Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-28

After the secession of Louisiana, Hon. J..
e. BeuLIaNY, one of the representatives Of
Union man, refused to vacate bis seat in the
House, but retained it till the Alb of March.
He believed, with other leading Union men,
that the policy which the new Administration
proposed to pursue would be conciliatory,
that no attempt would be made TO coerce the
seeded States, and that the result would ul-
timafefy be reconstruction of the Union
upon more enduring foundations But the
Presid.nt's Proclamation, which followed i'm
mediately after the fall of Fort Sumter, un-
deceived him, as it did hundreds of thou
sands of other unfiinching and true-hearted
Southern Union men, and with them be i'm
mediateIy determiped to enlist under the
standard of revolution. We conyersed In
April with a gentleman who Travelled with
him through East Tennessee, whilst be was
on bis way home from Washington, where ne
had been compelled to leave bis wife, she be-
ing i'll and we learned then OF the change
in Mr.. BIS position. We rejoiced to ind him
with rs. in hostile attitude TO the Republi-
can usurpaiion. Subsequently Mr.. b. re-
,urned to Washington for his family, and so
soon as he arrived there the hireliDg letter
writers for the Nor lhern press put in circula-
ton numerous false reports concerning him,
Intended to create the impression that he
still grasped after the shadow of a Union
whose substance had departed, and symps-
ihiz-d with thOse who proposed to subjugate
the sunny land Of his birth. We did not be-
Iieve these imputations upon his fidelity and
noble hearted patriotism. He has now got
hack home with bis family, and at once con-
tradic,s the falsehoods circulated about him.
The Dtita says:
We were called upon yesterday by Mr. J.
E. Bnuligny, who has just returned from
Washington. bringing with him his wife and
child. Mr. Bouligny asks us to state, and
We comply with his request with SINGER
PLEASURE that there is no truth whatever in
the statements in the Northern papers in re-
Iarion his conduct while away from this
city. So far from being at Ptrryville, drill
Jug N"rthern volunt' ers, be has never been
near thai place !; nor did he make any such
statements as are attributed TO him. concern
a auIhnriz"s u to state that he fully appre-
:iatps and recognizes the changed situation
{ tho country. aud the absolute disappear
ance of the issues which existed few months
since. In the momenInus struggle with the
North. he is ON the side of the South. and OF
The State in which he was born. The North
I'm papers seemed to be highly delighted
aiIh the alleged detection TO their unhOly
cause of an ex-LOuisiana Congress man. We
can tell them that when they really 6nd such
a person his name will not be Bouligny.
The present position OF Mr.. BuULIGNY is
an earnest appeal to the Union men of the
B I'D States. He stood by them and with
them, so long as there was ray of hope left
f,r q adjustment. No threats, no persua-
lions. no dangers of a loss of friends. no
prospects of future rewards, could induce
him to swerve from the course which he con
c-ived it his duty to pursue. But he recog
nizes now The great fact that all the Issues OF
be past have been swept away. and that the
struggle is not NV fOI the preservation OF
til. government and the reconstruction of
tn Union, but for the maintenance of our
ire, d IN, and the protection of eur homes.
our wives and children from the desOlaling
march of the invader. And recognizing this
change, be does not hesitate, but CALAMITY
comes to the rescue and casts his lot, as be |
ought to do. with those who are determined |
to resist till a glorious victory is achieved. |
and Southern Independence established. He |
knows that there Can be no reconstruction of |
the Uni N now-that the first sound of the |
tocsn of war made that thing imprac-
ticable, and that Southern Confrderacy |
b came the only ark Of safety for the South
ern people. We conjure you, Union men If
Tennessee, to follow his noble example.
Thousand of you have already done 1.-THE
convictions of what duty demanded. did not
need prompting; il Was spontaneous. But
there are a few here and there scattered
thron ghout the State. who, still dreaming of
the gIories of tn Past. and hoping for the
Future. are blind to the realities of the Pre-
sent. We have endeavored to awaken them
TO sense of the dangers which threat ten to
overwheIm. utterly and forever, their and our
iiberIies. but they still fold their arms and
dream on. Arouse. arouse, and aid your
brethren in the work of redemption. You
are clogs on the wheels of The mighty Car
If revolution, but you cannot stop its on
ward course. Beware lest you be crushed
under it's weight.