The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-06
sUNDAY. AUeUsT Q. is


AlCAmouu u oA INC p0o4
It's but q short time since the Hon
A. o. P. Nicholson, 3 perverted pervers
addressed S letter to the New York Tri-
bune. in which he intimated that it
would be sound policy in the Southern
States, the negroes being free, TO extend
10 the deserving at once, and the re-
mainder in due time, the right Of suf
fraee Gen. Cox, the national can
didate for Governor Of Ohio, looking at
the subject from quite q different stand
pOint-his mind and spirit free and
untramelled-in s publication of alster
date, took a very different viewc + the
subject His experience as q soldier,
satisfied him that there is ir~reconeilable
antsgonism between the white and col
ored races of the South, and that the
true policy Is 10 separate them. We
have scarcely ceased reaecting upon
the views of the General, before we are
startled by the hOarse voice Of the
Southern Richmond, coming tons "oYer
the border" from the shades Of Mon
treal. This adventurous hero has gone
deeper into the bowels Of the negro
problem, than any Of his Southern
predecessors, and has arrived alta on
eiusion themostremsrkable But Hen
nv s. Foote-fori it is Of him we speak
has ever been prone to the remarkable.
Indeed, when he is not remarkable, he
is nothing. Seeing Mr.. NichOlsOn's let
ter in print, and regarding it. doubt
less, as a very long stride in advance of
other Tennessee rebel chiefs, Foote de-
termined not 10 be outdone-he would
Sse nicholson" and go considerable
better So he wrote and after much
of preamble snd circumlocution, said-
We must, IN order to be free ourselves,
agree Eever hereafter 10 interfere with the
freedom Of others. We must amend our
Rfste Constitution az soon as possible, and
eubodv therein our consent that the four
millions Of bond men and bond women
heutofore existing upon So0thern soil shall
IL hepceforth Is free in all respects IS those
eftbe white race who lalely domineered over
Them: in other words, We must formally re-
coRnizs the state Of things already existing,
sud bind ourselves 70 DO nOthing TO disturb
II in All future time. We must IN order 70
sssure our own return 70 liberty and happi-
ness. not only recognise the colored deni-
Gems of the South &c now lree5 but we must
allow them the same means Of preserving
their freedom that We ourselves desire 20
nossoss. They must be fresmen in fach
q. well as in name. We u consent TO
their being Invested viii The ciecti0e iran
ffiss, aud this must be done, too, no matter
what cherished notions we may entertain IN
regard 20 the mental inferiority Of those
whom some OF us have heretofore regarded
a. the doomed posferity Of Ham. Nor can
we nov safely talk about carrying them
through a course of speclei inteihse
and prObstion such as l understand
vou 70 recommend, ere we make them
our own equals before the law oil the Ienu'
These are not ST all matters for OUT fesu
tiop. but are to be attended to by those VINO
hold in their hapds exclusively the sWtrd
aud the purse Of the na'ion. tell you my
desr sir, snd through you l wish 70 urge
npan the whole mass Of my fellow eouN.
men Of the South, that these things mus' pe
done " Us, else orr States will not be ~
lowe6 10 have representative and senator.
in Congress-, OF even be permitted, Withou'
naleststioB. 70 administer their own mu-
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phaticaliy, Is q settled matter It is res ~
dioGfa, and there is no appeal for us in The
case. We may regret this state Of things as
much Is it is possible for as to do we may
hewail il as e oquently as we choose we
may reason against irrevocable destiny with
all the loaieal powers Of an Aristotle, q Ba-
con. a J. exc but still the irreYOcable fact
vii stare us in the face; We must consent
10 the carrying into ene { the compact ex-
isting bet seen those who now WELD all The
gov. rnmeut power Of the country and those
whom. Def re God and man, they have eol~
EMMY taken under their protection and pa
ironsee. Indeed, / do not al all oveFstste
he case. ] have sought information 90
this subject in al quarters where / thought
II DO sible 10 obtain il, aud the result Of my
inquirivs 10 bofvre yvu.
After reading this, who amongst the
old mans best friends will not exclaim
"Alas, poor Footef How art the
mighty fallenr
lf Henry S. Foote honestly thinks
IL the doom Of the beautiful South to
be Africanized, he mas formed a poor
estimate Of the integrity Of the people
Of the North. It would doubtless suit
the purposes of a certain dass Of sgita
tors TO give the South over entirely to
the negroes. and thus make it uninhab-
table for the white race, but they, by
no e constitute b emsiority of the
Northern people. The great majority
of the people Of the North have no
desire to put the negro on a political
equality with the whites, either at home
or in the South. They know hat the
Constitution stands as s barrier 70 the
agitators in their midst, and whenever
the question Of overriding the Consti-
tuition comes before them, they viii do
their duty as American freemer Let
the coming Congress dare attempt to
bresk through the fortifcstions Of the
Constitution. An appeal will be taken
10 the ~people-the masters-and there
will be such q revolution as was never
seen before in political campaigns