Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-09

ltCibuSE NOIC VI NC NOJCu IOE ANU
Gin Short since every one who
knows anything must know that
the removal ofthe existing disabil-I
tiles is question Of time only, why
not settle it at once, and give peace
to the country? sa-T1
VOICE FROM TENNESSEE.
To the Editor of the New York Tribune.
SIR The attention Of the undersigned
has been called TO an editorial article
which has Just appeared in the columns
of the Tribune, under the caption Of
DEMONSTRATION at Once" and we have
been so sgroeably impressed with its
amiable and patriotic spirit and bearing,
and with the sage and wholesome sugJ
gestionS embodied ia it, that we have
felt justified in addressing you especially
inTegard to the great question for the So
luton of which you are commercially
laboring. That question is surely above
all the transitory considerations Of party
or faction, and embraces interests Of too
much dignity and Importance either to be
neglected or trifed with. The views to
which you have given such forcible and
manly expression in the editorial article
referred to, do, in our opinion, entitle
you to the esteem and gratitude OF all
true patriots, and must command for you
the respect and sympathy of all JUST
minded and magnanimOuS citizens wherS
ever resident. You say, In every
State lately dominated by secession, the
late Rebels are divided in sentiment and
action, and that division grows daily
more definite and palpable. On one side
are all who are inclined TO industry and
thrift, many of whom opposed secession
50 long a they safely could, and all
of whom now ask, What use in
fighting longer against manifest Destiny
The Union IS restored; Slavery IS
abolished; the blacks are enfranchlscd;
let us cordially accept these facts, bow to
the inevitable make peace between the
mansion and the cottage, cordially invite
The immigration Of men Of capacity,
means, and energy, and rebuild the waste
places Of our States, double their annual
products. and cause their deserts to bios
som as the rose. We have lavished uses
less tears in profusion on q past which
can never be recalled hencelorth let us
devote ourselves wholly and heartily to
the present and the future" This is in
deed true picture Of the state Of public
sentiment in every part Of the South
with which we are acquainted, and we
have taken great pains TO obtain correct
information on this subject. OF our own
gr.anl uapgf oil
Visedly and we assure you that there
uever has been period in the history of
the people Of Tennessee, grievously as
they have been illuminated by persons
who have perhaps supposed themselves
to have q special interest in causing us to
be misunderstood beyond the limits Of
our State, when, in all the essential duties
Of good citizenship, they were moro ems
titled TO respect and confidence than they
now are, and when they were more dis
posed to be peaceful. law-abiding, indus
trious, and, in the fullest sense or
the word, patriotic. And this yOuf
| own candor viii readily admit to be
little remarkable, considering the cruel
and peculiar oppression to which ma
ioTity of our male white citizens have
been subjected for several years past
| their sweeping and now lOng>continued
Observation-Disclosures that huge noun
| tain of grievances Of every kind which
have been 50 strangely and so ruth!essly
| hcaped upon them, beneath which almost
any other people would have been, long
before now, either plunged into the
deepest dispair, or have been reused by
that deep scase Of unmerited persecution
| to the widest CAccSsos Of furious lnjIgr
nation. We shall refrain from all fur
Their comment for the present upon this
most melancholy and suggestive topic ;
| tho necessity for dwelling upon which
we rejoice To feel has been wholly Obyl-
atcd By the recent action OF several
! well known and influential functiOnarics
in our own State, who, though active
and effective members of the RopubiI-
can party, have dared, with an elOquencc
and moral courage worthy Of tho strong
est commentator, to indicate heloy
atty and general good conduct OF our de-
Uqfur0li-eR citizens against all the I'M
manly assaults of their Unsuitable calum-
uiators.
five remember past events right, 1t
has now been almost four years complete
since. in the columns Of the New ORR
Tribune, you fcarlessly declared your,
self in favor Of universal amnesty ane
impartial suffrage, and earnestly urged
upon your countrymeE the immediate
adoption Of this grand duplex remedy, as
being, in your Judgment, the only effect
ual. comprehensive, and permanent rem
edy for our unhappy national distemper
atures. The words of truth, though
backed by all your remarkable powers as
political writer, were by no means, elthe
at the North or in the South, as ellectua
for the noble purpose which You desire'
20 attain, as they ought TO have been
There were some peculiar obstacles eX
listing at the time which defeated you
efforts, upon the precise nature OF whlcl
% IL were now needless to eXpatiate. 1t
t exceedingly gratifying to observe that, /
r the last month or two, a much more en-
D couraging state Of things has arisen. W
$ greatly mistake the present Signs oil ID
. times. if YOU are not soon to be aided
-, the great struggle which has so long an
so earnestly enlisted your energles b
many whose precise attitude IN regard
this great question has not been iamlllarl
+ known TO the country generally. 1t hi
= been even positively stated OF late, upo
IS what too would seem to be altogeth'