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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
THE DIFFERENCE.

The report Of It. Gen. Grant, recently
sent on a tour TO portion Of the Southern
States, to obtain information upon which the
Government might act intelligently in the
matter of State restoration, was sent, in a
message from the President to the Senate, a
| day or two since. We are informed,
that it gave great umbrage to Mr. Sumner
and other senators of his school. The
former Immediately rose and attacked it in
a most violent manner.
The cause of this furious onslaught is to
be found in the fact, that Gen. Grant reports
favorably to the early admission of the
Southern States and doubtless gives suffici-
ent reasons for this course to the mind of
every man, not besotted with fanaticism, or
STEPPED in the bitter waters of a relentless
sectional hate.
The great soldier, by whose skill and
proves, more than by that of any other one
man, the resisting States were forced to yield
to the power of the general Government,
after personal investigation among the peo-
pie of those States, imam official paper, bear
ing the sanction of the civil head of the Re
public, gives his opinion in favor Of offering
no further obstacles to their restoration to
their due and rightful place as coequal
States; and bears witness TO the manly ac-
quiescence, on the part of this people, In
the views and wishes of the Government, as
heretofore announced by the President and
the proper temper which animates them.
The sagacity which enabled him to direct
armies successfully, enables him to see the
path by which his victories will accrue their
full and true fruit-the pacifcation of the
country. The magnanimity ofthe chivalric
soldier infuses its spirit into his views of
pending public affairs.
On the other hand, the Senator from Mas
sachusetts, who may be good authority in
philology and the fne-spun theories of the
schoolmen; and who, probably, has in the
pigeon-holes of his csc1Ttoire, bill or reso-
luton to remedy every i'll, real or imaginary,
which States are heir to; whose legislative
crotchets are constructed in the closet; and
who knows practically of human nature and
its affairs, scarcely more than one would ex-
pect from recently excavated and petriied
citizen Of Hcrculaneum or Pompeii; and
who, besides, is tho subject Of certain form
Of insanity, and Is generally a mean man,
with heart trimming and bubbling with
malice, and all ncharitableness, thinks diff
ferontly. The malevolence of his nature
prompts him to attack the report of General
Grant, and any other generous course toward
the Southern people. We dislike to allude
To il, but he has cuiicular reasons for doing
so. This, however, is the difference between
the men.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21

! ADvICEs from Ottawa, Canada, says
/ another delegation will leave that city for
Washington to urge the renewal Of the Re
ciprocity Treaty. Il commissioner has been
appointed on behalf of the Canadian Gov
ernment, to endeavor to facilitate direct
trade between the Provinces and the coun-
try along the Mediterranean.
HoN. w. ii. HOOPER, Congressional del
egate from Utah, is on the way TO Washing
ton He will ask the passage of an act ad-
hitting Utah as a State into the Union.
A NORTH Carolina delegation is in Wash
ington, asking The President TO annul the
revenue law passed by the State Convention
in October last.
The next great radical measure, designed
to maintain partizan supremacy, viii be the
amendment of the Constitution, so that re-
presentation shall no longer be based upon
populations as now provided, but upon
voters recognized as such by the laws of
each State.
The Committee on Commerce Of the
national House Of Representatives has been
instructed to inquire "what legislation, if
any, is necessary for the safety and protec-
ton of persons travelling upon railroads in
the United States, and TO report by bill or
otherwise"
CoRREcIIoN.-The article copied into our
columns yesterday, under the heading spirit
of the Radical press," and ascribed to the
Chicago Times, was from the Chicago RepuJ-
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Senator Sumner was to have spoken or
Monday, on the reconstruction policy of tho
President. We shall have n report Of what
he had 10 say in a few days.
Dispatches from Washington state that
President johnson has recently declared that
he would under no circumstances be a can.
didate forre-election. Another widely quoted
declaration of his is TO the effect that in Sc
lecting successor TO Preston King, he does
not mean to lose sight of the essential, that
the new Collector shall he devoted to the
Administration.
This is the day set apart by the Corpora
ton, TO express an opinion on the extension
Of the right Of suffrage in the District of Co
lumbia.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Secretary of State of
New York, has declined the position of
Minister to Japan, to which he was some
time ago appointed by the President.
Gen. Logan has declined the Mexican mis-
sion, says a dispatch 10 a Philadelphia paper.
His reasons are not made public, but it is
said that he does not like the policy which
is 10 be pursued by the Government.
The joint special committee Of the two
houses Of Congress on the death Of Presi-
dent Lincoln, held meeting on the 18th.
Ii is understood that they will, probably, re-
port in favor Of memorial services in Feb
ruary, with the Hon. T. NJ Stanton as ora
tor for the occasion.
Mr. Bingham has prepared the draft of an
important amendment 10 the Constitution,
repeating the 9TH section Of that instrument
which prohibits tax on exports.
The Southern Congressional delegates have
generally returned home, except those from
Tennessee and Virginia
Thc House Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions itis said, viii take strong grounds on
the Mexican question. The Senate Com
miage Is more conservative.
TINS floating debt of the War Depart
mcng 4. larger than has been supposed
Some say that three hundred millions must
be met before the close Of the present fiscal
year
CONTROLLER Clark Of tho Currency Blu
reau has decided that ladies cannot act as di-
rectors Of National Banks, as the laws do
not recognize them As citizens.
INAsNUcH, saws Washington special, as
the Tennessee delegation has been admitted
TO the floor Of the House. the delegations
from Virginia and Louisiana are now ur-
cling that they too should be admitted to the
same privilege. There are certainly four,
and perhaps five. Of the Virginia delegation
who can subscribe TO the test oath.
Ir is said that the Emperor Napoleon
has addressed letter direct to the Secreta-
nv OF State. asking our Government to re-
oognize the empire Of Maximillian as the
Government de faoso. Tao Secretary Of
State Is engaged in preparing his reply.
TIE London papers Of the End inst con-
tain A dispatch from Mr. Seward, intended
TO be general acknowledgment of the
many addresses a coincidence which were
forwarded from Great Britain to President
Iobnson on the occasion Of the assassina-
ion Of Mr. Lincoln.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
THE PREsIDENT ANB THE RADI-
GALS.

Special dispatches to the Louisville Co''ri-
cr speak of the message of the President,
conveying the reports Of Lieut.. Gen. Gran;
and Maj. Gen Schurz, upon the condition Of
the Southern States, as a bomb-shell in the
radical camp, and adds: Sumner unceremo-
niously bounced the report and the Admin
istration. Reverdy johnson, Dixon and
Doolittle came to the rescue. A lively de-
bate ensued.
Major General Towards report on the
same subject has been sent into the House.
These reports are all of the same tenor.
They report the masses Of the people Of the
South as thoroughly cured Of any secession
proclivities, and ready to do everything that
can be honorably and honestly required Of
them TO restore sheir States to the Union.
Simultaneous with the presentation Of
these reports comes the correspondence be-
tween the Secretary Of State and the Gov
ernor Of Alabama, announcing the restora-
ton Of that State TO the Union. In addition
comes the proclamation stating that the anti
slavery constitutional amendment has been
adopted by three-fourths Of the States, in
Guiding to make up the requisite number,
the States of Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee,
Arkansas. South Carolina, Alabama, Geor-
gia and North Carolina. Thus eight Of the
so-called rebel States are necessarily recog-
nized as States in the Union in order to
perfect the adoption Of the constitutional
amendment, and the onus is thrown upon
the radicals of doing all that has been done,
and declaring that the amendment is not
Incorporated in the Constitution, if they
fail TO recognize the legal or loyal existence
Of the lately insurgent States.
The President has evidently accepted the
challenge given by Thad. Stevens in the
House, and Sumner in the Senate, and has,
in the estimation Of all parties, trumped
their trick He has furnished to the eau
Gus Committee ofifteen, ready made reports
on the condition Of the Southern States
which they cannot, dare not and will no.
controvert. He has provided for them the
testimony Of eye and ear witnesses of all
grades from the highest military to the
highest civil reputation, testimony which is
not TO he impeached, and within twenty
four hours after the radical batteries were
opened upon him and his policy, he has
completely silenced them by coup de main
that was not dreamed of in their philosophy
He is marching straight forward on his pro-
gramme turning neither TO the right or left
IL is admitted this evening even. among the
Republican, that he won the day, and will
continue to win to the end.
A very respectable number oil prominent
Republican Senators and members of Con-
Gress have already openly announced their
adhesion ~ the Presidents policy and party,
and il is estimated that by the LIST Of Feb
ruary next Stevens and Sumner will he left
quiet "alone in their glory"
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Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21

ALBERT PIKE informs the Indian Bureau
that manuscript copies of treaties made by
the Confederate government with the various
Indian tribes, were recently stolen from him
on the railroad near Richmond. The War
Department has instructed Gen. Terry TO in
stiulte a search fer them.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21

TIM words appropriate legislation mean pre-
cisely what the words necessary and proper do
IN relation 20 the power Of Congress 20 enforce
the provisions Of the Constitution. and these words
arc in the Constitution now.-L0uisrilic Journal
Then, great logician, tell us why it was
necessary and proper to insert the words
appropriate legislation" in connection with
the new amendment.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
EDCEFIELD SAFE PoSTpoyED.

rCHE sale Of 90 lots in Bryan's Addition to Edge
4 field, postponed on account of inclement
weather. viii take place on the premises on Fri
day December -. 1855. This is most beautiful
and desirable property. within one half mile of
Public Square, and we solicit a large attendance
Omnibuses viii leave our Office, 81 Union street.
at To- o'clock, day of sale.
j. L. Ar. NJ BROWN.
doc ~, Agcnts
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21

OFFICERS.
SAMUEL WILL, President
JAMES II. LUCAS, Vice President
VIM. 7. SELBY, Secretary.
VIM. n. BENTON, General Agent.
DR.. JOHN 7. HODGEN, Consulting Physician
LAKELAND, CLINE & JAMESON, Legal Adv'rs.
HON. ELIZUR WRIGHT, Consulting Actuary.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
attorney at Lar,
ARTEWUS Wards
FAREWELL NIGHTS IN AMERICAi
Artemus Ward Among the Mormons.

T'HESE will most positively be Artemus Wards
i only nights IN Nashville. prior 70 his depar-
ture for England, where arrangements are already
being made for his early appearance at the Egyp
tian Hail. London.
The Pictorial part Of the entertainment embra-
ces eighteen Panoramic Views Of the Street. Of
salt Lake City. and the singularly beautiful Val
ley Of Utah. faithfully and accurately painted
from Photographs taken in the Lands Of the Nor
mons under the Immcdiate superintendent Of
Artetnus Ward. These views were transferred %
canvass by artists Of established reputation. and
their thorough exactness has been cordially
knOwletRcd wherever this entertainment has
been given. The accompanying descriptive lee
ture by Artemus Ward trtH aim 70 be r0fhrr irsiy.
He believes 1t far better 10 stay in the sunshine
while we may, inasmuch the shadow must, "
it, own accord, come only too soon.
Admission Is cents. Reserved seats in front 81.
Reserved seat tickets for sale at DOrnan Fen
tons Music store. under Masonic Hail. and az the
door at night Parties at a distance can have seats
secured for them by sending the amount for tick
cts 20 Messrs. Dorman FentOn.
Doors open at Z. 70 commence NJ sOclock-
The Chickerinz Piano used Is kindly loaned By
Messrs. D0Tmau x fcntou.
deel9-6t JNO. P. SMITH. Director
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
ASSETS, July 1, 1860, S56i,6 ga 81 ::
SECURELY INVESTED.
Dividends declared to Policy Holders Jan. !, 1865
Forty Per Cent.
Reader, Is Your Life Insured?
If not, what provision have you made for your
dependent ones? THINK What would be
their pecuniary situation were you to
die tomorrow?
DIRECTORS.

If it is wise to Insure. is it prudent to Delay?
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-17
The sirth ana iSeathl 70 r rIoses.e-

I When Moses last words hadi been penGi
ned, and his ast charge given, ,he was conn
manded to go up to the top of Mount Neboi
a peak of .Risgah-Pisgah being a group or
mountains, at the northernmost eiid Of the
range called Abarim, there to diem utter
solitade but first, from thehce, to- see t,fari
off the, length and breadth Of. the land
which God had, promised to-, Israel, The
Bible, in its grand unconscious way says
almost nothing about the mannerof his gosi
ing, only this: I"An1 Moses went up from,
the plains, of Moab nato the m99pntainl, M Of
Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that Is over
against Jericho" Ddet. xxxiv: y. Doubt
less, already, the camp iilled With Hails
ing, and the people thought with deeper
gratitude than they had ever done before,
of all that Moses had been TO them, and feit
like children bereaVed OF their father, Hike
sheep IWithouta shepherd, whepl he1 book
his way,-up the mountain side and disap-
peared among Its ruggedness- this time to
come down no more. 'e"'A-A HoI59sd0Iq -
'GDoubtless he took q solemn farewell, es-
peciallyIof his-successorss Joshua, the Hes-
tined warrior leader, and Ele8zer, the high
priest and administrator Of Israel NoniS
bers xxXiv., II, Josh. Xviii, 4); and then,
not to die as a aUhristian dies, amidsD eter1
nal hopes and strangelycyiyid views Of the
world beyond the grave, but to cast himself
without question or fear upon the mercy or
his God, he went forth and vanished for
eveiqfrUmp the'sight ofmen. His birth and
death, have one notable e,resemblance TO each
other, At either pole of his life there Is
mysterymshad0w. The princes OF Egypt
f6tind him, "a nameless babe, weeping inFthe
ark of bulrushes on the bosom of the Nile;
aud sorrowipg Israel watched his venerable
form disappear, where Nebo Tits It's head
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-11-17
P PROPOS,AL- Is

- r~SfNt'~ fSvNTfHh~SI
aYTIILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS Of
wv fceuntif. H9yi9o5T NinHo Z lgT1n90
Monday, 1he Goth Bay hf Npy., 1865.
A. E gslesk e 7 M!sfSs furnishing material and DO
'Grayeiins the roadway of Latham street from
North Phbhciane to John street.9IoS z, a..l b,yi9,
For Grading Mitchell street from National road
south to State street, and stavelihe the roadway
tseseo snd ALSO fGs RSyiR sidewalks CUTTERS
-3For grading Belle street from the National road
south 70 State street. aud ,grayellng the roadway
thereof and also for paving the sidewalks, gttefs
and crossings Of said street, L92A,s,,
CUTTERS and crossings and gravelipg the roadway Of
Cherry street from Fair alley 10 Water street.
4 For grading South Public tlapefrom Point Isabel
west 70 Canal street and grayelins the roadway Of
ID 1Thebids will beopened by the committees of the
City Council for ltbe Wards in which the several
are located and the right toreiect ANY
Of all Of the BIDS win be caimel " the so&yni,tee
-llflShi 9dI IN 9oiVT9s M. W. POL LLhRO,nl
-Bl yuiriinJL aid yd OIL CITY Civil Engineer,
City Ciyl Ensinesrs Office. November M l4th sH lssF
ylFY''YaN1'l 9dilwestbote copylo dorm yr9y
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-21
Alexander N. St.phenn.

1t is stated that Alexander II. Stephens,
late Vice President Of the Southern Con-
federacy. has made application to Presi-
dent johnson for pardon. The case of
Mr.. Stephens is a peculiarly hard one.
From the first he opposed tho secession
movement, aud resisted ii until the last
moment. When the Confederate govern
ment was instituted, he consented to go
into it only with the hope that his position
and influence might enable him to oAect a
reconciliation between the contending
sections, and perhaps bring about re-
storation of the Union without prolonged
and bloody war. 1t is well known that
he labored to this end, earnestly and faith.
fully, to the last. He was one of the
commissioners from the Confederate gov
ernment who held the conference with
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward
at Fortress Monroe, and failing to accomp-
lish any satisfactory results at that time,
discouraged and despondent, he retired to
his home in Georgia, determined to have
nothing more to do with the Confederate
government.
Subsequently he was arrested on his
farm in Georgia and taken to Fort
Warren, where he is now confined. He
is in very delicate health, and it is thought
his continued incarceration will soon end
his life. In his plea for a pardon, the
Statesman says
HE refers to Horace Greeley's Opposition
to measures Of compromise With which Demo
Gratis and Conservatives undertook to avert
Secession and War, and TO bis advocating the
extension to the South OF permission to with
draw peaceably from the Union. No doubt
that this advocacy exercised powerful influence
on the Southern mind. The Southern people
knew that Mr. Greeley welded INN ense power
10 the Republican party. Leading Republican
Journals echoed his vieSs. They saw and
heard these echoes and they drew from them
the conclusion that the incoming Adminisra-
ton Of Abraham Lincoln would allow them
to withdraw from the Union quietly. After
the passions Of the people become sufficiently
cool to look at matters in a dispassionnts
manner, they can not fail to be very sensibly
Impressed with the fact, that the utterances
OF the Republican press contributed largely in
precipitsting the Southern people into rebel
lion"
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-21
Current News Items.

MAximiian has sent agents from Mexico e
Paris Tor the express purpose Of explaining Z
the critical state Of affairs In Mexico. Maxi
milan titis stately speaks Of the msnseipg
attitude OF the Americans, aud iears that war
may be decartd with United Stales The
French Government, therefore, has given the
Washington Cabinet to distinctly understand
that Mexico is under the protection Of France
and 10 power will be allowed to attack it. All
6lIibustsrs entering Mexico are to be hanged
OF shot, without loss Of time or mercy. 1t
will be seen that the tone Of the French Gov
eminent is decidedly energetic. The subject
vas discussed on the 9Th, at length, in the
Corps l.sgislatf
The Governor OF Idaho, Caleb Lyon, has
arrived in Washington, being driven from the
territory by the citizens on account Of his
position 10 relation to the removal OF The
Capital a.
The city Of Portsmouth, Va, has been
turned over by the military to the civil rule
They have beeu under military control for
the last four year.
The transport Kentucky, with 200 Con.
tederate troops on board, on the 9Th, struck
snsg twelve miles below Shreveport, and
sunk in three minutes. Two hundred lives
were lost
The English papers are discussing the
terms Of. President Johnson's Amnesty Proc
lsmation
Secretary Seward, In noticing the revoca.
ton by England and France Of the rights Of
belgerents, heretofore accorded to the South
takes occasion to protest against the original
act as unfrieudy, and as not warranted by
International Law.
He expresses the right and intention Of
the Uaiied States to capture rebel cruisers,
under whatever Gag they may be placed, and
refusing to recognize the validity of any
transfer that he's been made.
There ia a large delegation from South
Carolina in Washington, to consult With the
President on reconstruction.
The army will be reduced 100, 900 men the
coming year
President johnson will recommend to Con.
gress retrebchment, as the means Of return.
ing to specie currency.
A, H. Stephens in Fort Warren, it is stated,
spends bis time mostly in writing history Of
the rebelhou
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-06-21
A Sensible Republican View.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, q Republican
Journal, 10 noticing the charge Of the notori.
ous Judge Underwood, of Eastern Virsinis,
20 the grand Jury at Norfolk to indict Sc.
cessionst' for treason, telling them that the
terms OF the parole agreed upon with Generel
Lee were mere military arrangement, and
can have no influence upon civil rights, or
the persons interested, says:
"Tbere are many who may regret that the
terms OF the parole we're too liberal in their
Judgment, but they must recolect that they
we're approved by that good man, Abraham
Lincoln, In whose loyalty, justice, and excel.
lent common sense the whole nation trusted.
The parole is an act of the Government
which, being once agreed upon, must not be
dishonored by breach Of faith. While We
look at our aide of the question, we must look
also at the other. Had il been said to Lee
and his soldiers, We parole you now, bat will
have every one of you up for trial hereafter,
before the civil courts they would have re-
jected such terms. and with bloody despera
ton fought until they were annihilated The
war would not have been closed to-day, Every
rebel army would have been defiant, and
many thousand precious lives Of our soldiers
would have been sacrificed, while our burden
Of debt would have kept on increasing with
a frghtful accelera.ion We must look at
this question not merely through the legal
spectaeles Of Judge Underwood, but as mat
ter concerning the national homer. The Gov
ernment is charged with the duty ofeniorc
ing the Constitution and the laws We shou ID
trust to its high officers, and we think that
the volunteer efforts of judges, who 70 out Of
their way to create sensations, should be gen.
orally discouraged