The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-14

I The battle Of Bunker Hill. Judged b.
technical rules, was BATHS lest The "a
triots Wers driven cut Of their raioubts
they yielding up the Geld; they retreate.
with a victorious foe IN full pursuit. And We
the stroke Of aork done on that msmorsbi,
day set the bsn Of Independence succe sful
y in motion. FraBkliR, immediately there
after, wrote to his friends across The va er
"England has Loaf her colonies forever"
In the late election, the Democratic part,
did not accomplish all hey hoped but ihel
did enough TO blast the designs Of The Rad.
ieaisi ana insure the Rehabilitation % ths
Union, although the result nav not b.
achieved 81 50 early day Is Il our Bunker
HILL had been victory. The ceisrity Of ths
contamination depends very muck On Pres
ldent johnson, whose ps1h We have smooth
ed and on whose policy We have set the
seal Of successful he acts with The fdeIity ana
I sasaeity 10 be expected from HE charastsF.
Had the Democratic party, In his canvass.
inscribed on their banners opposition in
stead Of support, We should have lost The
election, as now; hut the consequence uould
not have been the sane Our prompt as,i
intrepid confidence in the President disc1n
eerted and ham-strung the Radicals In their
state eonyentious, especially IN New York
universally regarded as the key OF the polit-
Convention operated a. e thundeT storm i
sometimes said 90 DO IN adding the eErs
under a sitting hen. Mr.. Greeley's chick
ems, numerous enough as he himself tsId ne.
family ehipped the shell So Syracuse, bui
had not strength % 'speep.@ The truth IS.
that AL meg wish an ounce Of sense in their
heads, even though they were Radicals, sew
at once that our mastery tactics would in
iallibly give US TIE state, if the Radicals
did not quietly "subside,n and surrender
the control Of the Canvas b the conserve
tive Republicans. The consequence was
that the reconstruction policy Of The Presi-
dent was ostensibly count nanced BY the
Republicans, as it had been unequiv0cslly
Endorsed By The Democrats. Tia Albany
Convention took the politics Of the country
By the iofelock, led me horse 20 the water.
and, what is more, rode Ain driHk
This, then, il what We accom- plished Al
the outset We gave shape TO she canvass.
We seeu ed, nay, compelled a nominal thow-
ever hOlloE and insincerel indorsement Of
the policy Of the President. The Radicals
thought it better 20 save their party. and
trust to their subsequent power to MANAGE
It, than 70 open a hssure which, BY sinking
The whole ship, would ingulf their part OF
the cargo. The Democracy having tins
shaped the canvass. we proceed 20 inquire
~ what posture matters ste placed BY the
election.
This pivot Of this inquiry is the future nc. I
tion Of President johnson All our reason. 1
ing goes on the presumption that he will 1
not truekle 70 the Radicals. supposing him 1
70 defy them, what are the advantages |
placed in his hands for this purpose by he |
late elections3 These: that be can count I
with confidence on the indomitabIs sup
port Of 81 that numerous body Of citizens
returned az having voted the Democratic |
ticket. Though not quite q majority, they /
can be reinforced into ole, whenever the 1
great issue, confused IN this canvass, shall i
be sharply presented. There can be no
doubt whatever that the moment the Re
publican party, as party, dares take open
/ sue with the President on his reconstruc-
ton policy, men Of moderate tendencies
Will at once desert it sufficient ia mum bers |
10 convert the great army OF Democratic
voters into majority.
The Republican Congress can uRd0ubt-
sdly arrest the Presidents attempted re-
at the coming session. They
have the numbers, and q majority Of them
10 not lack the inclination. Bat, under
existing circumstances, VIII they dare ex-
,rt the ioHp Il IS, indeed, possible that
he strategic lines drawn around them By
he Democratic party may give them
pause" II the President IS firm on hs
tide, all they can DO on theirs is 10 delay,
rot dufeat, The success Of his plan. II they
arrest bis experiment, be has only 10 sppeal
% the people in the congressional elections,
ess than a year Distant His supporters
would sweep the country, as the Demo
ratio party would have swept It Ia the
elections just closed had that issue been
aakedly presented. The Democratic party
have engineered the politics of the country
INTO such shape as to make President
Johnson master Of the situation. II the
republicans elect 10 oppose him, he knows
where he can ind triumphant majority, I
wen with the Southern States excluded.
Bot If the hopeless ness Of eiiectual opposi-
ion dragons the Republicans into his sup
1ort, our purpose is equally accomplished.
The reconstruction policy triumphs the
southern States come back political par
les viii be reorganized with reference 10
be vote OF tbs whole country. The recon
tructioh question, having then become Oh
olete, will be consigned 20 history. Il will
'e no longer an issue in na'ional politics,
md the dividing line between part Is viii
'e drawn with reference 70 o'her questions.
II the Republicans are too blind and OBJ
innate TO deduce correct consequences from
his Bunker Hill, We shall give them their
Saratoga in next fails Congressional eiec
ions, aHd their Yorktown at the meeting Of
he Congress then chosen. Il is for them 20
ay whether they viii fight il on the negro
utfrage line, or frankly aecePt the policy
& the President u they are cunning
nough 10 chose the latter branch Of the
lternztive, they may keep their party 10
ether tili the reorganization consequent en-
be renewed participation Of the South in
sderal politics.