The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-22

The constitutional amendment pro
posed by the Central Directory" and
adopted by the House of Representa-
tives, is not supported by the radicals
for the purpose Of adjusting our sec
tional differences, but rather with
view to pTolong them. The authors,
and those who support it, know that
the Southern States will never ratify
it. because, to do 30, would disfranchise
ninety-nine hundredths of their people,
and place the power Of the States in
the hands Of the remaining fraction,
contemplate IN numbers and contemp-
tible In influence. And unless a due
proportion of the Southern States do
Tatify it, the amendment must fail and
the problem Of restoration remain IN
solved. The design of the radicals is
this very thing. They wish to postpone
an adjustment until after the next
Presidential election, criminally in
tending, if they still have the power,
10 prevent the voice of the Southern
States from being heard in that cleo
ton. If they succeed in keeping the
States in their present condition Of
walters upon radical Providence,
they will precipitate a crisis from which
the nation may not escape without Sc
rlous detriment We have, in pTevi-
Gus number, adverted to this crisis; but
it may be well enough to speak Of it
again. In the quadrennial campaign
Tor the Presidency which takes place
in 1868, the Southern States will most
assuredly participate. 1t is their right
and their duty. They will cast their
vote in solid column against the candi-
dates Of the radicals. Should the can
didates for whom they vote have a ma
jority in the electoral colleges, with
them, minority without them, would
it be cafe for the radicals to throw out
their votes, refuse TO count them, and
thus secure the election Of the radical
ticket What would such an outrage
be but revolution, justifying resistance
on the part Of the people. And is it to
be supposed that the people of the
North thus outraged would submit
tamely and permit the usurpation to
be consummated2 They would be fit
TO be slaves if they did
1t is possible that the radicals have
not failed to consider this crisis, and
that it is part Of their programme TO
prepare for it by removing the Pre5i
dent, Selling the Government and get.
ting control Of the military power in
advance And how is this to be ac-
compIished2 By adopting the consti
tuuOnal amendment of the Central
Directory, and assume, with Mr..
Stevens, that the late rebel States ale
out of the Union, and not to be recog-
nized in the little constitutional form
GhIy Of ratification by three fCurihs OF
the States. A ratification by nine
teen States would be all sufficient. The
President and Secretary Of State being
of a different opinion, would refuse to
issue the Proclamation declaring the
amendment ratified; and, for this Of
fence, they would impeach the Presi-
dent convict him, and send him home.
Thus we see that the radicals are
bent on keeping the Southern States
from all participation in the govern
ment, and what they may resort TO in
the accomplishment of their purposes
There is danger ahead We of the
South cannot avert it. All rests with
the Northern masses. If they but
arouse themselves and do their duty
next fall the crisis may be aveTted and
our republican Institutions preserved
Let them fail, and the shock may not
be avoided.