The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-01
An Ertraorainnrr Address.

The rebel General Humphrevs. latel
elected Governor ofthe reorganized State I
Mississippi, has just delivered an inausu
raj address to the newly elected Legisls
ture Of the State, which viii 20 further 10
ward preventing the recognition Of tbe re
constructed State BY Congress then anything
else which has occurred. Havins give1
him credit as an Old line Whig for an At
itachmeatto the Union, which he had de
eared 70 have been Uniform, We feel boun,
now to saw that whatever credit may hav,
been awarded TO him on that account va
wholly undeserTed, and that no lnattsl
what his feelings may have been, his pres.
ent address, proves him 70 be still q Tebsl
/ aud entirely unworthy Of the position
he occupies. All the old riguarole about
state soyereignty figures of a. the very
| commencement Of the address, this passage
/ winding up with = sentence IN which Be
| trusts {" that the lessons taught by the rebel
4 lion viii not be lost either 70 the north or
| thesouth-that freemen, once enlightened,
will not submit 70 wrong or inJustice-that
/ sectional aggression viii meet with section-
81 resistance, and that the price Of political
peridy is blood and carnage"
If this does not mean 8 threat Of renew
ing rebellion under more favorable auspi-
ces, let us ask the reader what other alter
u1AlNe IS LlefC AlhN 70 AulcI AAaL tAla FtbeA
general looks forward % . renewal Of the
old seeti nal strife. Il is true that in the
same address he seems to protest that no.
renewal Of revolt is contemplated, but as
the language in which he does So is indi-
rect ana geaeral, We cannot accept il As any
Qualification Of the above, especially when
ne and that All the rest CT the address takes
both sides an very much the same 7Eay
Thus in reference to the adjustment Of sla-
very, be protests that IL has been done by
the stste in good faith, though unWilliugly
and that slavery shall never sgain exist in
Mississippi under any guise. Yet he goes
On at once 10 urge a scheme which virtual-
" amounts to the establishment Of sla-
very, remarking that che planter cann0t
venture upon their cultivation che great
staples) unless the laborsr IS compelled to
comply with his contract remaiulng and
performing his proper amount o labor, day
afier day, and week after week, through
the whole year; and if he attempt to escape.
be should be returned 10 his employer, and
forced to work until the time Tor which he |
hiss contracted has expired" N this Is not /
slavery, we should like 60 know what is.
To a white lab0rer ii would be bondage, aud i
we do not see how Z can be any less TO a
negro.
This idea is not original with Gen. Hum
phreys. It has figured largely in all the
rebel States since the collapse Of the rebel /
lion, and we only dwell upon its euormity i
now because Il has Just taken official shape, /
There is no use in mmcng words about it.
Translated into plain English, it means a
deliberate scheme for making the abolition
IF slavery a mere sham. Prior 10 the war
,verv southern constitution guaranteed nee
iom Of speech aud Of the press, yet there 4
Il. Of arH r
State as there is in Russia or France. The
aw was a dead letter, and thus white men
we're fettered for years, just as the negroes
ire now proposed to be.
But tthis proposition Is not the most extra
feature Of the inaugural. After
ulsome eulogy ON the vsl0r aud heroism Of
he rebel soldiers Of Mississippi, General
Humphreys says; "The Federal Govern
nent has magnauimously thrown over the
ebel soIdier The mantle Of oblivion for the
last but no pension from its Golfers awaits
i'm or his family-uo homestead from its
-ast territories invites them to comfort and
epose. To Mississippi alone can they look
OF assistance Whether 1t was right or
wrong to cali the soldiers to arms, It cannot
,e wrong 10 make such provision ffr them
s will relieve them and their families from
yant and suffering, aud secure 70 their
n4A4EEA kAA0 AAAaA "a N~AtA~e---NAAF r-+H-tA-F
nd gratitude demand it." Here IS sn
arnest proposition to grant State pensions
o rebel soldiers fox fighting TO destroy the
epublic. Not one word is said Of the duly |
f'the State to provide for the support Of the
eed, infrm and helpless negroes freed byJ
he abolition OF slavery, upon whose labor
he wealth and prosperity Of Mississippi !
we're built. Not a word DO we ind adv0-
ating the esiabl ishment Of fres schools for
he education Of all classes. The interests
f the rebel aristocracy and Of the soldiers
Who waged war againstth Union are all be
ian think Of. .r..f
For the very small modieum Of Uni0uism
which this address exhibits, smOthered up
$ it is by such @ disgusting meas of treason
nd sectional fanaticism, we can hardly
hink it worth the consideration Of any
oval man. u is idle for any one to expect
congress to treat With common respect the
,retensions Of o reorgsnized STATE coming
orward with such irontispiece. Whether
he national government approves OK dis
approves Of it need not be a question The
luty incumbent on Congress is manifest, and
yiI1 no doubt be fearlessly performed. The
eceut State elections clearly enough show
s hat the temper Of th1 people is, and there
.anuot be a shadow Of doubt that they wtll
iold their Congressman to strict account
Or their course in reference TO such hum
iugs as this pretended Union Governor Of
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