Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-21

i - .N governments Nnlcn they abhOl
whose foundation and sole purpose is III
eniranchisement of the negro and disfran
chisement of the white man. / know the
/ eel us that the work of reconstruction poe
oraVely on. 1t does, forsooth, but it is no
the restoration of the South not the re
storatlon of the Union; not the re-sstab
lIshment of civil government Read YOU
Geographic dispatches TO day, and you vii
see that in Georgia men are being tried b,
military commission, upon charges ofmnr
der. Read the teiegraphic dispatches o
Yesterday, and you will see that the mill
tary commander of that State declines Il
| recognize the validity OF the Legislator,
until the House of Representatives shall
tmn out the Democratic members
| PERIPATEIC CoNGREssMEN.- ~
| Read the dispatches of the day before
and you will see that one of the newly
| elected Senators from Louisiana was, six
months ago, citizen of Illinois, and the
| other citizen of Indiana; that the Gov
ernor of Florida was, year ago, the Presi-
| dent Of an Agricultural Society in Iowa.
| If am not mistaken, the State of Yirginia
| rejoices in the possession Of a Governor
| fresh from the soil Of Ohio; laughter
and if the newspapers do not belle him, a
citizen of our State has declined TO be a
candidate for Congress in the district in
which he lives, for the reason that he ex-
poets to be a Senator from Alabama before
the fall elections in Ohio shall take place.
Laughter and applause. ~
CONGRESSIONAL UsURPATIoNs.
Congress has usurped TO itself all power
over the State governments of the South.
Il has destroyed them. 1t has made use
of the Federal government to destroy the
States, and now, with the insatiate spirit
of revolution, it turns upon the Federal
government ITSELF 1t has DESTROYED the
independence of the judiciary it has
struck at the existence Of the Executive.
Our fathers thought they had solved the
problem Of free government in the creation
Of the three departments. The Repnbli-
can Congress has destroyed all the divisions
which were thus created, and seeks TO col
lect in its own hands all the powers which
belong to the system, and by an memorable
law of its existence, it now stands ready, in
case of party necessity, to transfer them to
the grasp OF. the military dictator. 1t is
reproducing in our country the lessons of
all history. .-
LEGISLATIVE DEsPoTIsM AND THE SEQUEL
-HIsTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
The despotism of legislative assembly
Is the worst despotism in the world it is
the most selfish, the most cruel, the most
audacious and the most short-liyed; it
ends in anarchy, and is speedily followed
by the calm repose of tyranny under the
order of the sword. Recall the history Of
the Roman Senate and the Emperors re-
call the history of the long Parliament and
the tyranny of the Commonwealth recall
the history of the Legislative Assembly of
France, and Of the Consulate and the En-
pire, and read in them the certain prophecy
of the fate of this government if Congress
sional usurpation shall run its course.
OUR OWN EXPERIENCE.
Have we not already part fuGllment Of
these examples? Congress has despOiled
the Executive Of the Just powers of his
office, aud has invested them 10 the General
Of our armies. 1t has despoiled the States,
and vested them, too, in the same officer.
1t has given him power over the military
commanders, and to his decision it has re-
ferred every question Of Interpretation or
execution of the reconstruction laws. And
this same oficer-wielding this enormous
by the army-susLained by
all the military organizations, by whatever
name they may be known, appealing TO the
feVor which yet remains after the struggles
Of a terrible war-demands that ne shall
be elected President of these United States.
And the party which supports him, de-
clares that if they can not do it by the votes
of YOU, men of the North, it will elect him
by the votes Of the negroes and carpet
baggers in the reconstructed States of the
South -... .
THE DANGER ILLUSTRATED AND THE RENE
DY SUGGESTED.
Gentlemen, do you see no danger here
When, years ago, we predicted this result,
and warned against the first step in reyolu-
tiOnary progress, the Republicans laughed
at our fears-called us Copperheads and
traitors. Applause. When Napoleon
was called on-young, unknown to bis eoun-
trymen, never having had command even
of regiment-to quell the revolt Of the
sections, he did it efiectually. In four years
he was frat Consul and Master Of the French
people, Here, grand party, through the
0tHCIaA VI Jul aetCuApNb q
usurpation, which the Democratic party
opposes, as inimical to the whole system of
Republican government, and il proposes q
safe and simple means by which it may be
ayerted | read from their declaration Of
principles:
Immediate restoration of ali the States
to their rights in the Union, under the
Constitution, and Of civil government TO
the American people.
a. Amnesty for all past political often
ses, and the regulation Of the elective fran
chise in the States by their citizens"
CORRUPTION AND EXTRAvAGAYCE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Republican party Is the party Of
usurpation. 1t is also the party Of corruP-
ton. Read the report of the Commissioner
of Revenue. Count the number Of clerks
who are seeking in vain 10 discover the
amount of speculation in the Treasury De-
parlment. Go to the War Department and
see the mutilated archieyes and ask why
they were destroyed. Visit the peniten-
tiary and count the public plnndeFers who
are confined there. Applsuse. Il is the
party OF extrayaganee--ihe war party ended
10 May, 1865. r
During the three years, from July /,
1865, to July I, 1858, the expenditure Of
the Federal government, independent Of
interest on the public debt, was eight hun
bred and twenty millions Of dollars These
were years Of peace. The army and navy
Of the war had been reduced their back
pay had already been made up to them
immense sales Of government properly,
consequent upon the close Of the war, had
been made, and ye! in these three years the
Republican administration expended eight
hundred and twenty millions of dollars
two hundred and seventy millions Of dollars
q year.
CONTRAST WITH DEMOCRATIC ADMINS
TRATIoNs.
The whole expense Of the government
Of the United States for four years pre-
ceding the war was two hundred and fifty
six millions Of dollars. These eight ham
dred and twenty millions do not iaclnde
the intesest upon the public debt II this
he added, the expenditure Of each one Of
these three years will amount 10 at least
four hundred and thirty millions OF dol
lars. The taxation OF, the. year 1866
amounted 70 five hundred and ninety mill
lions Of dollars. The taxation Of the last
year OF Mr.. BSehanan's administration
amounted 10 eighty millions OF Sollars.
The expenses Of the War Department
Il - n "a