Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-01
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To the editors efathe Unioa and Dispsseb.
lie that runs Inay rsad,g that free in
stitations 20 longer exist on the continent
Of Americas The Radical party has
usurped all power and constituted itself
the goEernmeaf. lt now possesses the
power and places that, in one period Of
the history Of this country, belonged 10
| splendid constitutional gogerhment-the
wreck Of which Is treated with as great ir-
reyerance as are the bones displaced by
the necessity for new grave by the grave
digger. These usarped powers are used
for the lowest and most despotie purposes
IL they were used for the Development of
national resources and Interests, to advance
the greatness of the country, 10 place the
country at the head Of the nations OF the
earth, 70 make 10 dominant In all great
moves or changes that affect the interest of
the whole heman race, We could excuse
the means and overlook the departure.
But when nsed to degrade the people Of
the South, and even the aleiabsFs Of its
osn party, Ii becomes execrabis ia the
eyes of all This party is nothing more
nor less than mental despotism, which
stands alone unequalled in the annals of
the world. As we'll abused as The
church has been for the alleged
despotism over the minds of the
Middle Ages, il will not compare to the
Preseat mental despoiism aud terrorism
that exists over the american people. The
members of this party are simply mental
serfs that are driven BY their masters that
congregate around Washington city. And
the terrorism which holds empire over this
new style of government, makes plant
agents Of every member of the orgauiza-
tion, from the most grave and reverend
Senators of the United States and mem
bers Of the highest judicial tribunals in the
land, to the most Insignificant negro voter
of the party. These same men have The
impudence and hardihood TO prate, By the
hour, of liberty and free institutions, when
they never go to the box with free ballot
in their hand, bat tits placed there by their
masters and they dare not disobey. Even |
Senators and Judges dare not perform the
high duties of their Offices for fear of the |
party guillotine. This mental despotism is
strange Inconsistency with the eiYiIiza- |
ton OF the nineteenth century. This form |
Of despotism has been regarded by phi |
losophers as belonging peculiarly to past |
ages, and as incapable of existing in the |
present age. / suppose that it has reap /
peared on this continent to show man that |
he reasons but to err.o There is not a gov
eminent on the continent of Europe, how |
ever despotic il may be, whose judicial or
other officers are afraid to perform their |
Official duties according to their convic- |
tions of right and wrong. Viii this party |
forever make subservient to party pur-
poses the individual reason and liberty |
Of its members is question in which all |
the people of this continent are inter |
ested for the manner of its solution will |
Determine whether we shall have a free |
or despotic government in future Let |
those who are conFersant with the work |
ings of the human mind, inform Us if |
there Is any hope for change. Can we |
hope for the moving of the waters? Can
1t be that the divinity that shapes our
ends" will view with indifference the |
destruction of our free institutions, and |
the establishment on their ruin of a terri |
bic despotism The incalculable damage
this party is inhicting upon the human
race, and the ages which il viii arrest sAa
progress Of civilization, are things to be
considered Of by posterity. And itis net !
to be anticipated ihst = ifeae.AslsI stil iSe I
yssy gsatie.