The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-21
a Patent Oiisarchicai scheme.

III -
the war proceeds by unmasking the
designs OF "the great secession major
Ity OF Tenn 6 e., as they are Induced
By their fears to understand them;
continues by rec~spitulating the history
Of the present Government OF Tennes-
see from its inception eliminates 10y
setting forth the imputed wrongs which
the Union party and negros are suffer
ing at the hands of the "Iste rebels,
and the redoubled wrongs which thew
expect to receive in the event of the
restoration Of the Union, and concludes
with the drcliration that g. if or form
OF government Is such, that to admit
our Representatives 10 seats in Con-
gress will compel the withdrawal OF the
supervising control of the National
Government over our internal affairs.
thereby insuring the ascendency Of the
rebel majority, your memorislists pre-
fer, and they are sure the loyal people
Of the State prefer, to live in a Terri
torial condition, and even under q mill.
tary Government"
From the rebel yoke they pray to
be saved. from such a fate we rely
upon the power of the nation 10 rescue
US In behalf Of ourselves, in behalf of
the loyalists Of the State, of whatever
color, and in behalf Of our posterity,
we appeal to that Government that we
have loved, TO save Us and them from
the power of those who have inflicted
upon Us every conceivable injury"
We have thus merely limited ct the
tenor Of this extraordinary document,
which Is signed by the "Cnion Central
Committee, and the German Union
Central Committee. The majority of
the signeTs are evidently not OF native
birth. Out Of eleven names appended
10 the document we have the following
un.Americsnizsd names A S. Thur
neck, Robert Weitmuller, Geryas Hen
~, Julias Briesen, John Schimler, L:
SCHNEIDER, and Ferdinand Kuhn seven
in al, who wish to keep the people of
Tennessee under territorial or military
rule, rather than that q majority Of the
people should govern. Perhaps their
best plan would be to import to our
State some petty foreign Prince of some
petty Principally, who would take the
contract, for himself and descendants.
to govern our people, and keep down
: the rule of the rebel majority" for all
time. This plan would be equally as
republican. as constitutional and as con-
sistent with the genius of our Constitu-
} ton and a Institutions, as the one
suggested by our German committee
. and the Union committee. Let the e.
pertinent be tried
We look in vain for the names Of any
OF the old citizens Of the State, Ameri-
can or German, who resisted the seces-
sion tide in 1861. The old citizens and
1 Union men are probably not among the
number of those who are tabooed in so
ciet. the professions aRd occupations
> of life, the pulpit, the press, the count
e ing room, and even in selecting persons
[ 10 hold office. 1t will probably be
q found, when the matter shall be fully
!. sifted and exposed, that tho persons
thus tabooed never would hsve been
admitted into 'socisty, nor were theJ
il ever successful in law or medicine, a
4, merchants, mechanics, IA the pulpit oi
press, or IA getting votes for office. 4
: is not "loyalty' that's the disease wit
them, but because they belong 20 th'
ie large and respectable family immortal
ICED by n DOesticka
= There ia s large, respectable and Isl
ented class of men they know 10 be orig
inaI and eli the time ~HioyElIsts -meT
d of enlarged and oonciliatory views
le vino understand that harmony il
society, peace in neighborhoods, an'
a true sentiment Of national unity
/. can never be fully restored 10 the cour
~ ry.unIess an obliteratiOn OF past dIher
Of e1ces. aud an oblivion OF past enmine
be and preiudices, are mutually adOpte'
ID by two recently sundered parties, tina
ls these paltry i~actionists fear teniol
: more than they do the rebel m
@iority." They know we'll enough tina
he they are unfit by nature, education
10 narrow prejudice and enmIty to COVER
ly La state that they could not stand i
OF their present positions for one hour, bt
y fore the intelligent and unbiased COZ
ii slituency Of any State or territory J
d. the Union or the whole world, II tn
~ masses Of the people had & fair shoV
'e- ing. They fear to come before IN
he voters whom they themselves hav
be created, knowing that even in tbs
l narrow circle, restricted by the mo
= binding oaths upon conscience, a m
s., iority arc too fair, liberal and enligh
81 ened 10 continue their power and kee
70 them in positions where they hay
IP- been able 10 afix the stigma Of revenl
zee upon the name "ioyalIst IN fenne
see that causes their followers
sI5 shrink from Fellowship with them, an
M Is A satire upon that feature
~, the Constitution which guarantees
Of ever State in the Onion = Republics
p form Of government
the They solemnly profess to be aira.
III Of rebel rule in Te~nnessee-this lrr
ipe spopsible Junta- And what eyiden.
do they adduce 10 sustain the alleg
en- ton that those who have taken Il
%, oath OF amnesty in good faith, and on
H. ask 10 follow their pursuits, under Il
ted protection Of law guaranteed TO the
{ Of by the President, in his prooiamauo
design TO obtain power, for the opprt
his sion of their fellow citizens2 No.
whatever Their charges are basl
only ON suspicious, which are the en-
no notion. Of their own diseased iUegII
,m- lions They Soy, The tourist won
iole moi he ami 10 detect the true state
and The southern temper. Eyen the re
los dent observer has 10 look for il benea
the sur faee Of i~nsincere pTotestatlo
a.. oClcyaltv." This Is 8 charge Of genel
>. as i~psincerity and dishonesty against I
soldiers and citizens of Tennessee, wi
he whatever might have been their 9th
th" faults. have never been venting IN
ave r~ectpsss and manly frankness. III
charge is intended so be brulted in 1
pur- senate by Mr.. sumner, and read
.ro.- him 10 his astouniCd and IndignRn
lowers ss another terrible revelation
efn the enormous wickedness and diabol
stsa Al purposa of the rebels OF the Sou
Il would fairly seem 90 any man OF 60
ss mon sense, that if there j. any State
10 the South that Air. summer end bis
The lion Of disuniouists ought 20 trust IL
t-e Tenncssee, where the rebel mejoril
iso are aisFranchised aud totally poweTl'
Rlt 90 imbeclle is tho6 Government he
according 20 the msniteato from Ma.
pre- Wills, Nd unpopular and desPised, q
stee, they fear being overturned by !
tate loyal voters themselves clrcu
me tcribed in number as they sre, and q
ask Tor a military CT Territorial q
- erument 20 assist them in governing
and State and keeping down the rebelh'
Gel spirit What e confes ION Of seltc
tempt and OF the uisersble failure
1.-THE nepuultcan GofernMent WI
they hsvs foisted upon the State VII
they organized with al the sdysnts.
the OF picking out their own electors VIII
Rus- they supposed would forever be ID
that tools ard creatures sud which they
T hU- in mouor themselves, intending n
this through tkeir manipulsuous It shor
q 10 be n perpetual oppression upon
You three iouTths majority Il iate reb
whom the President has pardoned a
3her restored 20 their civil and poiiti
rust rights With al the poNer thus ;
had conferred. and with the assistance
the General Government iog one ye
pegs they have 50 signsliy sud thorouEi
that failed that they fear simply being o.
ed from ofice-for this Is, after all
5ers burden Of their song ana what n
,om- really apprehend, though they conf
been mp various impossible hobgoblins bes
Ia 10 i--apf they ara constrained 10 cry