The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-02
Has Tennessee Been out Of the TnIons
fcosrsspoadencs q the NashvlIle UaioD.l

Those who were in favor Of the con
tinuance of the Republic aad aenie
the right Of Secession we're Unto
men In the first effort of the polit
clans to carry.their Secession doctrir
they were defeated by the people b
sixty-four thousand majority. Gov
Harris, however, had determined t
carry his point, and began the inaugurs
ton of such measures as he though
5est to promote his darling scheras
With the quota Of arms which belonge,
to the State, he armed those known t,
be true to his secession scheme, anG
made them vigilance committees ant
patrols, and soon had the people of th'
State completely under military rule
A wild and reckless disregard of tn,
expressed will of the people in tbs
election Of February, 1861, seemed t.
prevail, and mob law ruled the hour
| A man was declared dahgerods to the
people of the State, if he dared to read
the language Of Jackson in his letter
to the people Of South Carolina, IL
which he declared secession was trea
son" No one dared, publicly, to re
peat the language of the hero Of NeN
Orleans. Thus, the secession party
aided by armed bands ia every county
with threats and menances, drowned
the sober voice of reason, and draI
gooned the people into the support o
an ordinance Of secession passed by the
Legislature.
Thousands voted for this ordinance
of Secession, who never did and do mol
now believe in The doctrine ofsecesaion
So that il may be truly said the peo'
pie Of Tennessee we're literally ORA
gooned, bullied, and forced into the en-
dorsement Of this nefarious oFdinanct
of Secession.
A convention was oslled to meei
at KnezviIls in May BY our presen'
Governor elect, W. g. Brownlow and
other leading Union men, Thirty ous
counties we're represented thereana Of
ter three days session, it adjournef
to meet at GreenvilIe, Tennessee, whers
in the resolutions they adopted, they
.emphatically denied the. doctrine o
Secession, and redec1ared their adhes.
ion to the Federal csuse and its old
time Flag This action of the Green
vile convention was hailed throughoui
the North with the highest apprcba-
ton. -
All Who claimed to be loyal endorsed
the doctrines contained in the resolu-
tons of the GreenvilIe convention. We
fought the political SIGHT in this state
on the 8th Of June, 1861, and were de :
feated, and from that defeat, we, Of
East Tennessee, sppealed to the sword
and by thousands rallied TO the State
of Kentucky, where her loyal sons and
daughters welcomed us, and fed oul
hungry men until they joined the ar
my. THE war began and has continued
in all the fury usually attendant on
family or civil war, for now four years,
and we had hopes now that the odiopl
doctrine Of Secession was dead for al
time. But, Noi AZ the rotten Confed
eracy with ell its crimes against hhr
mainly, and suffering It has caused oui
race, sinks and totters to its fall, We
hear from away up in Massachusetts
and other states a strange discordanl
sound 1t is an angry growl OF rage
and disappointment
There seems to be very suddenly 9
most extraordinary waking up among
editors, newspaper correspondents and
small-fry politicians.
They pretend to have found greai
fault in vice-President johnson on &C
count of his inaugural address Hl
is reported as having said that Tennessee,
had ,,essrb been out Of the JEriOp Not one
Of all this pack dared to ehirp an en-
dorsemens Of the right Of secession
when the war first began. But nov
they pretend to find that il is 8 dootrin'
that really has virtue and merit in it
and that the Southern States did go Pii
lofths Teioq, And this now is the ques
ton. IN the beginning Of The troubl.
the question was Can State by Sc
ceding get out Of the Union2 Gov
johnson denied the right to exist; a
did all the Union men Of state. al
the people Of the North seemed to en-
dorze the position then assumed b.
Gov. johnson in the Senate, and en-
dOrsed by the loyal people of Ten
nsssees 81 eIggle4
The question now is did these STATE
oct ont Of the Union To this, Goq
johnson replies in tho negative, en-.
says that none Of these States are on
Of the Union. In this he Is or ahonll
| be endorsed by every real Union maj
in the State Bat how is il North
seems there Is or soon viii be ne'
party there who seem to think thes
States are out and are terribly ma
F a.
with the Vice President for denying il
| So 1t seems from appearances that "
ass aair 10 hAys aAis na6asifees dos
trine to fight. in the so-sAllsd loss
States. This new war cry against Johr
son seems to come from those pretehc
1 ing t. be the bittarest opponents {
Southern Secession. 10 maintain Ii
doctrine commended for by these net
lights would plAee the Government i
| . nice Attitnde. Thus, il Tel
nessse and other Southern State
are cut Of shs Union, then The citiseu
Of those States are foragnsrs, and !
such, Of course nes azeaabss & oar IL,
fer trsason. If foreigners. they are *
srsitoss nor rebeia, bus patriots hsh
ing for their country.
IFtthis doctsine b true, then JET
Davis could not Be punished for tire
sou BY our laws, for being s foreign,
, he Is not subieet to cur Law, 50 Ii,
really and IL truth, those who no
make var On Jehason for denying Il
doosrine II secession sse really plea
ing DIE cause Of 5eR Davis knd sFe o
awhis better thar be i yeG Davis