The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-12

The Washington Chronicle OF the sth
makes the following remarks:
/ The action Of Congress, in refusing al
| mission 10 the delegations from the States
lately in rebellion against the Federal Gov
! eminent, will doubtless receive the appr0-
bltau OF the majority Of the loyal people
ii the entire couHuy, lu addition 10 the
peculiar position Which those Stat occupy
toward the Government, most Of the m5m-
bers which they elected 20 Congress are 10
eiegibie, by reason Of their inability TO take
the oath u offe The case % The Tepues-
| see delegation, however, shOgld5 We think,
form an exception 10 the general rule ap-
! Piled % tLose I ON the other Southei Il
a,es. The record OF the psople Of Tn
/ nessre, during the rebellion, Is a flereut
from that Of any other Stale coming within
| ,be rlAel lI es. Her relations with the Fr-
/ drral 0uycuiHrrl haye never really been
/ Suspended. No sooner was her s4il lits
| rated from the presence Of rebel troops
| chan her people set about the work Of To
| e,tnl ishiug he loyal Government which
| had been iqmpqrarilY qYrrthrowp by
the rebels, The Federal cQlrls hEYe
been in operation in The State all
| through the var, except during the wear
1861. when the reJ.ls held SWAY by iorre
Of aims. The postal service has been
carried ou by regular appointments made
| by the Federal Government since lS62
| Teuuessep did not, like South Carolina,
maintaiu an atttude VI opPHii iQn g. the
/ Fede-al power until compelled 90 submit by
] la,lgary force. iu an these respects her
| position hos been, and IS, unlike that OF
| either South Caroline W n reiHia. IN the
convention held iu JauuGry, lsgJ, 10 APPEND
| the State Constitution, the Constiui anal
! Amendment ubolishug slavery was adopt
4
| OF secession null and void and also repud
aiing the rebel debt. 2 He proceedings Of that
convention were regular. y submitted 70 aud
RATIFIED by tie people, An election for Gov
| ernOr and members 81 tbs Legislature was
| he q In March following, which resulted IN
the choice Of W. q. Browulow, whose loyal
/ q has not hitherto been questioned, togeth-
er with a thoroughly loyal Legs allure.
That Leg stature assembled IN April, snd
without any pdyisory dispatches from the
| President OF Secretary Seward, ratified the
great Amendment without dissenting vote
! That Legislature 10 composed OF men who
have suffered M person aud property on
account of their devotion 90 the Union, many
of them having been imprisoned by the
rebels OF compelled to leave the State. The
two Senators from Tennessee now asking
admission % Congress, the Hon. Judge Pat
terson and the Hon. Joseph s. Fowler, were
elected by this loyal Legislature.
We have mentioned the e plain facts
merely for the purpose Of showing the posi-.
tiop occupied by the state of Tennessee
during aud since the war. When We sN-.
rlgdH iggm Congress members IRON Tonnes
see merely ou prc0unt Of their coming from
that state, we should Got forget that oar
honoied Presideut. Andrew J,hnson, him
self from that state, sat in the senate OF the
Tod ~ rf hn nah
mcucel, aud while the traitors were in the
ascendant. lt must not be ilrgolten, either.
that he was nominated frOm Tennessee bv
the great Union party for Vice President aud
triuphauuy elected. The Congressional del
egaiHQu now here from reuBesses iucludes
among Us WemleTs such LOyalIsts as Horace
MAYNARD, Wan. j. stokes, and Nathaniel q.
IayI1 aud We understand that every mem
Der OF ,ue delegsiI gau cOns1ieuuously
take the oath prescribed By Congress. These
genilnneu we're regularly elected by loVal
constituency, they come from State which
furnished between forty and any thousand
troops O. the Union army, and whose people
have suffered more than those OF any other
State for their fidelity and devotion 10 the
Union. We submit whether Il is fair end
Just lhst they should be placed on the same
category with the people Ui ash States as
soutn carolina aud Virginia. This del
egat0n from Tennessee and the people I
who sent them here have been hFhuuC
rebels trom the begin ping. and IL they sre
excluded from Congress it will be a taeit |
admission that LOYALTY is no more recog- !
% -ed than tregsoE We trust that Congress /
viii consider vareiully ali tha facts of the |
csse, aud take such action as viii secure I
the admission OF the Senators and Repre- |
sentatyes irom Tennessee.