The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-08
WIN. CAMERON q CO.. Publishers.
THURSDAY, JUNE S, 1865
Naiters and Thlngsia GeOrgIa.

respect on the following day TO the
proclsmstion Of President johnson,
recommending its observance a q day
Of fasting. humiliation and prayer, on
cconn Of the assassination Of Mr.
Lincoln. The IntelIigenoer regards
the assassination IS a "nost calanitous
event" that should be mOuTned by the
people. Itadds;
The President says that he appoints
the day TO be observed with appropri-
ate ceremonies, wherever in the
United States the asg Of our country
NAV De respected" In this there is
something Significant and though il
NAV not have been intended, nor do we
think it was, something appealing 10
70 81 who so recently looked coldly
upon that flag, and who recently too
sndesyored to establish another en-
sign, e~mblematic ofE divided nationals
" "a the United States. Most disas-
trous was the failure of this attempt,
while "ths flag Of our country" still
wave in triumph over US al, bringing
with it peace, and promising
us protection. Must We not re-
specI H. must we not uphold it2 1t is
the ''old hag" under which our fathers
trlumphed q all their conflicts, let then
the "old love" return to it (
And now the opportunity is for the
FIRST time presented TO u people, since
she restoration of peace, 10 prove by
their acts, respect for that flag, and re
epect for the highest CITM Authority of
the government under which we are
destined 70 live. Especially viii those
who constitute the various religious de-
nominations Of the South, have it in
their power. BY an observance Of the
day set apart by the President as one
of humiliation and mourning, &c exhib.
1t respect for the AUTHORITIES, a desire
for peace, and disposition 10 resume
TelstIona such as prevailed prior TO the
late war-to become one people, TO be
one government We do most earn
estly advise that this disposition be
manifested on tO-morrow-thst on
church going people assemble IL their
places Of public worship in accordance
with the Presidents proclamation, and
that al others pay due respect then and
thereafter, 10 that fiag-"the flag Of our
country-which now waves so tri
uIaphantly over so many millions Of
the human ace
We do not know how the religious
denominations. aud people of Atlanta,
generally, received this advice. 1t was
good: and they ought to have cordially
sc,ed upon IT,
The Intelligencer Of the Sd inst
copies from the Augusta Sentinel a par
sgraph stating that it had had an inter
view with several citizens who had Just
returned frsm Washington where they
had eonfsrred with tie President
They state thst-
President johnson expressed him.
self very kindly towards the masses of
our people, who he believed had never
been enemies of the government, but
that they bad been ~overreached by the
cunning Of artiul and interruptions
leaders
The chief obstacle he thought to the
restoration of good feeling would be in
the prompt recognition of The fact that
slavery was dead forever and forever.
That fact cordially admitted, the re-
raining difficulties might be easily re-
moved. He was ~indisposed 10 contin-
nc the military Government in Geor-
gia beyond the period when the civil
administration might be safely resum.
ed. At presehth he considered the civil
Offices OF the State of every grade as "a
cant, and al the sctings and doings Of
their occupants from the commence
ment Of the rebellion, as null and void.
The president thought If the people
OF Georgia really. desired a loyal civil
Government organized in Georgia, that
there would be some spontaneous move
ment IN their primary assemblies"
Commenting upon this, the Intelli-
sencer AYERS that the people have been
restrained from taking action in their
primary assemblies by the ~apprehen-
zion that any such moyemen on their
part might be disspproved by the mill
itary authorities. At that point and
IN the surrounding counties, it declares,
the desire prevails amongst the people
70 demonstrate that they wish a loyal
civil government Upon this subject
the Macon Telegraph says:
ave have reasons 10 fear that the in
aetlon Of the people Of Georgia upon
the subject Of a resumption of State
obligations in the Federal Union is be-
ing misrepresented 10 their harm, and
perhaps urged 10 support the past mis-
rhievous and fanatical views in regard
10 negro suffrage or measures Of a kim
dred nature We at home know that
A5e people are nst moving simply be-
cause they considered the arrest of
'toN Brown as = rc5gg, and an intimas
ion 10 them 70 be quiet until the pleas
r Of the Federal authorities was
formally signihed This arrest. how
over We have reason for believing was
Intended only o rebuke Confederate
officials, and by no means TO discourage
ne people, IN a primary character,
from a MI expression of = loyal desire
10 re>assume their obligations Is the
citizens OF a State in the Federal Union,
aud all movements for this purpose.
IA good faith will be acceptable
and gratifying to the Federal Govern
ment"
As an indication Of the spirit that
prevails amongst leading men in Geor.
GA we copy fromthe Milledgeville Re
oorder the following extract from a
to the Grand Jury of Putnam
Superior Courtby Judge Iyersoa L. Har-
RE, made on the 22d alt.
v meet to-day under cireumstan-
ces which it is our duty and our inter {
eat 70 contemplate calmly, and TO mt l
bar houses in order 10 encounter he
which awaits "a. !
"it nus ne APPARENT to every one q
nat we are a conquered people There
: no such thing a. a Southern Coufe6. I
'rsey recognized by those who have O
truck US down. Georgia exists-but i
81 the departments Of her State
'overnment 70 vat: her Executive md s
are forbidden 10 act with. !,
az permission from Washington That
be viii go back into the Federal 7
Mon AZ DO distant period as a State. q
cannot doubt but on what terms
ed nader what changes, socially and 4
officially, Is unknown and can only be
opjectured. lam lead by everything D
bave read lately, issuing from the q
authorities Of the United il
tates IN South Carolina ana Alabama p.
} think that Georgia will not be re-
.ored to the Federal Union with her Il
ghts 20 representation in the Congress
the United States, but unon the Al
'ndiuon Of the immediate emancips- in
on Of her slaves
"Praoacslly, 50 Ear as the reclamation in
our slaves and their restoration 10 ~
W dominion Is concerned, thew have
ready been freed in Georgia by the an
llltSry authorities under whose aov- Az
'ument We now are ~
- u not clearly the part Of wisdom
accommodate our affairs 10 the new 10
.aeT OF things imposed upon sv
MlU.M Wa noe - =.