The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-01-12
From the SLelbyville Tenn Union
The Southern Press.

We have of late observed with no little
concern, the remarks Of the press in tn,
states south of III, and we must confess +,
no small decree of modification at theil
general tone Our southern contempora
rie> appear determined to pursue Il cours,
calculated 10 drive every conservative Tn
ion man of the border states into the rank:
OF the radicals. They forget that the,
are indebted to the conservative element o.
the country for their very existence. The,
forget that If it had not been for the con
scrvatism OF Abraham Lincoln and An
drew Johnson, every single dollar of then
estates would have been con!iscated lon,
since, and that instead OF losing negroe:
only, they would have lost everything
else Now this is wrong.
Our hitherto rebel friends in the south
ein states ought TO remember that the con.
>ervativc Union element Is the only wal
between them and destruction, and that il
is their duty. a. well us their interest, tc
strengthen the bonds of this element 10y ;
willing acquiescencc in Things rs they tx.
Isl. iiut instead OF doing this they pursu,
Il different policy.
\ man in the southern states who In:
been Il Union man has no chance whatever
10 be elected TO Congress or any other po
-ilion. Upon the contrary, most. i. no
;ll. the candidates elected To Congress IL
the cotton states were elected scleiy upon
the ground that they had been ardent anC
useful rebels. Even in South Carolina
although not Il candidate, Wade IIamp
ton. Il rebel lieutenant general. came very
near bein@ elected governor of that stat,
over Mr.. Orr. who was suspected of hay
in@ entertained Union procivities durin!
/ the war. In Mississippi. too. the govern
or ol that state w;,- u rebel General an,
- ANXIOUS w;ls President johnson 10 ren
der linn eli@ibIe. that hc par'loned him tn,
moment he was announced IL Il candidate
ini vet the moment he WAS inau"urate,
( ~ pursued such Il course IL To- render i
Necessary ior the President TO send Gener
III Thomas To look after linn.
| Why i> lhi> ? Can il be possible lha
the cotton states only wait Il more con
vcnicni season TO AGAIN rebel - We hop
not And Vet our convictions are dIil,
becoming stronger that a conservative In
ION man h;,> hut little chance in The hllher
- ii.-nrr.rti"narv states tnr place or pow
TT Even lii TcE..,-~cr. in certain lorall
tic-. miuni~m i 1,nt much recommends.
ION to = can hate ;or office. And Ii /
,he-,. startling t..c;s which >trcu-l.len TN
hand oi the extremists moi only III Con
grc-> ail the north. but in our own Siai
legislature.
'Tnc papers south oi u> are continual,
yLtm"rimC a.ain>t Gov. Brownlow AN
what ihry clll the I,adiclii>m of the Ten
n,>-.r lc-i-la;urc. and Yet they persist ii
Il poii,.v calculated, il not intended. L
maMc ihlI TT iIcili>,n ,iil! more intense il
orr state W. tcri sure that neither Gov
crnpr Erowmlnw nor the legislature vii
make the slightest concession 10 the hlth
crto enemies OF the Government 50 Ion:
4 they persist in 4 course which create
the impression ihat they have no regret
on their account to ovcrturn If. Ii woul'
be just and polite, therefore. if our south
crn friends would adopt 4 different course
1t them stand up mantully for Tn
Government OF the United States an,
those III authority 1t them cease thei
.alk about the gloriou, Constitution. Sucl
ialk from the rebels i i'll bad taste. II i
* a "ood Constitution now. it WAS alwav
such. And vet they were not conten
with ii, ami attempted 10 make Il >ccpa
rate government. IN which they si-nalll
failed. We be- them. therefore. to ccaS,
their ravin"S about Constitutions, rights
etc. AMI be>ecch them, 10 pursue such ;
course as will strengthen the arms OF An
drew johnson and the great conservative
| Mon element OF the country aIlin>
radirai-m.
II they do not DO this the hitherto reb
is in Tennessee will whistle a long inn
before they gel 10 the ballot-boX. 1t :,
happen, iiat what our rebel tricn,!~ c:ll
r;l'licali>m i, now in authority; moi only il
Tennessee but everywhere else. and the,
ought 10 know that they can never dis
place these radicals without the aid of th
conservative Union element. which the,
can never obtain st long IL they persist il
80 foolish Il policy is that referred 10. W
know that Andrew Johnson Is Il coll>c,
: vativc man. but unaidrd by that elcmcn
he Is powcrlc>s and should he 50 fur for
get hlins Ii ;,s 10 paxdcr 10 the prejudice
OF those Who would elect a rebel over
Union man, simply because he wls 4 In
ion man. he would soon find himself in
hopeless minority.
1t therefore behoove> our hitherto reb,
friends 10 stand by the conservative Unio
element OF the country, Tor Oh that clt
mrnt alone depends their dcllycrance frol
the unfortunate prc,licamcnt in whic
.. their own folly has placed them. This
81 pian that il seems 10 Us every senSibl
man QUILT TO see it.
How Tn A;Tpr,I WIyrs cror,