The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-09
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WAsnINGToN, May 6.
THANKS TO lHE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
The President yesterday signed the
following:
aRs,ogsd, b. the S.aate and House Of
ReDTessntal0es Of tie United States Of
Amfrfea. IN Congress assembled, That it Is
the duty and privilege Of Congress to
express the gratitude of the nation 10
the ,fiicers, soldiers and seamen Of the
United States, by hose valOr and ems
durance On the land and on the sea,
the rebellion has been crushed, and its
pride and its power have been hum
bled by whose fidelity 10 the cause Of
freedom the government of the people
has been preserved and maintained;
and by whose orderly return from the
fire and blood of civil war 10 the peace
ful pursuits of private life, the sXalting
and enobling influence of free1ustitu-
tons upon a nation has been slgnaily
manifested to the world"
THE PROPOSED EkIIoNL CONVENTION.
The proposition for National Con-
vention for a permanent settlement OF
the many difficult issues arising out Of
| the late war, has been carefully consid-
cred By many Of the leading men Of
the nation, no have received it with
respect, some OF them entertaining for
it hearty approval
THE NEW INTERNAL REVENUE Bill.
1t turns cut that the new modifica-
tions of the Internal Revenue Tax Bill
are unimportant The rates OF taxa
ton are not changed except in the case
of express and telegraph companies.
RE OBSTRUCTION.
Since the publication Of the special
| committees plan OF reconstruction, the
| country has had less of denuncistion
of the President and his policy than it
had been accustomed to hear during
the winter months. As in war, so ia
politicg, the next best thing to whip
ping an enemy is putting him on the
defensive, which is exactly the position
| in which the Radicals are placed by
this impracticable and singular scheme
of reconstruction At present there is
no reasonable probability that any con
grefsiopal plan" will be adopted du-
ring the present session. It is certainly
dltIIcult 70 see how It can be otherwise,
when, two days after the report Of the
special committee, amendments began
/ to be offered 10y It's own members DIR.
| Williams, of Oregon, Radical in high
| standing and a member of the com
mittee of fifteen who concurred ia the
report, has already presented a pro
| position in the Senate entirely at vari-
ance with that report Mr.. Boutwell,,
| of Massachusetts,, has done the same
in the House, so has Mr. Bingham, OF
| Ohio. And if 8 committee of gentle
men, selected, IS Mr. Fessenden is
| pleased TO assert with special reference
| to their fitness for the position, cannot
| agree among themselves at the end of
five months deliberations, what may
| be expected when an attempt is made
to unite the opinions of two-thirds of
each House upon single proposition?
| Nothing but an agreement to disagree
to adjourn over and 90 before the
| country on it. Perhaps, after all, this IS
the best thing to be done. The present
| Congress was not elected on any such
issue as it has attempted to force upon
| the nation, and il can 90 nothing more
wise than to refrain from doing any
thing on the subject until instructed
| by the people at the polls next fall.
| Nolhlug Is more essential to the iu-
| ture welfare of the country than that
| the people OF the North shall insist
| upon fair and square ISSUES at the next
elections, that they may have not only
| an opportunity Of expressing their
views at the polls, but q certainty of
| the carving out Of the views of the
msiority by the men they may elect
| Already the indications of disposition
TO dodge are making themselves mani-
| fest, and unless a contrary course Is IN
| sisted upon, we shall have, IN the con-
| ventions of both parties, a lot OF togy
| platforms aud a series of ambiguous
resolutions, meaning anything, every
| thing, or nothing, just as the readers
| Of them please and candidates whose
PRINCIPLES cannot be expressed without
"buts' and Ills in every sentence The
result will be the choice OF men who,
after their election, will disappoint half
the people who voted for them. Union
men will find they have elected Cop
perheads, and Conservatives will hnd
they have mistakenly voted forSAdi-
Gals. The times demand a fair and hon
| est show of hands on the part OF Con-
gressional candidates, and If the people
| demand this, our national troubles will
soon be settled rs the majority OF the
loyal people Of the North desire them
| 10 be settled.