Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-06
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES:
Governor SeymOur's Letter of Ae-
eeplaHce


alarm lest change of political power will
give to the people what they ought to have
"A clear statement of what has been done
with the money drawn from them during
the past eight years. Thoughtful men feel
that there have been wrongs in the tnan-
cial management which have been kept
from the public knowledge. The Con-
gressional party has not only allied itself
with military power which is to be brought
to Scar directly upon the elections, but
holds itself in perpetual session, with the
ayowed purpose Of making such laws as it
shall see fit, in view of the elections which
will take place within few weeks. 1t did,
therefore, not adjourn, but took reCe5s, to
meet again, if its partisan Interests shall
demand a feassembly. Never before, IN
the history of our country, has Congress
thus taken such menacing attitude to-
wards its electors. Under its influence
come of the States organized by its agents
are proposing to deprive the people of the
right to vote for the Presidential electors,
and the first bold steps are taken to destroy
the rights Of suffrage. 1t Is not strange,
therefore, that thoughtful men see IN such
actions the proof that there Is with
those who shape the policy of the
Republican party motives stronger and
deeper than the mere wish TO hold
political power. That there is a dread
of some exposure which drives them into
acts so desperate and so impolitiC, is clear.
MANY of the ablest leaders and journals of
the Republican party have openly de.
plored the violence of Congressional action
and its tendency to keep up discord in our
country. The great interests of our Union
demand peace, order and a return to those
internal pursuits without which we cannot
maintain the faith or honor of our govern
ment The minds of business men are
perpIexed by uncertainty; our lAbOrs are
heightened by the cost of living, caused by
the direct and indirect exactlons of the
government; our people are harrassed by
the frequent demands of the tax-gath-
erer. Without distinction Of party,
there is a strong feeling in favor Of
that line of action which shall restore
order and confidence and shall leave off
the burdens which now hinder and Vex
the industry Of the country. Yet, at this
moment. those in power have thrown into
the Senate Chamber and Congressional
halls z new element of dIscord and VlO-
Ience. Men have been admitted as Repre-
sentatives of some of the Southern States
with the declaration upon their lips that
they cannot live in the States they claim
to represent without military protection.
These men are TO make laws for the North
as well as the South these men, who a few
days since were seeking as suppliants that
Congress would give them power in their
respective States, are to-day the controllers
of the actions of these bodies, en-
tering them with minds filled with
questions and demands from Congress
that shall look upon the States from
which they come, az in conditions of
civil war, that the majority of their popu-
lations, embracing their intelligence, had
TO be treated as public enemies, be kept
up at the cost of the people of the North,
and that there shall be no peace and order
at the South save that which is made by the
arbitrary power. Every intelligent man
knows that they not only owe their present
power to disorder, but that every motive
springs from the love of power and of gain,
and desire for vengeance prompts them
to keep the South in anarchy. While that
exists, they are independent of the wills
anu WiNiltS ia AliGlI lNllON -SltiHGuHs w lAiit
confusion reigns, they are the dispensers of
the profits and the honors which grown Out
of a government of mere force. Those
men are now placed in positions where
they cannot only urge their views Of politics,
but where they can enforce them. When
there shall be admitted in this manner
from the remaining Southern States, al
though they will have, in truth, no CCnstlt-
uents, they will have more power
in the Senate than majority
of the people of this Union living in the
line of the great States. In vain members
of the Republican party protested against
the policy that led to this result, while the
chiefs of the late rebellion have submitted
to the result of the war, and are now quiet
ly engaged in useful pursuits for the sup
port of themselves and their families, and
are trying, by force of example, to lead
back the people of the South to
such order . and industry not only
essential to their we'll being, but to the
greatness and prosperity of our community.
All these, without ability or influence,
have been thrown by the agitations of civil
CONFUSION into positions of honor and OF
profit, and are striving to keep alive the
passions to which they owe their elevation.
They clamorously insist that they are the
only friends of our Union. Proof Of that
can only have sure foundation in fraternal
regard and a common desire to promote
the peace, the order and the happiness of
all portions of our land. Events in Con-
gress since the adjournment of the cOnven-
ton have vastly increased the importance of
a political victory by those who are seeking
to bring back economy, simplicity and JUS
tice in the administration of our national
affairs. Many Republicans have hereto
fore chung TO their party who have re-
GREETED the extremes of violence to which
It has run they have cherished faith that
while the action of the political friends
had been mistaken, their motives have
been good. They must now see that the
Republican party is in that condition that
it cannot carry out peaceful policy, what
ever its motives may be. 1t is misfortune
not only to a government, but to a great
party itself, when its action is unchecked
by any form of opposition. II has been
the misfortune of the Republican party
that the events Of the past few years have
given il so much power, that it has been
able TO shackle the Executive, TO trammel
the Judiciary, and carry out the views of
the most unwise and violent of it's men,
bers. When this state OF things exists in
any party, it has ever been found that
the Judgment of its ablest leaders do
not control. There is hardly an able
man who has helped to build mp the
Republican organization, who has not
within the past three years warned it
against its e1cesses-WhO has not been
borne down and forced to give mp his con-
viction Of what the interest Of the country
call for; or, If too patriotic to do THE, who
has not been driven from its ranks? IL
this has been the case heretofore, what
will be its action with this new Infusion,
who without decent respect for the views
Of those who had Just given them their po-
sitions, beginning their legislative career
with calls for arms, aud demands that the
States shall be regarded AZ in n condition
of civil war, and declarations that they are
ready and anxious to degrade the President
of the United States whenever they can
force Congress to bring forward new ar
tieles of Impeachment The Republican
party, as well as We, are interested in put
ting some check upon this violence. 1t
must be clear to every thinking man that
disposition Of political power tends to
check the violence of party action and as