The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-29

Mhite ofe Fer, educated polished aud win
an untarnl he'd reputation, wishing to cast
his lot among US
Several ministers fpake 81 some length,
some Of whom aid this was not 20 new
after al'. We had white members in New
York, Ohio. Illinois, Indiana aud "a ito ma
Rev. Richard Parker said that DO former
days white men all had horns AID black
men he'd none, therefore col0red men feart
them but inasmuch as tue Civil Rights
Bill and the Constitutional Amendment had
sawed OIL their horns, he won d say yes, les
them come, and let us show them that we
always do love white men. bat they did not
love rs. The vote being taken it was passed
unanimously.
The Bishop then said that cur acLjon in
this case placed as aheaa Of any Methodist
Church IN the New World, 70 which several
said amcn, and general rejoicing was
manifested.
Rev. Mr.. Anderson, Of the Baptist Church,
was int oduced 10 the Conference, and said
he was pleased 30 see the spirit manifested
in this august body in not ignoring any
race or color. He wanted white men "A
come in with ~, aud then make theta col
ored OF they make Us white.
The London Times of tho OH inst.
says the "Ciyil Rights Bill is the Re-
form bill Of the day at Washington,
and adds:
The Presiden', representing the common
sense aud p aetical sisdom OF the cone
munity, and nos wishing 10 saddle himseli
with new and iusupernble difficulties ha',
however, vetoed this bill. The great work
Of tho day is the rec IA tructon u the
Union, and IL is held that th can be done
better without previously putting the negro
into a status altogether new TO him. lis
freedom itself is difficulty enough, and it IS
not necessary 10 add his civil equality and
citizenship.
It's Observable that the question is not
made B. turn on the merits Of the negro.
Nobody ia INKS it necessary TO assert either
that he is wise, temperate, hon ct and III
dependent, or the contrary. People do not
even seem 20 ask bow the negro would vote
and set 81 lelt 10 himself M re can be no
doubt OF President Johuslu's wa m and
strong feeling for The race, aud his hearty
de ire 90 make the bcstbt gain for ID with
the compass OF circums ance'. Even hrs
pride IS a D iliticiau IS c.mmittes 20 Tins,
rs we'll aa his pailsulhropy. The reasons
which have led 90 his We o are r,Hs'n- Of
State, - ch s only phrase r the reasons
which any sens b man feels bt er than
he can explain--be Ter, perhaps, than
are mat ers Of which thousand
people may be ful y AID equally
rogi.izaat. though not one viii aluIc 10
tbrm. for he knows well that melody
will call him a llbell r, anu lhe rest VIII
sand by 20 hear hlm So called Why eau
not ne negro be declared a citizen and IN
vested with oli the rights OF MANI The
real answer be- thbt be Do uot O cltizeu, aad
ranf.ot be made citizen by proclamation
ID. FF| 81
littlc experience f our UwA ia th.t ma ter.
We have tie Jafru en- negro, iu common
with his VIII e master, civil equality aud
the riaht o. 81. i-g verume c, a-d see how
n has euded. A the bcEro instincts aud
bab 20 in the other direction. lis o.
rarrle u C eduloas and dependent; easily
.xctttd. e .sily duped, easily r ghieled; a.
yr.ys the re- dy victim pi the stronger wiii
He i. msterisl for the bands oi unybody
who wishes 20 make use oi bin Inv stee
with fun political righ's, the race muH
tnaraz ne OF mischief IN jaime lea a
,,,,.,rs that the me- ross would imbibc at 1
49, notice any absurd delusiun as 10 tht
authority aud wishes u the British QuSsn
,Ttl, g.nnissiopcrs, or anybody else; bu
,,h.tt,,v were tlways looking for wa
romethinc 70 be given them, or something
A. ia done Tor them, or come law 10 max
them all rich, happy landowner and TAI
free forever. Sucn men arc not eli'-ens
..l tb.fn 90 o. We will. President hnsou
in ia Ne-sage, takes into account IA
4,,,sti,p and ctrcumstanc e, a. well 81 tu
-. qrbese four m ions have, he obs rived
5-.t emerged from slavery and he notice.
,h.t ~ United a as require a I've years
t-.intn, i'm republican institutions and hab
- 49, thew sdmit European foroisnc
a. ,itizenship. Even an intel lC7ut Eug
lishnsn must 20 thr ugh this probation
Tb.s.ave must have as least ts much-w
- -, much more. He has his virtue.
,,,,s r.spects be contrast, lavornbl
% ~. white man. Nobody wi,hcs Q
.,,,g ,li of aim, bat he Is simply not caps
$50 ,.,v,rnment in the sense We m a
,rb.f ~ talk of commoo"caiths. II o. n'
-, Is this strange 10 ust Have "
Ti..sat home that even our most h57ri
,,,litirians are cohtcnt - zee Gus oi the pa
ri ritizenship, like the four million uegro'
President Johnson Do obligtu 10 leave cur
F,s F,r the answer we state single FAC
49,. an either side of the House ui Cou
-. Ia. dropped "a word about Tho cnlruI
-t5-.-,..,,t of over twelve hundred thousau
--ri.,Itural laborers, representing as The
18Th larger pppulau "a than tne n,
- h, tho United states Nobody pals,
~ AMI nab ,ly abu IS them; nobody ~,
,,,se- 10 GIVE them votes nobody thinks
ne.essarv 10 give reasons why tncy shou
not have votes
The Times falls into an error in SUI
posing that one Of the objects Of Il
Civil Rights Bill was TO confer the riel
If suffrage on the negroes. The rad
c.lshsve reserved that as the capitl
or,beir column Of reform measur,
Thew did not dare 10 putt into the Civ
Rirhts Bin, well showing that its weig
would sink il But as they intend
try the experiment Of attempting
mako voters Of the negroes, woald 1t n
he commendable in them to oonsid.
well the objections suggested by q
Times
"a. are frequently told 10y radicl
that the British Government ia &
fr..st and best on tbc earth, that
sFords ample security to life, hberl
proper,y and secures to every sutj,
a. b,mblest ne well as the most {
allied the enjoyment OF al their rigl
and privileges Yet they tell
whilst descsuting upon The negro Gu
ton here, that there eau be DO r,
freedom without universal sut'rsl
forgetting the great fact mentioned
ue Times. that there are over 'hrt
lp,srrl u4.gasi sgriui,rui hirrs
wbi,es-iu Great Britain, who not ou
are not permitted to vote, but nObo
proposes TO enlranchise them