Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-04-14
VOLUME XXXIII.

ment, relationship and social intercourse. 1t wa
a. natural for them % take the side Of the South
as it is for an individual who sees his brother get
ting into a quarrel, docs all in his power 70 get
him out Of it, satisfied perhaps. that he is in the
wrong But his efforts for peace are unavailing,
and the fight begins, he takes the side Of his
brother and helps him 10 fight il out.
No efforts for peace could avail. The quarrel
Of the Radicals eliminated in war, in real bloody
devastating and Tuinous war-a war unsurpassed
in magnitude and destruction Of life and property
in the history Of the human race.
But, the war, or the bloody part Of it is over
and past There are now no hostile armies ar
rayed against each other. The Government with
its powerful organization, established credit, i'm
nense resources. and all the world from which to
recruit and keep its armies filed. and fighting
avowedly for the supremacy Of the Constitution,
the integrity Of the Union, and the perpetuatiOn
Of the best Government on earth, we're, at the end
Of four years, triumphantly successful. The ar
mics Of the South surrendered, and acknowledged
frankly that their cauEe was lost. They returned
to their allegiance and have been since their over
throw, quiet peaceful, law abiding loyal citizens.
Had the terms Of settlement and the restoration
of the Union and harmony been left to those who
led the cOntending armies, Grant, Sherman, Lee
and Johnston, all would. doubtless. have been ad-
justed long since, to the entire satisfaction Of the
large majority of the bona fide people Of the
whole country.
The war resulted from the antagonism Of the
Radicals Of the respective sections. Those of the
South with all who united their destiny with
theirs. have been oyerpowered and put down.
They have accepted the results Of the war as
brave and honorable men should. Their old ad-
yersaries. the Radicals Of the North, have from
their origin been struggling for selfish personal
advantages. and now as they are with the trium-
phant party in the late terrible contest, they de-
sire and propose that all resulting benefits, from
the overthrow Of their old adyersaries, the Radi-
Gals Of the South shall inure to, be appropriated
and enjoyed by them exclusively: That they are
the real victors, and entitled by conquest or cap
ture to all the rights, powers and immunities Of
the Government: That for them, and them alone,
the rebellion was suppressed, the rebels con-
quered. the Constitution protected and the
Union preserved.
And the speeches Of their leaders in Congress,
the editorials Of their newspapers, all claiming to
be their and their party supporters. the only Union
men who are loyal to the Constitution. and by
them and for them in future. the law should be
made. executed and adjudicated. That no for
mer rebel shall ever have any part or lot in the
Government, except to live under it, pay taxes
and obey its cdicts and pronunciamentos. The
war was not prosecuted for purposes Of conquest
nor subjugation but now thatti is over, the States
lately in insurrection to be held and governed
~ conquered provinces. The Radical leaders
North make no distinction and draw no lines OF
demarkation between Union men and rebels in
the Southern States, except upon color. They
regard the eight millions Of free white persons
who were in the South at the commencement Of
the war as rebels and traitors, who have forfeited
all political rights property. and life itself, but
whom they will permit to live, stripped Of all that
makes life desirable as a greater punishment than
death On the other hand. they regard the four
millions Of persons Of African descent living in
the Southern States at the commencement of the
war. or those now remaining, as the only reliable
loyal Union men in those States, when tits known
by every intelligent person that majority Of the
slaves were true. loyal and devoted TO their own
crs and the rebel cause throughout the contest.
And it is a fact not questionable, that nine hun
dred and ninety-nine of every thousand Of the
the former Shareholders are better friends to the
negro than Stevens Sumner. Philips or any other
Of their fanatical coadutors. and would do more
for them to-day, and to really aid them, than
their selfconstitutcd and profcssed friends Of the
North.
The Radicals Of Tennessee and other States Of
the South had better realize the actual condition
of things at once and act accordingly. They may
expend their energies, and wear themselves out
in prescribing and ostracising the late rebels; but
Il will all result in no practical good to them. In
the estimation of the Stevens faction, they are in
bad company-they may be regarded by them as
the remaining sound spots upon body full of
wounds bruises, and purifying sores, so far gone
in rottenness that il Is impossible to even the
the little soundness remaining. BY them Tennes-
see was regarded a rebellious State and all her
people, the negro excepted, as involved in the
crime and must share the same fate.
Rest assured, Radicals, the same destiny is in
store for you at the hands Of Thad. Stevens x Co.,
in the day Of their unchecked power. So far in
their progress, there has been no favors shown to
Union men ofthe South over rebels. Was slavery
abolished 10 punish traitors, by deprving them
of their property? Was not the same measure
meted out to all Union men, shareholders? Have
any Union men been paid for their slaves? No;
guilty. the innocent were equally punished. How
was il with Union men where Union armies were
in the country? We're they and their property
spared and protected2 Were they not equally
plundered and their property taken-sharing the
fate of rebels and traitors? Are Union men now
being paid by the Radicals in Congress for prop
crty impressed or taken for the use of the army
in the Southern States during the war?
How is it with the loyal Senators from the loyal
State Of Tennessee. elected by loyal and radical
Legislature-commissioned as legally and con-
sttutionally elected Senators in Congress, 10y the
most loyal and radical Governor of the State?
How is il with the loyal men elected in pursuance
Of the provisions Of the radical franchise act
passed by the present Radical Legislature, to re-
present Tennessee in the popular branch Of Con-
grcss under the law Of Radical Congress- appor-
tioning representatives among the several States
according to the eighth census, the legality and
constitutionality Of whose election was duly GER
tilted to- and they commissioned By His most loyal
and radical HighneSs. the Governor, under the
broad seal Of the sovereign State Of Tcnnessee?'
Has your acts in electing the Senators, the acts
Of those qualified TO vote for representatives
in Congress been recognized rs valid, and
emitting the Senators and Representatives
thus elected 10 seats in their respective
Houses Of Congress TO which they were elected, by
the Radical powers holding sway of Congress
No. and are not likely to be. The objections cannot
be 10 the Legislature or TO the people who elect
cd these Senators and Representatives, nor to the
Governor who commissioned them, but TO the
State as political community or sovereign mem
Der OF the Union. A large majority Of the people
In the State were rebels during the war. and it is
with the State. as awhole that the Radicals North
are dealing, rather than with the Radical Governor
and Radical Legislature. by chance and circum-
stances placed in power
The Governor and Legislature may sustain Con-
rress in opposition 10 the wise and constitutional
policy Of the President for the restoration Of the
Union and the rc-ostablishment Of harmony
throughout its borders, but rest assured, that in
the end the future destiny Of TenneSscei is one and
indivisible The Radicals North, 10 the extent
they can exercise controlling power, will treat
her rs q whole All must share the same fate,
whether for veal or woe
The Radicals Of Tennessee are warning upon and
against those lately in rebellion in the State, in
order TO retain the power ofthc State in their own
hands. The Radicals in Congress are warning
against ard upon the States lately In rebellion,
states rather than as individual rebels, for the
purpose Of retaining and perpetuating the power
of the General Government in the hands Of their
party and will. without compunction or hesita-
ton. sacrifice the Radicals of Tennessee, and of