The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-03-10
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1865.


ms OIuClot - tic Outg 0uC VI al tuS
State officers in the South, who has
dared to resist the usurpations of the
rebel government, and to maintain the
doctrine of State Rights, denouncing
JEFF Davis and the rebel Congress for
their repeated violations of it In his
recent message to the Legislature Of
Georgia, he exhibits even more than
his usual spirit and determination. He
condemns the policy which took GeOr-
gians away from their homes to defend
other States, and left Sherman an IN
DISTRACTED path through the State;
and advises the Legislature to guard
against being left defenceless in future
by organizing a militia force which
shall in no case be turned over to the
rebel government He opposes the
arming of the slaves, believing them to
be more valuable as agricultural la
borers than they could be as soldiers-
he says:
They do not wish to 60 into the army,
and the principal restraint now upon
them is the fear that if they leave the
enemy will make them fight and COM
pel them TO take up arms, and they
will desert by thousands. Whatever
may be our opinion Of their normal
condition or interests, we cannot ex-
peot thCna to perform deeds of heroism
when fighting 10 continue the enslaye-
ment OF their wives and children, and it
is not reasonable TO demand il of them
WheneUer sre establish the fact that they
are a military people s0s destroy oar theory
that they are unfit 70 be free When zee
arm the slaUes soc abandon slavery.
From this it is evident that Governor
Brown foresees the evils which are
likely TO result from the enlistment of
8 ayes in the rebel army, and he pre-
fers the preservation of Southern con
sisteDcy to making a hazardous experi>
ment 1t is too late in the day, how
ever, to say the negro is incapable OF
deeds Of heroism that bubble has
been exploded; the statesman who re-
peats it now, simply writes himself
down Rn ass" and nobody knows this
better than Gov. Brown. The Governor
brings a strong bill of indictment
against the rebel Government for levy
ing disproportionate taxation, for ille-
gal impressments, arbitrary arrests,
partiality to the wealthy, and oppres-
sion Of the poor. He animadVerts Sc
verely on the generalship of Jefferson
Davis, and traces his military career
during the war He says the rebel
Government is now military despo-
tism drifting into anarchy, and if the
present policy is persisted in it must
result in reconstruction, with or with
out subjugation. He states that he
is utterly opposed to both, but il he IA
vors either, he l0ould give his earnest sup
port 70 the policy Of the President, as the |
Stu5st mode Of diminishing their armies, er-
haEsting their resources, breaking he spirit Of
the people, and causing them IN despair 70
seek refuge from ,0orSs tyranny, b. placing
her sslues under a Government hey loathe
and detesL For the cure of existing
evils, he recommends the repeal of the
Consumption Act and a return to the
constitutional mode of raising troops
by acquisitions upon the States the
observance Of good faith with the sol.
diers by paying them promptly; the
abandonment of impressments and Sc
cret sessions of Congress; no more re-
presentation without a constituency
and finally taking from the President
his power as COMMANDMENT Chief He
calls for a Convention of the States to
amend the Constitution, and closes in
the following laHguage
Ny destiny is linked with my coun-
try. II we succeed, / am a free man.
If by the obstinacy and weakness of
our rulers we fall, a common ruin awaits
US all The night is dark, the tempest
howls-the ship is lashed with tuIbu-
lent waves-the helmsman is steering
10 the whirlpool-yet our remonstran-
ces are unheeded We must restrain
him, or the crew must sink together,
and all be buried in irrecoVerable
ruin.
The upshot of all this outspoken OPP |
position to and denunciation of the |
policy of JEFF Davis and the rebel gov
eminent is, that in Gov Browns opinion
the rebellion so far has been failure.
He is disappointed, sadly disappointed;
and has no hope so long as JEFF Davis
gives direction to public affairs. No |
one, who has a spark of candor left, will |
disagree with the Governor in these
views. The rebel government is the
most intolerable despotism that ever
trampled upon the liberties Of an en-
lightened people, and the rebellion is a
failure. But nothing can save it from
the whirlpool to which Davis is steering.
A change of rulers and policy would /
svail nothing. Davis has done as well
IS any other leader could have done. /
The rebels have no one more compe.
tent to take his place; if they had, it is
not within the ability of mortal man to
redeem their cause Conceived in sin
and thought forth in iniquity," like all
the devils works, it is but a symbol Of
ultimate ruin and despair TO its bind
and wicked followers.