Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-27

tnls Is true OF the masses) J, time Will carry
thls conviction 70 alas well to those who
noT doubt as 10 those who do not. II it
be right that we, who are earnestly
anxious 10 be component parts of this gov
ernment in faic faith and solemn obliga-
ton, should be so-this, too, will soon be.
Then. with proper and becoming patience,
we Will refer these questions, vital a. they
are 20 Us and the broad lands interest, 10
time, for il is the mightiest friend that
truth and right ever had. ! assume that
there could be no difference between Amer
leans upon the conclusion that thorough
and harmonious reunion is 10 the adyan-
tage Of all and the chief, if not only, DIFF
iiculty in getting to this conclusion is that
Of harmoniously starting from the premise
the South, in full faith desires reunion.
We ask then, that the merits Of this
premise be carefully weighed And as we
should initiate virtue wherever, found to
approach this main premise, IPih muiice
iouards none, nth charity for aH-and stand
for the right as God giyeth rs to see the
right"
In regard 20 this occasion, which passed
SO pleasantly and satisfactorily to all pre-
sent, not a trife having occurred to mar
the perfect harmony which it was the de-
sire Of our citizens to produce, and which
was so heartily reciprocated by our guests,
the truth Of history requires ms to no.
tice some gross misstatements in the tele-
graphic dispatches to the Cincinnati Ga
zette Of the 2jth inst The dispatch re-
ferred to aboSnds in errors, some of them
absurd on their face, and others smackiug
strongly Of the malicious
Speaking Of the Hon. J. L. Thomas, Of
Maryland, who is known throughout the
country as a thorough Radical, but whose
speech at the banquet, and whose general
department, was such as to stamp him
as a gentleman Of sense, this correspond
ent says
Hon. J. L. Thomas next responded.
lie is from Mississippi, and spoke compli-
mentary Of the people Of Tennessee for
their hospitality. A part of his remarks
smacked decidedly Of Rebelism."
The author Of this dispatch seemed so
bent on perverting the affair, that he mis-
took his friends for his enemies. Mr.
Thomas will be surprised to learn that he
is from Mississippi, and will be still more
surprised to learn that he so forgot the
prophecies of the occasion as to allude to
politics after this style His constituents
will be equally surprised to learn that
| under the influence Of Tennessee hos
pitality" he had turned Rebel.
The dispatch in question also says:
Senator Wade of Ohio, was next called
upon to respond to the same toast He re-
marked in substance, that while he had al
ways held that kindest measures consistent
with our safety as a nation should be ex-
tended tothe Southern people, he had not as
yet in his Southern tour heard such ex-
pressions of love for the Union, as would
justify him in deviating from the course
that he had marked out from the beginning
Of this session Of Congress. Those who
had participated in the rebellion Kissed
this sentiment, while the Unionists aP-
plauded.
If Senator Wade said anything Of this
sort, we, (and we set next him at the
table, heard nothing of it Mr. Wade
in the outset Of his remarks, which were
very brief positively declined to make Il
speech, or to refer to political questions
What he did say in regard to the purely
social character of the tour Of himself
and companions, and Of his qualification
at the generous reception they had met,
was applauded There was not hiss,
or the symptom of manifestation Of dis
approval at what he said We make this
statement in full confidence that it will
be correlated, if necessary, by the
Senator himself and every person in the
hall at the time
We have no further comment to make
upon such reports as that in the Cincin-
natl Gazette Every ore can draw a
right conclusion as to the reliability of
the journal that gives its readers such
information.