The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-18
wEnNEsDAY. oCIOBER b. lao5.
Ringing The Alarm-BeII.

Ringing the Alarm-BeH.
The New York TndePeHdent is fearful that
President johnson cannot be depended
upon. Therefore, it srings the alarm bell.''
Il says;
against the judgment Of some advisers,
Whose Judgment, we hope, val prove better
fhHn our own, we feel CONSTRAINED TO put
ou- hand 10 tne rope and ring the alarm
beII-srousine the Party Of Justice 10 the
rerils Of the hour. We regret TO be
3issafisfad with the present. moral attitude
of the Government. Exactly SO much ap-
ureheusion. therefore, as this apprehension
ought iustlv 90 cause, we desire 70 exeits-
and % excite in time. Beyond this, God is
our witness that we are uuSIlllng critics Of
a friendly Administration. But the presi-
dent. ftsr six months trial, l. AZ last equally
claimed as the exponent Of each OF the
great political parties. How, then, can We
lie whether he wears b ne OF gray? The
reports from Washington, which purport 10
sneak forth the President mind and mean
inc. are 50 numerous and contradictory that
thew devour each other like the omniyerous
tslegrams n the Philadelphia papers during
the war For instance, within the same
hour. two distinguished Republicans called
al our offics, oue 10 say, The President is
LOST. and the Government is Tylerized; and
the other The President Is safe. and the
Democratic party has the ishermsn's net
around it, gills' Between thFse two opin-
ions we are entitled 10 our own, which is,
that a President Of the United States who
stands in 50 equivocal a position ought TO
receive, not the joint praise Of the two par
ties. but the Just rebuke Of both.
The Republican party must stsnd either
for or against equal lnegro) suffrage
" Whoever ahall f.ll on this stone shall be
broken bui on wh0msOeyer il shall fall, il
will grind him 10 pOwderl" II this party
refuses 70 ful6ll its moral mission, it will 20
TO p .eces ia the next Presidential election
through the mere decay Of its neral forces.
Let political leaders take note that the
moral element ia American politics is 10 in
crease. not 20 de reese. Almost every great
representative religious body that has met
since last spring has voted Overwhelmingly
IN favor Of the Acknowledgement Of the ne
gro. The General Assembly Of the New
School Presbyterian Church, representing
every Northern State voted unanimously 10
admit the negro 10 the ballot box. The Con-
gregationalists, the Methodists, the Baptists,
ald other Christian denOminations-repre
senting thousands Of pulpits and hundreds
OF thousands of church members-stand IN
finchingly recorded for suffrage. The Re
NNAAltnzA parry VIE 1f0A III vain 70 uAlk 0UA
shis Christian record And as that party
has hitherto achieved its successes solely
through the aid of the moral and religious
convictions Of a Tree people, so now We warn
lie leaders and platform InE kers that II they
shall array the party against these ever
widening convictions, it will be broken,
scattered, and overthrow Already the
question is arising whether there shall be a
reorganization Of politics, WITH view to
making the next Presidential discussion
bear more directly and grandiy on those
great raoral ideas which the present Repub-
lIcan manRge ment seems willing 10 ignore.
The nece STAY for taking such step viii be
more or less apparent after the President
shall publish message, and Congress shall
re-inberit tongue"
Ii, as the independent asserts, after six
months trial the President Is equally
claimed as the exponent Of each of
the great political parties" is it not
possible to give rational explanation
Of the TACT May not this expla-
nation be found in the altered condition Of
the "great political parties2" The Bslti-
more Convention laid down the platform Of
the National Union Party TO which the
President owes his promotion. 1t did not
look beyond she successful termination Of
the war, aud the abolition Of slavery. Il
unly asked the patriotic masses 10 cooper
ate 20 secure these ends. The war hns been
brought 10 8 close honorable 20 our armies
and the government, and slavery forever
abolished. The foot Of a slave no longer
presses the soil Of any OF the rebel States;
and ere long through the operation of the
constitutional amendment, il can be said,
that there is rot slave in sll our broad
land. Thepurposes Of the National Union
Party having been accomplished, the
extreme radicals,-the p'oneers-sdvance
iheir standards, make new propositions, and
demand that the party shall now unite
upon and support them. The President
does not take The required steps in advance.
He stands upon The baltimore Platform, and
0vincsb desire 10 perfect the work already
done. ADD 10 secure all the advantages to be
derived therefrom. The other " great po-
litical party" also prog esse'. 1t moves
forward, ald occupies the ground from
which the extremists sdvanced. Il is an
naAaEAANtuA Win AAle mass Oh AAAo AaklQll4A
Union Party, proolaims its support Of the
President, and is only distinguishable from
its opponent by its leaders, and name. It
is not surprising, therefore, that those who
have gone out from The National Union
Camp, should on looking back find
il difbcut TO understand the position Of af-
fairs. But they should not cast censure on
the President or "ring the alarm bell" 10
warn any one against him. They ought
rsther 30 consider she fact that they have
gone forward, and are attempting to lead
the Eational Union Party upon an unknown
aca-thnt II divisions ensuc, and new organ
liza ions, the responsibility rests upon them
alone. The President has not swerved from
the policy Of the party which elevated him
He stands to-day where he stood ON the
4th OF March where be stood the night
before The 4sh 81 March when he threw Q