The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-03-02
"a Voice from tennessee. y
Under this caption, the Washington
Chronicle, (he Dead Ducks psper)
in lie issne OF the 26Lh nit sars.

Under this caption, the Washington
Chronicle, Qhe Dead Ducks paper
in its issue of the 26th ult says:
Not only are the great majority oil Union
ISIS throughout The North ully al We TO the
! criminal mis- axe made by the President in
afiliating with the enemies OF the party that
elevated him TO power, but the earnest and
1 patriotic men Of the South are also painfully
sens bic Of il. They understand thoroughly
the result which would be sure TO follow, ia
their section, the adoption Of the wild
schemes Of the President. In the event o.
such calamity TO the country, their posi-
ton woulI be as intOlerable IN the South a.
was that Of the Union men in that section
during the rebel on. Even at The p.e.ent
stage ofthe President IS sonstructio 20 icy,
loyal men hud It difficult Il reside IN many
Of the s1-cGlled reconstructed States. In
nearly all Of them the disl0yaI element is in
the a~.ceudaut, and through the marvellous
workings of The "PTesiCeGts policy" the
rebels have obtained control of the State
governments. The negroes are not The only
unfortunate victims of tho undisgu sed
ma ignity OF the ]pardonef, but inpeni-
tent, traitors. That class Of men
isInentahly small-whO Tefu ed b partici-
pate in tho REBEL 90 against the Government
ar, regarded by the ex-Coufederates with
little more favor than the a5Cminable Yam
hess or the miserable negroes. All the tes-
tiIlony from the real Unionists Of the South
ID conclusive on this point; ~ il is a noto-
rious fact, that were it nos for the presence
Of the military, the exclusion Of these men
from hat section would be inevitable. The
Knoxville (leuu.) Wing Of a recent issue,
IN discussing the Presidents policy"iu the
South, says:
eve are not able to say what the Presi-
dent will do, bus ii he shall play into the
hauds Of the enemies of the country he is
not that tar-seeiug msn and judge Of men
that we had supposed hun to be. Our mind
is made up-ws are with the Union party
in Congress, and with them we intend to
sink or swim. The people are al with
them and Tor the country, and against its
enemies, and the men who refused TO vote
men ald money 10 carry on the war. This
latter class are men most loud in their praise
of the President, laboring day and night to
create a split between h.m and the party
that e'ected him and saved the country"
The choice which the Wing makes is in
accordance with tbs dictates Of common
se1se, as well as Of patriotism and interest.
The only hope for the people of the South
ern States is the American Congress. If
they are anxious to rave their States
speedily rehabihtated, If they wish tC as
sumo their proper and normal relations IN
the Union, they must look 10 Congress and
not 10 the Executive. The idea so per
s~istently put forth that the President was
the supreme Judge IL such matters has
only served 10 mislead the Southern people,
and now, after nine months Of training in
this school, they find themselves just at the
point from which they started.
The Press and Times of this city
placed itself yesterday in line with the
Wing, taking sides with Congress and
against the Presidents policy. OIL
course, the Immortal dozen" take the
same road.