The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-24

them, we do our utmost to disorganis
and disperse II, on the contrary, W
. recognize and sustain them, the con
VeIse OF all this IS made true We &c
courage their hearts and nerve thei
arms TO adhere 10 their work, s3d argn,
Z for ii, and proselyte for it, and light 10
il, aud feed il. and grow il, and EipeI
= it into 8 complete sRecess. Ii yvoult
- make those who hated the Union dur
ing the war, and who, upon the suFren
der OF Lee, gave up all hope or thought
t of further resistance, and were ready
[ to renew their allegiance to the Consti
tuition, hate the Union more bitterly
> than sVer
Again, sir, other grave considerations
5 plead to sustain the Presidents policy
E How can we hope that the great mass
of the people South will engage earn
, estly and hopefully in the production
of cotton, the great staple OF export,
! unless the pacifcation OF the States is
made complete, and in time for the
8 coming crop?
Our financial situation, therefore, de-
mands peace, and peace as reaiity.
Such q peace would be impossible II we
attempt to reduce those states to the
condition of Territories.
Some speak of the wealth of our
mines | do not doubt it But for
present resources to meet our engage
ments they can not compare with sac
cotton fields OF the South. Every dol
lar of gold produced in Coloredo has
thus far cost two. When the railroad
reaches the mountains, to carry labor
ers and supplies, that will be reversed;
but not till then.
But were peace fully restored, the
cotton fields of the South, worked by
free labor and free capital, this season
would produce all that our necessities
require, and all that industry should
hope for. TO those who engage in it.
have seen a letter from William II.
Parker. from Evergreen, Alabama, un-
der date of January 8, 1866, 10 The Com
missioner Of Agriculture, in which he
says:
AS it may not be uninteresting to
you TO know what are the agricultural
prospects of the present year in this
section, will briefly state the results OF
my observation in this and the adjoining
county, of Monroe There is a vigor-
Gus and enterprising spirit prevalent
The preparations for the coming crop,
in the two respects of land aud labor,
are more extensive than ever before.
The freedmen have shown themselves
willing and ready TO enter into fair and
reasonable contracts to perform labor
Nearly all of them are employed
| Planters and farmers are sarguine A
better state of things generally exists
/ than has been known for loug time in
this part of the country. There is less
idleness and more work on the part of
all classes. There is also being exhib !
| tied An increased interest in educas
/ ton
"a have the honor TO be, &c
Again, sir, how do We stand in rela- |
ton TO foreign poWersf Who does not |
know that during tie rebellion the |
Emperor OF France desired aud be |
heyed IN its success? Because he be |
lieyed III II be undertook the Mexican |
Intervention. Lord Pslmerston sym
pathi2ed with him, and would, il he |
could, have committed England 10 |
Join with him 10 establish The indie |
peudence of the Southern Confederacy. |
But England saw a few piratical |
cruisers, built ia her ports and manned |
by her sailors, under the rebel flag, |
sweeping our commerce from The ocean |
She saw at once that in case Of war |
with Us, our cruisers woald swarm in |
every sea and destroy her commerce in |
return. Therefore, from interest, she |
refused to accept Napoleons offer
And now, can any man so blind him
self 10 this situation as not to know |
that we must close up the civil war |
and restore the Union of these States |
in such manner as to have the right |
to claim allegiance oil the Southern |
people before we can speak with the |
voice ofs united people, either to Eng
land about damages, or TO France about |
intervention with Mexico?
There is no great consideration wor-
thy of q statesman in this crisis which
does not plead for and insist upon paci- |
fication, and, in my judgment, there is
no better way than TO carry out the |
Lincoln-J ohnson policy of reconstruc-
ton
The war of blood is over. 1t is now |
q moral warfare; a warfare with the |
reasons, hearts, feelings, passions, pre- |
judices and sentiments of that people. |
And of ali the propositions which can
be conceived, there is none, in my
judgment, which will so shock the rea- |
son, SO deeply wound the sensibilities
and so rouse the passions and preiudi-
ces of that people, as this proposition
to tax and govern them without repre-
sentation. | now speak of the great
mass of the people in those States.
Let 10 man misunderstood my posi-
tion. With those guilty leaders who,
in this Senate and elsewhere, melted
the people of those States to revolt,
have, and can have no sympathy. They
deserve none. since the angels rebel
led in heaven, there has been, in my
Judgment no such crime against God
or man.
Why should have sympathy for
them? Do | not remember that if all |
! the blood they have caused to be shed
had been poured out in one vast reser-
vior, Jefferson Davis. his cabinet, and
the whole rebel Congress could have
swan in it? Do not remember that
our prisoners at AndersonYille aud ST
other places have been starved todeath
by thousands, and that upon the au-
thors OF Iuch barbarities no punish>
ment Is too great All can l ever for
get until the heart shall cease TO beat,
that ny eldest, the pride of my life,
has been sacrificed in this war, caused
by these guilty conspirators However
strong my indignation toward the
guilty leaders, will not allow myself
70 forget that the great mass of the peo-
pie OF the South were honestly misled
by the teachings of Calhoun and his dis
eiples, the press, the schools, aud the
clergy, upon the right Of seces-
sion and the blessings Of slavery
Nor viii | blind my eyes TO
the fact, equally true, that now the
masses of the thinking men OF the
South, and especially those who were
in the rebel army, have not only sur
renedred their arms, but have surren.
dered those two ideas upon which sloue
they made the war. Upon this subject
the current testimony Vi Generals
Grant and Sherman, and all the great
officers of the army, is conclusive They
have morally surrendered their cause
Toward the mass of the people, then
| do have sympathy. In nv judg
ment, it is our duty and our best policy
10 carry out in good faith the terms OF
paciiicstion rendered by Presidsn Lin
coin and President johnson, aud sc.
| cepted by them. Let Us at once reeOg-
niLe them a. States in the Union, enti-
/ tied TO representation, snd take up for
consideration each State by itself, and
l inquire into the election returns and
/ qualifications Of those who claim the
right TO represent them Let US begin
with the State of Tennessee.
My colleague assumes 10 say ths; be
/ speaks the voice of loyal Wisconsin
z Sir, do not doubt his sincerity Bot
Z venture to say that, in my opinion, be
will find himself greatly mistaken
I know that the late convention Of the
4 [ MON party in that State unanimously
resolved that the States Of the South
I were still States OF this MON, and that
neither by peaceful secession nor by
force ofarms could they be taken out Of
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