Year: 1866

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I take this occasion to congratulate
you upon your able and patriotic speecI


upon the Franchise Bill-which yor
did me the honor 10 send me--and Il
express to you my hearty appreciation
of your general views ! feel confident
you are right and that you will be sus


tanned by all our sober rejecting peo
pie That you and men who think
with you, viii meet with severe and


bitter opposition may be expected and
counted on with certainty; but truth


is mighty and viii prevail, and correct


Republican conservative principles viii
triumph, sooner or later, over all oppo-
sition. 1t is very painful for those who
have stood side by side, through q con.
| yulsion sue as the world has not be
fore witnessed, to differ and separate,
now that it is over, but who can
help itp We are not accountable
for our convictions when we give
reason for fair play, for they
are involuntary, and as all minds
and temperaments are not alike,
and as all cannot see the same trut hs
in the same light and from the same
standpoint, it is no matter for aston
ishment that honest men and patriots
reach different conclusions upon the
same subject Yet it is consolatory to
know that the masses of mind upon q
fair canvass of facts and arguments,
and thorough interchange of ideas,
are apt to be seized with similar con-
victions at last, and to act upon con-
centric conclusions in the long run.
My hopes for the future of Tennessee
and OF the nation rest Hpon this phi
losophy, and upon the assured faith
that God intends to preserve US a ma
ton for many years to come, as He has
sustained US in all our brief history
past We may expect wrangling and
struggles, and possibly bloody collis-
ions, but these are only political tenn
pests, which leave the heavens all the
brighter when they have wasted their
fury, served their purpose and passed
away. There ere notions on the
earth to day, of transcendant power
dating their origin more than thous.
and years ago, which have felt the
shock of more than fifty revolutions
and still survive, and will live on till
like the dead empires, their mission is
fulfilled. The law of old age is death,
but the law of youth is life. In the
one case it is certain, in the other it is
contingent. Hence the adage, the old
must die-the young may. The con-
tingencies are sound constitution,
temperate habits and healthful regi-
men. Why shall not our youthful Re-
public live thousand years 10 bless
the world Our danger lies in tinker
ing with fundamental principles-our
Constitution-in habits of wild extraV-
agance and hcentiousness, and in feel
ing upon the highly spiced, but indi-
gestible theories of malignants and
rather than the plain and
wholesome institutes of Justice and
common sense Our people were
frenzied by the commissions of a
four years internecine war, and it |
is no wonder that many of them are
still infamed. But, thank God the |
are passing away, and will |
soon disappear forever. The hurricane |
of wrath that lsshed the popular sea
into madness and fury having spent its
force, is lulled. The passions are re-
manded to their prisons, and reason ie
resuming her throne and sceptre. This
that aroused the storm is
losing its. power, and must fail in
strength Just in proportion as we re-
cede from the war. The great masses
Of our people may be misled for little
season, they may do wrong, but they
mean right; ultimately, they will do
right, and will never sdbmit to the
of wrong My reliance,
N our present troubles, is in God, the
President, and the people, and have
40 fears of the result


Very truly your friend,


N. G. TAYLOR.