Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-28
DEFIANT AND RECKLESS, YET
AFRAID.

The Radicals in Congress receive with de
rision and laughter" communications from
the President, and their satellites and sup
porter5 everywhere echo the gliding and
mockery which they utter. They are disre-
gaTding every scruple, and straining every
nerveto accomplish the defeat Of the Admin
istration, and circumvent the patriotic efforts
of the President They riot in the ruin }
which their two-thirds majorities in the &
Senate and House are making Of the Constr /
tuition, and like their prototypes in the civil |
commissions which ragged in Europe in 1890,
who dethroned Christianity and erected Rea-
son as the object Of worship, they cast to the |
winds the written wisdom Of the founders OF
the Government approved by experience,
and propose to govern this people by set
Of underlined maxims Of Freedom, Justice,
Nationality, Right, Loyalty, etc. They jeer
at the work Of WASHINGTON, HAMILTON,
JEFFERSON, MADISON, and JAY, and COM
placently talk Of 'progress" and the new
nation.0 They are conducting themselves
as all madmen do when invested with power
like monsters Of political scoundrelisn and
crime; and unless deposed from the seats
Of authority, they will extinguish repub-
licanism in the throes Of anotherrevolution.
But notwithstanding the jubilancy mani
tested by the Congressional party, and the
shouts Of their daily and weekly Wanted
triumph over "my policy" the more saga
cious Of their leaders are not wholly salts
fed with the situation. Congress adiourns
to-day. but does it leave a record that will
do 10 live on? Has il done anything but
wage war on a coordinate department Of
the Government? Dare it trust the people
with the facts, and the true history of the
past fifteen months? Is it not compelled to
resort to every sort Of disingenYOus parlia-
mentary artifce to maintain its strength?
In spite Of all its repeated and deliberate
insult to the President does it not evidently
cover before the manly, honest and noble
protests which he makes to their reckless
course ? Upon this thought, speaking Of
the message in regard to the Tennesses reso-
luton, and .he conservative reaction which
is rising against Radicalism, the Boston Post
says:
This protest Of the President is q dOcu-
ment remarkable alike for its dignifed logic
and outspoken plainness. The strength and
decision Of the cold General" whose wor-
thy disciple he is, is apparent in every
! line, and must extort, even from his foes, a
! reluctant admiration. 1t does not contain
one word Of cant-not one word ofcomplaint
against the unjust and abusive treatment he
has received from the ruling faction-not a
sign that he quails before the odds arrayed
against him. To weak men belong the Ian
guage Of complaint, but to the strong the
prompt resentment of insult and the reso-
lutte defence Of invaded rights.
While the unhappy Radicals were busy
in abusing the President for his manly and
well-timed protest against their usurpations,
they were startled by another thunder-clap
from the political horizon-a call for " Ma
tional Union Convention" to assemble at
/ Iullduelpild, Oh TIE HUI VI <hSbu'1 MA =,
and now the work of restoring the Union,
which they might easily have accomplished,
is to be taken from their hands. The truth
is, the people are tired of their squabblea and
distrust their motives.
The language of the call is too serious for
ridicule, too patriotic for successful attack,
and presents too many grave and pregnant
issues to be lightly ignored While con
templating this new element Of alarm, the
last drop which fills their cup Of misfortunes
to overlooking, is the address of the Union
Democracy, setting forth in clear and ex-
plicit language the dangers Of the present
hour and the needs Of the country, and ac-
cepting with unsellsh patriotism the Ma
tional situation, and cordially endorsing the
principles as set forth in the call of the Ma
tional Union party. The handwriting on
the wall is growing clearer, and well may
the disunion Radicals tremble at its signiii-
canoe For seven long months they have
been driving the plowshare of disunion
through the foundations of our institutions
that they may SOW the dragons teeth in the
burrows. The nation begins to open its eyes
to this worse than proftless labor-begins to
obtain a true inlling of their motives in
keeping the country agitated and divided
upon the question ofre-union, and it sickens
at their unmitigated selfshness at their
moral and political turpitude, and are pre-
pairing earnestly for the struggle that shall
keep them from those places of trust and
power which they have so long abused.