Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-21
REPUDIATING RADrcALIsm.

the following card, published before it
was known that the proposed constitu~
ton had been defeated, and just after he
had received the vote Of every Loyal
Leaguer" in Hale county, is significant
A CARD.-I desire to make the follow
| ing announcement, as due both to the pub
lie and myself;
After the passage Of the reconstruction
acts by Congress, coRscientionsly believed
it was the duty Of the Southern States to
comply with the requirements Of those
| laws, aud at the earliest practicable mo-
ment 10 restore them TO their former posi-
| ton in the Union. | also believed that
| The only means OF forming a constitution
for Alabama that would he acceptable to
the dominant power, was by acting with
the Republican party. | therefore as
| sumed that position, and have heretofore
| pursued that course which / believed best
calculated to promote the interest Of my
State and section. Subsequent events and
recent developments in Congress have sat
isiied me that the principles and aims of
that party are inimical to the interests of
the Sonth and Of the whole country; that
such reconstruction Of the States as would
be recognized and ratified by the present
Congress, would be subyersive of the rights
and interests of the people 1t is only by
a union and utilization with the Conserva-
tive party Of the country that we can now
hope 10 preserve our liberties or the re-
public.
take this method of giving notice of
my Withdrawal fromthe Republican party :;
of my disapproyal Of and opposition to
the constitution recently adopted by the
convention at Montgomery.
take my stand with those who support
and defend the constitution of the United
States az it IL.
The Office Of Probate Judge of Hale
comfy, TO which have Just been elected,
under any circumstances shall decline to
accept.
further announce my withdrawal from
the Loyal League, fully satisfied that what
ever may have been its original design, its
tendency is TO produce arrangement be
tween the races and to result in evil. 4
w. I. BLACKBOARD.
1t is creditable to DR. Blackford that
he has the candor, when he sees the evils
that must result from the reconstruction
farce that is being enacted in the South
ern States under Radical auspices to de-
nounce the fraud that has been per-
petrated, and to counsel those with whom
he hes been acting that safety to them
selves and the country, lies in the sue
cess Of the Conservative party. 1t is
perfectly apparent that the Radical
managers at Washington do not went the
Southern States reconstructed at pres
sent, The Springfield Mass Republic
can, which is perhaps the leading Res
publican paper in New England, is con-
WINGED of this fact, and before the result
of the Alabama election was known, that
paper said, if the constitution is de-
feated, there is no cause for regret," and
gave the following reasons for what it
said
"The progress Of the election has de.
Veloped mere plainly and forcibly than
anything has or conld the reasons why the
constitution ought not TO succeed, and why
the present course of reconstruction ought
to stop. Because it is proven not to be
reconstruction in any true, adequate and
lasting sense, and until that IL found and
accepted, far better military rule and "un-
limited General Grant" Alabama and the
rest Of the seeded States should be given
constitutions free from the DISTINGUISHING
and uniustly discriminating articles of that
now pending, and which shall afford a
broad, liberal and permanent basis for the
government, one which will give the right
of suffrage TO whites and blacks alike, aud
TO all men on the same terms"
Hon John D. Baldwin, Radical mem
Der of Congress from the Worcester dis
trict in Massachusetts,, in letter to the
Worcester Spy, of which he is the editor,
says of the bill to amend the reconstruc-
ton laws 70 that majority of votes east
shall ratify the constitutions in the South
arn States
"The object of inserting this majority
,lause is accomplished. 1t was designed
o prevent reconstruction. There was and |
till is few Republicans, who did and do |
not wish to see the Southern States recon
structed until after the Presidential cleo |
ion. These gentlemen, in and out of |
congress, we're the special friends of this |
dea. The Senate Judiciary Committee |
nave done nothing and seem likely 90 con-
inue doing the same thing, with regard 10 |
he bill changing the present law so as to |
allow majority of the vote cast pro aud |
on, TO ratify the constitution"
Here We have Republican authority
hat at least portion Of the Radical
eaders are managing to keep the South
I'm States out of the Union until after
he Presidential election This is I'M
IerstOod to be done in the interest of
zen. Grant as against Chief Justice
base. They care nothing for the in-
erests of the people Of the Southern
tates so they can Advance their political
interests Dr. Blackford sees this, and
e has the manliness to denounce it and
from the party that is actuated
y no higher ambition than the success
{ party at the expense of the interests
f the people of ten States 1.-THE dupes
{ the Radical tricksters throughout the
outh would follow the example of DR.
this miserable farce called res
obstruction would be kicked to the dogs
nd the States no longer denied their
ightful place in the councils Of the ma
on.
GOV BULLOCK, the Republican Cover
n / 4