Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-31


men free. The rewards are untold.
The prosperity which will crown oul
success is beyond any thing any man hai
conceived. Confidence will be restored
Purse-slrings will loosen, and money
! which is always conservative and watch
| full, will flow into manufacturing interests
which will give employment and wealth
to population four.fold larger than thai
we now posses. Let men feel that this il
no commonplace election which may fail
or not, as it may happen. We can moi
afford any more failures. We have had
disastrous ones enough, and if this ticket
which has been put out is beaten, the
people of Davidson county will have
nothing 10 blame but their own slothful-
ness and inaction.
With an earnest appeal to our disfran
chised fellow-citizens for the exercise Oi
catholic charity and forgiveness of spirit,
We would also bespeak at the hands of our
fellow. citizens of the Republican party,
whether they be the friends of Stokes or
Senter, mlgnsnimity and forbsarance
not less patriotic and generous toward
those who have hitherto opposed them,
remembering not our past arrangements
without also keeping in mind those pro-
scriptive mta8ures which gave birth and
life to them. The people have no Interest
in disorder; if they do wrong it is their
error, not their crime; but with the govern
ing power it is far otherwise Yet, if any
of US have committed errors, now is the
time to repair them.
Throughout this beautiful and sunny
land of ours, its Inhabitants are every
where in the enjoyment of temporary
peace No hostile gun gives forth lis
harsh, unnatural echo, to disturb the quiet
Of these peaceful wales or quicken the
alarms of the dwellers therein. For a
blessed interval, at least, peace, like a
brooding dove, perches above our
hedges and dwells within the habita-
tions of men. The benefcent Creator has
blessed the lands of the Republican and
disfranchised Conservative alike with
abundant shower, and made our fertile
fields to blossom with their richest treas
ures The labors of the husband
man we're never more productive of gen.
erous Yields. The evidences of returning
prosperity are everywhere apparent. Men
who have hitherto been downcast aud de-
spondent are beginning to take hope, and
many a Iong-sufering heart throbs its al
lent prayer of thanksgiving. The golden
sun Of peace and plenty (if not of liberty }
is at last dispelling everywhere around US
the dark clouds of adversely. The gentle
winds are whispering the peaceful lula
bies of old among the stately corn rows,
and the summer song bird in the orchard
of the old homestead calls his mate with
Innocent love-song, familiar to the child
hood of us all.
Oh! if at such time-When there is 80
much of promise for US in the future
when we are about to see our fields, 30
lately desolated with the tramp Of armed
legions, blooming again with the luxuriant
harvests of that more peaceful period
which preceded the shock Of arms; gran
naries running over, as of yore, with the
generous largesse of the soil; our hearth
stones rebuilt and household gods restored;
our bayonets, in truth, transformed to
pruning hooks, and swords TO plow-shares
If, at such a time as this, the party in
power, rising above the mere influences of
party and political ambition, could only
make complete the happy picture of uni
versal content, by themselves, manfully
and maguanimously uniting with US in
removing the restrictions they have deemed
it proper to place upon their fellow.coun-
trgmen, in the light of a needful poll
tical precaution, nothing would be want
ing then 10 insure for all time to come the
mutual regard and confidence of all par
ties, as well as to hasten the dawn of that
era of good feeling which no man can but
devoutly pray for who is not instinctively
brute. Such an action on the part Of the
Republicans, even at this late hour, would
more effectually obliterate the embittered
memories of the past than any other thst
could possibly be conceived at this time.
We appeal to them in behalf of the COM
mon interests of common household, to
rise proudly above the mere considerations
of party, and say to their fellow men, ave
believe you mean to do tight, for your
selves, by us and the unfortunate negro
whom fate has placed in our care; stand
I'D relieved of the shackles that have
hitherto confined you. Let no bad blood
exist between us who are sons OF common
ancestry, for the mere bauble Of political
power. Come out from your chains and
let us stand even before the world-forgel-
ling all the abherrent past and looking
onward to q still more glorious future
If such an event should happen, We Lher
could say indeed that the finishing touch
would have been applied to the picture Of
our mutual peace and perfect contentment
j 4 MANLOvE,
THcs HALE,
l. WEAKLEY,
PHINEaAs GARRETT,
GEO E EPURvIs,
f A MATHEs,
GEO BURCH,
III Ii HARRISON,
CHRISTIAN KREIG,
GEO s KINNEY,
Executive Committee.