The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-28

Oily, Wnlc0 Snal1 ufht dsscAAoAS 1AASA lA'
amended Constitution.
And Whereas, The time at which il
is provided the election for Governor
and members of the General Assembly
shall be held, is so near at hand; that
/ have deemed it proper, in advance OF
1 the full returns, to declare the result
/ of the election adopting the COnshtu'
| tional Amendments Therefore,
I, AEDREE JOHNSON, Military and Act
! ing Governor of the State of Tennessee,
| by virtue of the power and authority in
me vested, do hereby declare that the
/ foregoing alterations and amendments
to the Constitution Of the State of Ten
nessee, and the Schedule thereto an
nexed, have been ratified and con
/ frmed by the vote of the people of the
State; and that said articles now con-
stitute a part Of the permanent Consti-
( tuition and supreme law of the State Of
I Tennessee, and as such are hereafter to
be so held and regarded by al the peo-
/ pie thereof
And I do hereby further declare and
fully authorize and direct, the several
persons in the proceedings of the late
Convention named and appointed, TO
open and hold the election for the rati-
| fication or rejection of the amendments
to the Constitution, to open and hold
an election for Governor and members
to the General Assembly, as in the
Schedule prescribed, on the zth of
March next; and they are hereby en-
powered to open and hold said election
in person, in their respective counties,
wherever practicable. and to appoint
and qualify, if necessary, such judges
and inspectors of election, and other
officers, as may be necessary to open
the polls and conduct the election in
such other parts of their respective
counties, as the convenience of the
people may require; and to make re-
turns to the Secretary of State as pro-
vided by the Sd resolution Of the Con-
vention, as nearly as practicable in con-
fOrmity TO the Act of Assembly
in such cases made and provided.
And 1 do hereby further declare,
and further authorize and direct the
Executive Committee, appointed in
each Grand Division of the State, and
referred to in the 5th resolution of the
proceedings of said Convention, to sup
ply, whenever practicable, the places of
all such persons as may for any cause
become vacant In the list of persons
hereinbefore declared qualified to hold
said election; and in such cases, when
it Is not convenient or practicable for
vacancies TO be illed as above provided,
any loyal citizen of the comfy is here
by authorized and empowered to open
and hold said election, and make re-
turns thereof, which shall be as valid
as if done by any of the persons here
inbefOTe mentioned
l do furthermore authorize and en-
power the commanding officer of each
Regiment, Battalion, Detachment, Bat
terry, or Hospital of Ter pessee troops,
wherever they may be on the day OF
said election, to open and hold an elec
ton for their respective commands, or
Hospitals, and make due return
thereof under the same .rules and regu
latOns above prescribed.
In closing this proclamation, | sin,
cerely congratulate the people Of Ten
nessee on the happy result OF the cleo
ton, and the opening prospects OF ,
speedy and permanent reorganization
of the State government For nearly
three years, in the midst of dangers
and difficulties the most complicated
and perplexing, have earnestly labor
ed to restore the State to its former
proud position in the Union. Ny con
slant effort has been to save it-nOt to
destroy it; but the rebelious sentiment
of the people often interposed obstacles
which had to be overcome bY military
power. The task was painful, but the
duty has been performed, and the re-
suit has passed into histOrT. Time,
am happy to say, has grettly Gained
the passions of the people, and experl-
ence restored them to reason. The folly
Of destroying their govetnment, and
sacrificing their Sons to grkuty the mad
ambition of political leadsrs, needs no |
longer to be told to the labOring masses. /
The wasted estates-ruinbd and dilapi- |
dated farms-vacant se4ts around the |
hesrthstone-prostrate business-lnse- |
curity of property, and tYen life itself, /
everywhere proclaim it in language not /
TO be misunderstood.
But all is not lost new era dawns
upon the people Of tennessee. They /
enter upon a career guided by reason,
law, order, and reverence. The reign /
Of brute force snd personal violence
has passed away forever. By their own
solemn act, at the ballot box, the shack
les have been formally stricken from
the limbs of more than 275 600 slaves
in the State The unjust distinctions
in society, fostered by an arrogant aris-
tocracy, based upon human bondage,
have been 0verthrown; and our whole
social system reconstructed on the ba-
sis of honest industry and personal
worth. Labor shall now receive its
merited reward, and honesty, energy,
and enterprise their just appreciation
CAPITAL. heretofore timid and .distrust-
fui of success, may now confidently seek
rernunefative and permanent invest
nnents IA the State. Public Schools and
COLLEGES begin anew their work Of in
struction upon broader and more en-
during basis The foundations ofsociety,
under the changein the Constitution are
in harmony with the principles Of free
governments and the National Union;
and if the people are true to them
selves-true TO the State-and loyal TO
the Federal Government, they will rap
idly oyercone the calamities Of the
war. and raise the State to a power and
erandeur not heretofore even anticipa
tea. Many Of its vast resources lie un-
and it requires intelligent
enterprise and free labor alone, to de-
yelop them, and clothe the State with
a richness and beauty surpassed by /
none Of her sisters
(-@1 In testimony whereof, !,
Z SEAL ANDREW JoHEsoy, Military
- and Acting Governor Of Ten
nessee, do hereunto set my hand and
cause the great seal Of the State TO be
affixed. at the Executive Office, in Nash
vile, on this 25Eh day Of February, A.
D. 1865.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
STRATEcY, NJ B0T, STRATgGT.-A dis-
patch from Washington says
The Navy Department to-day re-