The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-16
BLOW lime at President johnson.
On the 10th instant the sunner,ste-
vens organ at Cincinnati. the Gazette,
contained the following psragrsnh

S"lng paragraph:
me tennessee Cnionists held 3 meeting
al me capitol, st Nashville. last nigbf
@Aese q memorial 10 Congress was adopied.
"a saathon 10 the address 10 the President
fg agreed upon, in regard 10 recon
rs;-N documents we've prepared con-
tauing startling Representations Of the sf-
LAits IN The state, and the Unionists prefer q
terItoriai government or 3 military gov
HAAienl rather than the establishment Of
rebel rule in Tennessee.
II now appears that the meeting
spoken Of was not q meeting Of the
Tennessee UniOnists, nor Of the Da-
Stcson county Unionists, mol even Of
the Nashville Unionists, but of A. J.
Fletcher, n. Derby, A. S. Thurneck,
Robert Weitmuller, Gervas Henry, Ju-
lius Briesen, John Shimmler, r. Schni-
der, Ferdinand Kuhn. A. W. Hawkins,
+ ?. Cone, and a brieiiess lawyer from
Indians, A. Lowering, who style them
selves the State Central Committee of
the Union Party of Tennessee" They
had no authority to speak for the
Tennessee Unionisis," and their
views and opinions are entitled
to no more weight than those
Of any other dozen of ill-informed, or
interested, parties drifted upon the
turbid political current of the day.
Their documents" containing start
ling representations" have been given
TO the public, and we do not know
which surprise us most, the presump-
tion which conceived them, or the sill
ness which induced the authors TO
suppose that the real motive which
underlies them could not be detected
The memorial TO the Committee on
Reconstruction" is the document
which it vas thought would be effec-
tive. The letter TO the President is 8
mere decoy duck, and q very poorly
contriVed one, TO deceive that anna
bic gentleman. 1t is believed that a
majority of the Committee on Recon
struction are opposed to the Presi-
dents reorganization policy; and the
memorial is designed to aid and abet
them in their opposition. Coming
from the State Of Tennessee State
reorganizsd under President Johnson's
personal supervision. 1t will be re-
ceived by the Sumner-Steyens ul-
tras as strong evidence although
the signers really represent nobody
~sgainst the restoration of the late rebel
States Tennessee among them to
their constitutional and normal rela-
lions with the General Government.
When Piesident johnson insists that
there Is no danger, and that the States
should no longer be held of, this me
moral will be shaken in his face, and
assumed TO be unquestionable tesumo-
Nv against him. And this, we doubt
not, was the design of the men who got
itup- II u had eel the desire of this
COMMITTEE TO express the voice OF
any considerable number Of Tennessee
Unionists," they could easily have done
30. A public meeting might have been
called, open to all loyal men,-to all
who sustain the Union cause-and the
documents containing startling repre-.
sentstions" submitted to them. But
they did not choose to do
this They preferred rather the dark
lantern mode Of action. Here they
know their voice is harmless-their
opinion would not bring mutilated
i've cent shin-plaster in this market
lat abroad, where they are unknown.
aud where hungry radicals are watch
ing eager 20 devour any sort Of bait
they calculate upon getting up Il storm
Bnt President johnson has stamped
the life out Of crawling serpents before
tbis and he will not fail to put his FOOT
down now upon the right spot H'
knows the people Of Tennessee. do
knows who are his friends and support
egs. who are really with him in his pa
triotic labor to restore the Union ano
10 cement the people in the bonds O.
fraternity; aud he will not be shaken
10 his purposes 10y the insidious machi
nations of enemies in Disguise.