Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-19
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| Of military. .p8WeFin aekR0VIe1ged eabia-
cation, or eleei are CONT iietf 10 sabinit b
That same power 10 frames Df State c0nslu
tons md gov efn4lents Wbi they abhor
! whose foundation and sole pgrpose-vis the
enfranchisement Of the negro, and dssfFan.
ehisement Of the white mani know they
I tel usihatlt he yYsEk 0f EenonstuHcsiOn goes
/ bravely on 4 doea, fofsootil,1 bat It Il n0I
the restoration Of the South not The re
storaii0n'd Lhe Union 4 Rot the feeAlab.
| Hshment Of civil government Read youl
| telegraphic dispatches 10 day, and you will
see tHat sa dkorgia nlsn are being trisd by
military commission, upon charges of mur-
der. Read the telegrsphie, dispatches Of
yesterday, apd you viii see thai the mill
@ry cominAndef Of thai State -declines 10
recognize the validity Of the Legislature
until the HOuse Of Representative Shall
turn out the Democratic members. 3t t7.-r
--- PERIPATEIG- 0EGREssMEE.
Read the dispatches 6fEthe day before,
and you will see that one of the newly
elected Senators from Louisiana was. six
months ago, a 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
II j am not mistaken, the State Of Virginia
rejoiees in the possession of a Governor
fresh from the soil of Ohio; laughter
apd 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 Senator fIom Alabama before
the fall elections in Ohio shall take place.
Laughter and applause.
NGREssIoNAL UsURPATIoNs.
Congress has usurped to itself all power
over the State governments of the South.
Ii has destroyed them. 1t has made use
Of the Federal government to destroy the
States, and now, with the insatiate spirit
Of revolution, il turns upon the Federal
government ITSELF Il 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 Republi-
can Congress has destroyed all the divisions
which were thus created and seeks to col
leet in its own hands all the powers which
belong TO the system, and by an inexorable
law Of its existence, il nOw stands ready, ia
case Of party necessity, to transfer them 10
the grasp of the military dictator. Ii Is
reproducing in our country the lessons Of
all history. .1s
LEGISLATIVE DEsPoTIsM AND THE SEQUEL
HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
The despotism Of a legislative assembly
is the worst desp0tism in the world; it is
the most selfish, the most cruel, the most
audacious and the most short-lived; il
ends 10 anarchy, and is speedily followed
by the calm TepOse OF tyranny under the
order Of the sword. Recall the history Of
The Roman Senate and the Emperors re-
cali the history of the long Parliament and
the tyraunyoi the Commonwealth recall
the history Of the Legislative Assembly of
France and Of the Consulate and the En-
plre, aud read ia them the certain prophecy
OF The fate Of this government if Congress
sional u7urpation shall rnn it's conrsa.
OUR owNEKPFRrENcE.
Have We not already part fulfllment Of
these examples Congress has despoiled
the Executive Of the inst powers of his
oaiCe, snd has invested them ia the General
Of our armies. Il has despoiled the States,
and vested them, too, in the same officer.
II has given him power over the military
commanders, and to his decision il has re-
ferred every question Of Interpretation or
execution Of the reconstruction laws And
this same .otheer-wielding this enormous
poWer-baeked by the army---sHstained by
all the military organizations, by whatever
name they may be known, appealing 90 the
fevor which yet remaiDs after The struggles
Of terrible war-demands that he shall
be elected President Of these United States.
And the party which supports him, de-
clares that if they can not do il 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 revolu-
tiouary progress, the Republicans laughed
at our iears-called US Copperheads and
traitors. Applause. When Napoleon
was called on-young, unknown 10 his coun-
trymen, never having had command even
Of regiment-to quelI the revolt OF the
sections, he did il eflectually. In four years
he was FIRST Consul and Master Of the French
people. Here, grand party, through the
General of our army, attempts a similar
usurpation, which the Democratic party
opposes, as inimical TO the whole system of |
Republican government, and it proposes a
safe and simple means by which il may be |
averled; | read from their declaration of |
principles:
Immediate restoration Of all the States |
10 their rights in the Union, under the |
Constitution, and Of civil government TO
the American people.
-. Amnesty for all past political often
ses, aud the regulation of the elective fran
chise in the States by their citizens"
CoRRUPrIoN AND ExrRAvAGANcE OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The Republican party is the party Of
usurpaton. IL is also the party of corrup-
ton. Read the report ofthe Commissioner
of Revenue. Count the number Of clerks
who are seeking in vain to discover the
amount Of speculation in the Treasury De-
partmenL Go 10 the War Department and
sse the mutilAted archieves and ask why
they were destroyed. Visit the peniteu-
tiary and count the public plunderers who
~ NNtiAAANN% NaANANs Af'l'teN'N- ~ - titS
party fextravagance-the war party ended
10 MAY, 1868.
During the three years, from July /,
1868, to July l, 1865, the expenditure of
the Federal government independent Of
interest on the public debt, was eight hun
dred sud twenty millions ofdollars These
were years Of peace. The army and navy
Of the war had been reduced their back
pay bad already been made up to Them
Immense sales Of government property,
consequent upon the close Of the war, had
been made, aud yet in these three years the
Republlcan administration expended eight
huudsed aud twenty millions Of dollars
two huudrcd and seventy millions Of dollars
year.
CoNTRksr wrTH DEMOCRATIC ADMINS
rEATIoNs.
The whole expense Of the government
Of the United States for four wears pre-
ccding the war was two hundred and DIV
six millions Of dollars. These eight hun
dred gnd twenty millions d. not include
DE iniesest upon the public debt. Ii this
be added, the expenditure Of each one Of
these three years will amount to AZ least
ff1r hnndrpl and thirty miIlinna al l.l-