enlisted in the
matter. Herein lies the only present
probability Of dissensien this winter.
"a AGATR