The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-01
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-. prohibition. We d. not knew
vehazard much in averring that tn
y,Bk - nation viii doubtless survivetAe <
clu,ion nom that festive oceasioni buA .ev-
.,thsless It is . fair index % WhatEe 9 large
,.r, s.s great error ofthereturned onfed-
,r..e.. Ia permitting these feeling to in
.,....e rather thsn diminish.
We know Of several gentiemen Of wealth
md position. who are not in the east CRATE
an fs- Dc pardons which the 2 resident has
- chem. when they sought pafdon,
- we're demure-Whea they received
80, tbe, but.ouea the papers in their
br.srh,s poektis, pulled their hats tighter
over ,lsir heads, and pulled al their graft
t,5e Qua Of their bodies in one breath Of
..when tss dsYl rss sisk, the devil q monk would
ghen az devil We VEL desi moak WIS he"
1ths. been understood that these psrdohs
have been granted upon condition Of good
behavior; but who is o eonsirue what good
behaves" raesnsg TbeytbOught they were
.sbeharine themselves" when the first gun
vas ared % Fort SUMTER aud doubtless
when our prisoners were being starved in
the prison pen at Audersonville.
There are men who, during the rebellion,
bsndly urged the hanging Of every unionisi
81 k,s locality, sod urged thai federai Pris-
suers. wounded and in hospiifis, should be
starved IN the tick wards, but who nov
elslnor for Offices and suirage-vho talk Of
.s Andr johnson, (" o. a he hsd been their
couirtdc: Who say they approve the Presi-
deurs policy, snd other dsleetabilities Of
Ike nature. There are others who ere un-
able and unwilling % recognize the negroes
as free. aud who are foolish enough 70 com
fort themselves with the hope Of re-enslav-
ing them. u is passing strange that men
who citim - have common sense should be
Fuawing the meatless bone Of slavery, IN
stead Of being alive - the new order o.
thinFs.
Weundersiand ihat the rebel syinpsthir-
srs are making their exodus in considerable
numbers from East Tennessee, and seitling
in the middle counties Of the State. They
say thsi the Unionists are prosecuting and
driving them out; bat the truth is, that
having initiated this driving-out process
themselves, they are fearful Of the apPlica'
tion Of the jusl rule which "works both
ways" II they desired 10 live ia harmony
with unioniss. nothing would be easier
They have only to upkold i1e FEDERAL au'
tlsriiy. accepi q IS their Government, ans
ENJOY is peaeefal blessiugs. Tkis fisgtVil
s.of Do. They prefer leaving for some othoi
locaiiiy, where their political views are MOI
Questionable % their neighbors, and wher'
the fires Of secession smouldcr substantially
We are informed that IN some q our IN
terror towns, when public conversation turn
upon national matters, the rebel sympathis
ere and rsturnod Coniederatss ehucide VIII
JOY 81 the prospect at en- imhreglia will
England. They sty they would "piieh in'
sgsina the Federal Government, Il the!
could get the chance. and certain il Is the.
would DO uethmg for the national cause
enc thing Is inevitable, the pulsasions o
the country must beat 10 COMMONLY
country mus NJ united in sentiment-ther
nan be only one nationality, and il he Pee
pie Of the South refuse 70 recognize thi.
they 90 d 81 theis own peril.
We think the course Of the Governmen
has been exceedingly magntninous
50 thar any other government would hav,
beeu, and ID ousht 10 be better spprsciaie.
than he. Person and property being nm
lnolesied. SIS bat right that the wrong
doors should be probaied in their polite,
condition. The unionists allege that ID
secessionists have donc ssroRs, bat there 81
very few secesssonisis who e04ftss if. Tn
emission places them in the position OF sti
sdhering 10 their wrong, which, II hey Ia
the power they would soon make rsslf ;
-igtL
II there we're nc political disabiliii'
against rebels, We fully recognile the "a
that no man Of Unicn Proclivities, no mat
Ter how remote, could receive any Office 1
their hands. Not 10 have been a reb,
vOald be an insuperable disqualifos
tiou Cor public positios. and oopperhos
would Be-, Il possible, in the most abjcet p
sision Of sll--squeesed. like lemon Of il
iuios, no further servioe would be require.
Of the skin. We had hoped thsi the de
nssaor Of the south would have preclude,
NE existence 81 any rsdiesi party bat il !
painful o. assert that theshsenee Of South
efn loyalty is bat feeding the IRE Of radi
eaiism al the Nerih. Il is an old aaare
snd indeed q naxim. thsi the only wsv I
10 agh ire With ere r.