The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-21
-. RevoIutionists.

The suggestion made by the New
york New that President johnson
should call in military force TO help
him 10 success in the conflict to which
The Radicals who now control Congress
have invited him, is, IN ats practical ei-
fects. too monstrous TO merit less than
the swift condemnation OF its authors
Al the hands Of all true Union men
TO assume that it comes from the great
Democratic party Of the nation, which
ia pre-eminently the party OF law and
order. aud has taken its stand firmly
for the Constitution, is TO criminRlly
hello the noble organization that iurn>
ished freely from ITS ran ks IN the late
war for the Union, and now only IN
sists that the fruits OF that war shall
be fully secured 20 the country. The
Democracy court no revolutions They
hold fast by the Constitution and the
laws. They spurn the men who talk
of the Presidents getting up an outside
Conpress and declaring It the only true
one They believe that Congress can
he renovated, the South be admitted TO
ia rigbtful representation, and the
Union be restored 20 its former integ-
ritv within the appointed forms Of con
stifptionaI action. and that the men
who counsel the employment of force
bv the President are reYolutionists OF
The reddest hue, who court anarchy
rather Chan order, and cherish their
designs more effectively in a state Of
war than in one of peace and hal mony.
The Civil Right, Bill is q law, by
Constitutional authority. lt viii so re
main until the Supreme Court shall
have declared ID 10 be 81 variance with
the Constitution, or Congress shall
have repealed il While il Is law, IL
is of course 20 be executed and obcyed,
and those who presume TO counsel q
President whose political Bible Is the
Constitution, 70 refuse 90 execute 10 be-
cause il conflicts with his own c0nsci-
entious snd strongly supported views,
consutuiionally given in toe premises,
forget that the very spirit of his objec-
tioas 20 il form the surest guarantee
that he will cause il 10 be executed in !
good faith. They forget too, that his |
devotion 20 Constitutional freedom 1
protects him from the reach Of the inn /
putalions which they are so eager 10 /
iasten upon his public character. We /
openly denounce all such recommena.
auons. and declare them to be utterly 1
revolving 20 the sentiments and prin- /
ciples OF the democracy, and mertiug .
The soorn which follows the conduct OF /
traitors
We have always opposed Radicalism.
because we are thoroughly devoted 10
Restoration. Both extremes Of the
Radical party deserve popular condem-
nation, and We have given them the
benefit Of our denunciasions from the
tirst We do not believe that either
wing Of the faction which follows
Thsddeus Stevens and Ben Wood. siriv
ing in such persistent cooperation for
the permanent disruption Of the Amer
lcan Union, viii bring sught but con.
fusion and ruin upon the country. II
they are not kept in check. The de.
sire Of the great body Of the American
people we believe 10 be for peace and
union with these order and prosperity
arc assured, and every blessing which :
i 10 be enjoyed under our benei /
,ient for Of government They would ,
secure forgeiiulntss of the past in the 4
harmony Of the future, drowning the q
punt Of faction in the food Of patriot.