The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-03
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TUESDAY. ocroBER 8. lsss.
MESSAGE
Gs.tleasa q aAs Senate and Ho'.', Of I p


- MESSAGE.
n Genflenea Of TIE Senate and Hoi1ss Of : =
o. TesgRtatiUeS:
= Reassembling at the Capitol Of the Sta
= after viaiting your homes and mingim
y with the people 50 ss to learn their wishe
is is your duty, as the Legislative Depari
ment Of the state Government, % rePea
ainend, aId enact laws 30 as 10 project lb
! rights Of your constituents, and TO supper
y and encourage the General Government i
lt exercising its large and Legitimate power
= 70 preserve the interests of the whole eoun
d try, so recently snd fearfuily enSangere.
BY the wicked and protracted resistance 4
its authsrifyl 1t Is traly proud epoch il
= our lives to have been privileged to Witnes
q the te minatiOn OF the rebellion, and thi
I signal triumph Of our country's honor anS
Independence. Seen in the light Of ri
gentle struggle Of four years Gurhtion, Ten
nessee aud her heroic soldiers and unialter
= ing loyal citizens, stand transhgured before
? an admiring world, aud we realize at once
, the grandeur Of the part they played, anG
the vasiness Of tse influence which then
courage end pstriotisrn must exert upon our
: future history. The wave Of war first rolled
through Tennessee four aud half years
ago, ana swept on from West to Middle and
East -Tsnnessee. and from State 10 State
-
cling tratorous North Carolina, and desola-
ted Virginia, bearing high upon its brazen
crest the infamous banner Of the so-cslled
southern Con!ederacy. Under the gallant
TIL mas, the stars and stripes were thrown
to the breeze, the army Of traitors was met
upsn the plains, and soon our banner ioated
over the bleckened and shattered ramparts
I OF retreatiDg foe; emblematie of the for
tunes OF a routed army OF rebels. whose
Il "a fIaau II IN,
as they fled South.
| / never doubted the final success of the
Government in putting this most Infamous
rebellion under its feet, though I, with YOU.
knew not hew long We mis ht BE- jated 10
| suffer, bleed, fight, and die, either on fields
Of carnage OF in the lOaihsome prisons Of
the South. The assurance was always with
me that, sooner OF later, as cur cause was
just, we must and should triumah. For four
dread ul years the Divine Faee sesmed hid
den fr. m Us, or shrouded in impenetrable
obscurity, and our State, above all others.
seemed Iurrowed with graves yet Divine
| Providence, in whose hands ere the issues Of
| life aud death, came out from among the
| clouds which had surrounded Him, and led
our armies 70 victory. And while our grati-
tude TO the Father of us all should be bound
less, we should hold in everlasting remem-
brance the services Of our unconquerafle
armies and navy, rejoicing and exultng in
their achievements.
With profound gratitude let us recognize
the goodness Of God in giving US this last
| overwhelming evidence Of the devotion Of
the people 10 Constitutional Liberty aud
National Unity, as well as fresh proof ,1l the
strength and Stability Of the best form of
government on earth. After four years of
great domestic violence, We are nov eheered
with the prospect Of restoring public tran
2 Of cfn q. D
blood, and OF exhibiting to the admirers of
free institutions every WHERE, as well as 10
the monarchies and despOtisms of the Old
World, great Republic rescued from de-
strueiion 10 an hour Of imminent peril bv /
the united action Of q grest people, under /
the guidance Of Divine Providence In these |
events we have grounds FOR boundless re-
loicing and exultation. But our exultstion /
shoeld be in no unhallowed or unmerciful /
spirit. Before the world we should rejoice 1
with JOY uspeakable-joying aud rejoicing /
that the great rebellion, with all its crime. i
aud attendant evils, is at length ended, and 4
the bow Of peace again spands the sky l /
cannot, therefore, neglect 10 call upon You
again and agsiu, 10 bow your heads in
adorlng thankfulness before "Him who.
rides upon the storm snd calms the roaring
seas, that He still rules the armies Of earth /
ard heaven, and that the American people
every house of prayer in all the land from
every loysl church, and from every devout
heart should 60 up to God a continual pray
er, asking that the fruits Of this prolonged
and sanguinary conflict may not be lost ubon
our generation, aud that We may cherish,
wlthOur latest breath, the memory Of our
martyred thousands, who 50 nobly died that
Constitutional Liberty might live.
You, gentlemen, are now called upon 70
"a A.
your session in the Spring, and TO meet
demands that were not then developed as
fully as they are n0w. To vour good sense
and patriotism are these new and delicate
subjects cqnfded not doubling that, afler
mingling with your constituents as you
have, you are prepared TO reflect their wish
es. Aud allow me 20 cav, the honest pc0pkc
are aivGys righf, and therefore safe coun
sellors. Il should not be your concern how
many, but how few, new laws YOU shall m
act, and meet the pressing demands Of the
hour; nor should YOU study 10 prOtract, but
70 shorten your session, making its expenses
as light as possible.
The FRANCHISE ACT.
Under the workings Of most excellent
and necessary law, passed ct your spring
session, known as the 1fFranchise Act" We
have held Congressional elections in the
eight districts Of the safe, and have elected
eight Representatives 70 the next Congress
Of the United States. As q general thing,
the election passed of quietly, with here
and there exceptions. and was character
iaed by much better behavior than was an
Most OF the districts were thor
oughly canvassed, and large vote, consid-
ering all the circumstances, was polled.
As many as 10000 votes have been reported
70 the Secretary Of States office, as cnst.
which, in view Of the registration required.
and the restrictions SO properly thrown
around the ballot box, a. well IS the short
time allowed TO prepare for the election, was
al that could have reasonably been expect
"a. The clerks in some counties are report y
ed to have neglected their duty, and 70 have 9
granted certifeates Of registration 90 many '
who were disfranchised by law. I think 4
that Law can Be improved by amendments I
and additions, but I must be allowed to say
that ] am BY no means an advocate Of its !
repeal. Nor do the loysl people OF this
State desire It's repeal, II 7 undeTtand their {
sentiments. c
RESTORATION OF. crvIL Law.
The authority OF the Constitution and
laws Of the VRited States aad Of the State q
Fennesses has nov extended over almost '
every county in the stste;tht mschinery Of I
civil government is working well, except I
10 lev instances, and il affords me great
pleasure TO say thst our people are rapily 9
reeoverinF from the effects OF insurrertion, j
v hile prosperity is promised in every sec v
bon. Our people are farming successfully,
lnd the Indications sre thar in two or three s
more years, under present legislation, our 2
State VIII Be herself again. j
rHtArurSr or rnosa wHo avn srrx IN Rr- ,
BILLION.
The closing OF the war and iisbandinr OF :
De rebel armies returns thousands of men 20 :
e.a.f Int. -.
rarions counties Of the STATE. Efozr ere these I
s,a,a g. be rreatedr Arc they 10 make good .
,ibzeus. OF discentented subiectsg Are the :
wounds made By the war everte he healed
These are weiehiy questions, taxing the :
,lace of those that engrossed our attention I
iuring the war. Il is not our policy or iE- !
crest 10 trest oppressivelv the thoasands I
sho loneht bravery IN = bad cause, provided :
hey act a. becomes their circumstances. !
Is ior The ma ses-the young and deluded =
nasses-who biiudly followed the standard I :
4 revolt, let them hsve 3 fuil ard Z ee par :,
on. II YOU VIII, on their sincere return % i.
,yaltv. bot as many Of Them are guilty T.
ehtls. they should ohcerfH y submit 70 FIVE 7,
2 ten wears disfranchisemsnt, 50 as % give =
hem time 20 wash the blood Of loyal =
,en nom their hanis. As for the original
onsuirators and leaders, whc, through long
ears of speaking, wrilEF aud agitatnE,
81 up ibis rebelli q; who. without provo q
lfien. or even the pretenss Of wrong 70 W
ie1nsslves, trsitoTpusly SCI the reheilionon A
,,t. bad men ani men of talent Eho pressed y
i,rward with al the malisnity of cf
lends aud the cruelty ol ssvages; '.good er
snthern men. who, through raf inc, asson. "
ariurv and bu;chery. have hlied the and t'
ith mourning. they are entitled 20 neither co
erav nor frreafance. Lei uz ufi give =
sw Growth and respeciahility e izEasos IN p
le South, or n the border Ststes' oy SEND o.
q these uuEbipped mHleisctors iorts Win "a
~ schemes for second rebclllee- ~
True, the national hoaar has heen vinei- p
.ted The insult offered % the eeuntFF ty =. >,
hellion has punished itself most bitterly tn
the ruin il has brought upon fehoi com er
.unities, and the sorrow and rourning . 81
aa tarriei 60 hearts thst "a 81 advocated er
easeu- The 6oyeTrniefit 81 tthe lnited X
Etes has demonstrated the hopeless naiure A.
al intqre atiempls at destroying he lu- it
a- h1s nc thanks a. these original con ot
Y .iais i1r al this exhibition 81 sir@u gth q
, ". " l'aFt II TIE 67verumoRt. No thanks Sc
lns ni cithes, .or their faHare IN their ~
'sh4 * per- iment at insurrectiCn. 10 y our r
atF " leaeh these leaders 3 lesson thEt hi
iey VIII never forget, and one that will II
ront genereiions yet 10 come teach them iu
lsf ltnlencys without q distiueficsr he+waeu I b.