The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-26
The Work before the National VuIeu
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The Washington Chronicle Of the 2atf
inst. devOtss s long article to the "work Be
fore the National Union party, " in which i
sdvises the union Of those whose counsel
have preserved the Government. ursu
platform Of principles which viii insur,
their feture lsueeess. We make the follow-
ing extract from this article:
/ The materisls for the base. the spnsrstr,,..
| ture, the solid walls, and the erowpino
canopy Of great National nion party ar
we conceive, 20 be found in the foll5EipS :
/ plain propositions;
| l. That the rebellion neither DESTROYED
| the Republic nor the States Of which i i
composed.
II. That slavery having provoked and
hastened and fought for the rebellion il ,g,s
forfeited By the fret gun red by tresson.
vas destroyed by The destruction Of the
reoel arnles, snd was bu,ied in The same
grave with the rebellion itself.
III. Ihat the tour millions Of human be-
lngs made tree BY the success Of the Union
arms must be protected in their efforts 10 la
Dor Cor and 70 elevate and instrnet tbar,. !.
selves; and that the Governuent shorls
adoPt such policy az viii forever prevent
tpem from being made the victims Of the
cruelty OF their ioriner masters.
~. Ihat 70 pay the nationsl debt, prin-
clPel and interess, Is an obiigatioa a. saer,s,F
and a. binding as the covenant 10 insintsi,
the Union and the obedience we owe 10 Col
V. That not one farthing Of the deht in
eurrsd TO begin and 10 prosecute the rebel
hon should ever be recognized BY the Gov
eminent or the people Of the United States.
or regarded save as a monument Of the fltai
delusion and unspeakable retribution of the
men no tnnk arn1a ar.as,,sr tT,,s..
and friend.
VI. That none Of the authors and leaders
Of the rebellion should ever be admitted to
places Of trust or honor under tbs General
Government. III
VII That henceforward the energies of
the people OF the restored Union should be
devoted TO the development Of the natural
resources of the whole country. to the pro-
lection of the domestic industries and man
uiactures, and TO theperiection Of those great
eehheetng overland thOrOughfares by which
Az sections and States are brought and
pound together, and the whole fabric Of
Aheriean freedom woven into one indie
struehble and invio'able Constitution ana
Government.
These general principles contain the snse-
lhe remedies for sl reasonable evils IL n
impossible 70 frame 8 code 10 meet every he
llei, or 10 ahord panacea for every disease.
These general principles will promote an
enduring nationality. The Union nsrtv
cannot be q national party If il makes negro
suffrage test. Belonging. as that subjees
does, to the States, is must be left 70 an,
states. To attempt 70 force il on the South
IS simply to embitter the South, aud to en-
danger the Union party in the North for
u must not be forgotten that, until the re-
Deilon broke upon US, in not a single free
State, not even in Massachusetts, were ths
lew eolored men allowed the unqualified
fight 70 vote. Nor can you build a national
party by making the eOnfscation OF rebel
estates an issue or a condition. Con6sca-
ton Is eo0tessedly var measure, and vet
as it was only partially enforced in time Of
war, how do you propose to execute il in
time OF peace Nor can you stand before
your own people on the idea Of keeping the |
late insurgent States out Of the Union. You
may keep the individual traitors out forever.
II you have the numerical power. but vou
will be defeated in nearly evarv free e-ee-
ton district ON the question OF excluding
the late rebel States. When the Copper
heads lry to make capital against courts
martial, arbitrary arrests" military exc
eutions, and the suspension of the writ Of
ha6eds corpus, why do they fail ? Because.
and only because, they Try 10 make head
against what was q temporary and a iusti
led neeessity-a necessity only existing du-
ring the war, and ending with toe end Of
the war and its Inevitable consequences.
Let the National Union party beware of fan
ing into an error which has been so iearfuuv
avenged upon the Copperheads.
Standing closely upon these general vet
definite principles and refusing to be temp
ted into what msy be termed experi mental |
or Temporary expedien's, the Union parfv |
will become 8 solid national party. Now IS |
the time to be forearmed against evanescent
OF local dogmss or tests. For q me. Anti |
masonry swept countries and States in the |
fury OF its hostility TO secret societies. For
a time Ow-Nothing'sm swept counties |
and States before the fury OF its ianatieism
IN favor OF secret sociesies. Based. led us |
admit, upon good motives, neither of these |
paroxysms is remembered with pleasure, or
quoted as examples tto be initiated Now
hatred Of slavery is a religion, and cannot |
die in the minds Of honest men and vet |
when slavery perishes, why keep alive the |
memory cf resentmeut, which only keeDs /
alive the passions Of the dead rebellion and /
the recopeiled civil war2 What the Uuiou /
party should aim at Is 10 carry the elections /
in the South, as well as in the North 70 IS |
the labor and tie prayer Of tAe syn patti i-iao |
Democracy that hts may HeBer Be. Shall |
they succeed Shall the brains, the cour- /
Aa
aess, and the msrvellous skill and genius /
that startled all the nations, and DESTROYED /
slavery and treason, be found absent or |
useless when the great work of holding and |
governing the country, after il has been /
Aaysd frum death, coihes 10 be discharged |
Are the petty passions, the party hates, the |
personal envies, the narrow neighborhood |
dogmss, so nobly set aside during all the /
years of war IS 20 be almost forgotten By |
men who he'd heO0me accustomed % mighty /
deeds, 70 be recalled in all their littleness /
now, as il TO disgrace, dwarf, and damn the /
mission that courts our championship and
control
Be sure II She srest National Vniop
party fails in this duty, others will not The
New York Democrats saw their chance in
the conscious argument hess plainly and |
palPahly presented, All covered with the
miFe sud the shams of eomplcity with the
rebellion they brushed themselves clean of /
that disgrace, and neniteniially, yet with /
infinite brass, asserted the doctrines against
which they have been most bitterly con
tending. We have nothing to regret, moth 1
ing 10 ask pardon for, and nothing TO give /
up l5at Iohat, IN dne e0srse a tme, tos mHst 1
Ysig N tAe face Of defeat u zoe persist d 1
tAeml that We cannot honorably yield 10 be- i
come masters Of ths future as wo are Of the /
present. Il is for ourselves TO decide, whe- |
ther having won the strong plateau of lib
erty, having passed the dead point Of dan /
GER, having planted our flag On the QUITE, as /
well aa the higher walls, we shall begin b. i
quarrel suioBg ourselves over dead records i
or living imptacticabillties, and make way /
for an easy surrender 10 those who uge nov 4
our eaPtives or our hostages.
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