The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-10


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The election comes of next October.
The Course OF COngress---Its Ruin
Gus Effect on the Country.
There is ruin in the radical pro-
qramme. Disasters of the most serious
nature are involved in the present po-
| Gtical condition of the country, and
must inevitably flow from the course
pursed by the dominant party. The
/ situation is regarded too much in its
purely political aspect for the people
to see the effect that all this radical
strife is having and is to have upon the
material interests of every State in the
Union. Looking at the struggle Of Con-
gress against the President merely on
the surface, the people see only issues
on questions of constitutional right and
power as relates to the negro-the posi-
ton Of the negro in several States-idle
fancieg on negro suffrage and some phi
| losophical nonsense on equal negro
/ rights, with much forensic bullying. 1t
/ is an interesting and entertaining spec
tacle. All this blaze over the Niger is
to many as pleasing as the blaze that
| the Chinaman looked at while roasting
| his pig and as the Chinaman forgot
that the blaze which roasted his pig
was at the same time burning down his
own house, so it seems 10 be forgotten
/ that these antics of the radicals are
| breaking down tho foundations Of pub
| lie confidence over a large part Of the
| country, and are doing an injury to the
vital business interests of the nation
whose effects viii be greater than any
one would Just now dare to predict
At the commencement Of the present
session of Congress u future was full
| of promise. Every looked forward
To an immediate revival of that com.
merciaI activity in virtue of which we
had grown so great in the years before
the war. We had come through the
| tremendous contest with a strength
that astonished the world, and we
seemed determined 10 show to the
world that we were fresh enough TO
fight it over again if it had been neces-
sary, and that the many requirements
of the contest, and the burdens 1t had
| put upon us, could not dampen the en-
erry and ardor of our career. We were
also in a fair way to give the lie to
those bad prophets who had said the
States will never be one again, Recon
strrction had already made the happi-
est progress. Our Executive had treated
the conquered foe with a moderation
that all statesmen Of past times had
--IAI Co. grrrh an nnNnuTnn
though none had ever put 1t in prac-
tice. We saw already the good effects
Of that magnanimous policy for the
Southern people, under its influence,
hsd accepted the result Of the struggle
in 8 spirit as generous IS u own, and
were doing their all TO become good
citizens once more. Our merchants
saw, with the ready perception OF acute
traders, that this great sectlon OF the
country was coming into relation with
our markets once more, and an i'm
mense spring business was counted
upon. Labor started we'll in the South,
and the North, counting on the cotton
crops, gave a new activity to its mills
and its ships. We were going into the
business of peace with all that enthusl-
asm with which, four years previously,
we had gone into the business Of war.
Where are all these fair prospects
now Crushed under the ruthless heel
of the radical majority IN Congress
As Peace rose from her four years of
prostration, the radicals forced her
down again. spurned and trampled
upon her, and yelled with frantic fury
for the war to be kept up for the con
tinuation of 4 cOwardly war against a
people who had laid down their arms
for a war of legislation against a peo-
pie who stood at our mercy. As lis
first consequence, THE murderous course
destroyed the confidence that capital
everywhere felt in the early restoration
of the country to its natural condition.
Ii demorslized Southern society more
completely tkan the war hsd done. 1t
deprived the Southern farmer of the
very incentive to toll, and il paralyzed
all that activity in our business that in
any way had relation 10 the South, An
immense business that counted on the
revival of the nation everywhere will
be without its customers by the direct
consequence Of the acts of Congress.
Merchants will fail, factories will stop,
hands will be idle and wages viii go
down-all as the consequence Of the
crazy nigger-worshippiHg acts of Con
gress.
Mr.. Lincoln feared that when the
war was over the South might refuse to
send representatives TO Congl ess-
might practically dissolve the Union
by refusing to take part in the govern
ment: and he Judged il so important
for Southern members TO be in Con-
gress that he wal willing to adopt some
measures to force their attendance.
How different was that idea Of our
government from the radical idea that
will not admit the members when sent
All the radical fighting with the Presi-
dent is to keep out Of Congress men
that Mr.. Lincoln thought we ought to
force into Congress, and for this object
they are willing to ruin the country, TO
keep il in \ state Of ansrchy, to render
il impossible for labor 10 flourish and
trade to find its natural channels. They
are destroying business and breaking
down the finances of the nation 10 Sc
cure the success of their party schemes,
end they must be held responsible for
il before the country. They viii ruin
the country rather than not rule it. and
this was just the position ofthe former
traitors Let the people take full no
uce that 1t is this radical majority they
are to hold responsible for all TIE mis-
cries that will be the result of the in
jury to commerce that must ensue from
the present state of the country. And
let ali those committees who 20 to the
President & talk about free trade and
niger rights so TO smother quarter.
Let them 60 10 the radical Congress
men who have forgotten the people,
and tell them with what indignation
and alarm the people regard their fac
fiona coursa-N : Held