Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-11

Oar columns on Friday contained the re-
port of two interviews recently held by the
President--one with delegation of citizens
from Montana Territory, and the other with
a committee Of ooIored people. We gave a
brief notice Of them on yesterday. The OBJ
ject Of the latter was 10 present to the Presi-
dental mind the views and wishes Of the
colored race upon the conferment Of the
right Of suffrage, and the estate of citizen
ship upon the freedmen. The frankness
and positiveness of the Presidents replies to
both Of them, give evidence and assurance
to the country, that he purposes to maintain
the high and conservative position which
the policy Of his Message foreshadowed II
will be received everywhere by the friends Of
peace and restoration. as an earnest that
the President intends to oppose firm
resistance to the revolutionary schemes Of
the so-called Reconstl RE-, committee of
Congress--that packed Z = u'le of dog
matists and dcctrlnaires, 70 are threaten
ing to wreck the hopes of the lovers of re-
publican liberty.
In this connection we are gratified in be-
ing able to state to the peopleof Tennessee,
upon the authority Of recent information,
that President JOHNSON approves the meet
ing of the 22nd Of February, and looks to
its action as calculated to promote the great
object OF his labors--the restoration Of the
States to their normal condition in the Fed
eral Union
The Presidential programme may be
stated concisely and briefly as follows:
"lst. The integrity OF the Union in
wbole--and for this purpose, il is evident
that the States are now, and have always
been integral parts Of the Government
never destroyed-but their functions Fus-
pended by the war.
End. That as such States, they are entitled
to representation in the Congress of the
United States, according to the ratio Of rep
resentation as fixed by the laws of the land;
and that no legal objection can be made to
the Representatives, because they do not
come from States. The only objection that
can constitutionally be made is as to the in
dividual's qualifications
Bird. That the people Of the respective
States have the right to regulate their local
affairs, as long as they act consistently with
the terms of the Constitution therefore he
is opposed to every attempt on the part of
Congress to force negro suffrage upon the
Southern Subsequently, believing that
such a policy is calculated to widen the
breach, rather than to heal IL; and to injure
rather than to benefit the negro.
4th. The payment Of the public debt.
9th. The freedom of all the inhabitants of
the nation"
Upon this simple and constitutional plat
form the administration goes before the
and appeals to the people for sup
port. That it will command the public
and ultimately triumph, in spite
IF the Vaccinations of the malcontents who
ire striving to paralyze his efforts, and per-
petuate schism and strife, is as certain as the
shining of the sun.
Let the meeting of the 22nd of February,
as ii viii the best men of the
State, plant itself on this platform, and an
impetus viii be given to public sentiment
which will confound the schemes of the
enemies to the peace of the country, and
hasten the era which patriotic men are
looking fora restored Union and re-
newed career Of prosperity.