The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-08

From the New York Independent oflsst week
The Next Greaf OnnorfunifH.

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BOsToS, 29th October, 1855.
| DEAR Ma. EDITOE 1 rejoice that the In
dependent has planted itse.f firmly on the
sure ground Of E9ual Rights. Il is natural
that journal which has from the begin
ming SO bravely and consiaDtly opposed
slavery in an its pretentiOns, should nos
insist that these preteEtioDs shall be tram
pied out, 40 that nothing shall be lett to
breed future trouble. This can be done
only through the establishment Of Equal
Rights. y. u
To ny mind, there never was duty
| palmer o. more Instructive. Il is a. plain
as the neral Law, and IL il Is instructive a.
self-defense. If the country fails TO do this
justice now, Il VII commit q crime, Ehsre
I gaiis and meanness viii strive for mastery.
On this head it is enough to say that it is q
debt We owe TO saviOrs and bensiactOrs.
But here all the instincts Of self-defense har-
monte with Justice. rff1Hf -rl-
For the sake of the whole country, which
suffers from weakness IN any part; for the
sake of the States lately distracted BY war,
which, above all thinga, need security and
repose; for the sake Of agriculture, which
is neglected there for the sake ofeommerce,
which has fed for the sake Of national
credit, whose generous trust is exposed TO
population and, finally, for the sake Of
reconciliation, which can be complete only
when justice prevails, We must insist upon
equal rights as the condition of the new
order of things So long ss this question
remains unsettled, there can be no true
peace. Therefore, would say 10 the mer-
chant who wishes 70 open trade with this
region 70 the capitalist who wishes TO send
his money there; 70 the emigrant who wishes
to find home there, begin by assuring JUS
tice to all men. THIS isthe one essential con
ditiOn Of prosperity, Of credit and Of tran
guilty. Without this, mercantile houses,
banks, and emigration societies, having
any thing TO do with this region, must all
TAIL, or at least suffer in business and re
sources. .H
To Congress, we must look, as the guar
dian, under the Con, titution, Of the national
safety. l do not doubt its full power over
this whole subject; nor do ! doubt its
duty to see that every pretended govern
ments organized by recent rebels, is treated
as present nullity. President johnson
spoke we'll, when, IN Tennessee, he said
that, Gin the work Of reorganization, rebels
must take back seats, leaving place to those
who have been truly loyal" There is the
keynote Of a Just policy, which I trust
Congress will adopt.
1t is difficult to measure the mischief
which has already ensued from the "e1Peri-
ment," which has been made. Looking at
the positive loss to business, and the pro
ductive industry Of the country, it is pain
ful. Looking OF the distress which Il has
caused among loyal people, by the revival
OF the rebel spirit, it is heart-rending.
Looking at it in any way, it is terrible
failure. Il will be for Congress to apply the
remedy.
Meanwhile you have the thanks Of good
people, for your loyalty TO the cause, and
your strenuous efforts in its behalf. Go on,
entreat YOU. DO not hesitate.
am, dear si-, your grateful fellow-labor.
CHALEs SuNSER.
This letter is pure gold. Christian states-
manship is common sense and moral pur-
pose. It is such statesmanship that We wish
to see applied to our present affairs. No
political make-shiit which compromises
equal rights viii be accepted by the party
Of freedom as a satisfactory readjustment Of
the rebel States. So long as four millions Of
American people are denied their sacred
rights before that law which should be just
and equal TO high and low, 80 long shall we
persist that this Government shall not com
promise away lot OF title Of these rights.
A member Of the Confederate Congress
said to US lately: " If President johnson
had, at any time during the first two months
after his accession, declared TO the South, |
want the negroes to vote the South would
have acquiesced without q murmur; for the
South wss expecting such policy, and could
not have refused it." The first great OppOr-
tunity, therefore, was with the President.
He let it slip. The next is with c ,ngress.
God forbid a second failure
About one hundred gentlemen, lately
rebels, will make their appearance in Wash
ineton about the first Of December, elected
by the Southern States to be Senators and
| Representatives Of the United States We
trust that their visit Will be enjoyable, profit
able and memorable that they viii find
comfortable quarters at the hOtels-thOugh
we are afraid 10 exact this as g re-regu.site
of reconstruction that they will be shown
the elegant Improvements 10 the public
buildings; that they will be politely re-
ceived at the Presidents leYeesi but that,
when thew turn their steps tOWsrd the other
end Of Penusyiyania avenue, and ascend the
stairs of the Capitol 10 the halls Of Con gress,
they will be touched on the shoulder by the
sergeant alarms, saying, Gentlemen, the
lower floor is for members your seats are IN
the gallery" e
The President commits reconstruction to
Congress. What, therefore, is the au-
tboritv of Congress? 81 do not doubt -
| saws Mr.. sumner, s'its fisH P0Iger orer tAe
loiole subject" Wha: terms, then, shall
Congress exact9 The Government has al
ready exactsd certain terms. Not TO men
ton all, we quote one:
| -N' WAsHrSeroN, Otober %, 1865.
The following Is the text Of tho commu
nication, dated Washington, October IS,
1885. and transmitted TO His Excellency,
/ James J. johnson, Provisional G0Yernor Of
Georgia, at Milledgsyllle' .
6Your several kilograms have been re-
eeived. The President Of the United States
| cannot recognize the people Of any State as
having resumed the relations Of 10y atty 20
the Union that admits, as legal, obligations
| contracted, or debts created, in their names,
to promote she war Of the rebellion.
s'WILLIkN H. SEwARD."
| Now. how can the Federal Government
say 70 sovereign States, you eonnot re
| sumo your relations TO the Union TIL you
/ first repudiate the rebel debit For tue
| excellent reason that the Federal Govern
mept ahas full power over the whoFe- sub
iect. - Now, having this power, how shall
/ the GoveTnmeet use ~ We answer. Use
IL with equal generosity and justice. A
| Christian government should act like a
/ Christisn man. Our Government should
do GOOD 10 its enemies" Il should cover
| come evil with good" Il should make iti
victory twice noble - showing clemency
| 10 the vanquished. Bus we Indignantly
protest against the mock seutimentalify Of
/ that so-callsd maguanimity 10 white reb-
els which is made 70 include injustice tC
/ black loyalists.
We are not for putting hard conditions
/ upou the Southern whites. We have nc
| wish to harm hair Of their heads-no wish
| TO dispossess them Of q single right-nO wish
70 heap upon them a single indignity-nc
wish 10 salute them With Oppr0brious words
n. ~ haNN =
idea Of goodwill to all men. We pray that
the South may be speedily healed Of her
chastity wounds-that sunbeans may again
| gladden. her darzened homes-that her par
| alvzed industry may recover, as by Inlraeie
/ from its shOck-and that everywhere within
/ her borders the wilderness may blossom Is
Il the rose - At the same time, We demand
With an esruestness which our written words
/ can only idly and faiBty ehronlele-thst e
/ her down-tr0ddeu millions } USIlCh 81 ALI
| NOW BE DONBl And because Of the beau
/ tiful laws By which God governs human 81
/ fairs, We believe that' IN asAlng LOT ths
/ rights Of the negro We are H9AlAs Tor
blessing on the South .,.--.-,.-
Congress is now 10 secure these HBns !
| Otherwise, thsy &c uusseured.
| T.r+ ,-aeE ne commented on The following
/ - fr,U = sermon Of Mr. Beccher-z re-
mari which appaarsd 10 italics m the Times
rsnort and Was singled out and wreathed
WITH compliments IN the Tunes, editorial
ssist. fovis and inteuts Of the Government
sr5 ~ ol,rselves viii prove Of no avail, il
i r. ere hostile and unplea'ant to the white
,-,,l- ~ ne South" This statement stin
sands unaltersd in the Times, With eomPli-
neuts and al, though M. beechef wrote %
| - T-ibune. the next day, that the state
r1e-t ,rss ssfnaccurately reported" NJ.
Rsecbsr's entire sermon, with emendatiena
bv tbs author, apPears IN cur sheet to-day
= seru,on which contains Gas al his ser
-, .--,teinl much sense and fac e ling,
aod n whieb The passage inaceurately re-
no-t,I-, ~ The Times stands as follows ;
aThs hest iutsutiaas q the GaEerpmsni
viii be defeated D me avs thst are Ilaas
wb;tss I'D blacks are such - are eslcula-
i 10 n eTeite The luminosity aud hatred of the
White people Of the South toward The black
Peoplstksre- ! sTcept me sinsle deere q
emapcipation. That must stand, though
I ~ atelfka a /"