The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-12-17
The Claims Of Tennessee.

From the Roston Post,
Il there is one Southern State whose p 81
ton before Congress as a claimant for adj
mission is especially strong, il is Tennessee
The President was elected from that State,
having been se'ected by the Republicans
Themselves for the Office next below the one
be now Ellis. Tennessee was ruled but
temporarily by rebel force, and the people
eatered upon the work OF restoring Consti-
tu,i1nsl authority ard regular State Gov
eminent the moment the usurpers were dis
possessed Of their power BY the Union ar
mics. The President sat in the Senate. as
an equal with the Senators from Na-sachu-
sets and other Northern States, for some
time after the rebel ION was Ia sctive opera
ton in the field. Horace Maynsrd, a mem
Der OF the present delegation claiming adj
mission has never been other than q
staunch Union man, and held his seat ia
Congress while the war was raging. He
likewise participated In tue proceedings
Of the Republican Convention at Baltimore,
and afterwards served through an election
canvass on the same side In New York and
Indiana. The two Senators presenting
themselves-Messrsr Fowler and Patterson
have sufficiently proved their loyalty, the
one having been state Comptroller while
President johnson was Military Governor,
and the other having been an exile from his
home in East Tennessee Tor nearly two
years
Tennessee did not require, either, to be
subjected TO the authority Of the COnstitu
ton by force of Federal arms on the con-
trary, she acknowledgement forty and fifty
thoussnd troops for Federal service. Ex-
cept during the first year Of the war, the
operation OF the United States Courts in The
State has never been suspended. For three
years past the mails have been carried over
the State without serious obstruction. When
the Convention finally assembled, nearly a
year ago, for amending the State Coustitu-
ton, that body promptly repudiated the
rebel debt, declared the ordinance Of scces-
sion null and void, and passed an set adopt-
ing the Constitutional Anne udment abolish
in slavery. And not only this, but the pro
ceedings of this Convention were submitted
90 the people and ratified by them. Thus
the casa Wss msde as strong as it was posi-
b "a make it, and every condition com
piled with which has hitherto been thought
essential TO establish the loyal position Of
any State at 81! tainted with rebellious ten.
denotes.
The election for Governor and q Legisla
Ia was held last March. Gov. Brown ow
was chosen. The Legislature at once sdopt-
ed the Constitutional Amendment abolish
ing slavery, without an opposing voice. The
two Senators now presenting themselves for
the seats OF Tennessee IN the United States
Senate, were elected BY that same Logisla-
ture. Why they are notss right'ully euti-
tied 90 those seats as any two Senators from
Northern State, no ingenuity but that
which lies secreted in destructive partisan
plsns could possibly explain. Even 20 rad
icsl Republican Journal s. The Washing
ton Chronicle, Giter going over the whole
case, is compelled % confess that ID these
representative from Tennessee are excluded
IRON Congress, cit will be a Jecit admission
that Loyalty Is no m0re recognized than
treason
10 vii be an act without defence IL Con-
gress shuts It's doors on Tennessee.