Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-18

CONGRATULATIONS 10 the Union and American-Ihe
Split among the Raaieals-The Presidents
stand on the Coasttution--Re Reception Of His
Late Declaraticns-0ar Mass Convention Of
the I'd. &C.. &c .s sd
Special Correspondence Union and American.l
New YoRK. February IA 1855
Permit me to congratulate you and through
you. the country generally. upon the resuscifatcn
Of that standard sheet, THg USfoS AND AxERl-
CAN. Ny mind very naturally rcverts to the days
that are passed and gone. before our political
wrangie had deepsned into actual strife and
bloodshed-when the facile pen Of an EAsrxAS
graced its columns and the genius Of the lament
cd PorSDExrER illumincd its editorials can
wish youn no greater in the future than you
have had in the past, that you may again make
The UNION AND AMERICAN the leading journal Of
the Southwest. and ofthis entertain no doubt
The split in the ranks Of the Radicals in Con-
gress, Of which premonitions have been occasion
ally given, from the day it convened. has ut
length assumed a desnite and tangible shnpe.
Stevens and Sumner. et "a onsnes genus. are deter
mined TO force negro suffrage upon the States
lately in rebellion, by Congressional action. as
condition precedent to the admission Of Repre-
sentatives from those States; whilst President
johnson. sustained by Raymond. Delano, and
other conservative Republicans. and the entire
Democratic party. are rs determined on their part
that the suffrage question shall be left as Of old,
and where the Constitution Of our fathers left il,
to the several States, and that these Representa-
tives shall be at admitted. without condition
or dictation by the Federal Congress. The diff
Guilty admits Of no amicabIe solution. The breach
deepens and widens every dag, and is fast ap-
preaching an open rupture, withdeelared antag-
onism on either hand.
The noble and patriotic sentiments recently ex-
pressed to the Montana and Virginia delegations,
the crushing and whitening rebuke. given Down
ing and Douglas By the President, has caused
great conservation and alarm in the ranks of the
negrophilists throughout the entire North. tits
regarded here. and was no doubt intended by the
President. as an open defiance Of the horde
OF Jacobins and Jewelers., who are seeking to drive
him into the support Of their wild schemes. And
most calamity has he met their attack, entrenched
behind the IMPROBABLE ramparts Of the Consti-
tuition and clad in the impenetrable armor of legal
right and political justice he stands the Ceur De
Leon of the political arena, guarding with Ro-
man irmness and Spartan fidelity the sacred in
strument which he has sworn to preserve and de-
fend The Presidential glove is at your foot, Mr.
pteNens uhFe you tdkc IL up you nave not now 20
deal with cringing and fawning Representatives.
over whom you crack your party whip and
receive implicit obedience. but with man Of high
and exalted patriotism. Of commanding abilities.
stern and memorable will. honest and sincere in
convictions. direct in his utterances and his ac-
lions. he will do what he thinks is right. and
would not flatter
"Joye for his power to thunder,
Or Neptune for his trident"
IL is quite refreshing to read the words Of manly
elequence and profound wisdom. uttered by the
President. They sound strangely. but joyfully in
our ears. and we feel rs If we had just awakened
from troubled sleep full of horrid dreams. Let
his glorious words II shall stand by and main
tain the Constitution" Il can afford to do right"
inspire your mammoth meeting Of the I'D inst.
Send them greeting to every mountain fastness and
smiling valley of his own East Tennessee, pro-
claim them over the desoiate but fertile fields Of
Middle Tennessee, and lot West Tennessee shout
them to the Father Of Waters on whose turbid tide
they will DO borne to the sad hoarts of Arkansas,
Mississippi aud Louisiana. Din them with un-
ceasine energy into the assanine ears of Bully
Billy Brownlow. until his knees smite together.
New ! ork, the nations emporium, bids you God
speed in your approaching meeting to indorse the
bold and patriotic stand the President has takon
and promise you her whole heart and fifty thous-
and majority in its maintenance OBSERVER.