The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-05-09

/ tire situation, has surrendered with
that army that was the main support
of the Confederate Government, thai
had astonished the world by holdine
in check and at bay, and often con
founding forces and military combine
| tons against it such as never before
have been, and never hereafter will be
successfully resisted. The people Of
the South, evidently weary Of the wal
already, seemed to have accepted this
act of the favorite General as the end
Of the strife. We find many of those
old familiar faces that left US early
who built this city, who planned and
carried out those scenes of public prog,
ress and public credit, now returned
and returning among US, seeing wisely
the end, and, no doubt, the forerunners
of many others, whose heads and hearts
are an honor to any community, all
prepared to abide the issue, and as men
of honor worthy Of all trust, frank and
candid even In error, prepared for the
| future, to observe and keep the obliga.
| tions, which the situation imposes, sa-
credly and truly as any citizens in any
part of the country.
And elsewhere, almost everywhere,
as if the Lord had accomplished his di.
vine purpose in this great war, whether
t be an assurance so signal that this
/ country shall be and remain one or not
the Federal arms are successful, and
the resistance of the South diminishing
| Where may commissaries hereafter be
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Where may powder or balls be made
Where arms made or repaired2 Where
may a President or Cabinet reside
Where may railroads or any transpor
tation be maintained by the South In
other words, where may not Federal
raids be successfully made? When the
Clytus and Lysimachus of the Federal
army bisected the South from the
mountains 10 the ocean, afterwards LED
his armies up the Atlantic slopes, traV
ersing the supporting parts of the South
destroying roads, factories, and all the
means and elements maintaining war
the power of the South was even then
broken. Savannah fell, which the huge
monsters from the sea could never take
Charleston fell, which proudly and de
family withstood the mightiest arma
ment that ever foated on the broad
breast of ocean fell as if by an electric
touch; Wilmington fell, with the vasi
trade'abroad, maintained benefcially Il
the Confederate cause against the pow
er and vigilance of the most effectiv'
navy in the world. And in consequence
OF the same movement from Atlanta
finally the strongholds of Petersburg
and Richmond, the seat of the Confed
crate Government, and of its power
fell as if by the touch Of q wand, anC
grander than all fell hatgreat Captain
General and the Spartan army he lee
IN the pride Of its proves.
And now comes the confirmed in,
telligence of the surrender of the com
mand Of Gen. Johnston, almost final
10 the fearful drama As a sign OF cul
minating peace, broad peace, over The
fair land of my sunny South, / hail i
in the very largeness of Joy. 1t is s
grateful assurance that no more use
less war shall be wsged, no more BLOOD
bathed fields. My couutrymen, that
bright form of peace, which l am nov
expecting hourly 10 break upon oul
rapt vision, inclines me, at this mo
ment, rather 70 iubilstion than to the
consideration of the hOpelessness o.
further strife and the consequent duty
it teaches. As my heart mourned
when the war began, it Is ready TO leap
with rapture when il ends.
What is the lesson of all this, my
countrymen / ask you not, where are
your sympathies, or what would you
prefer Your sympathies are where
those of the people of the North would
doubtless be If similarly circumstanced,
and your preferences what theirs would
would be for the springs Of human
action are substantially the same
among all people, especially those in
most respects the same people. The
lesson, briefly, is, it is Gods will lie
setteth up one and pulleth down anoth-
er. He reigneth in the armies of men.
And what Is this will in detail An
sWer the question in answering, what
were the issues of the great civil war
(tor, in legal contemplation in interna-
t.onal Jaw, II is neither an instruction
nor q rebellion, but a civil war;
lsE That this country must be and
remain one, undivided.
ID That property in the negro shall
cease. / do not think that more than
these were the objects Of the war, or
Will be insisted upon by the voice Of
the country.
Are you prepared 10 accept these as
the Issues decided by war Why not ?
Can YOU change them Acceptable
or not, they must be accepted They
are the abitrament of war, whose de-
crecs are as stern and unrelentlng es
It's voice. The opinions and customs of
men and nations--and they may have
been for long years cherished; they
may be as the apple of the eye-sre
upturned and rooted out and utterly
set aside by war 1t is aught against
US that we yield to whatwe cannot pre-
vent No honor is lost by the South
or any in the South, by so doing. If
she felt wronged and justified in ap~
pealing to the sword, she has been vim
dicated by the use of the sword and in
that gallantry displayed, which will
hereafter be the boast and praise Of the
common country, making it, with that
like gallantry Of the North, supremely
respected and dreaded of all the na
tons of the earth; vindicsted, though
every soldier has fallen; indicated,
though losing forever the independ-
ence she sought, and al hoped for it
1t matters not how many would have
praised who now blame, had the for
tunes Of war been on the side of the
South Il matters not whether the
causes of war were just or unjust 1t
is enough that its issues are decided
and il is wisdom now not to resist them,
and folly to resist
may not believe that the abolition
Of slavery was for the good Of the ne
gro or the white man; especially not OF
the former, but what OF that l may
not believe that that measure was not
necessarily involved in the war, or
should have been; but what OF thatr !
may know that slavery Was one Of the
conditions Of the Constitution, indis-
pensable 70 its acceptance, and gusran-
teed by H. as II also existed by common
law but what of that2 II may be I'M
'ust to take my ACKNOWLEDGED property
from me without compensation, wbeth-
er Of one kind OF another; but what of
thaty l say again, the iron heel of war
breaketh rudely, relentlessly.
care not tor my property in my
servant, though my pecuniary interest
involved ought to be respected. Nv
property in him was really only in BIS
services, as in my child He received
from me as much as / obtained from
J him, and more. He was hsppy, cons