Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-08

it, and must beg you to take my jud0mest and ssl
TO the timid and doubling of our Southern friends
be Of good cheer You l1al Be relieved Of you
present tyrannical bondage by your natural an,
friendly auies Of the South-they are fighting fo
yos and irtA continue until your perfect and com
/ plete redemption shall have been accomplished
and noto, lsinee by this act we commit you to tn.
South, and necessarily commit the Confederate
States TO Kentucky,) the Confederate States never
can, or will desire to lay down arms until ON
/ proud old State ia allowed to unite her destiny
with her true and legitimate Aisters of the South
even If they could ever have consented to entertain
propositions for peace without including Kentucky
l in the Confederate Government l have said Il
your Southern brethren that Kentucky would Vots
today TO join the the Confederate States by ma
jOrIty Of fly thousand Indeed. believe the Tote
would almost be unanimous now, except those
holding commissions, and their deceived followers
since even the Unisn men have given up all hope Of
Eubjugatiog the South, and also of reconstruction
Of the Union, all such hopes are futile and no one
but mailman can entertain proposition 80 rid
culous,) if the vote could be taken free from the
coercion Of IincOlR's bdyoasts.
! l cannot doubt but that you will make good nv
Judgment and abortion on the first occasion you
can 80 vote earnestly hope and believe the time
will not be distant ! also have reason 10 believe
that We shall at oaes form an alliance with the Con
federate Government on such terms as will make Us
part and parcel of her, and therefore ente you to
complete protection, snd IN very short time that
kentucky will be admitted on an equal footing y
with the other States. That will be the proudest
day Of my life, especially if my humble efforts shall
in any degree facilitate so glorious 3 consunma-
ton.
The large armies which Lincoln has now in Ken.
lucky, and ia daily augmenting mas no terror to the
southern peopie-do not even csuse them any IN
easlness-as they are prepared to meet any army
he can send, and when sent it viii be routed and
driven across the Ohio. If anything can be antici
pated By reflections upon the past. have only to
point to the glorious victories Gt Bethel, Oak HILL
Lexington, Manassas, Lsesburg and Belmont "a
conclusive evidence Of the inevitable and certain
result whenever they meet the dastsrdly foe.
Neither has LincOln's great " Armada" any ter
rors TO our Southern brethren on the coast They
may succeed in taking few unimportant forts,
but all that the South desires Is that they NAV
make 8 landing at some Of the principal towns
or cisieE on the coast. when they win not only be
whipped but e=tsrflinGted, unless their ambitious
disp0sisons and aGssres shall have become indes-
tructisIs And just here let me ask cur Union
friends, (neighbOrs and Felstivesl-lf they believe
that that able and pure man, George W. Johnson,
OF Scott, and all those who are cooperating with
him, would ever hsVe est4olahed this Government
until they had almost positive certainty that the
Confederate States are sble to sustain their indie
arrived at this conclusion after mature delihera-
ton, and careful investigation Of the resources of
the Confederate Government, a. to ordinances of
all sorts, prOUsi0HR, and the uHeORquerdbG deternia
alton Of her people-heDee beg 70 offer TO you the
gentle admOnition OF rather suggestion, whether
would not be better for your future tkat you should
treat our Southern rIghts friends With Gore con
SidsrGtio no'o and put stop at once to the unGsd
arrests which have been made in many cases
81 your instNnce-iOr assure you a. certain "a
Just God reignS and controls the destinies
OF men, Just 30 ElTe will our relative posi-.
tions ehGRge-anI you will then be in the
power Of she men who you have so severely perEe-
cuted-And Thie hspe for the sake Of humanity
full retxlIstion viii never be made, yet you know
TeUeHgs is sweet TO poor human nature and you had
now betser begin 10 prepare for this inevitable
chGags II you could only drop in acme dre4ry
evening at the places Of rendezvous Of all our eEied
ksrtactGHs AID hesr them speak % ;heir absent
and loved pnes at holne, from whom they have been
rUthieSsly eparatsd-husbaada Of WiTeE fathers Of
children. Sons Of their psrents brothers Of sisters
and sec the tears stream down the cheeks OF these
stern men, your cheeks would mantle with shame
for the part you have taken in Inducing the tyFant
Lincoln to send his great armies into Kentucky to
subjugate US and ALLEVIATE her from her legitimste
sisters Of the South. Eg5, thank God We are in
condition 10 defy sny imported army, even when
combined with the few cowaFily KentuCkians who
have been bought by Lincein's gold, mule aud beef
contracts, ana military commissions, 20 aid these
imported Vsndals 10 this ulhOly war which his
driven us from our homes and al we hold dear on
earth and for NJ crime-bus merely for presvrniyg
to think for Ourselves the men now in Lircolnig
dungeons will testify, Who hEFs done 5otbn1 save
tbiaS against his infamous scts.
In the twenty TO twenty-five counties which are
under the influence and in possession Of the Con-
federate army, the people are all contentsd and
satisfied, and would if required, swear allegiance
to cur Government moIt cheerf0lly, and the vol
ultKry change 90 far a. our army haS penetras
ed is moat marked and satisfactory. Hence we
viii have no difficulty in executing al the proTis
E0nGl laws in these counties and prevent the banks
from robbng the private stockholders a. has been
By the forced loans made 70 Lincoln to purchase
guns, cannon, powder, r., 70 aubjugate Kentucky,
which will never be paid eTcept through our Sc
QuestratiOn lava.
We are determined to enforce our Government
in Ihese counties, and will continue 70 do so ~ our
armies advance, until every infamous invader il
driven from the "sscred soil Of Kentucky when
every act will be submitted to the people Of The
whole State aud they vii then Scs and establish
such constitutional government ~ may 70 them
leem best Then l caR not dOubt that from our
Union friends, as well As the Southern Rights, the
verdict Aill be rendered, "Well done thsu good and
faithful serTentS, and that you will be ready 10
unite your destinies with the South.
We have staked '0tr Ey:s, or fortunes, and our
sacred k0R0T," on the iEIue, and leave the result
with abe people Of Kentucky.
Kentucky now has in the Confederate army about
if!een thousand troops, composed OF the flower Of
our State, and the Confederate States ,oiI deliver
lhese brave men back TO their homes before any
'srms Of peace be entertained and in such man
her 81 no apprehension would be felS. Forts Ls-
ayetse, Warren, various negro pena and dungeons,
will have no terror to Us heB.
1t affords me satisfaction to advise you that the I
great defeat reported b. Nelson to our brave Ken
iuckians st Pound Gap WAS really brilliant
TictOry-our men killed 2ls and lost only about ]
men.
an srstidsd to say that ALMOST universal health
prevails among the msnlirOm our district very few
lick, none dangerous. l have labored and viii coz
nue 50 labor for their comfort both in the FIELD .
md hospitals, and will be grstided 10 forward any
or articles Of comfort which you may
issire 20 send your husbands, brothers and sons,
While remain your Cb'E aerTznt
EN- BRUcs.