Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-08

Congress- aud | propose that you lay the
subject before our Representatives and Sen
ators, and urge their immediate action in
behalfof these just and pressing claims.
EMIGRATION.
1t was our fond hope that, upon the resto-
ration of peace, the termination of slavery,
and the establishment of civil government,
tide Of emigration would set in to this
State from the Northern States and from Eu-
rope; that men of capital and enterprise, at
tracted by our mild and healthy climate,
fertile soil, magnificent scenery, pure and
( abundant water, would come among us and
aid in the rapid development of our vast re-
/ sources. Our disappointment is attributed
to the intolerant and proscriptive spirit of
| large portion of those lately in rebellion.
! With them every Union man is an "aboli-
! Zionist" and every "abolitionist" an enemy,
to be prescribed, despised, and driven from
| the country. l attribute the violence CT
| these political dislGyalists to the insane
policy Of the President, who constantly holds
out to them the prospect of being restored
| to power at an early day The treatment of
! the few who have brought their families and
means among US, has been such as to engen-
der feeling of insecurity of life and prop
| erty, a sense of social isolation, and con-
| seriousness that they are liable, at any time,
TO be expelled from the country. Some good
citizens, men Of enterprise and capital, have
actually returned to the Northern States, In
consequence of ill-treaiment.
1t Is to be hoped, however, that these
passions and prejudices viii wear away, and
common sense resume its sway; that as the
power and influence of the President, now
so rapidly waning, shall cease to stimulate
their vain and foolish hopes for supremacy
in the country, they will see the great adj
vantage of not only treating immigrants with |
common respect, but of encouraging them |
to settle among US. 1t is to be hoped that |
they will soon learn that their former con-
tracted and sectional ideas can never again |
prevail, and that they will soon fall into the |
great radical idea of equal rights to all men !
in all sections of our great country. Hoping |
and believing that better spirit will soon |
prevail, without going into details, recon- |
mend that you extend every encouragement |
within your constitutional power to immi- |
grafton. Agencies may be established and |
paid; companies to facilitate immigration !
may be incorporated with liberal charters, |
and material aid may be extended to the |
foreigner, to enable him to journey to our |
borders. One company has already been in
corporated and organized, at the head of |
which is the illustrious hero of Tennessee. |
The company is composed of public spirited /
citizens who, also, make it business enter
prise. They have capital of one million |
dollars paid in, and have already purchased |
- acres Of land, and design to sell to i'm
migrants, in small farms and on reasonable |
terms, both as to price and time Of payment. |
l recommend this company to your care and |
encouragement, if they ask for additional |
privileges.
BOLTERs AND REBEL SUITS.
Stimulated by the spirit of the rebellion, |
and encouraged by the administration at |
Washington, revolutionary faction in the |
Representative branch of your body have |
twice succeeded in reducing the House be- |
low a quorum, by Withdrawing from their |
seats, or by refusing to attend its sessions, |
thus endangering the existence of the Gov |
eminent itself Such conduct shows that the |
official oath of such members is not a sufli- |
cient guarantee for their good conduct when |
under the influence of Presidential intrigues. |
At the instance of disloyal men-enemies |
of the State and National Governments
malicious suits have been brought against |
the Sergeant-at-Arms and a portion of the |
members, for attempting to enforce a plain |
provision of the Constitution. While | do |
not doubt the power of less than quorum |
of either House to compel the attendance of
members, l recommend that the constitu- |
tional provision on this subject be amplifed |
by enactment prescribing the mode and |
means of exercising that necessary power. |
While it is your peculiar province to pun |
ish those who insult the dignity of the Lee |
gisature of Tennessee, and obstruct its law
full action, may be permitted to recommend |
as duty to yourselves, to your country and |
posterity, that you protect the faithful men |
who so persistently upheld the Government
against all such malicious suits, and that you |
summarily punish the guilty agents con-
cerned in these indignities. The very ex-
istence of the law-making power is involved
in this affair; and should not be treated |
lightly.
Prompted by a similar spirit of rebellion |
and notification, writs of mandamus have |
been sworn out to harass and annoy the |
Commissioners ofRegistration, and to defeat |
the operations of the franchise law"
Bills of injunction have been filed against |
those intrusted with the duties imposed by |
the Metropolitan Police law, intended to
preserve order and prevent crime in certain |
large cities of this State. While County |
Courts, in defiance of the laws, have refused |
to levy the necessary tax to carry out Its |
provisions.
All of these proceedings are but the out |
cropping of that rebellious disposition which |
for four years, set all law at defiance.
You have the power, and it is your duty, |
to meet these movements by such legislation |
as cannot be misunderstood or misconstruc- |
ted by designing men.
RELIANCE UPON CONGRESS.
am happy to announce to you, officially, |
that since your last adjournment, when the |
President had not only abandoned US, but as
have reason to believe, was contemplating |
the overthrow of the State Government, the /
Congress of the United States, by joint reso-
luton, have solemnly recognized it, and de-
clared it to be the lawful government of the /
State of Tennessee, and have admitted our
Representatives and Senators 10 their seats,
and our noble State has resumed its rela-
tions to the American Union.
In the struggle which yet awaits us, We
can look alone to the great body of the loyal
American people TO sustain and protect us.
In this connection l congratulate you and
the country on the recent triumphs at the
ballot-box in the loyal States of sound
national principles as represented by Con-
gress, over the insane policy of the Presi-
dent. The victory was obtained by the
Union people over a party consisting of a
combination of rebels at the South and
traitors at the North, sustained by the power
and patronage of the President. As it was
decided in the field in the great military
struggles, that this nation shall live, so it
has been decided at the ballot-box that loyal
men alone shall govern il. The great heart
of the loyal people is in sympathy with us
and they will require their Representatives
to sustain us against the assaults Of rebels at
home or the usurpation of an inscriptions
President.
The loyal people, in advance of their lead
ers, have declared that the Government
shall not pass into the hands Of its enemies,
and that the people Of the rebellious States,
who labored for four years to destroy the
Government, shall not be restored to fellow
ship in the Union without proper guarantees
for the future safety of the country.
It has been, moreover, determined at the
ballot-box in the loyal States, that the loyal
men North and South shall be protected
that the basis of representation throughout
the Union shall be equal that leading and
malignant traitors shall not hold office; that
the doors of Congress shall not be opened to
blood. stained rebels, merely because the
President so orders; and also, that the Presi-