Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-10

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force or otherwise, in the premises, until
the questions raised shall be judicially de-
termined We shall look with interest to
the action of Judge Trigg in the case.
THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY IN
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The celebration
last night of the anniversary of the battle
of New Orleans is conceded to be the most
brilliant affair of the kind ever witnessed
at the Capitol, and far eclipses that of last
year. The Frightening prospects of the
Democracy filled the hearts of all present
with hopeful anticipation and when there
was added to this a most plentiful feast of
reason and flow of soul, nothing more was
required TO render the occasion one of icy.
fulness.
A large number Of letters were received
from distinguished gentlemen in various
parts of the country, among them the fol-
lowing:
CINCINNATI, Jan. 4, 1861. D. HOVER,
Esq, WASHINGTON, d. C.-MY DEAR
SIR regret that / cannot participate in
your celebration of the 9Th inst, as it will
be an occasion of unusual interest. The
attempt at Authorization of the ten South
ern States under the false pretense Of the
reconstruction Of the Union, the utter sub
version of the country TO accomplish this,
and the prohigacy and corruption pervad-
ing many branches of the public service,
have brought their proper results.
The reaction against a revolutionary
violence and license of the past few years
has at last commenced its progress, and will
be aided by worthy contemplation of the
life and character of jackson, of his fer
vent patriotism, of his persistent energy,
his unyielding courage, and the fidelity
with which he maintained the rights, dig
nifty and equality of the States at the same
time that he enforced obedience to the
constitution.
1t will be well to remember by whom,
when, and for what purpose the last battle
of the war of 1912 was fought, and side by
side with that recollection to place the
fact that the State then saved from q for
eign foe is now governed by military
power in order to compel its people TO
adopt a constitution which they DO not
approve and establish institutions which
they abhor.
The retrospect will evoke sympaties and
awaken sensibilities, in the midst of which
we may hope that hatred and bitterness
and vengeance may melt away, and that
kindness and good will and charity will
cement the Union by the ties of interest
and affection, and contentment, which
alone can effectually constitute us one peo-
pie. Very respectfully,
GEO. H. PENDLEToN.
Ex-President Pierce's letter contrasts
the present condition of the country with
that when Jackson was President and par
ticularly Tennessee, which is Inundated
under the reign of absolutism. He hopes
the day is not remote when the Union
shall be restored, each State standing forth
as the coequal Of every State, with dignity,
equality and rights unimpaired; and
thinks he observes marked and cheering
indications that the people are rising in
their majesty to deliver their country from
misrule
Hon. John Quincy Adams writes There
never was time in our annals when it was
more important to awake dormant sensibili-
ties of mutual good will and national fra
ternity. 1t cannot be that the generous
and magnanimous men of the North can
much longer cherish or endure the domi-
nation of a Yindictive passion or retribu-
tive revenge in dealing with their van
quished and bleeding brothers South. He
offered as a sentiment the poetry at the end
of President Lincoln's inaugural. The
mystic chords of memory, stretching from
every battlefield and every patriotic grave
over this broad land, will yet swell the
chorus of the Union when again touched,
as surely they will be, by the better angel
of our nature.
the Southern heart is crushed, broken by
terrific calamities. Social and political
appeals at this time are to every generous
and manly feeling at the North. A large
portion of the Southern people were OPP
posed to secession, and did all they could
to prevent so dire a calamity. They
have suffered the destruction of their
property, the loss of their homes, and
the death of sons and husbands, and now,
as a reward for their devotion to the
Union, are doomed to negro supre-
macy and the barbaric rule of their for
mer slaves, STEPPED in ignorance and vice,
self-defense and selfpreservation will force
a war of races, the most unnatural and
horrible that has ever desolated the face of
the South. The Southern people are
powerless at this time, and their only
hope is returning sense of justice on
the part of their Northwestern brethren.
They expect nothing from the present Con-
gress. The leaders of the Radical party
have shown themselves insensible to Justice,
honor and patriotism. Their sole purpose
is to perpetuate their own power by the
destruction of the constitutional principles
of republican liberty first to be crushed
out Of the Southern States, when, with
these Africanized rotten boroughs they
hope to control the white race North.
They will hold in their hands twenty-four
black Senators and eighty five black mem
bers of Congress. Are the Northern people
willing to submit to such a government
and be controlled by such an Afrieanized
South pray to God to avert such calami-
ties, and have not yet lost hope and faith
in tho North tho Eost end tba INaat