Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-18
por1r1cAL HEAnr.sEARCHrxe.

than one by the late war and its after-elaps.
Examples Of courage, and perseverance,
and power were given on both sides during
the contest, which will go into the treasury
of human history as valuable deposits.
However we Of to-day may rate the trans
actions of Grant and Lee of Sherman and
Johnston, Of Sheridan and Stuart and Of
the rest, even including Pope and Butler,
The world has taken due notice and viii
avail itself Of the instruction conveyed
thereby. God, in his wisdom and mercy,
did not create all men fools, and knowledge,
whether derived from reason or experience,
embracing all subjects, is duly accepted and
appreciated by all who are furnished with
brains 10 comprehend ii.
But, building upon the basis Of clairvoy-
ance, or mesmerism, or magnetism, or spir-
itualism, we arc to advance in that misty
realm of metaphysics, which has alternately
invited and repealed the investigations Of
the most learned, the most thoughtful and
the most disinterested Of mankind in all
ages and Of all countries. If the war for the
Union, which all admit to have been com
pletesuccess, has notrestored the Union, ithas,
at least laid the society Of astrologers
and sight-seers, and the minor brood of
fortune-tellers entirely in the shade. 1t has
given to the American people first, and to
the world afterwards, complete system of
heart-reading, the correctness Of which none
can deny without flying in the face of "Ofi-
cial authority which is now at premium
everywhere throughout the country. This
fact is announced on the responsibility Of the
Nashville UNION AND AMERICAN, and
whoever disputes IL will please hold the
editors 10 a strict and, if necessary, personal
account.
We now have the extreme qualification
TO announce that the heart Of every man
and woman in the South has been thor.
oughly searched and mapped, and it cher
ishes no thought (ifitis the seat of thought,
no impulse, no affection, no wish, no aspira-
ton, no throb Of any sort, which has not
been photographed, mapped and painted
and which is not at this moment in the ar
chives of the Disunion Congressional
Directory at Washington The records
of the non-reconstruction Committee
is nothing more than picture gallery
Of Southern hearts. A large proper
tion of these pictures were wrought by master
hands and are now on exhibition to the
world as the most perfect specimens of the
new and divine art, which nobody has at
tempted and illustrated since the day the
Star appeared in the East and Nazareth gave
the world Savior If the Southern gentle
man wishes to know how bad he is, and with
what wickedness and uncleanness his heart
has been filled, he has only to go to Wash
ington and gain view Of the Sumner-Stev-
ems Directory rooms What he has ilched
from the negro in the national currency will
bear his expenses, and If he can possibly
borrow a quarter extra, that quarter will
admit him into the arcanum of modern won
ders, that mystery of mankind, that grand
desideratum Of all ages and all peoples, the
divination, the reading and comprehension,
the laying bare and understanding of human
hearts, motives feelings and inspirations.
If the Southern gentleman does not choose
to go and see for himself what
his heart is and what it has been,
it makes no sort of difference with
those who have thus placed il on exhi-
bition. 1t will be duly inspected and passed
upon, in any event. II would, perhaps, be
well 10 accept the fact, and organize a society
Of Southern penitents who should tear all
the hair of their heads, clothe their bodies
in sackcloth and cover all with profusion
Of ashes, and then commence a series Of pill
grimages to this new Mecca Of publication
and salvation, devoutly kneeling at the feet
of the last and most holy dual prophet
Stevens-Sumner and return baptised and ac-
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only Loyal Church Of the Miscegination.
Indeed, there seems to be no other hope
for the Union. The official sejourners
amongst us have all gone before, and uySn
reciting the catechism of the Directory, have
answered with the most rythmical accord,
pand with the unctious twang and emphasis
Of the truest of believers, that "the DISPOSE
ton Of these people is not at all friendly
to the Government; they accept the
situation, but their hearts are unchanged !;
they are more intent upon gaining the ben
efita Of government than giving it their sup
port; they mediate no new rebellion be-
cause they have no means; they are gener-
ally peaceful and quiet, and are peacefully
following their respective vooations; but
their HEARTS are bad their conduct is in
nueneed by interest instead of affection;
they do not lore the brethren of either the
fanatical or the radical. charch; they are not,
therefore to be trusted they are ready, at
all times, for wicked enterprises; and if the
United States were to get into war to-mor-
row these miserable sinners, Iunconverted
TO the ways Of Boston and unable to rebuild
Pennsylvania Iron Works. would join
the enemies of the government and
set up again their claim to Southern
independence" These pious testimonies
to the utter depravity of the Southern
people are unquestionably true, because
they are official" The witnesses were
present, and saw the subtle stream of treason
injected into and elected out Of every South
ern heart at every pulsation since Lee said
to Grant 1 am yours" and since Johnston
said to Sherman I can do no more for
Southern Independence II accept your
terms" Although the terms were Go
home and behave yourselves" and we have
complied with them in letter and spirit; and
although We have gone still further, and
accepted the terms of amnesty offered by
the President, and added to duty the obliga-
tions and sanctions Of an oath, we are still
out of the pale of that political salvation
adjudged at Boston and written in the scrip
lures Of the New Dispensation.
What, then, is to be done for the Union,
and for the satisfaction Of these new light
searchers for all hearts?
We may be shade heterodox, hnt an
swering seriously foolish demand made
with the utmost gravity, we would say to
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