The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-19
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stNDAF. N0YENBER- %. -
Letter from '.OccasiOnal.''
EasAlnston corresplndenco Of lie Prsss.l

The proclamation Of the President Of Ia,
United States, dee airing the seeded State.
70 be IN a state Of insurrectiOn and subject
70 martial law, is still in force and it il
vel for the country that the persistent anG
violent demands Of the so-cslied Demo
crazy for its withdrawal did not prevail
No feature in the dangerous policy Of the
p-iticisns, who have just been 50 fatally
overthrown BY the people, furnishes such
q tremendous adm0nitiOn as the fact iusl
stated. Had President johnson yielded to
Their elsnor against martial law in the
South, We should have had the following
pleasant state Of things for contemplation
and remedy:
/. Tie recognition Of the rebel soar de5f.-
/ Vide the stubborn refusal Of South Caro-
lima 10 discard 10, and the action Of the
Georgia Cow suti0n, BY which the motiOu
% repudiate i prevailed only after heated
debate aud a very close vote
1T. The refusal "a ratify the JOINT rcsolu-
/ tioa OF Congress % Galcli6 TIC Constellation
dsollssiag siducTy IN the United States
/ Yidc Secretary Stewards dispatch to Gov
! ernor Perry, Of South Carolina, under date
Of Move mber 10, 1865.
III. The election Of notorious rebels to higA
oytees ~ The reconstructed States Pidc the
election OF Humphreys as Governor of Mis-
sissippi
Happily, however, the proclamation is
still IN operation, and none of the seeded
States can be "rehabilitated" until they
have complied with the distinct require
ments Of the Executive and the reasonable
expectations Of those who gave precious
lives and untold treasures 10 put down the
rebellion. What Democrat would not have
demanded, after the first proclamation was
removed, the formal enunciation of another |
UroPlarn afior of rs.r-sfu1 Len 1880.
such evils as the recognition Of the rebel |
war debt and the consequent taxation OF the /
whole people 70 maze good this obligation Of !
treason Even the oppressed and ruined /
masses OF the South would cry out in agony /
before the prospect Of being forced to give |
OF their substance 70 indemnify their be- /
trayers and their tyrants. The last few /
weeks have been prolific Of These warnings.
There Is scarce y Southern State in which
the wisdom Of restraining the rebel spirit
by martial law has not been vindicated.
There are but three in which, up TO the
present moment, the old elements Of strife
and secession do not WELD fatal sway;
these are Arkansas, Florida, and probably |
Texas. will not repeat how heaTtlessly /
President JohnsOn's generosity has been
reeiprooated in Mississippi, Georgia, South
Carolina, Alabama, where John FORSYTH,
the editor OF the Mobile Register, a Demo-
cratic leader, openly advocates the pay
ment Of the trsi ors' war debt, and where
Langnon, Of the Advertiser, is chosen to
Congress from the Mobile district, in the
face u his no orious unE,ness to take the
oath,) and Lou saba, where the Demo
cratic ticker has lately poliei such heavy
majOrilies. Nor need I cite cur nearest
neighbor, Virginia, which, in the midst Of
her rags and ruin, cleo men to Congress
who insult the authority they should psni-
tentially obey, and denounced The cato i'm /
posed even upon loyal representatives, as a
wanton abuse Of power. But let Us take |
North carolina, that was set up as a model |
for the seeded and insurreetionary States |
With 8 cool sfirotery that battles ali parallel
out Of the domains Of slavery itself, aud that
detes human description, a delegation from | !
this State called upon the Presidents last
Friday, and asked that their claimants
should be admitted 10 Congress, in disre-
gard Of the cath imposed 5y both branches |
Of thst body on all their members The
President answered them kindly, but told
hem that "Something YET remains 10 be
lone 20 render that restoration immedi-
ltelk practicable. An deception Of tho
congressional amendment sbOishing sls- J
very throughout the United States BY the /,
State Of North Carolina is, in my judgment,
practically important 10 the success
ul restoration winch is 50 much desired BY
III. Without answering specifically the ,
questions you have proposed 10 me, IL vFil
De sufficient to say that my action must de-
pend upon events, and that Mr.. Holden viii
De again instructed 70 continue the exercise
Jf his functions as Provisional Governor +
intil be shall have been expressly relieved
1y orders 10 that effect" Yet, even while Z
his demand was made upon the Govern !
nent the voters Of North Carolina were
President by voting down this same Mr.
Holden, the Union candidate for Governor,
election the President had so much :
It heart, and By putting in over his head
he Champion Of the payment Of The :
'ebel war debt The comment upon the
petition Of the leaders 20 the President :
,Ould not have been more characteristic.
from these specimens it will be seen that
he duty Of Congress is made easy. The ef-
0rts of the President TO induce the rebel 4
,hiefs to accept his mild and generous cOuu- =
eel have been followed by q new series Of :
IMPRESSIONS and insults What they have | Z
Zone in accordance with his repeater invo-
atious has been coldly and reluctantly
lone, and with q spirit instinct WITH the
de8 that treason was no crime, but rather
N honorable achievement A very emf
tent rebel who has seen aud noted / P
hese bad signs IN the South, re- {
marked, Q few days ago: al know z
hat tho men who are guilty Of these I
proceedings felt, As they fought against the
government, thatif they were defeated they j
ost everything, ard that even their lives =
we're forfeited 20 the national authority. .
hey would have been grateful last May T. a
e permitted 70 exist. Now a little kind i
less has revived the tigsr-appetlte, and |
hey viii fight for verything they went to Il
var TO win" Let US thank n loyal people
hat we have a firm, and resolute, and IN =
caring Congress, who viii protect the Re 2
,ublic against the new rebellion. Il is not o
,leasant 20 write ia such & spirit; but it q
you'd be folly 10 deny that these NANTES o
atoms Of bad faith have discouraged, if they q
ave not wholly destroyed the belief that ,
enerous treatment % the rebellious sections y
vss the bet policy. The late elections q
lroved two things conclusively first, that '
be overwhelming majority Of the people Of Z
bis county are resolved that all the yes o
ICES aud seed o the late rebellion shall be C
brewer destroyed and, second, that the C
lements that defeated the insurgents in the q
ED, and sustained the civil authorities in ?
xecuting the laws, n a state Of unparal- 1
Z ed warfare, can administer the Govern !
aent and protect ali the loyal people Of I
be country without the aid and in defiance j
+ 1isstEects ID men or rninorities If that must j.
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