Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-07
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DISCOURSE ON LOYALTY.
From the St. Louis Republican,

A DISCOURSE ON LOYALTY.
From the St. Louis Republican,
WAsHNGToN, May 2S, 1S66.-Until the
aocessioh,of the black dynastyin 1861, the use
of the word loyalty, as applicable " politi-
cal s@rclations or duties in this country, was
wholly unknown. We often read in the
newspapers royal and imperial speeches and
proclamations from foreign monarChs, totheir
loyal subjects; but since the day when
Georgia III ceased to address TO our an
cestors such paternai language, il had been
expunged from our republican vocabulary,
as wholly obsolete in its political applica-
ton. The dictionaries define its meaning
to be Fidelity tc 4 prince or sovereign" and
as no such dignitary since l77G could claim
our allegiance, there seemed 10 be no pro-
priety in adhering 90 this dead formality of
royal grace ard power. We fOndly sup
posed that under the new order of things es-
tablished by our fathers, the people were so
sovereign and that the Government they
instituted, and the rulers they elected, were
but the instruments and servants Of the will
not their masters. 1t seems, however in
the advancing light of the new era which
dawned on us five years ago, that we were
mistaken; and that among the many inval
liable reforms accomplished by the wise and
exemplary patriots who have reigned during
that period, is the reinaugur2tion of the idea
40 obstinately mainland by King George
and by royalty generally, that the ruler is
the sovereign; and that the people who elect
him are his subjects. and owe him fealty-
must yield submissive and unquestioning
obedience 10 his will
The revival Of this ancient and kingly
doctrine among us has very naturally caused
a return TO its appropriate forms Of express
sion; and hence this almost forgotten
word, loyalty, has suddenly become
the most conspicuous and indispensa-
bic representative of the Northern
idea, whose discrimination and universal ac-
ceptance is now public necessity, as it is Of
course a supreme public blessing We now
have loyal States, loyal people, loyal citizens,
loyal men, loyal merchants, loyal doctors,
loyal preachers, loyal churches loyal courts,
loyal judges, loyal leagues, in short, every
thing and every person without a loyal pre-
fix is tainted with treason, and ought at
once TO apply for pardon or be hung.
Nor il it enough that you support and
defend the Constitution nd the Union; I'M
less YOU also hate everything and every body
south Of the line $500, and pray fervently
that jeff Davis and his adherents should be
shut up in the penitentiary of hell, and
kept there by hayonets;;" unless you love
New England, are a member Of her mutual
admiration society, aud accept her teachings,
political, social and religious, As a divine
inspiration; unless you think that the cotton
gold watches, plate, jewelry, pianos,
wardrobes, &c, of Southern rebels are the
lawful prize of her soldiers and christian
missionaries; unless you heartily rejoice
over the plumber and desolatiCn OF Southern
homes the burning and sacking Of Southern
cities, the destruction of their public build
ings and archives, their churches, seats Of
learning and asylums; unless you accept
Butler as a true type of heroism, honesty and
humanity and Cheever and BrowDlOw rs
saints; unless you are willing for the colored
bretheren TO ride with you in the cars vote
with you at the polls, eat and sleep with you
at hotels, sit beside you at theatres, concerts
and lectures, dance with you at balls and
represent you in the halls of Congress, State
Legislatures, and in ali public agencies; I'M
less you favor negro equality, social and po
litical in general, and negro domination over
the Southern states in particular; and, in
fine, unless you are a Radical black Republi-
can, you are not loyal.
Loyalty is a duty which an inferior owes
tho South should, as evidence OF her loyalty,
meekly receive the Northern idea as the
greatest earthly boon; and most humbly re-
pent of the monstrous crime Of ever having
INDUCED any doubt on this subject. As a
further atonement, the rebels must welcome
to their hearts and firesides the host of up
right and pious missionaries and teachers,
male and female, whom Northern benevo-
lpnpa has paanpflz uppf fhafn a in
culcate this ideu, and thus dispei the more
Than keathen darkness and barbarism that
broods over that accursed land. Especially
should they reverently heed the example
and instructions of such apostolic me,sen-
sengers as the Reverend F'itz and James, Of
the Freedmens Bureau.
The States Of the Union, also, contrary 10
the understanding of the trainers of the
Constitution, and TO the generally received
opinion, being the mere creatures of the
Federal power, owe iolydty TO the latter; and
the people, being the servants and subjects of
both, owe them both loyalty.
The only loyal men and the only loyal
States now are those who sustain the patri-
otto measures ConcOcted in the COnClave of
the Congressional Start Chamber The SUI
preme Court is no longer ioydi because it
has decided that Military Commissions and
Federal and State test oaths have no cOnsti-
tutional warrant; and because it presumes
without authority from Congress, TO hear
and determine causes to which rebels are
parties. Congress is now the only loyol de-
partment Of the Government; and should the
people, the heretofore submissive and pas
sive servants of Radical sovereignty and pa
triotism, dare 20 return 10 that body, in the
coming elections, a majority Of Copper
heads and Conservatives, loyalty will be ex-
tinct in the Federal Administration; and
then the loyal leagues and wide-awake
clubs, under the command Of that loyal
hero, Gen. Butler, will be compelled to seize
the reins Of power, and, after the manner of
innumerable precedents established under
the auspices Of Radical liberty, Gust the Pres
ident, Congress, and the Supreme Judges,
and restore the Union TO a loyal condition.
On the whole We think the time has ar
rived TO revise Webster's definition of loyal
ty thus: A quality which belongs exclusive
ly to men born in New England, or who wish
they had been, and those who are favored
by Providence with black skins.
UNIs.
THE TREATY OF VIENNA.