The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-08
IHUksDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1866.

Col VIM. B. Stokes. in the e~x.rsct
irom his letter TO a military friend.
published IN the UNION recently. stated
that there YVES a faction in this State
doing all they could TO prevent the
admission of the Tennessee Delegation
to seats on The floor of Congress. Some
Of b saints have pretended to deny
the ~cOrrectness Of tbs allegation. They
would have it believed that they de
sire the immediate admission of the
tennessee Delegation. Unfortunately
ior these ~intriguers, the Washington
correspondent Of the Cincinnati Ga
zette has disclosed the fact that a mem
Der Of the Legislature has written a
letter 10 Washington, in which he states
that the lower branch Of the Legisla-
t0re voted by 8 decided majority
against the admission of the Senators
and Representatives from this State.
We know that this wa the -interpreta-
ton given TO the vote in question by
the ultra radicals at Washington. and
that Tennessesns there felt the iniuri-
Gus effects of it, but until the appear
snce Of the correspondence of the GA
zette, we had heard Of no one who had
the candOr to own the objects of the
vote, although one of the ultra organs
had labelled it significant"
Another disclosure made by the Ga
zstses correspondence is q letter from
this place against the admission Of
Cooper and Campbell. Now il is very
well known that We are not particular
ly partial to Gen. Campbell-that we
supported Carter against him-but still
can see no valid reason for making an
exception Of him. In 1862, when Pro-
%visional Governor johnson came 10
Nashville and entered upon his duties.
be called upon the people for aid. Gen.
Campbell was one of the first who re-
sponded, and gave the Governor a
hearty support at a time when it was
most needed, and when some Of those
most noisy now did not dare TO show
their hands, bat preferred to wAit and
see what was 10 be the issue of the cam
Paign in Tennessee. Cooper was an
other OF those who rallied to the
support of Governor johnson. He rem
dered no bmid, reluctant service, but
actively and ~zeslously eXerted his
immense influence, and eminent
talents, IN public and private, 81 all
umes and all places TO srOuse the PEG
pie Of Tennessee 10 8 sense Of their
duty to the Federal Government For.
tunateiy for the State, Mr.. Cooper had
never tasted Of The insane root, and
yielded, a. Others of our able men did,
70 the behests Of the disnniOnists, and
his record was clear and unquestioned
80 much the greater, therefore, was his
strength before the people. His firm
ness aud integrity commanded the
respect even Of HE secession enemies.
At no time has he, for a moment, hest
tsted 10 redeem his obligations to the
country, or TO manifest his utter de-
testRtion of d~isunionism and treason.
But, in the msnliness Of his spirit, and
with the courage which springs from 3
conscious reotitude OF purpose, he de>
clined to follow the blind leaders,
whose paltry souls would make per
manent the bleeding wounds which
sfiict the State, and render impossible
the gulf which divides the people. The
ahlest Of all our delegation, and better
calculated by reason Of his high cul.
ture, and ais genial, winning nature,
than any of them, 10 make q favorable
impression, and TO smooth the asperi
ties engendered in the minds Of north.
ern members by the rugged oxPerien-
Gee Of the war, his claims, in prefer
ence-if such a thing we're necessary
10 those Of all others ought 10 be in
sisted on. But the mousing owls of the
day hate the eagle. They cannot soar
with him 70 the sun and they would
oonine him TO their own circumscribed
region Of night and gloom.
OF those who desire to see the Ten
nessee delegation admitted, IS n whole.
and our good old commonwealth re
stored TO all her constitutional rights,
We protest against the malignant and
vindictiye determinations suggested by
gnat-brained ultras who, in the politi
cal commissions Of the period, have beer
cast out from the womb OF insignif
canoe, and seek TO make bad use o
their unexpected and temporary Promi
They are unjust to Tennessee
because they awake distrust and sus
picion Of the g~enuineness of all unior
sentiment within her bOrders,-anC
unjust TO the nation, because they ar
calculated to retard the progress o
restoration Of thorough peace, harmon!
and fraternity.