The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-18

The great mass Is the people Of the
Northern States desire that a settle
ment of the troubles growing out OF the
rebellion shall be brought about at as
early aperiod As is consistent with the
public good and the safety of the Gov
eminent They desire that the States
lately in rebellion shall be returned to
their old places in the Union as soon as
the people of those States give sufficient
guarantees for good behavior in the flu
ture, and show a disposition TO abide
quietly by the results of the war.
The old feeling of revenge so far as it
vas felt against the South, as a people,
has wellnigh died out. There is a de-
sire, and a just one, that the more
prominent rebels shall be made 10 an
swer for their crimes,-that the lead
ers, those who deceived the people into
the suicidal course they took, be made
TO feel the edge of the sword they drew
against US. But so far as the masses
are concerned, we believe there is no
desire for vengeance remaining in the
breasts of the people Of the North.
There were loyal with the disloyal,
their very armies we're made up, after
the frat year, Of men forced into the
ranks, by the devils who usurped con-
troll Of those States, and any scheme of
vengeance directed against the whole
people, must necessarily include these,
and involve IN the punishment, the IN
nOeent with the guilty.
There are other considerations WHICH
hawa nnufrfInfal fnruau1s shF- E,ols--
After the smoke of the contest was dis
siPated aud the heat OF passion had
cooled, il was discovered that venge-
ance could not be visited upon their
heads 1--WE are speaking Of the masses
of the Southern people) without inhict-
ing as much damage upon ourselves as
upon them The North is interested
in s. speedy settlement of the trouble.
We cannot afford TO keep up q standing
army large enough TO keep them quiet
under military rule. We want the pro-
ducts of their fields to feed our manu-
factories, and our manufacturers want
that section as a market, and we all
want those States made productive as
soon as possible that they may assist us
in paying off the National debt,-tak-
ing upon themselves a part of the bur-
den thatnow weighs so heavily upon us.
President johnson, acting upon this
theory, invited them back. Not with
out conditions or guarantees, for such
= return would be speedily followed by
another departure, but he laid down
certain conditions, required them TO
give certain guarantees, and when these
were fulfilled in letter and spirit, they
could return.
Florida shows a better spirit in this
work than any one of the States. In
to-day paper We publish extracts from
the Naledictory of Gov. Marvin. and
the Inaugural Of Gov. Walker, of that
State, to which we invite the careful at
tention of our readers. The Governors
cone fully to the requirements Of the
President and the country. They have
annulled the Secession Ordinance, re-
pudiated the rebel debt, accepted the
Amendment, and have guaranteed the
nor important rights of tho freed
men. Further than this:zthe Cover
nOrs insist that legislation shall be had
which will protect them in all the
rights of person and property, as fully
as they do the whites and that there
shall be mo discrimination in ~legisla-
ton against the oolored race"
This done, IL seems to US all is done
that we a ask, unless, indeed, we pro-
pose to condemn them to perpetual
seryitude, and rule them by military
force.
Florida we hope, and believe, is al
most ready 10 resume her old place in
the sisterhOOd of States.-T5leao Blade.