The national Republican., 1861-08-27

interesting Letter from M idd 10 TIE nnessce,
Mr.: EDrToR: have jutt received the en-
closed letter from one Of my neighbors, which
| think is well worthy Of .publication. 1t is
In your columns. W. r. HURLEY. |
NA6HvnI.s, .Aug,.st II, 1861.
Thus far, there has been little or no open
persecution here from tho fact that the Union |
working men Of Tenuessee are dfruid 10 open
their mouths. A greater set Of towards never |
lived. They are unworthy the protection Of |
our old flag, which was never designed to shelter |
co,cards A few persons have been sent of, |
among them Pearl, the superintendent of our |
high schools, Judge CatrOn. of the United |
States Court, and the bearer Of this, the reve-
nue collector.
Our papers call continually for "persecution |
and coLfi:cation,' but they fear us; and we'll
they may, for when they begin TO draft troops
| there will be an upheave among the Gauls,
which will make ISLAM G. Harris, king of Ten.
nessee, and bis Franks, tremble. Don't fear for
me. The hemp Is not grown for my neck yet.
| say what please, and do what please, and |
intend to, and when the Councilo of Ten " order
me of, will give them my MUD. and leave
without sigh, a State whose poor men are
greater slaves than the negro herds which sur.
round them. 1t seems to me that the smell of
| a negro Is as fatal to the cause of human great
ness and patriotism as the breath of upas Is to
animal life, 30 universal is this mad treason In
all the Slave States. You may say, look at
neutral Kentucky. Why, sir, the neutrality of
Kentucky has done more injury to the Govern
ment than her open warfare could have done,
for by 1t the entire South. particularly The Gulf
States, have been supplied with meat of all
kinds, aud bread too, to hold on in this mad
warfare. Read my first letters on the subject
Of cffectual blockade. Had those views been
carried out, and the Louisville and other rail-
roads been torn up, there would not be
pound Of salt meat in the whole South. The
Administration have been and are being shame
fully humbugged in this matter, for even no,c
beef, pork, hams, and every thing else are
coming In over the roads. When we began, we
were almost helpless as to arms (see my letter
before we seceeded); now we have armed and
'quipped $4,000 troops in the field. This
, should not be. War Is war. If the Govern
, ment fails in this matter, farewell to liberty,
r farewell to all popular government. A South
ern military despotism will ride over the land
, rough shod, and even old Faneuil Hall will ring
beneath The iron heels Of Beauregard and JEFF.
, Davis. Don't laugh, my dear sir. If any man
3 knows these Southern tyrants do; they are
0 So, they are insane on the subject of this
war; and the Manassas defeat has added to
their vanity. / say they are reckless, and to
g prove 1t, know one district near Lagrange,
, West Tennessee, where the sound of the single
b. horn OF one plantation can be heard by 200
|. negroes, and yet in that district there was only
r. twenty-four white men able to bear arms and
G do military duty-all the balance of the men
!. having volunteered for the war. Just look at
g this and say, does 10 look like child's play you
have before you? No, sir, the North must lay
4 down the gods Of gold and silver and unite as
r man; then strike for their homes and firesidcs
for universal liberty, until the last head of this
eleven headed dragon is cut of,
, You must trust to God and srike: Put no
!, faith in any of the real slave States. Kentucky
n viii secede in spite Of her late vote. If yo,,
n arm, her. you ,oa,1n the Viper TO sting you. She
!. was unarmed. and ought to be kept so. Do
l. not say you are my friend, and at the same
h time sec an assassin ho'd bis pistol to my bosom
I. AID you make no effort to save me. 1t is all
humbug. When Kentucky strikes for the
Union and law, when she offers her bosom and
her blood TO her true Government-the United
States-thcn, and then alone, she may be
trusted do not like her. nor 10 believe i,t lie,
anderson Of Sumter. Let them sound to the
II battle, and let there bc no uncertain sound.
fear you will find Kentucky, like "pa,lsne
|. ", men, lost at last. As for our blockade
there must be traitorous officers there or SC
many cases of running 1t would not occur
9 Put none but true men In the blockadpg ser
e vice and watch, and bet my head the blockade
will be effective. or course there will always
1 |
:. Adaliue did by Gibraltar during the last war
. One great fault Of the North is the light esti
mate the people, and even their leade S, have
II put on this matter Of rebellion, and those en-
" gagged therein Just take 6500,O00 people
If reared under hot Southern sun, many Of them
n idle. drunken, wandering, shooting, gambling
boisterous creatures, unused to work; for
work is disgrace" they think, &C., &c
/; Reader these mad, furiously mad and blinded
hu al pf ~ h.r nT %
: ravshed," " houses burned, !" every crime tha
the devil could devise or man perpetrate, being
4 committed on Southern coil by Northern van
', dals in shape of Linkinite. ~ as they cal
" them; l say, take this, and you understand
with whom you sre at war. FalsehoOd ha,
a made them mad they are bitter, as cruel, and
at fear in many cases, will refuse quarter to the
ID wounded and dying on the field and yet, with
E. all this, crush out Virginia. and the war is o.
m an end for Virginia has on her soil all the
:e troops the South can spare and the next troops
raised here will be by draft then comes the end
in You must lose no more battles the bosom O
In the IN, ther of Staies and Presidents must make
,e a bloody atonement for the sins o: the people
|, and then comes the peace offering. | will enc
\, by saying, blockade land and sed,card let Il.
d suffer, we are as able to do SO as traitors, ant
N we shall soon have nothing to use or wear.
p S-Salt, ST per bushel.' Unless supply
comes, We shall not be able to cure our meat
:. No cast ste !, no lead, save a small lot from
" Virginia, and we make no balls and caps. N,
ol copper, no BRASS no block tin, oh Lord nothing
10 and there will be less II you tear up this con
y founded Louisville railroad. There ia no use
Is Of triting now we are in for it.
= no Company A, United states Engi.
neers.-Filty intellig mt and able bodied mechanics
will be enlisted to fill this Company to the maxi
70 mum fixed by law, $50 men. Inquire at No "a: