The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-09

document and IS the p-sctice Of indu'g n,
IA rhetorical hOurishes on these occasions
. mas precedent in its favor, 10 would. uer.
hsPs, be out Of order TO Complain. There IS
> however, difficulty in the case. Verbiaes
IS apt 70 defeat its object; snd thousands
who would rad with aTidiiy : succinei
statement OF the condition OF our national
: affairs, decline 10 wade through the woriv
boys and m9rasses with which the facts are
too often surrounded.
There are three principal points OF in
terest presented BY the message. that
which reiaIes to our causes Of complaint
| against iorelgn nations against Great Brit
: ain for she aid aud comfort she is said to
have Afforded TO the rebels, and against
rance for her Intervention in Mexican al
iairs that which relates 10 reconstructiOn,
and that which relates 70 finance. In re-
] spect 70 the first, il may be said that the
message is not Warlike. For this we were
prepared by the general letting down Of the
tone OF the leating journals OF the Republic
can perty within the last SIX weeks. In re-
4 speet TO France, that wholesale iad0rsement
Of tae Monroe doctrine. which was Z re-
markasle feature in those journals some
tnree months ego, appears to have been
Withdrawn, and the way prepared Tor the
! suggestion that, throughout al the revolu-
/ lions winch the world has Of late erus-
licensed, ''the United States have wisely ana
urp y refused to become the propagandtsts |
1 Of republicanism The President shows /
has appreciation Of the lact that form 81 /
government that Is eminently ht Tor q /
| thoughtful, conscientious and hfghlv.reeti-
he'd people like ourselves, nav not be 90
Wei adapted % she wants Of people differ
entity constituted and has come 10 the con
eluslon that the best use we can MAKE Of
our political wisdom is 70 apply ID 70 our
oEn affairs. In respect 70 Great Britain.
while there is no withdrawal Of the grounds
o. complaint, there IS q geatle hint TO Con
sress 10 leave the matter alone, which viii
not probably be very eifectual !,
In respect 70 the financial condition Of the
country and the policy to be pursued, the 1
statements and suggestions of the message
are little more than an epitome Of the fuller .
EXHIBITS and recommendations OF the secre-
tary OF the Treasury, and may more prop
y De considered IN connection with that 4 q
document. Whether the national dem
" vast as it is in amount, fades away int B
no hing when compared with the countless C
blessings that will be conferred upon the n
country and upon man BY the preservation / "
o. the nations life" is question for those "
who are more skilled in the philosophy bf ID
tissolylng views than ourselves and il NAV b
be subject Of rational inquiry whether I q
here Is any thing in fthe character OF our | b,
-'N~--NANAAo "AAANA uMuIU1 additional seed ! ID
ny TO the holders Of our national obliga- th
ions. In
That part Of the message which treats Of "a
reconstruction, reads like a loosely-writteu ct
'eneral treatise upon the nature and DOW | az
RS Of federative Governments. IN which the DIR
writer felt himself alternately attracted or
nd repealed BY the truth. Il is evidently II
y attempt 70 doctrinize the policy that has le
nus far been pursued toward the rebsl | wi
tates by the Administration. By an ex- hi
sgerated Interpretation Of constitutional He
hrases, the President attempts 70 prove car
lat the Union IS potentially perpetual; bu
nd from thence extracts the doctrine that / pa,
Re citizens OF seeding States are guilty he
treason against the Government II e a. she
INES that the States, through the disorRsn- VII
ing effects Of the war, are unable % per- q
I'm for themselves the ordinary functions
local government; and partly on account ir0
their guilt, and partly on that Of their riv
lPoteney, Justifes his intervention in their iroi
fairs, and the compulsory means he has i
nployed TO effect alterations in their local ace
VS. and constitutions. How, while he has iati
git mate authority 70 oblige the States 50 the
amend their constitutions as TO prohibit ing
avery, he has no power 10 ohlige ,hem 50 he
amend as to confer the elective franchise j
ION the negroes, he does not inform US; nor mai
rs he inform US how, when the States are is q
far IN the Union that they can aid in
lendIng the National Constitution, they
4 50 Tar out Of the Union that their repre- r
natives are inadmissable 90 seats in the tar5
ltional Legislature. v.s~
In ITS errors in doctrine and errors in fact ire,
unsound ethics and its unsound politics, ing
partial views, and its extreme ones, the was
'ssags is very accurate representative Of the
e prevailing intellectual and moral con- 'ilrC
non Of the times. There are an abund- ing
&c Of points worthy 70 be taken up as sub rath
g Of comment in the future, and we shall dest
70 leave % recur TO them as time shall mad
ord the opportunity. give