Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-31

in the Union. The practical fruits OF the
war must be comprehended and accepted
by us, as become men of sense. We
must be careful that in the turn of affairs
we do not become fanatics, and in spite
| of our boasted liberalism, demonstrate to
the world, and for the record of history, /
that we, too, have fed upon that insane
root which has ever darkened the glory
and fame of the ''Pilgrim Fathers, and
made their otherwise illustrious record
the synonym of fanatieism, trickery
and prescription. With charity for
all. and malice toward none, let the |
Southern Saxon keep his dominion |
| and manhood untsrnished by generous |
and magnanimous course in all respects.
We are sometimes asked with what |
party are we to affiliate and act for the
| best good of the country. There are but
two in the land, and Tennesseean can
have no hesitancy in his associations.
There is no disposition, we feel assured,
on the part of any one to complcate the
issues of the hour by third organization
| No such attempt is being made, of which
we are aware, in all the State. How a
Tennesseean, or a patriotic spirit, rising
above the dust of prejudice, can be re
| eonciled with the platform, practices and
teachings of the Radical programme, is
past our rcomprehension. -
| Behold the results CT Radicalism. A
national debt has been fastened upon
| the country too colossal for cOmputa-
ltion-the one-half or more of which
is composed of the gains and
| stealage of Government plunderers
or is the result of incompetent and
| dishonest officials, or but the prizes of
| favorites or the practices of the usurer.
And as q part of the unhappy inheritance,
| the tax gatherer, from the lakes to the
| gulf, and from ocean to ocean, passes
daily in bis round, like the gadfly OF 10,
| sucking the wealth and blood of the peo-
pie, and awakening evermOre feelings OF
hatred and opposition to the expressions OF
misrule. Behold, again The President
| of the United States-oncc the prOudest
| and noblest chieftain Of all the earth-the
| creation of free and mighty people
himself, as Executive, one of the three
grand coordinate departments of the
goyernment-what is he nOwl Hedged
| in bv a tenure-of-office act, the work
and invention of Radicalism, be is no
| longer permitted to select or dismiss
4 officers; bound like felOn in his chains,
he sits, like the merest puppet, amusing
himself and the country, by organiz-
| ing his few remaining powers and con-
troll of means into grand gilt enter
prise, whose drawings and prizes, far
| outshine the wealth of Ormus and OF
Ind" Shorn of his greatness-suspected
of his integrity-crihbed, cabined and con-
| fined, he no longer thinks for, and origi-
mates his cOuntry's good, but is found
summering away his days at Long Branch,
| driving fast teams while the machinery
and business of Government are left to
run and operate, E'by the force of circum-
stances. Turn to the Supreme Court,
that august tribunal, where once presided
Marshal, a Story, fancy, Wood
bury, and others of equal name, VINO,
on ascending the bench, shook from their
feet the dust and heat of human passion,
and what do you beholdl A party, clam
oring for partisan judges, to establish their
measures, and upon such shoulders is to
| descend the ermine of judicial purity
And when that great bulwark OF free
dom and right, attempted in its purity and
strength, TO lift from the dust the glorious
old writ of habeas corpus, proud inner
itance from our British ancestry, and 10
wrest from the grasp of military satrap
one of Mississippi's noblest sons, tyTan-
nical party, by pretense of statute, struck
down a Jurisdiction as old ss the Govern
ment and as honOred as time.
The Constitution itself has not escaped
the mad hand of party. A fourteenth
amendment was devised, which, by Con
, gressioral construction, sends into exile The
, one-half of the intelligence and chivaly
| of the South, without so much as hear
ing. No governmental compact on earth
can look into the charter of its existence
and find more Odious and proscriptive
: clause than the third section of this cele-
brated amendment, which strikes but re-
fuses to hear And not content with this
= iniuuitv, and in the face of platforms and
public pledges, a fifteenth amendment
; has been adopted, which strikes down
: the sovereignty and integrity of States
! once free. and brings them forth as sup
: | pliants and subjects at the feet of Con-
; gress, to be governed by the caprice and
6 | whim of a fanatical majority. Behold
) Georgia! South Carolina! indeed, most OF
the States who participated in the rebel
, lion Though properly repentant OF er-
rors-tendering fealty and lOyalty-and
, offering a generous support to -esta6hsh
a common Federal Government OF love
; and affection, and of equal rights, linked
) henceforth and forever with triple bars OF
I brass and steel, they yet are tagged with
; felon's bond, and bade to sit, Lazarus-ike,
: outside the gates of power and riot. The
? fate of the prodigal SOD, on his return TO
the house of his father, has not been ours.
q But we will yet hope that the new robe
o will be brought and the fatted calf slain
! for a merry-making over our complete
q restoration under the Constitution of our
\ fathers. We have come back to the house
q of our fathers; we are the children on
= their love and youth, and we will make
a | good our claims to love, bounty tanC
| nrotecuOn. We will remember tha
Jacob of old served his kinsman, Laban,
i seven weary years, aud was betrayed IN
n the promise, receiving the 'tender-eyed
A Leah. whom he had not sought and We
- | will vet hope, that like him, in manly
. discharge of duty, we will yet receive the
a ''beautiful and well-faVored Rachael" in
= the form of equal rights, and provoke
! Justice and command from superior powel
n the glorious heritage now denied us.
n Such, in brief, is Radicalism. Where
= will the old Whig, who followed thu
b gonfalon of Clay and Webster, range
e himself in this hour2 Where will thu
# old Democrat, who followed the banner
y of Jackson, Douglas or Breckinridge
re take up his abode and cast his destiny
Is The answer is plain-in the bosom of the
rs National Democratic party of the country
At there and there only. The Wbig of th'
g. South, and the Democrat too, have pre-
d cisely the same sacrifices to make in en-
I. tering this fold. 1t is true, in the lat
e war, they pressed the South by voting
IS men and money, and her McClellans
er Hancocks and Blairs led the armies o
the North, endeavoring to maintain the in
|, tegrity of the Union and the constitution, a
20 they comprehended. But they did no
E. follow Radicalism 10 its unhOly principle
i and war of extermination. And that par
d ty stands firmly to-day upon the Constltu
p ton of our fathers, battling for the right
K of all the States. Let then, the Ok
le Whig and the old Democrat and the Con