Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-07-27
TENNESSEE.

On Thursday, the 18th instant, q quo
rum was secured In the Tennessee
House of Representatives, by the arrest
and forcible bringing in of two boiling
butternut members. Thereupon the
Constitutional Amendment was rati-
fled by vote of 48 to ID, the two recu.
SAINTS refusing to answer to their names.
The Senate, having previously done
the same, the work Is consummated 80
far as that State is concerned. sEas
Thus hns Tennessee arrayed herself
nobly or the loyal side. Thus has the
copperhead scheme, backed up, we are
told by Presidential influence from
Westinghouse stave off this result by
refusing to attend and so preventing
quorum-been completely foiled. And
thus has the way been prepared for the
speedy re-admission Of that State to her
Congressional privileges. w.
AS soon as Congress heard Of the rat
iiication, the National House of Repre-
sentatives, on Friday last, proceeded to
vote upon the reception of Tennessee as
IL fully reconstructed State, with its
members to be allowed at length their
seats. The joint resolution passed by
the overwhelmingly large vote of l25 to IL.
1tyct remained to be acted upon by the
Senate; but that body proceeded to
pass it sreedily. And so, the Presidents
own State has now at last been fully
restored to its normal condition in the
Union.
:, This contamination cannot fail to
have an important effect upon political
schemes and parties. The chief capital
of the opposing factions has been the
delay in re-admitting seeded States
Their main reliance for successful flu
ture campaigning against Congress, has
been, the plea that Cong ress refused to
receive back the fully reconstructed
South. But with the admission of
Tennessee, all these specious pretenses
for arousing opposition, are blown
to the winds. .aa.- .rrsr. .a..
Congress thus has shown its
willingness to receive loyal members
from truly repentant and fully return
ing States. And it has thus been made
plain to all the nation, that the other
States have q like speedy method of
happy return. What more can any
loyal American ask? What other way
of restoration CAN the patriotic millions
of the nation be made to endorse? Ger
tainly, this new development does
seem to make more certain the TIL
umph of Republican liberty, the defeat
of copperheed aspirations and conserva-
tive devices. Gs .aa 80 an ~ ....
Behold the Presidents own State ar
rayed against his policy. Since he
took his unfortunate stand in orposi-
ton to the Constitutional Amendment
OF Congress, ne has evidently labored
hard to keep back Tennessee from the
ratification of it. There in his home
was his only personal popularity there
he might we'll expect to succeed. But
no! the glorious old home of Jackson
has repudiated the course of her recre-
ant johnson. And thus her sturdy ad
herence to the good old party of the
Union disconcerts all the plans and
hopes of the President, all the schemes
of politicians for an overturn of our
national policy. What q squelehing
avalanche does this event already roll
down upon the Philadelphia Conven-
ton! How does it make Republican
patriots everywhere look up and re-
joice! a-- ~ as ....Er
The noble course of Tennessee has
given 3 better assurance of prompt snc-
cess for the great Reconstruction
Amefrl,eent, which is so essential to
the pacificstion and perpetuity Of our
country. Weare NOW assured of one of
the slave states, yes, one of the rebel
ling states in its favor; and this makes
probable the endorsement of others
Louisiana and Arkansas will probably
soon follow suit; and the good weriS of
ratification will 60 on to its hssteniag
triumph. What Northern state can re-
fuse, han slave-trodden Tennessee has
fully endorsed the new order of things?
Some of us Republicans have feared
to admit even Tennessee as yet, wish
ing to make the iina4 rad actual ratifi-
cation by three-fourths of the states an
essential condition to receiving any
state. An able article which was
given in the last Vinton Eagle,
well expresses This view. But possibly,
after all, the offer of re-admission to
each seeded State Upon its own ratifi-
alton of the amendment, is the surest
and safest way to consumn.ate that
au,e ndment especially when VIC CON