The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-10


bis very full treatment Of the sUbjesti mus
lsre contemplated some reply 20 The views
1 whnh he has advanced, and in which We
certainly ~ act eoRodrs anal say tbs Hiih
/ due. respect.
The pTssidenf-'I thought y9u expected
me to indicate 10 saEaa eNteut what my views
] were On the Subjects toAchet N your aiate-
meut."
Mr. Downing" We ara very happy IN
deed 30 have heard them.'
/ Mr.. Douglass-"If II the President wall 81
low me, would Ike 70 say sne OF two
words N reply
The Preslisnt-"Al have done IS SIN
I ply 10 Indicate what my news are, as !
supposed yon eEPseied nae u, from Jour
| address. ~.
ar. Doasilss-'MY n y own impression -
thai :he very thing yQQr Excelleney would
avoid IN the Southern States can only be
| avoided by the very measures that We pro
/ p-se, and would state 20 my brother dele
L gates that because j perceive the President
1 has taken strong grounds in favor OF =
| gwen policy and distrusting my own abili-
4 Is q remove any 0f these impressions which
he has expressed. thought we had better
| end ihe interview with the expression Of
/ thanks" taddFessing the President "but
| II ybur Excellency Will be pleased 10 hear,
thai one matter, Of the enfraneh,sement Of
ihe blacks a D means ol preventiug the
/ xefg lli1g Eilieh v6ur Exceiieney seems
/ - appreheud-that is, a eouhiet o. races.
/ The Presideut-'iI REPEAT that merely
! Wantto indicate lay views in reply TO your
| address, aud not % enter into any general
controversy, and could not well do 50 un-
der the circumstances. Your statement
was a very frank one. thought it was due
to YOU 10 meet it in the same spirit."
Mr.. Douglas" Thank you, sir"
The President think YOU will find, so
far as the South IS concerned, that if all viii
ineuleate the idea, in connection with the
one you urge, that the colored people can
live and aavance in civilization TO better
advantage elsewhere than crowded together
in the South, and it would be batter for
them
Mr.. D0uglass-"But the masters have
the making OF the laws, and we can not get
them away from the plantations"
The President-"R hat prevents you9''
Mr. DOuglass-"We have not the simple
right Of loeomotion through the Southern
States
The President-"If the masters now con-
troll the freedmen, would he not control his
vote"
Mr. Douglass-Let the negro once under
stand that he has right 70 vote, and be
will rBise up party in the South, among
the poor, who viii rally with him.
There is this conflict that You speak of
between the wealthy stakeholder and the
poor man.
The President-"You touch right upon
the point there. There ia the conflict, and
hence / suggest emigration. II he cannot
get employment in the South, he has il IN
MS power to 60 where he can get it,
In parting the President said that they
were both desirous Of accomplishing the
same ends, but be proposed TO DO so by fol-
lowing a different road.
Mr.. Douglass, in turning 20 leave, re-
marked TO his fellow-delegates fHrhe Pre-
sident sends US 70 the people, and we VIII
have to 60 and get the people right"
The President Y es, SIR, / have great
faith in the people. ] believe they will do
what IS just, and have no doubt they viii
settle this question right, and hope that it
will be submitted 20 them for final action"