The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-01-19
sA1UTAroRY.

- an uraVoidAble ooiIgAtlo1 OF cOurtesJ 10
the intellectual taste and progression Of the
present age. ThiS obligation, perhaps, would
be satisfactorily discharged in ctr case, by
the assurance tha. we endorse j" in toto " the
views and sentiments which have been hiih-
erte promulgated and ably sustained, 10 the
columns Of the [" Onion Flag, " believing they
reflect with facsimile tzaetnesS, the persus.
sious Of every honest man respecting the OBJ
jects il labors to attain.
The distraction, ruin and chaos, 10 which
oar country Is irretrievabiy reduced by the
yernieious counsel and blinded guild .nce,
have aroused the slumberiug approximations
Of the people, and they wisely defer their con-
fOrmity to public teachings aud examples,
ur;il satisfied Of their mitigating And repair
alive tendencies. The INN 7rality Of the
press, whose enunciationS they we're won, to
regard as oracles Of their presiding genius,
has been exposed By the uumsskiug hand OF
time, and they reprobats i;S guile and fsise
philosophy, which oTes~aelned them with
NhtAUiAtiES.
Undsr the auspices Of this revelation,
which de,hroned prOaiga.e and uuprincipied
Journalism the publication o fthe =" Ea,t Tn
oeIsss Union F7cg " began. 1t is new in Tie
eighth month Of Its existence, and BY &C ably
sustained mean between the huuiiiieiiug con-
sessions Of ~Cringihg consrrva;ism and the
savagery Of viplictiye revenge, It won the
reputation in all quarters OF ia circulation,
a. IN uuoquirocal aud trustworthy eIpositor
Of tn: Uaion principles, and a bOla unrOm-
promising eneHy to the treason sni traitors
tha, provoked to our destruction tue kurTi-
cane Of war.
Il viii be the ambitica ofour eEorts, though
they are upSuided BY the light Of experience
s1d enriched BY the treasures Of age, to as
sist in preserving the character ofthe " Flag"
paimpcaehable through the constantly chang
lag phaloa which our national AEairS will
assume IL the pollution OfthsiE intricate eOn-
plieationS. Al, rsss rs4 ,aA
We shall rot hil to direct the Seorn and
sr+eraiion Of all uapkind to tina. wrstehsd
eAbal Of Southern woula-le AutoSrats, who,
when compelled TO abdicate the power Of the
government they had Sslishly and tFsasOna.
bly, employed 'aF their Own sggrandizrnent
Ia favor Of progressive national idcas, with
Henven-dsiying saeTilsgep violated the sane
lily OF freedoms shrine with tho blood OF her
wOrShippeFs, and prePiiiated the holoeh of
war With countless hsceiombs of their fellow
cOantryuen TO restore the departed sceptsr.
Honor TO the gallant soldiers who fell, JUS
iIes to those who survived the greA. struggle
that thWSrted their hsll-born schemes Of ma
Iionll assassination, and the permanently Of
the results Of tia, struggle inprra,iysly de-
nAad, that they DO taught Mat sanitary
Of the dungeon and the h~angman's
rope.
The highes, tribunal Of earthly jurifPru-
ience has invalidated the Caihorn doctrine
Of State allegiance being the parHnsun, 6uty
81 the citizen, a doctrine senhole more de-
i~,ructive TO the interest And fraternity OF
ne States than the heresies ofradicAl aboli-
srd has indicated the wisdom and
Of the FtherS Of the p, public, In
upon their po,iority, as b mos, ss.
ofall civil dutics, supreme sdelity to the
Whole government. Although this q%uef,ion
yes settled h. biyonc. md word, the NOS,
.asnsl observer cannot fail TO perceive In the
7ondsrful events Of the las, four ysarS, the
ine ola moro POTENT power had come, to
smove this montrosiiy, which like the robe
4 EcIfus, WIS eoasuming the life and snsr- .
81 the nation. 10 order That she might
inter-, full panopled uron her Hca-en-aIsign-
d mission NJ universal redemption and re- !
enerncy. The overthrow Of the Southern
was no. . mere victory OF strength
yer weaknesr, IS the conquered in jusiihea- =
lon of their cause assert, bat the rvrht prs- {
.,isro med In the councils Of "ths GnEATI :
Ia. when the morning stars era. Sanz Ger 1,
oung ereation'S birth" to introduce The pa. =
lon upon this career Of ussfulnsss ard glory.
That msn must be fmitten With the blind B
~ iHp'INfpAlVllNy WIN thHNOb NhsNtI" "
be plain f~orrShadowingS Of the future, that .
mexican Institutions now purified by their -,
inifAacs5 TO moral elevation And rrogrssS,
re destined ~ their gsniuS Of freedom JUS
lee md equality. to ovcr,urn the dsspotiSn 3
! tie old woIid, bosry with esntSri,s Of '
ri-e snd inhnnanliy, n thtindls The q Pro- p
spark Of RieuElS rie and martyr. h
IN The Capital or The Gears" fssiors .
} ireland, Hungary and Poisnd, their down. !
,oddsn liberties, and ihns In tie proesfs OF y
evolution, s~nsntipsis, srnobls snd sBfan- y.
with the inherent rights Of naahooa, n
u whole humsp family. bl
The nation hng beEsn this ilusirioss ca .,
though = deep sorrow iS in her spiTiis
ID = irsner 10 Der limbs, thsrsis no Dc. a
ssntsF within, The rose Of youth
ID hs'itb blooming On her cheek, SD her "
Elovisg With ASSURED hopes q The eio-
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