Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-10

This evening slle new -lssase officers were

-iAADte0N, ,-tf-ifes Jan. A. 1000
This evening the new State officers were
sworn into Office.
Governor Fairchild, in his Inaugural,
saws ~With the return Of peace much Of
responsibilitS and care has passed away.
| The people Of this State will ever remember
with pride that they nObly answered the
calls Of the general government for men;
over ninety thousand Of Wisconscn's sons
went to the front. With the close Of the
civil war all dangers have not been averted,
nor have all responsibilities ceased Great
poli.ical problems remain unsolved, and
their solution requires, not only the exer-
else of the ealmest Judgment and the purest
discrimination Of our greatest public men,
but also earnest thought, unwearied efforts
and honest purpose Of all intelligent citizens
of the Republic Two great and important
questions are already determined by the late
war The right Of secession 50 strenuouEay
claimed bv the people Of the South, and Wig
orousiy maintained by their arms for more
than four wears. has been forever decided
against then. and from this Judgment, OBJ
tanned bv the Union army at the poins OF
the bavonet. there can be no appeal The
national unity has been fully demonstrated,
and the national honor fully vindicated BY
the armed power Of the government. Those
who sought 10 divide and destroy the conn
try have been compelled to bow their heads
before the majesty Of the law, and on bended
knees ask pardon for their crime. The YER
dict of the American people is, that any at
tempt to right faneiod or real grievances by
force of arms. is treason. They ask, rs they
have right to -, that the highest judicial
tribuna in the land shall give expression 70
that verdict, BY a trial upon the charge Of
that high crime, in accordance with Law, OF
the chief representative Of the rebellion
the man who stood before the world as the
acknowledged leader Of traitors. Not untz
Jefferson Dutss ShaH hare been tried, eoRuicted
and hung for treason. and Che fact that treason
Is crime, wkich cu,Aot Be coME1stfed wilh I'M
puRity, shall hare ikGs been fully daaeasfrated,
triil the AHeicaR p,ople be cOatcHt The Amer
ican people have demonstrated that the
Unicn is one and indivisible-thatit its people,
ofwhatever race orcolor, shall be forever free.
Ii now devolves upon us to see to il that free
dom so established shall be something more
than mere name; il must be so broad and COM
prehensive as to include within its privileges
and rights all races and eolors, and must be
so guarded by, and hedged in, with constitu-
tional enactments, that no person, not even
the highest in the land, can, with impunity,
trample upon the sacred national rights of
the humblest citizen, whatever may be that
citizens creed or color. Special ensctsnents
must be passed for the benefit of the freed
man, 10 protect him against the oppression
of his late master. He should be admitted
upon the witness-stand and in the iury-box,
and be made to feel that he il man invested
with, and protected in, all rights Of manhood
Il xf hat off,
own State should have denied eolored people
in our midst the right of suffrage. Time
will vet modify their opinions. This privil
eye, sooner or later, will be extended 70 that
class In reconstructing the States lately in
rebellion, ii seems both necessary and proper
that ample evidence be required, upon their
part, that they are disposed TO yield ready
and willing obedience to the Constitution
and the laws. Each State ought also to be
required to ratify further amendments to the
Constitution forever prohibiting the payment
Of debts contracted in support OF the rebellion
and affirming the sacredness of the national
debt; also declaring all ordinances OF seces-
sion null and void; apportlening represen-
tation in Congress upon the basis o. the
number Of voters in each State.
With these conditions faithfully carried
out, and, with the necessary Congressional
enactments for the full protection of the
Union men, white and black; the people will
be glad to admit those States into full com
munion with the Union, and welcome them
with open arms. One of the greatest evils
inflicted upon the country by the war Is the
immense national debt. The faith Of the
Government is pledged for its payment; Il
must and will be paid, principal and interest
The national honor is at stake, and people
who created the debt in their almost super
human efforts 60 maintain free government,
have not only power but the viii and integ-
rity TO fulfill their obligations to the fullest
extent. 1t would have been better 70 have
"a lied in the contest, and been blotted sn-
tirely from the face Of the earth, than, being
successful, disgrace ourselves by voluntarily
ignoring the claims Of those who come for
ward TO support the Government in its time
Of need Repudiation, in any form, or under
any circumstances, is one Of the greatest Of
national evils and the worst of national sins.
The power is in the hands Of the President
and Congress to make victory, so dearly won,
a lasting benefit to the country; and, with
full confidence in their wisdom and judgments
the people await their action"