Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-23

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more expressive phrase, may be termed
pure cussedness.'
These are some of the assertions Of
this Republican authority. However
false these allegations may be, they
will not surprise any one who is at all
familiar with the policy Of malignant
instrumentation towards the South
which Senator Morton has with persis-
tency pursued since the war The
Journal, published in the city of Sen
ator Morton's residence, Is the leading
paper in Indiana that champions the
party of which the Senator is the &C
knowledged head.
1t may be that the Journal desires
to prevent emigration from Indiana.
We believe, however, its purpose is,
purely for political purposes to keep
alive the fires Of hate In the Northern
breast. That the wholesale charge of
social ostraoism and political persecu-
ton is utterly, wickedly false every
fair-minded Republican in the South
knows. That there is social ~ostracism
in every community IN the United
States, North or South, Is true. 1t IS
so in indianapolis and it is so IN every
county in Indiana. 1t Is equally so IN
every other city or State in the Union.
We doubt not that the personnel of the
Journal ~ostracise socially, and possibly
are socially ostracised. This may be
bastard civilization" but it Is not
hemmed in by State lines nor contain
ed in geographical divisions.
That political persecution" has
been "the rule at one time or another
since the war "in all parts of the
South" we have again and again
charged and proven, and that sit has
been a costly business for the Southern
people" all admit who have been here
or known u s~ufferings. But the
Southern people have been the perse-
cuted and not the prosecutors. Con-
stitutional amendments were adopted
without their having a voice in their
preparation, discussion and adoption.
Laws were passed to opPress them by
Congresses and legislature IN which
they were not permitted to sit and for
whose members they were not allowed
TO vote. Their former slaves, and
strangers nearly as ignorant and more
vicious, have been placed over them as
their political rulers. To all this they
have submitted With a patience and
f-orbearance surpassed never and IN
equaued since the years Of Egyptian
bondage.
In Tennessee, the hand Of the op.
pressor has been laid lighter, probably.
than in any other Of the late Confederate
States. How has it been here? We
! have all been under {! 9 same Congress,
sionaI legislation. In 1865, the Legs,
lature Of this State fixed the qualifca.
ton Of voters and the limitation Of the
elective franchise, no person Of Con.
federate sympathies being a member Of
that Legislature. By the law passed
by that Legislature, none but "uucon.
ditional Union men" were allowed t.
vote or hold Office. The mass of the
white population Of the State, except
in East Tennessee, and thousands there,
were placed under political disabilities.
while the negroes were permitted the
free exercise Of the elective franchise
Oaths and penalties and registration
acts of the most ~proscriptive character
excluded the whites from the bal,
lot box. Carpet-baggers by the score
held Office and grew rich OF our dimin-
ishing property and fattened on our
substance. Thus it continued for years
until the excuses of those in power,
shocked even their own partisans. The
| ballot was restored TO the whites, and
from time to time disabilities were re.
moved, until now every man IN the
State without regard to race, color OF
previous condition Of servitude" is en-,
titled to vote, hold Office, testify and
sit on juries. When power was restor
ed to the people carpet. baggers were
turned out Of Office, and having nc
visible means Of support emigrated IL
search Of new fields and pastures
green. There still remain with u:
many Northern men who came her;
during or after the war. They are
pursuing their vo~cations, have become
citizens, are identified with US in inter.
est, are as desirous Of oug materia.
growth and prosperity as those who are
native here.
Such articles as that of the Indian
apolis Journal may determine som,
from emlgatiBg to the South. But th'
number Of Northern immigrants il
nevertheless Increasing every year
They ike the climate, the soil, the re
sources Of Tennessee. The infOrma
ton alout social ostracism and polih
cal persecution which they receive from
private sources, from friends and &C
guaintanccs who have settled or visited
here is much more reliable than tina.
given to them by the Journal. Hence
the cry is: Still they come. So IL vii
continue increasing from year to yeal
until we shall find Northern emigrants
in every county of our State.
LIFE INSURANCE.