The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-13

but those dreadful scenes OF blood nav
passed, and peace begins to reign with
out rival, and business again is resum
ing its wonted activity.
Henceforth the people viii be watch
full of their liberties. Were the hydri
of secession to break forth again, tn
loyal people would not stand idly by
while treason uninterrupted would con
spire against the life of the nation
Were treason to make its appearance
again, the government would seize it il
its very counsel gronnds, and blast its de
signs ere they'd ripen into devastation
and blood.
This State has recently evinced hel
loyalty by the ratification of the new
Constitution. The election was warm
ly contested and much anxiety exhib
tied. The radical Union party gained
the victory, an event which the con-
servatiVes should not regret, seeing that
the. rebels were opposed to the new
Constitution. True, the new COnstitu-
ton disfranehises rebels aud their abet-
tors, but then is not this as it should be2
Many of the rebels, paroled, are return
ing to the State They find themselves
minus their Southern rights, and fire.
quently their dead bodies are found
along the roadside. 1t is not known
who kills them, but then it is remem-
bered that these same rebels, when
they held the balance Of power here,
meFcilessly dragged Union men out of
their houses, murdered them, and then
robbed and insulted their defenseless
families. All over the South, where
ever their power predominated, jeff
Davis winked at and authorized their
inhuman butchery of loyal men.
Eternal vigilance is the price of lib
erty.Y Rebels are returning from their
wicked. crusade against the Govern
ment, to their homes. In some instan-
ces we see they have the impudence
and presumption to offer their advice
in the reorganization of society Reb-
els, per Sc, should not be allowed to
open their mouths 10 advise loyal men
in the restoration of law. 1t is an in
suit to the loyal for such men as Bishop
Andrew and KirbySmith and other lead
ing rebels, to impose their reasonable
voices upon the loyal, even though they
shouldspeak for a few words, the truth.
If such mel re allowed to live in the
country at all, let them be notified to
remain mute, and obey the laws made
for them by patriotic men. Let rebels
everywhere keep their mouths shut as
a criminal should do before his keeper
Why not2 Loyal men under their OPP
preston, had to fly from their homes
for life, or be constrained to bear arms
against their friends and. brethren or
fall themselves by their hands. Union
men were not allowed voice in the
secession councils, to modify their cruel
enactments
Those of the South who we're forced
by conscription to support the rebel
cause, those who worked there secretly
for the Union, and those who
deserted the rebel lines, are generally
loyal, and should be allowed voice in
the reconstruction of their State gov
ernments. These, perhaps, look upon
real rebels with as much distrust and
are as loyal in heart as president John
son himself.
Where Southern men resisted the
Confederate rule unto death or lost
their lives in attempting TO escape
therefrom, their families ought to be
sought out, supported and protected
They should be treated as the families
of loyal soldiers. Who will introduce
this nice and benevolent idea to the
President or to Congress2 Would it
not be better to give the property Of
leading secessionists to indemnify the
losses which Union and bereaved wo
men have sustained, st the hands Of
these same property holders. Would
this not be nearer right, than to par
don such men, especially when they
have been Congressman and agents Of
the so-called Confederacy2 1t would
insult these rich men would it2 Of
course it would insult them to take
their property and give it to the poor
women of the South whose husbands
and sons they forced into the rebel ar
mics. What if it does make them mad
Have they not forfeited all right to
that property-yes, and to their very
lives. Did they not say that they
didn't Ok the United States TO pro-
tect them-that they were an mex
haustable nation, able to protect them
selyesG Did they not say all this and
do more2 Certainly-if they held
commissions or agencies for the Con-
federacy These was no law TO force
them to be officers in the Confederacy
Their own hearts were seditious and
reasonable is what is the truth. And
now have some of these sinners 'cheek
enough" 10 ask President johnson to
to restore them TO full fellowship with
patriots 2 And can he find mitigations
enough in a commissioned officers case
to do it2 The loyal people Of this
country never oOuld--ss long as there
is a Union mans widowed wife to feed
These sycophants ought 10 consider
it mercy for the president to assign
them s political place below the most
ignorant block man
If they were always Union" why
did they not, ike president Johnson
and Gov. Brownlow, show themselves
men worthy the name Why did they
not refuse commission or election ike
Samuel Houston. No Sir--sectional
selfshness was more to them than pat
riotism- They have forfeited their
rights, and nov deserve nothing better
than Acknowledgement and exile, the
best of them, nothing should save them
from an ignominious death but divine
mercy.
have only uttered the sentiment of
the loyal people There are q class
who would receive the rebels back, and
these same would dishonor the Union
soldiers widow or treat with contempt
the family Of the loyal SOuthron. But
We know what party has supported the
government and brought the rebellion
10 shame Our Lincoln is dead, bus
his name must. never die JEFF Davis
s..a Int his name must die "a