The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-05-29
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1865.
MIR. SCENARIOS AUBURN SPEECH
A Mastery Exposition Of Public
Affairs.
True Philosophy Of reconstruction.

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/ speaking, If 1 ought to keep silence. Per
/ haps, however, tbs solicitude which per
vades the country may justify us all in con-
/ versing upon political questions in q candid
and patriotic spirit. We were together
/ here in October last. The national condi-
/ ton has undergone some material changes
| since that time. We we're then on the verge
Of q series Of elections throughout the
/ States. The leaders, who 50 peItinaciously
claim to be Democratic, organized with
| their customary machinery aud ovations.
! They had wisely ceased to denounce as a
failure the war for the Union, which had ct
| last become a glorious success. They
| thought 70 undermine the distinctive party
! Of the Union by affecting a newborn ad-
! miration for its chief, Andrew job nson.
! They seemed anxious 10 prove their deYo-
| ton superior to ours, by committing them
| selves to support him as a candidate for the
| Presidency IN 1865. They inscribed our
| Administration notices Of reconciliation
| upon their newly-wrOught banners, and,
! reorgan zing their struggling lines as well
as they 80 hsstily could, they vehemently
/ charged on for a partisan, not q patriotic
/ victory. What led the Democratic lead
ers 70 make this change was the striking,
/ may cali il, the marvellous phenomenon
which was Just then exhibited on the scene
] of the recent rebellion. The whole disloyal
community in that blighted and desolated
/ region, accepting the conditions Of partial
! amnesty and the invitations to returning
| allegiance which were proclaimed by the
! Administration, all at once renounced the
4 principles, practices and policy Ct secession
/ and d,sunion, tenderd US q new covenant Of
! loyalty sealed with their oaths, and brought
! forward with alacrity the remains of their
/ long cherished institution Of slavery,
1 ana cheeriully threw them TO be burned
upon the constitutional altar which they
! had so newly restored. These unexpected
| changes in the attitude Of political ADVERSE
/ ries once so obstinate naturally enough ex-
cited suspicious, ieslousies and apPrehen
/ siOns among loyal and tried Union men.
il Waa the old case of William Of Orange,
who, having in civil war put down the To.
Ties afterwards found it nee sssry to cede to
rcpenting Jae0bites and Papists the right
/ Of citizenship. Il is the case which has
ever occurred and which must f0revermore
| occur as the end Of successful resistance
/ 10 rebellion. How could Democrats and
rebels be converted 10 the support Of a tri-
| umphaut Union Administration This was
| the question everywhere put by the jealous
| leaders OF the Union Party. IL was at that
moment that j answered that question by
asking Others, viz: How could Democrats
! and rebels avoid being converted? Is it
not their inversion that you conteC ded for,
/ and that you now desire2 / expires. ed the
opinion that the condition Of peace with its
new rtspOnsi BIZ ties must thencetorth be in
| good faith accepted. ] advised prompt and
complete rec1ncil alton with the restoration
at once OF tho Constitutional symmetry Of
the Union. Rejecting the ungenerOus sus-
p.cion that the rebels and their Democratic
abett0rs were only changing their political
strategy with traItOrous purposes, / argued
that with few and marked exceptions, they
| were now % be received aud accepted as
/ fellow citizens and brethren l urged that
[ this would DO safe y done, II only The tried
I friends Of the Administration, remaining
united and harmonious, and thus retalniu &
their justly acquired prestige, should them
| selves promptly snd msgnanlmous'y Sc
cure T. the nation the enjoyment Of ardent
| Is desired peace and indispensably required
| prosperity. For a time the friends of the
Union acted upon that policy. The cleo
tons everywhere resulted in the defeat and
overthrow o. the Democratic organization
and placed the administration Of Andrew
johnson beyond the reach ofd8nger at home
| or abroad.
The work Of reconciliation has outrun ex-
pccia ion. Indeed it has never had q par
hliel ia human affairs. With internal com
motions and disturbances less serious than
those which sometimes attend popular cleo
| ti0ns in g free country ina a time OF profound
peace, the heretofore dislOyal people Of Nir-
ginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South
| Caro- ina, Georgia, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Florids and Texas, successfully,
nav, almost simultaneously, asse ID bled and
adopted new constitutions in conformity
with the Constitution OF the United States.
They upturned rebellion with all its far
81 reading roots and all its poisonou fruits
and they accepted and ratified the then
pending Congressional Amendment 10 the
Constitution Of the United States, which
abolishes slavery thenceforth forever.
The people Of these States have, at the
same time, chosen for themselves, by free
and uncontrolled suffrage, Governors, Legs
latures, Judiciaries and municipal authori-
ties. Between the Federal Government and
these restored and re0rganized State Govern
ments, there exists now q more complete
aud practical harmony than has ever before
/ prevailed between the Union and so many
Of its members since it was first established
! Within the same time the Executive De-
partment Of the United States has assumed
is functions among the people Of these
former disloval States. The State Depart
ment speaks for them with their free con-
/ sent 70 prime palities and powers. The
! Treasury collects the national lmpOsts and
taxes there the War DEPARTING distributes
its forces whenever and wherever Is sesmI
/ necessary aud expedient to guarantee Peace
between the iuyelerate but fast expiring
factions. The navy Of the United State.
rides freely in all their reopened ports and
harbors; the Post-Ofiee circulatee through
every vein aud artery, which is the re-
viviiying blood Of united republ c. The
Interior Department pays pensions pro-
tects Indians, sells lands end defrays the
expenses Of judicial administration
The Acknowledgement prosecutes traitori
and other disiurbers Of the peace there be-
fore Federal Courts. All this hiss been done
with the active concurrence Of the people o
those States, absolutely free tEom military
control, while The army Of the United
States, instead Of being increased, has beer
, reduced from a million and half Of mel
to some sixty or eighty thousand. The eZ
pcnses OF the Federal Governments haFs
been reduced from million and half PEI
fav 10 a sum less than the daily receipts q
~ Treasury, AID the great but IN ever
/ sense sacred debt Of the Union is alread,
,,sresrtiblv diminished. Foreign natiou
nave dcsisted from intervention and IS
surned an attitude of conciiiation and friend
shin. The people Of the lately disloya
States. desiring % pass the lsst siege OF re-
tcration as speedily as posslo-aI nav
] chosen. Senators to represent them IN IN
! senate aud members % snswer Tor them =
the House Of representatives, Those Rep
resentatives are in cuiiy waiting at To-
/ Capitol. Through the 10 81 States nausrl
I Is more vigorous su3 effective then eve
before. la the Ately isloyal States capi
1 tai and labor combining snd c. operating
under q free contract system which q then
IS sltor thc- ", are beginning with sue
cess % obliterate the tracks Of ruin sud de
/ voststiou. d. not say that cavil and crlu
cls-, can find no dark shades t0 darkeu TIN
/ messing picture. Irregularit es deform ev
s-v human work, and the telescope reveal
io-us dark spots eyen on ths surfaee Of ID
! glowing sun.
In view Of this rapid progress oipeace an
reconciliation VIC might well expect . bn'
the country. II rot contentedi YET cheer ~
and hopeful s well as grateiul 20 Aiieig ? {.
God. Such, indeed, 1 conceive 70 DC /.
I real state oi the public MIND Many ol'i
zeus are unpreparel 70 sccept the improves
/ situation ol affairs. Political zeal gives el
reluctantly ITS contests over the dead 81
| ana stretches morbialy forward % eaten "a
ouens Of an uncertain future. THIS hlol
81 eDpreheusiou i natural enough, and ne
It's cauti0uary uses. But, on the other hano
conscience, resson and Judgment are n
ouiv practical guides Of human conduct
We are required BY some 10 discard IN
guidance, and 10 believe that the COUNTY,