The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-10
ashrille Maioa.
GENERAL SLOCUM'S SPEECH.
The Presidents Restoration POLICY
supported.
A Soldiers Platform.
Ne Interferenee with the Domestic
Affairs Of states.


which Is made in the Courier and Union G
the Sd Alters brief references TO his ser
vieefi The field, and complimentary refer
en-. + to sherman and others. be said:
g 4e changes which those few brief year
have wrought in the social and pseuniar-
condition Of many Of our people is a subjee
far more painful TO contemplate. Thousand
OF families at the South, who have neve
heretofore known want-uever lacked an
/ Of the Injuries Of liie-are now reduced {,
| poverty. Thousands Of women and childrer
reared in ease and afiuencs have not only
lost their property, but their natural pro
tectors have been taken away from them il
the terrible conflict. Blame the leaders 2.
We may, no generous man can ever find il
his heart anything but feelings Of pity a
| compassion toward these unfortunate vie.
TINS, reduced TO a state worse than death
| itself by the ambition aud errors Of man
| Here at the North the immediate effects Of
the war have been less felt-there has beer
less destruction Of prOperty--fewer cases Of
| utter and hopeless ruin; still we are bur
| dened with a heavy debt, the effects Of
| Ehich will be felt By all classes for genera
tons 70 come, The changes in the po itical
/ affairs Of our country, produced by this war
are not less striking thar those in our mill
tsry and social condition. The great Ques-
| ton which for years has sgitated our couu-
| try-which has influenced all onr legisla-
| ti0n--which has created sectional parties
and at last has eliminated in civil war, has
| finally and forever been put at rest.
The operations Of the war having demon
allied aud rendered the slave valueless, the
| States are now voluntarily moving 10 the en-
tire extinction Of thesystem. Most devout-
| y do | thank God for thisresult. Tam con-
| fident the abolition of slavery will prove a
/ greater blessing 70 the STAKEHOLDER than to
the enslaved. With a soil Of SURPRISING
richness, with a climate equal to that OF
Italy; with monopoly in the culture of
the greatest Of all staples, the remOva! Of
that Institution which has checked the de-
velOpment Of her resources, and has driven
energy, enterprise, and capital from her
borders, opens 70 her a career of prosperity
which, IN few years, will do much 10 make
her children forget the loss Of life and prop
erty she has recently suffered. The only
Impediment has now been removed which
has heretofore prevented US from having a
true Union-One Of interest and feeling as
well as Of law. I believe the Union is now
permanently established, and that, as q peo-
pie, We are soon TO enter upon a brilliant
career. whether this career is TO CON-
menee at once, or be deferred twenty or thir-
" years, depends very much upon the
course pursued by the General Government
toward the Southern States. If the General
Government is 10 assume powers which il
has never before claimed % possess, and is
10 attempt % decide who shall be entitled 10
the elective franchise in certain States If
It Is tacontinus 20 interfere in the domestic
affairs af tie Southern states, keeping mill
tarY officers IL the midst 81 thgir people, TO
set as Judges ~ 81 cases Of dispafe between
different niassea Of citizans-ihen the dawn
of peace and prosperity is yet far in she eis-
lance. The issue iu the recent war was on
the tight Of seeesslon--the southern states
contendiug for thai right, snd declaring CO.
ercion upon the part Of the General Govern
ment 70 Be a vi0Mti0u q their legal and
constitutional rights. The General Govern
ment, on the otheT hand, assumed that no
| such right existed, and treated the pretend
ed secession as q revolt Of a portion Of the
citizens OF those Steles- Thettiumph Of the
Governments has decided the question. and
it viii never sgain be made al issue unless
we now voluntarily reverse the decree. If
we now say to the seeding States, you have
been oUtof the Vniopl ana thereby lost your
constitutional gnts as States, we eertsinly
| recognize the very principle for which the
| South has been couteDding. But / am op-
| ence in the domestic affairs Of those States,
not only because / believe we have no con
stitutional right 70 interfere, but because I
believe il viii be unwise, iIapehtic aud IN
| lust 70 do so-leadiug 70 far greater evils
| than we would correct. One Of the results
of the recent war has been the sudden emen-
| cipali0u Of four millions Of slaves. of these,
at least one sud q half millions are
| either children without parents upon whom
they can depend for support, or Old infrm
| people. having no children upon whom
| they can lean. Of the remaining two aud a
| half millions, not one ia ia Thousand can
/ read-none Of them possess land. All have
| heretofore labored only by cOmpulsiop, and
of course have pot acquired habits Of in
| dustry OF economy. They are now in a land
| which has Just been desolated by civil war,
| The policy TO be adopted toward them is 3
question which should engage the best
| minds in our country In the solution Of
! the question differences OF opinion must Of
| course BE- anticipated, The plan Of colon
/ ization has been proposed, aud has many
/ advocates. I believe it 20 be impracticable
| as well as unwise. In their present state OF
| Ignorance and Incidence, their condition as
| a conlony would be infinitely worse than
that from which they have Just been re-
| moved. They need the exampls and aid Of
| the white race, and the States where they
| now are need their labor. The two races
| will remain associated, and the great mass
| OF the negroes viii remain in the Southern
| States. These States now come forward and
| accept the total abolition OF slavery as one
Of the results Of the war, In their State
| constitutions, which are now being remod-
! eled, every State viii acknowledge this fact,
| ana will insert an article prohibiting slavery
| hencefsrth and forever. Having done this,
| they claim all the rights guaranteed 10
| them by the Constitution. The right Of de-
Gliding who among their own citizens shall
| be entitled to the elective franchise, and
| the right Of controlling their own do
| mestr affairs. Shall they be allowed
| these privileges, or shall the general
| government, in violation Of the C0nstitu-
| ton, and in violation Of repeated declars-
lions as to its purposes in prosecuting the
l war, assume control Of these matters This
! is now almost the only living issue between
the great Political parties Of the day. The
! Democratic party With entire upanimity,
/ declares in favor Of allQEing to every State
| the exercise Of al powers not delegated by
il 10 the general government Now that
the freedom Of the slave is universally ac-
| knos lodged, this party il willing that the
| States, where the freedmen reside, shall past
| such lave as they may deem proper for then
| education and support. A large portion 81
! the opposition party iavors having the gen
| erai government assume control Of thesi
matters, burdening our people With the sup
/ mort cf q million paupers, and compile tiuE
rs in the settlement Of questions with which
We have no constitutional right 20 NEEDLE
The arguments used 70 convince Northern
people that IL is the duty OF the general gov
eminent % assume TINS grea' responsibility
yhiie the states are willie 8 aud DESTROYS o
| relievipr the government iIom it, are ba ed
frst. upop the assumption that az sooa a
| the government withdraws its protection
qreaf cruelties viii be inflicted upon ID,
/ lloets and secondly, that the States will q
| ,,,,,e ,,oss laws reducing the race again to
| condition but litils better than = stale o
| slsverv. have never believed that al tn
burnsne snd kindly impulses implanted b.
rotlrs IN the hesrt Of man were confined 4
= nsrficuiar section Of country. / 6rmll
believe that the sight Of human suffering
! colls 10Th as much sympathy in one section
! ~ 7ur country a. in smother, and do no
f.sr That 8 course Of Systematic cruelty vii
s-er be practiced In any section Of hi
country toward any Of God's creatures
no h viii be- found necessary % pass law
- tbe government Of the blacks. do nc
5rnht. Laws must be passed 70 provide 70
- r,ainienancs Of the old and infrf
"a for she support and educatio
hi he Young. That isolated case
- iniustiee IN the trestment q
he blssks VIII occur, do-not doubt tbs
soroe uurise laws may b passed, u nos IN
n,obable: but / sm confident less injustic
WI be done the blacks Is well as whites,
the matter l. lefi in the hands Of these Inos
seepIv interested. The lshor Of the bias
80 4 an absolute necessity ina every South
- sists- Sow that be Is Tree, self-interss
vii prampi the men % the South % "a
sesvdr 20 make him q cheerful and willin
labarer. HavnE acknowledged bis free
dom. humaniiy, patriotism, and self-intei
- Ill combine 90 Induce the sistesme
81 he south 10 adoPt such laws With refei
go TO the negroes as viz be best calcali
ted 10 promote his Interest snd the interest
Of society. Bat suppose thst, distrustin
De southern people, We take into cur ow
hands the sPPalling task q FsEulstisg 9