The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-06


philanthropists, and even Christians
will not fail TO remember the in4alua
bic services of The sword, in the cause o.
truth and liberty they viii rssneapb el
that i wrung The great CaartsIef E'ig-
q Hsk Rights from the hands of an obsli-
nate King they viii remember that, in
the grasp Of an MEMORABLE people, the
81 ord psrpetoated their rights a. TIE
block. where Chsrles the First lr.st BIS
head Coming down to our owl cag
and time the sharp logic Of tie sN0fd
has solved with lis trenchsnt slows the
| Gordian knot OF Southern Indeeqpend
encei The pen did its work IL the pet
ting up of this rebellion, By INSTRUCT
4 ing the Southern mind and 6fSne the
4 Southern heart" but Grant, sheruiap
Sheridan, Thomas, FaFragat and otheIs,
By the use Of the sword, have hre6ghl
the Southern people 10 considsl seIi-
ously whether on not "the triumphs OF
4 peace are greater than the triuniphs Of
war"
| Gentlemen, your amended eouslitu-
1 ton wipes out the institution Of slave
/ y, and denies to The Legislature, in all
time to come, the right to recognize
] property in man In this sweeping act
Of emancipation you have, in due time,
! abated q nuisance which for years past
has Distracted all the avenues to agri-
cultural, mechanical, manufacturing,
and commercial Development In this
emergency, thesdnty Of pronpts action
becomes imperative; and even, the adj
lYocates of gradual enlancipa tion-@whi ch
means the gradual putting down 81 the
rebellion found themselves poNeriess
in the claims of higher civil and S4ate
necessity, which demand the pFelabt
abeteneptF of the evil The wicked
authors 0kthis rebellion were told that
IN the Union and under tho Coastal
ton their slave property was safe. and
thstitpoplda not be safe anywhers eise.
Not one year elapsed after the war
commenced before the. Institution of
slavery, in all 1.-THE border Sates, be-
came utterly iden15falized. The og7ner
lost Ell control over his slave; aad the
slave, HAVING g0t at Of tie -D5ssen and
from alidsf the t9nshnnioa,2 has either
been itineratiag at viii or hailsg salQlud
loose
The history Of the past shows to ey-
cry candid mind that slavery has con
ferred no benefits upon Tennessee. 1t
has been a stumbling block IN the way
OF her advancement Her people have
felt the effects of its degrading inIin-
ence, and her growth. and prosperity
have been retarded BY exclusion.
from her borders of both capital and
educated labor ~ ~
One of the signs of the times IS, that
the natural features of the Southern
States are now every where expatiated
upon, in order that enterpfising emf
grants may be led, to come among us,
and add to- our capital and entegprise
Tennessee holds out inducements 10
wealthy and Industrious enligrants, that 4
no other border State offers The soil, 4
from johnson to Shelby, possesses ex-
traordinary fertility 1t abounds in /
clear and delightful gushing streams
its mineral wealth of coal, iron, lead,
zinc, copper, and other valuable pro-
ducts, is inexhaustible. It's climate is
mild and salubrious, avoiding the ex-
tremes Of both North and South, and
affordinq remuneratiVe markets for eY-
erything grown upon our prolific soil
Land IS cheap, and BY no means din +
cult to clear. No State is 50 admirably
adapted for the growth of cereals
ftuits, grapes, cattle, sheep, hogs, horses
and-mules The winters are short, and
generally so mild that stock may run
out without particular care. The sum
mers are free from the intense heat of
the Gulf States, and the entire State
abounds with valuable mineral springs,
many of which sare handsomely i'm,
proved, and before the Rebellion, we're
places Of populor resort
Tho signs of cthe times indicate very
clearly that the war is about drawing
To a close: that the rebels are exha ust-
ed that their Comnissariat has no
food, and their Treasury no money; that
their army is melting away by deseTr
tons and by deaths on the battlefield,
and that there are no materials left
with which to fill up their depleted
ranks. In short, there is every thing to
encourage the friends Of the Union, as
they enter upon the summer campaign
but there is also every thing 70 admon;
ish us that we must gird ourselves for
our best efforts. The hardest work,
nav. the bloodiest work of the war, is
in all probability ahead Of Us, IN rid
ding our country of guerriAas, robbers,
and professional thieves.
But. gentlemen, this great conflict
has Aad It's useful lessons We under
stand now the full meaning OF that
aborainableo doctrine of state SoYerr
eighty" the southern Interpretation Of
which has involved US in all cur uou
bles. For thirty years past, the inir
o,1itons phrase Of estate Sovereignty,
has worked It's way into public doour
ments, political speeches and plat
fornns-into. every reasonable ( daily
aud weakly journal OF the country
and finally into the comuIon Language
of the honest people until it was I'M
derstood to mean that there was no
other ssoYeFeignty%p in Aneriea but
State SoUereignht-that the greatest e.
mount Of this was lodged in the Cotton
States, and that Bhateverthey resolgtd
to dc. Il was marvellously proper 70
perform Even IN The pnlpits- of the
South. the changes were rung upon the
nlischievous doctrine Of State Sover-
eighty" backed OPP by the Hnb0anded
lfnAuenoe Of the worst class Of men
that have made tracks upon Southern
sail-Sscsssiou qfzzeker& And thus tie
reasonable doctrine of State SoyeT-
eirnty" has gradually been undermin-
1 ing the Unicn for more than thirty
wears. and IN my hunble Wey have
opposed it that long.
When applied simply to the author
itv of. a State over her own domestic
.affsirs snd local institutions, the doc
trine is sound, though even then, the
word sovsreign signifies too much How
idicnlous the idea is, Of ; sovereign
member OF the Federal MON, existing
without authority TO declare war; Or
TO concludes treaty Of peaee--to cons
tract aIlisnces, TO levy duties and i'm
ports, or even 10 coin money This j.
sovereignty with a vengeance, and a
decree of sovereignty that is not likely
Ito hold The nations Of the earth in.awe,
while their several poDsrlsss sovereigns
confederate 10 overthrow q truly SOW
ereien poser, and achieve their boast :
ed Independence :
1 & L hold ludis QH0oI Tie NSA7tts AtltA
Of the United States, there can be but
one SovEREIGS Authority, and to that
ali State Sovereignties sfeshbordinate
Hence, l am not one OF those men who
4 are alarmed at the powers assumed By
i the Federal Government IS this time
REGARDING them as a departure from
fornses preeaicnis. "a state Of wal
forced upon the country, by set q
bad men IL rebellion. calling Ter the
exercise Of the whole var power Of the
National Government So far from
finding fault with the National Admin
istrntion fer the exercise Of These
T alleged Startling powers, ] have felt in
! ciined 20 erunble that We hare no.
had more Of the same sort The real
, paople have notn1ada any faoticus com
: plants as 10 the liberties of the coun
, nv being endangered By these en-
, crozchuasnls on the part Of the fienera
. Governnaent, bat h2ve sustained ih,
Administrator with great unanimify
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