The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-17
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TUESDAY, ocT0BER II, 1855.



The Presidents discourse before the reri-
mentof negro tEoops sho paid their respects
@ him ca sunday, is characterized AZ once
4 BY the plsiuest homelinoss and BY the deep-
e s philosophy. Knowing the black race
I thoroughly, from liie-loag intsrcourse with
/ them-kn0wiugt hei- feelings and lettings.
their hopes und needs. their lenptatious sIra
dsngers, their capacities ahd charaeteris-
tics--he offered them such advice concern.
/ iHg their dail 3 and ordinary conduct in the
tutuFe, - cannot but prove OF she highest
benefit, should i b. needed by It's recipients.
he peruuently iucuicated the prac ice OF
those old maniy virtues which alWays have
constituted, aad always must constitute, The
foundation Of whaiever IS noble IN indie
vidual or national life Sobrietr, honesty,
purity, industry. Patienee, pensevcFanc-,
iorbearanees peaceiulness. respect for ths
laws 81 the land ana The moral code ct So
rIaty--these are amongthe fundamental and
everlasting elements OF well being, which
canuot be gnoiei By the statesman, any
more than blythe moralisi, snd the impor-
tsnce Of which the President urged upon
his eoicred and military audience in lal-
guaee of iorci ble simplicity.
Additional to this, he gave the blacks ju-
diclous counsel, adapted 10 the new re .atiuns |
they now sustain o. members Of the COM |
monwealth. He incited their patriotism by |
telling them, 'elhis IS your country a. well !
as anybody else's country" He set before /
them q standard By Ehich their future pc /
htical status viii inevitably be established. !
whatsoever be tbs Legislation OF the hour /
"Mhen you have returned TO the avoca'i0ns /
of peace viii wa give evidence tothe world /
that you are capGhle Gad C0Apctcnt % gOgGrs 1
g0Hrscires 20 THAT. " said he. ia whatyou I
VIII have to DO" He repeated and reitera
ted before them that q great dealdepended II
upgn themsolves-that they were the urbi- L
tiers Of thcir own fortunes IA the future and Il
that in no other way but BY the development
ot their intellect the controlling Of their
passions, and the application Of their row
rrs 10 the interests Of the country, could
they attain the position % which an men
may aspire In dscoursing upon this point,
be gave uttersuce 10 a sentence Of wisdom
which proves that he is elevated lar above
those petty prejudices which have been at
iribuied 10 him, ana which are TO common
among mankind evervwhere. Gle WIN is
most mofftorious, and virtuous aud intel
ieetual. must stand highest, without regsrd
10 colsr. 70 is the very bnsis upon which
rests Heaven itself."
But there are other parts Of this Prasi-
lential discourse that have applica-
.i0ns wider than the black troops who were
u
and msy be regarded O. pas
ienlarly timely as this moment when the
government is attempting 20 carry out--not
without obsiruetion--the policy Of treating
he pros rate South with leuieucy end mag
lanimity, said President johnson 'C pou
he returR Of peace and the surrender Of tue
enemies Of the country, G should be the duty
d every patriot, aud every one who calls
himself a Christian. 20 remember that with
he termination Of the war his risen tments
mould cease. that angry feelings should
uhsIde, and that every man should become
aim and Tranquil, and be prepsuod for
What is before him. The European pa
lers express great at ni5hmcut at the con
'iliatory eon0uet exhihited by she Presi-
lent toward the section snd the men but
aiely IN rebellion. Il Is - unlike any
hing IN history, so unlike what they bad
anticipated, 50 at variance with what
hey had conceived Of Mr.. Johnsons char
.eter that they know not how 20 account
or 10. Instead Of severity. they find leni-
-ncy; instead Of uarroWhess. they witness
in the place of cOnhsoations,
and executions. they see
hose lately rebelhous resumIng all, and
more than all, theE natural. inherited and
constitutional rights. The remark Just qu0-
ed Is the key -n0to the whole natter u
indicates the dividing line between the pol
cies and the spirit Of war and the p0hcies
nd spirit Of peace Relentless 10 the arm
Vi enemy, magnanimOus % the fallen foeT
lgorous TO the c0utumaciOus, iorciviDg to /
he peniteni, anxious above all things for
he growth and psrPetuuy OF that spirit Of
which is the cornerstone Of re-
ublican government. "With the iermina-
ION Of the war resen tments should cease,
ngry feelings should subside, and every |
nan should become calm and Tranquil, and
hns ba prepared for what IS before him.
'hough addressed hut % a small assem-
lage Of eolofed soldiers, these noble and
atriotie words may at once furnish guild.
nee for the conduct OF the whole nation.
nd give the notion confidence in a Chief :
iagistrale who is himself guided by such
riuci ples.-R. ]. TINES.