Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-05

Weaves 4 holy charm about us
To lead us nearer heavoni
1t helps us bear the sadness
OF loving oft in vain,
II gems oarth's heavy shadows
As the promised bow, in rain
1t draws US to our Saviour.
With strong, resistless power
And in the souls eOmmunings
We pray at ttoiit0ht hour!
NASHVILLE. Dec. ~ 1865. TmLA.
RECONSTRUCTION CONSIDERED AS
SUCCESS"
The very first resolution of the
Chicago Convention "congratulates
the country on the assured success
of the reconstruction policy of Con-
gress." If we did not know these
leaders to be a body of F" earnest
men, says the National Intelligent
Ger, we should strongly suspect
them of sarcasm. Hardly a day
fails to bring its evidence Of the ut
ter and complete failure Of the re-
construction policy of Congress, if
its ends be assumed TO be peace,
good order and good government.
Turn, for example, to one days dis,
patches, as they appeared, for in
stance, in the papers issued the last
day of last year. Let us survey the
field as there presented. We have
nothing, to be sure, from Texas.
Reconstruction there is not com
pleted, and, of course, it is not a
success. We are, however, assured
by the Radicals, that though the
preliminary steps have been taken,
the mass of the people are still dis
"loyal," and are not going to be 9th
erwise until Gen, Grant shall be in
augurated.
But from Arkansas we do have
intelligence, as we have had for
every day nearly for weeks past.
Arkansas is a reconstructed State I;
every negro is allowed to vote, test
oaths and oath of party opinion are
on the statute book to bar the polls
TO the white man there is "loyar'
Governor, "loyal' Legislature,
and last, not least, a "loyal' militia.
Sometime since "loyar' circles were
Mortified by the announcement that
five thousand arms, destined for this
militia, had somehow mysteriously
found their way either to the bot
tom of the Mississippi or the woods
but it seems that the militia have
since obtained arms. Nay, more,
the militia have taken the field; they
are making war; they have cap
tured one town, and hold it securely.
In these achievements, which attest
the success of reconstruction, and
b are, We suppose, 4 foretaste Of the
"peace" to come, the negro race oc-
cupies bold and conspicuous posi-
ton. 1t is they especially who are
plundering the people, arresting cit
liens, subjccting white women to
their brutal passions, while they
hold 4 pistol to the husbands head ;
and this is the Congressional policy
The intelligence from that State OF
the close of the year represented
this militia as building 4 stOckade at
Augusta, throwing up works around
the jail, arrcsting citizens without
warrant, or even assigned cause
acting without uniforms, by which,
perhaps, some responsibility could
he affixed; and, lastly, as a conse
quence of this delectable state OF
affairs. that the cotton fields were
perfectly white with cotton
destined there TO rot, the ne
noes having gone off to join
the militia. This is moi
very surprising. Where is the ne.
gro who would not prefer plumber
ing to standing out all day long to
pick cotton, especially if he is to be
one of a militia organization paid
by the State for this work, and hon
urable Senators meantime insisting
hat all these negro militia organi,
zltions are to he favored and coun,
lynanced as a means of preserving
order =
We quit, however, the accounts
fi0m Arkansas, which have already
~ickened every man with heart in
his bosom, and alarmed even those
men with little sensibility, lest by
their countenance to the Rad;ca
rnrty they have laid the ground
work for new war, destined to b,
marked 10y every atrocity, and prov,
Utterly ruinous to the nationa
rredit. We come next to Georgia
State much nearer to us. Wha
do we find there? We reprint tn
dispatch, word for word, merely re
marking that it is but the sequel f
series of negro Outrages whic
have been fomented by Radica
leaders and encouraged by the Rad
ical press:
rres SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 30.-The Sheri
he of this county and town assistants wen
TO llsywood's plantation, on the Ogeeche
river. elev n miles from this city, o
Tuesday, 10 arrest seventeen negUoC
charged with shooting the Waterman o
the plantation and carrying off The croI
Of planters They made five arrests. A
Stallion No. /, on the Atlanta and Gu
railroad, they were surrounded by aboI
/ one hundred armed negroes, who rescue
: the prisoners, disarmed and robbed IL