Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-24

concert among the whites. Hunnicutt, in
deed, cannot lead our. white citizens into a
negro organization but neither can any
other man. Gen. Lee conld not. Mr..
Wilson's scheme will, therefore, fail. The
view from his '1ittle mountain" however
enchanting, will not avail.
THE CoNsERvATIvEs--How TO FUSE REBELS
AND ORIGINAL UNIoEIsTs.
From the Richmond Times. 18th.
The Wing, we regret to find, is still la
boring under the delusion that it is the de-
sire Of certain eyil-disposed persons to per
petrate some vague and inexplicable ont
rage upon the original Union men," 1t
warns us, that If we, or any OF the South
ern people expect to engage in any success
full political movement that does not enlist
the support of the better class of original
Union men, they will be grievously disap-
pointed" We have distinctly stated that
we are opposed to prescribing, maltreating
or rejecting the aid and alliance Of any
" original Union men," We do not be-
lieve there are enough Of them in the State
to fill couple of street cars, but we have
twice stated that we are willing to allow
them a fair share of the offices But we do
not think their services are worth the price
which the Wing insists shall be paid for
them. We do not believe that we should
crafty the aspirations and desires
Of this corporals guard of Star-spangled
Banner" Hail Columbia" I" Union for
ever" consistent patriots" with the best
offices in our gift. Neither do we believe
that the Conservative army should be mar
shaled with Pierpont and Stearns in the
front rank, the respectable negroes" in the
second, and the reconstructed Virginians,
under the command of Lee, Goggin, Stuart,
Baldwin, Flournoy, Hunter, Seldom, Mar
shall, etc, in the rear. We do not seek to
revive the "prejudices, passions and enmi-
ties of the war;" for the most certain way of
doing that would be to make leaders of men
whose prominence is due, not to their tai
ents, but to their having bitterly opposed
the South during the late civil war. The
only material difference between the Whig
and ourself is that our neighbor wishes to
make leaders of persons of the type of
Pierpont and Stearns, while we prefer men
like Stuart, Baldwin, Flournoy, Marshall,
and other Conservatives who were not
ashamed to sympathize with their section
and neighbors during the civil war;"
From the Wing, 10th.
CAS- to our giving precedence to the gen.
tlemen named in our articles, over Lee,
Goggin, Stuart, Baldwin, Hunter, Seldom,
Marshall" ETC., we did no such thing. We
did not name these latter gentlemen at all.
We merely indicated the material out of
which the only successful Conservative
party which can be founded should be
formed, viz the better class of original
Union men, the better class of the colored
population, and those WHIP supported the
Southern cause in the late war The in
situation that the order in which these
classes are named indicated our estimate of
them, is utterly without foundation"
THE ENQUIRER KEEPS AN EYE ON
HUNNICUTT.
at behooyes our citizens to be on watch
and guard against the evils which threaten
US. 1t is plain to see that the mass of those
negroes who have been listening to Hunni-
cult & Co. have their hearts fall Of bitter
ness and their heads full of mischief 1t
is necessary to concert the means of a pro-
per security. We must distinguish be-
tween the well-disposed and honest-minded
of the colored people, and those who are
following the lead of bandits, and parIak-
ing of their spirit We must separate in
our regards, between those who wish TO
live in peace, and those who intend to be
enemies. 1t is very clear that we must
have no division among ourselves. We
must allow none to be made or fomented.
If any man, betrayed by his ambition,
should take the bait of the tempter, cut him
loose and let him drift at once He hath
no more place among us. Let us be quiet,
discreet, orderly; but let us resist every
attempt to divide us, or to engage us to be-
come parties to the revolution which for the
time overthrows all constitutional law, and
merges the government into despotism
administered by single department"