Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-26

the gates of hell cannot prevail against ber.
For If God he for you who can be against
youz IL is true your b lrd-rs may be invaded
by thrunging hosts Bl. cd. fsatsrnal blood
may b dew ycur peaceful fields but the con-
sciousuess oi this danger should only make
you stand for your country and your coun-
try q rights Truth and justice, right aud
honor must prevail. Your WASHINGTON fought
for freedom aud in freedoms cause, be and
his nable compeers prevailed over all the OPP
posing hosts.. The South ss a body, only de-
mands what was then gained-her rights
aud TO a man she will fight to preserve them.
Every bright name in the galaxy of our coun-
try's history, and all the mighty agencies OF
the past are in favor of this GOd-given pan
ciple for the ultim1te good of all.
Yon. then, sirs. must stand to your country
in justice TO the past and to mankind at large
to your own families, To your servants, that
il aud they may in all time do justice 10
yOu.
The call of your country which you Kno"
i long anticipated, awakens me know, as one
arisin from the dead /; and when pad begun
| To feel that NV task was finished in the free
dor; of thought and expression, il was my
HIGHEST. hottest privilege to vindicate against
| All oppnsition, the rapid ripeDing OF my coun-
| trv;s condition. aWakens me TO a new held OF
labor with a zeal and ardor such as not al
WAYS falls to the lot of one sustaining my re-
| Iarinns to the public But, as IN this human
body | have two arms, so in the body OF hu-
man veal have two; the lett arm OF peace
| full strength. for the service you often ap-
| provingiy Witnessed and now the right for
| the same end. the happiness of man IN his
cOuntry's good. use as Heaven directs the
Way. And if you will hold this figure in your
| thought, | would use it to present what be-
| lieve should be the relative condition OF this
American people. You need two Republics
as the two arms of the American body to
promote the peace, prosperity, and happiness
of this entire people. Your flag is torn asun-
der. and flag Tor the North and one for the
South must Be tue emblems of your achieve
ments for the future. As two Republics IN
league sz aiBst foreign foe, but separate In our
political and domestic legislation. We may
again live in peace but never as one Nation
atty As man and wife each may sustain to
Tour children a different relation and still De
| true IT, the great centre oil justice ana mercy:
For there are thousands in both sections OF
our now di<membered Union who will stand
true to the right though they shed their last
Cd of blood in its vindication against the
fell power that would GORGE and subjugate a
people born TO be free. Time may weave her
sceptre over the graves OF many noble men
ON both des. but justice will claim her own
and it, eternal sanctions will only be more
full 2 felt.
our country claim our serious consideration
the manner of meeting and an-wering them
our soI-mn regard. From the PLACID and
heanIifuI Ohio to the broad and tumultuOuS
Gulf; from the bOnefi-Ids of Kentucky to the
coral reef OF Florida. the univeI sal crys min
Cling " itu the sunny breeZes OF the South and
tn. sweet fragrance of your pasture lands
he CONSTANT echoing and re-echOing cry IL for
WARI Y-s, il CONS from the slolId lee-mOun-
tain. OF the orth the broad praIrIrs OF tn
W.~t, and the busy marts OF the East A
once mighty and prosperous people are turn
o their sIrong right arm of p &C -ful indus
rial power against their own virals, that kin
dr-d armies may lay waste a common heTl-
tage ami d-pOpulate and desOlate rIghtiul
brnnty. full 10 OVERLOOKING for the good OF
each and The hope OF all. The Compact OF
tb,. Union l. indeed rent asunder, and a con-
test preparing that must shake the ear q wild
d. ad alarm, when fraternal armies meet with
no tile stand rrds and stars that glittere in
n ayrnIike galaxy rush from their OrbHs in
wild tumuIt driven. Well may We exclaim
with LaIiums' bard of civil strife that laid the
empire of the world in ruins, 81 What mad
nes~?'' what lawlrssne>s so graf OF the sword,
whIl foreign nations wait To make you slaves
YOU shed fratern i bio, d. How much OF land.
how T1uch of sea, might have been won to
human lib-rty with the self-same right arms
you now raise to shed the blood OF a kindred
people Oh cursed fanaticlsm great, IN
deed is thy love Tor accursed warfare W hen
his people are rapidly subjeciing whole
continent to the rule of wise laws and hope
fuI institutions TO turn thy hands against thy
s.If:totear down thine own walls of strength;
to invite the overthrow of thy rapidly grow
ing cities To make thy smiling fields desolate
with rain-A ashed ravines and unslghtly bram-
hles to send thy yeOmanry tenantl-ss wan
der,Ts from loom and plough and spindle
their wives aud little ones exiled IN the land
where bleach the bones of their fathers upon
hard-won battI--ield-. The sacred affairs OF
vows TO right and Justice, truth and honor.
Deep seated ind ed must be the causes that
invite aud provoke such dire and unnatural
results Let Us 10 truth and sincerity 10
uuire in to them. that we may know our duty
aud seek the alliances spiritual and tempo
raj that will inspire the soul and nerve the
arm to its performance.
have lust returned from visiting the en-
rampmcnts of our soldiers in Arkansas and
Tennessee by the partiality of whose frleud-
ship have spoken words of truth and sober
ness in the attentive ears of listening thous-
ands. II is pleasure to say, what every one
must see. that these rapidly gathering hosts
are as hut one man in this contest. Men OF
all conditions OF life, of every form OF reil-
gious faith and political policy; men OF for
tuue and men from poverty's lowllest Vaiei
the very bloom and flower OF the whole coun-
try are to-day in camps and drills. sharing
their blankets upon the damp earth for beds,
and preparing their own meals for food, ready
for every form of task, toll, or duty aye,
ready for battle that must be aud will be
victory or death to every listed soldier. Such
men in such conditions aud with such I'M
finching resolutions greet you in my humble
voice to-day. and in the name OF God and
humanity ask are ye also ready? For In
this age and country We should never forget
that so dicrs think. and the steel-clad war
rior feels and looks to the home affairs he Is
barring his breast TO defend for smiles OF en-
and words OF hearty cheer, even
though they be wreatbed in death or are the
last brrathIDgs of All honest farewell. Bdyo-
nets think aud swords feel. The soldiery OF
chivalrous South today stands before gallant
and glorious old Kentucky and says: Wi ge
strnd all the dGy idle ? Can ye have US threat
entd by a common Toe and ye remain neutral?
Dare. We pause while The Vandal hosts OF mer-
cenary hireliugs line your border, impede the
navigation Of your rivers and threaten in the
deS. Grated name of Union to occupy your
ciiie-! Is there a man on this dark and
bloudy ground whose soul burns not with
volcanic indignation. at The thought that the
land OF Boone, of Scott, of Clay, the latter
~ very emolument of patriotic love Tor a real
Union and whose memorable warnings span
these bypOcritical pretentiOns to Union when
the name l. but the syn"nim of insa lent Is
usrptIun sh. .uld b. inv ad d oy the myrmidons
OF Il pow er thai disgracrs every principle OF
civil right Constitutional law aud The simplest
forms ct instructive humanity. Ii may be
r-h lion in the estimation of the poN ers AT
Washington to thus speak. but there is one
man before you who considers it the highest
instinct of human nature to glory in being
a Iebel to such pTosttuted power. Write ii
upon the front of my brow and let it form u
sacred eros over my heart: am a rebel to
the government at Washington, and would
thank Heaven for the hour that would sweep
il and it's Occupants into the sea: for the
pace, the hope, the very existence OF our peo-
pie require il. The u-urpatiOn Of Abraham