Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-10-16


a mater Of almost absolute certainty thar
the Radical majority in the present Con-
gress will not be weakened ID the next. The
only question now left to Be solved, Is
whether this party, flushed with triumph,
will proceed to inaugurase and prosecute to
a consummation the violent and revolution
airy programme which has been promulga-
ted by its leaders, or, staggered and over
awed BY the determined opposition by which
it has beer met, will temper is threats Of
blood and coniiscation..
| The South, the party seemingly most in
terested in the solution Of this question, has
received the result Of the contest IN that
spirit Of corDposure and Indifference which
might have been expected to be accorded to
an anticipated event
Upon the continuation of this spirit and
feeling much depends. Disappointed and,
to some extent deceived as to the result Of
their first venture in national politics since
the war, dnty and interest equally demand
that the States of the South, under the wise
guidance Of their public men, should hence
forward devote themselves to the repairing
Of their shattered fortunes and the develop
ment Of their as yet untouched resources,
and leave to the leaders Of Northern parties
the settlement Of the questions at issue be-
tween them.
Nothing that can be here said or done can
diminish the intensity Of Radical hate for
the entire Southern people. No cunning or
strength can here be exerted to avert the
promised doom for the South at Radical
hands. The discussion of the unjust in
sulting and degrading terms of submission
held out BY BUTLEH, BRowSLow and BING-
HAM, cannot with safety, dignity or decency
be discussed. Sheltered BY the powerful
and formidable minorities which have re-
Gently recorded their support of the Presi-
dent and his plan for restoring peace and
prosper ity to a sorely distressed and dis
tracted country, the South may-nay, must
quietly await further developments.
From the Augusta Constitutionalistl
It has pleased heaven to continue our
wretchedness and prolong our trial. Blind,
besotted and reckless would we be, if manli-
ness failed us in this supreme hour, when to
be craven is to deserve misery; to be dig
nifed TO merit better fate. Despair under
such circumstances is not proper; irmness,
however, will sustain US in the present and
prove an earnest of the future. We depre-
cate panic of any sort, especially the panic
Of entire communities. If ever fortitude
becomes Indispensable to man or nation it is
when injury has been inflicted and contume-
ly launched. Liberty is not gift; it is a
prize. We can deserve it or not; as we are
brave Or cowardly, SO may we hope to sur
vive or perish. Let us, then, in this gloomy
hour of destiny, gaze, with unvanquished
eyes, full into the face of fate. BUTLER is
great, because corruption has full swing these
days; STEVENS is powerful because fanati-
cism holds dominion now-but Time is
mightier than BUTLER, more puissant than
STEVENS. To Time the Avenger we will
raise our hands and crave the gift which
Never yet Of human wrong
Lost the unbalanced SCALE"
A less gloomy view might be
taken. tits plausible that the Radicals hate
Mr.. JOHNSON infinitely more than they hate
the South, and having won the field, will be
gracious enough to hoist a flag of truce.
They coalesced against the President in
order to reap the honor Of reconstruction
themselves. Success is sometimes an APP
peaser of vindictiveness. The coalition may
not obtain in Congress. Many men who
worked against the President through the
canvass, will support him, more or less fer
vently against the agitators and disorgan-
izers of their own party. Then must APP
pear conservative Radicals, so to speak, who |
will prove breakwaters against the encroach- |
mCnt of the Jacobinical element.