Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-31


THE ~mEM0RrALfs1s~ AND gsfEzn
The rneinorials Of few persons in this
State 10 the President and the destruction
committee Of Congress, threaten to bring
some unpleasantnesz into the ranks Of those
who have been supposed to be the true
Unionists of Tennessee. We have known
| for some time that the sailing of this crew
was not piecisely harmonious, but did not
feel authorized to make public affairs, in
which the actors desired privacy, 50 long
as the integrity Of the Government and the
rights Of the people were out Of danger
We have all along looked upon the adj
ministration of the affairs Of this State
as q sort Of farce, in which the ac-
tors desired to have as long a run
and to make as much money as possible be-
fore the termination of their engagement;
and we did not care to go behind the scenes
to inspect what WIS going onthere. On the
contrary we we're content to take A back seat
in the auditorium, and hail for what they
were worth, the different scenes and develop
ments as they were successfully presented.
Yesterday, however, an explanation was
presented in front Of the curtain which, SIM
ply as chroniclers, We note, without the
slightest intention Of linking up in the
business"
The Unioa, Of yesterday, gives us an
extract From letter OF Colonel Stokes,
to an old officer of his regiment
in which he says: ''There is fac
ton Of Union men (memorialists) about
Nashville, who are doing all they can to
prevent our admission, but think they will
fail" Col Stokes writes from Washington:
"In addition TO this, he has written other
letters in which he speaks in the strongest
terms against the memorials pronouncing
their statements unfounded or gross exag-
| gerations" From the same place "Mr.
Cooper has written two or three letters in
the same strain" Horace Maynard" con-
tinues the Union, lis equally explicit in
.condemning the whole affair."" The Union
has seen "no letters from Mr.. Fowler, but
understands on good authsiiy that he has
written at least one, in which he is very Bit
| ter against the memorials and their authors
In this connection the Union, on its own
account, gives the memorialists and seven
others-their hangers on" the following Sc
we're blow
There wns. up 10 the publication Of these me-
MORALS. little opposition TO the admission Of the
or were they laid before the public than the rad
| icals ar Washington had just what they wanted
| ground TO stand upon-and now the prospect of
| the admission Of our Representatives and Sena-
tors is diminished BY their action all the relief
| asked by loyal Tennesseans-we mean those who
remained in the State. and fought rebels. instead
4 OF flying northward, beyond the Ohio river, er
! crcting themselves behind the counters Of beer
saloons. till the struggle was oyer--wll be indef
nitely postponed, because they had no one to lay
their grievances before Congress, and secure the
/ necessary legislation. No appropriations will be
made to pay true men for the property they had
lost no laws passed 20 relieve loyal men from
TAXATION for brief period. till the energies Of the
State shall have been recuperated."
The Press and Times, evidently aware of
these grave facts, brings their existence to
light in the following decided warnings
against danger from rebels" II says:
"The Unionists throughout the State
should organize Immediately and work
vigorously 'Union men should especially
beware of entangling alliances with smooth
spoken partisans, who tempt only to de-
stroy." {" Nothing save extraordinary vigil
lance win save our party from defeat in
this State We have firm, true. honest,
patriotic rules in the State officers, and we
must rally around them, and encourage and
sustain them" BY "our party''we imagine
the Press and Times means the memorialists
and their "seven hsngers-on," the "rulers
in the State officers" and itself-with an oc-
Of the State. II is plain that it does not in
cluds the representatives so-called, of Tenn
essee in Congress, who have written these
letters as Of our party Let il, therefore,
organize and work vigorously for their is
unquestionably work for it to do, if it hopes
to eradicate the eternal principles ofjustice
and patriotism from the hearts of the people
of Tennessee. Past differences are fast pass
ing away, and It is clear that any party which
shall set itself up to obstruct and dalay the
contamination of this process is in very
bad way.
We are gratifed and made more hope
full every day by the personal and politi-
administrations we are receiving both from
"rebels" and from Ubionists, those alike with
whom we have acted and from whom we
have differed in the past that the day of
true, substantial and lasting peace is at hand;
and is only postponed by the few pervesse
interlopers, self-seekers, who hold and are
dependent for fame upon State offices. In
the past there have been just grounds for
honest differences among equally patriotic
people. The chief causes of those differ
ences have become things that were and the
good men who fought over them can now
join hands in consigning them to Oblivion,
and unite in a common effort to realize in
the future a common hope