The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-19

The haste which the rebel States are max
ing to have their Senators and Representa-
tives present at the opening Of Congress, %
claim their seats, seems TO be founded on
belief that 10 this claim they will be backed
BY all the power and influence Of the AID
ADMINISTRATION. Bat we see nothing to war.
rant this belief President Johnson has
fixed certain cond iuons for restoration
which not q single rebel State has yet COM
piled with in hia or in good faith Even
The right OF secession is still hung on 10 by
south Carolina and Georgia, and yet all these
States ase expecting the President 10 issue
proclamation announcing that these States
are restored, and that the civil status is re-
sumed.
President Johnson has made known bis
demands as plainly as possible. he has
expressed no determination TO support the
claim for immediate or unconditional admis-
sion, aud il is quite certain that al the mem
beers OF his Cabinet are opposed 10 fecogniz-
ing any rebel State until its skirts are thor
oeghy clean Of rebellion, tlavery sud Tile
friend OF the South cannot but see how en-
tirely tstray all Of the reorganized States
have gone, under the lead Of rebels q d
copperhcads, and 10 admit them 10 all the
powers Of Statehood, under such cifcum-
stances, would be 20 restore all the old Sec
tional contest just as il was before the war
broke out
Is Ia utterly preposterous TO suppose that
President johnson aud MS Cabinet are aux
ious io- such q state Of things. o. that they
nrs ia any way Inclined 30 connive at Il. Il
is still more absurd 10 supp Sc that AFTER
having formed and announced plan Of re-
construction, embracing Well-def7ed meas-
ures OF safety, they are disposed 10 aid the
rebels and the copperheads in breaking
down that plan, aud converting the reor-
ganizatiou inc a means Of tremendous mis-
chief. Of all the hollow and wicked pre-
fences 10 which the cope heads have re-
sorted. none have been 20 taught with evil
as that Of claiming the saneton of the Adj
M nistrntion or the immediate and Encon-
citiI nal admission Of States which make a. g
n alter Of pride end Boosting that they have
wacsd such a terrible war agains, The re-
pubic. and wktch strike down every can
didate for office sho was not an open aud
avowed rebel.
What the people Of the loyal States
thought Of this sort Of policy they have JUST
ties ihed al the polls in a manner not 20 be
misundsrstood. They have ratified the
Administration policy as against that Of the
copperheads, and now that the time for
action has come, the President and his adj
yiscrs are rendering the correctness Of the
popular Interpretation OF his policy clearly
undoFsiO q. They are choosing that The
Pennsylvania Republican State Convention
was right when ii dee AIRED emphnically
that The "a I'D and generous reconstruction
policy Of President johnson had not been
accepted by the rebel States in The spirit
which dictated il, and that the question OF
their futu government must be LEFT with
the legis alive bodies Of the nation.
The President has q ne his best 20 enable
the rebels 70 get ia the right track, but
their old prociiyities were TOO strong, and
they have tried all they coeld to cet back
INFO the same old rue, where toe LOYAL
masses are determined that they shall never
20 again The Presidents measures have
answered the useful purpose Of preserving
order aud disoouraging the rebsllious feel
ing. But, II the rebel States We're now ad-
United, il is manifest thst sl She good thus
lar done would be und ne, and that the men
who led them astray before are iu,t as hard
at work as ever 30 reneg on the ancient
troubles about State Rights, negroes. see
tional power, etc. The Administration is
IN perfect accord with the loyal sentiment
of the north, ns ID hns been all through. aud
We cannot doEbt that she tact will soon be
recognized by the rebels themselves. AN
the mischief wrought in the pcrversion of
She work Of Reconstruction is clearly trace
able 10 she wiles Of northern eopperhead
leader, aud ID Is proper that the public
should bear this fact IN mind.- Philadelphia
Aho-icaH.