The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-12

Il must BE- remembered shat the Prss'jeu,
writes not fur the Norih only, but the Souih
where political rducauou IS not SD complete
as lJ Is here. and this fact Will aecount Tor
AMI excuse the appaFent Comm1uplace Of
some Of his rrmarks. TO Us there IS nothing
rev in hIs yies OF the Federal aud Stale
I relatlOus; indeed, it has been presented
: time and again but % the late dupes 90 se-
I csssi9uism that view s timely, and must be
{ useiuL We are not surs ioaeei, that some
.. cur owa over-zsalous champions of loy-
I atty, who would riis down the states Alto
I sether. do u-t require the same sort of In
sirscusu. At any rate. the suh'rct is 20 inn
I portant that it deserves 10 b. rePeated 0u
occasions that may give &c imPressiyeuess.
On an his topics the President is frank,
/ drsnihed, direct aud manly. We dcu1t re-
call single smb. .guous sentence ln the
whole document. He is nos AS strong and
decided as We expected fr1m the energy OF
his character or as the circumstances would
warrant, iu MS trcurmeut OF reccustruction-
lie deiers more 60 the opinion oi Iougrcss
than We supposed he would. HIS previous
course had led us 20 hope chat De- would Iu
s.st upon as rapid restoration ot The Pviu
cal relations of the South as might Hr COM
pailbe with safety. The passage Of che
Constitutional Amendment, which really
removes The whole ground OF controversy,
We imagined. world Be ma ie his single con
ditou, siaC sua naa. ms test of LOYALTY, his
means OF general Consolidation and settle
meut But. be abauiols the entire mattel
10 Congress, with simple history OF wha.
be had himself done.
But on o,her questions Alr, johnson more
hlu illhis oar highest eypcctanons. he
tells the nations aor1ad, iu courteous get
.H. !.
and wuat be means to d. towards theu
..ai he tells rae people AZ home shat their
financial condition is, aud couustis thcm CD
5ct out ot 30 as rapidly as they can To
England be remarks that she hos g1J herself
into bad box, ana thai there be means %
leave her. We trust he VIII b1 as good
his word, and stop the palavcr 3t CORES
poudeufe which cannot mend the ease.
Napoleon he tells, without menace yea
hrmly, that has Mexican enterprise IS q MIS-
take, That we 90 rCgrrd It. aud chat the best
way Tor him IS 20 hedge himself win no uu
necessary DELAY. Napoleon is cunning Z
enough 30 know when advice Is s01d, even |
ii lt De- uHpalatab.e-
Mr.. johnson, % is clear. has too mn |
good sense, and has prolted TOO well by his /
democratic education, o. believe that ua- |
tonal debt is a nati0ual blessing. None 0i 1
the nonsense that certain mushroom author |
iues have uttered about the beuChts oi ire /
dcemable paper and redundant currency |
finds favor in his sight. He is not euamor- /
ed Of finely engraved bills, with "a braEcn \
ring ou thc face. He likes the rang ot gold i
and silver better, ald he is anxious to bear
that music again. Now, al oI uit, wucu che
Bible was uttered, be duds the borrower The /
serva mt Of che lender, and does not wish The
nation % continue on the wr1L side rf tlat l
relation. The responsibilities incurred By 4
he war must be net and viii be met; We
have both the resources aua the wills but Z
he s0oher they are hou0rab.y dis hargeJ 4
.he better for ourselves ana axe better Tor
others D..
The President speaks kindly and teuderly |
% the freedmen; be- recommends them Co i
ne Justice and humanity of tla nation We I
and rs and aim Co intimate that be VIII Il
protect them from wrong. ho claims OR
.hem equal cIvu rfsli-. uut their future
rCgrcss depends. De saws, rather urou the
egisiatiOu % the States than ot the GENERAL
government. But 10 those states he SC
ircsses pue counsel that ought On have
weight The freedmen compose their injus-
raj class, their prosperity hangs upon Che
abOr OF the freedmen, but % these labortrs /
.auuOt enforce their contracts Tor labor. DO
Inc Law gives ghem no security ior their Wa
,es--In other words, ID they csuuot appeaE
a courts end assert their rights with an the
orce Of society, how can they De- expected
10 labors Have they Inducements. have
hey secUrity, and must they not, without
hese, become idlers, droues, jeprelaiers, |
What southern community Will
be blind enough 90 resist o consideration be-
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