New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-28
rom Tss Nashville Pres. and Time,.

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now Universally known as tue r-'ofahon poncs Q, our
topore5 Pre-. dep; and by the pledge wene up from th
t.m. AID hudng uerance from The lips OF ne roirpnea
~, IA. wi stand BY him who desire and intends that the
6A.s ls free shall once m0!e cover beneath n' snpe
fo3.. united and prosperous people from the tropcs 70
M p, and csrse the word 10 behold End acknowledge that
s.t heroes and mos severely eonie 'ed war that history
r'ort' 80, o,.
WITH roots deep set H. battle graves
WIDE, ~ rsy BY the memory Of the past and the precious
hopes iuthre W command yo1rpIesenee and speca
request t'si you hold yourself " READINGS. 10 saafes we
s.. eastion broad and ndrHbr upon the bele ..
u' ~ ;I.'y and loyalty q our people
20 %n H.isteu A. T. Garrett
NJ. " Dunnswsy sam. 7. Walker.
vi, X Postoni James Parks,
~. Williams, J. T. Thomas
I vi siren. II. Il. Marble
Committee ON lnyl.stoi-
Mr.. MAYNARDs Belly
&C.,. ..., NAsIIl>GToy, ID. C., Feb. 10 lsoo.
(s,fLlSnv. I AIN to-day nonored by Your INVITATION
b.y eIDuiic comm and. 10 be present at mass Con
ysa.ioa IN Nashville tie I'D inst and TO address
she t sands expected to assemble Ii pains me tnat
other arrangements compel me 20 decline Inc Dnt1,
Ssy 81 Washington has hocome holiday 10 zoe naliohsi
eaendsg and peculiarly hll!ng tmg for the express
sion ospat.io.c Sentiments To IL OF Tennessee eSpe'
ealy Il il day Of happy memory. 1t Is me hrs, al
aLeIspy Of our gIeS' aehssrsnoe neno r A.
the as whcn ourselves disenthrued fTuT the Shaekes
OF tfeasor we, in the very act OF our own emahcpa
toa s'racs the letters from our bondmen a'd declared
them f!reyocably free. Z, as great rors ara rug re-
l,ops6 serG nrd % our honor ~ az coming " t.
The day Is most appropriate Tor popular trlote ~
our l6gred President Andrew Johnson; ne ~ sae
sreasemarcipator Of Tennessee More than any ofher
man asd With greater effect he laboied for the over
Arrow a. Slavery and tie hated aTstoeraoy based on
sIave labor His Supsthies were with me
hipdtca ideas possessed LIN and inspired his
.ct,o.--she freedom OF the slave and the emanolpa
lion " she poor white man iroG TIE slave sris.oCise!
Hence LIS repeated oxidation over the thousahds %
white. "A well as blacks emanoipated by tue war
Unspsrav gratifying 10 him IL must Pe that some o.
his bit.erest OpposeTs bis most persistent nSghefs.
WHO no opportunity while be in the contest
:, III. uatike him now lack words OF aduat!on TO ex'
pss5 on approval OF his course, and by necessary
mp IA Os eontrition ior tleT OWL Thus - wisdom
isstises Of hcr children. We who stood by him ahd
esysbfn oar support and who according 70 the meas
hfs of or ability sss'sttQ III ~ enlargement e1d
shsts5 in conseahenee. scGeteirg OF his lepfoseA'
NATURALLY paftake with rim ~ this gTallnestlon.,
y tis,y also. 10 express our appIoEai OF "AA You
sofrecv is now universally known a. me festofa
fou policy O: the President For It Is widely mlsun
derstJ)i 81 least strangely mlsreplesenled. we u
Tsnnys-ss friends and foes. can hardly tai 10 coupre
lend L. As the Military Governor Of our State be
sdOpse4 s with admitted success. An remember hrs
scheme .x tae county elections In March, lSoi, the
Pres ss;is election in November, ana the Constiiq.
sons, election in February following. They were all
held uoa The simple principle that The political power
CitheSate AID tie control Of the Government belong
righ.aly 10 tie loyal people and 10 them siOne.
A Tspfsuai OF his several proclaioa,ions would
he iul gBGTe. From his repeated uiteraDees Of this
almost 81 random In calling Convention 10 restore
The safe who shall restore and establish II Shall the
vtV gave his means and Influence To destroy tns
GoYepmsrt, Is he 20 participate in the great work
of re6-rsn,2itiOni Shall he who brought this misery
upon IT, State lie permitted 70 control lis desiiDies
Again he asks. Why all this blood and carnagef II
was thai treason might he put down aud traitors pun
ished te.e.oTe that traitors should take back
IN he work Of restoration III there should be but
1908 wren ieyai to the Constitution loyal 10 freedom,
loyal 40 Justice these troe ana faithful men should
control the work Of reorganization and reforma-
ton Absolutely Still more emphatic, If possible are
has declarations made this very day 70 Committee
fiOm the Legislature Of Virginia. The representa-
tyes Of the States and OF the people should have the
Qualifications prescribed by the Constitution Of the
Ull.ed Saos aud those Publications most unqueston
ably i--tT loyalty lie who comes ss representative,
hayBXCe qualifications prescribed by tie Constitu.
ton 20 ~ Ain TO take seat IN either OF the debor-
aiTe bo0ies hch constitute the National LEXIS allure,
must b. esssriy according 10 the inenGment OF the
Constitution be loyal man willing 10 abide by and be
Gs,o'cs 70 the Union and tho Constitution OF the
I'm kOing into The rcceut Rebellion or instruction
sganA The Go'erDDent OF the United States We erred
sad no retaining and resuming relations with the
teoefr Government, am free TO ray that ell the
fe,pon,be positions aHd places ought "a be contded
distinctly and clearly 10 who loyal II there
we're Only 90 loyal men in State, less number.
but seient 20 take charge of the political machinery
o. Stat, these 700 men less lumber are enil-
Ted t0it II al; the rest should be otherwise Inclined
look uTor IA being fundamental hat ne ecsrcisr 81
So!flcsl sIseT should be cOaEntd 10 III, Loyal nea
Amer th there can be no dispute az TO what the Pres
idents policy really is.
HIS language Is neither ambiguous Hor obscure. II
Is II fact the same policy adopted by the North Caro-
Ina fathers at the close OF the Revolutionary
whisfhey were eD8cting that sill manner OF treasODs
nsprscn oftreasOn felony or misderneauor committed
~ do1, Siuce the fourth day Of July in the year of our
Lord. sesenteen hundred aud seventy-six. by any
person PERSONS Whatsoever be pardOned, released
and pu. IA total oblivion they at the time pro
Hded aso that nothing herein cOnisined shall entltit
any person by this law be received 10 elect or BE elected
Ds1yece trust IN the state. or 70 hold any once
en- Or Military" MARYLAND. and perhaps some other.
The old thirteen dealt ont O similarly restricted
gene esssy 20 their tories.
Ihop0liey has been fairy tested In Mary land Vir
snsSW West Virginia, Kentucky. Tennessee, Missouri
Arkansas and Louisiana. Where II has been rgidly
adhered 90 as 10 Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee
hissosfi sad Arkansas IL has worked well Whtrt II
' atsHd0Bed or TelGzed and fraHoFs reeErdE
cAissd Pfr4tas6, EeRtgcky and L0ntss0Ha. tAer
'ro.bs a'd disorder prtrsR
TIE ec.d',oD Of 1e lloyd Union people Is tit.le bette
,sSg rrsr Ne e,spoiism Of fle Southern CoVeferaey
What Gatwa 60 ssk our friends in East Tennessee
East Tennessee ilustrons in her sorrow and the bool
% her msrtyrs Go 70 tie prison cells where hundreds
ruej IN vretchedness, rather than polute their sou
w swearing allegiance 70 power they condemned
Go tAD gibbets where the patriots Ham and an
,As iatasf and fhs SOB, and Henshie and Fry
upward aoag the shining pathway to glory. there sce
what rreAson did In the plentude Of it, power: an,
vka' p5a;s b. ike Opportunity 20 d. aysfn Yes D,
al let rs heartily, and without question indors,
sse frpAepts po,cy and repeat IA, JsrscSnta! axiom
that dtt,eeiv Of political pOpsr sosld b coafaed
loyal ami me sounding poyds skati BE- echoed fror
sprry ,0 mas heorfh AID rooftss IN the ond
Let to proserrcrs Of tho nation DO III rulers- -
YoIrfquest me TO put the seal OF Contemplation
broslekJ iBdclibie upon the hheers Of the iutevrt
losAey iu our STATE hes sprung Into life oruisu
Ssss "a crxan end Vat hpiece o treason thai ct u