Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-29

ur;nc;pie. to dissolve It 1t once by a regiment or
cavalry. But there is q reason why OUT Northern
szt friends akfink from openly that Nary
land Is In military occupssion. Such procama-
ton would reveal, in A. and startling form, the
magnitude Of the task they have undertaken It
would be seen at oEce that earthly power can
hold the States together if they choose TO BE dsu
snited. II active, Enough further suppression, sun
ported BY military force Is necessary in compact
conservative Maryland, what must be done with
the swsmpsof Florida, the jungles of Mississippi
the almost painless forests Of Texas The belief
the existence q { strong Union party in The
that The advocates Of esFery are more united
among themselves thanits opponents. There is no
division Of principle IN the Southern camp like that
which is typded II the Northern army, by Generals
Mcclellan and Fremont.
If the President were master of the whole South
70 morrow, and had the peculiar institution" in his
grasp, be would not know what to do with it. some
Of his supporters would demand that it should stu
be recognized as the law Of the land others would
bid him cast it from him as an uocean thing. How
much better would il be if the North, while It heia
TO the justice Of its cause, renounced the iposspie
endeayor to coerce the South lt would then no
longer be the same thing to advocste peace and 70
support slavery. Those who are free themselves,
and wish others 70 be free. would then have msnly
aud STRAIGHTFORWARD course before them. They
might sag to their Southern neighbors. I'VE con-
slider slavery as curse and you uphold it as 8
blessing. We cannot administer your affairs on our
principles. and you shall not administrators affairs
on yours. II we cannot agree, we must part the
~ land is large enough for both. But the quit OF
- separation lies with you. We wished TO preserve
the Consttution, which you have shattered. For
time we were more sanguine Of success, but the
6rst heas of passion is Let the Providence to
which we both appeal decide between you and Us.
We Will not attempt to ensaye you, IN order tna'
we may iberate your slaves
- The following extract Of private letter, written
- 8. to friend in EngEnd By gentleman Of Maryland,
4. - gives melancholy pietHre of that State:
Is You win have seen that nv hopes Of 8 peaceful
solution our troubles were not realized. In com
mon with many of our people, was misled By the
Dac1tgt declaration of Mr.. alas
have been opened 10 the melancholy fact that The
party in power prefers its own narrow minded see
t0nal selfish and fenHtcal interests TO the welfare
Of the country at large, and We are now plunged IN
to civil war which might have been averted by
little common sense and Christian charity. The
course Of the Administration has been marked BY
want of truth, honor, love of country, and every
thing which an Enghshman would understand by
patriotism. All has been sacrificed to the interests
= of q vulgar faaaticsm. We have drfted since
April.inte accld-boOded, cruel nnprincipled, mil-
tary despotism
ave have lost freedom of speeeh-freedom of
the press freedom from illegal searches--the
right of kabeas corpus-the right Of trial by jury,
and the right TO be confronted with eecusers Our
first and purestmen are now lying imprisoned IN
the Bastile (Fort Lafayette > women are seized
suspicion, imprisoned and subjected &C. indEgni-
ties; letters opened in the post~otiices and an
odi0us system of espionage fastened on the eeun-
try; indeed, only need the gslows and the gull
lotine to have reenacted here the worst scenes of
the French revolution; and this, i believe, we
tooald have if the party in power was not feeriul
of retaliation the part of the Southern Confede@
racy.
They stop at nothing to accomplish their ends.
You will be panied 70 hear that our friend, Mr..
-, is one of the victims of this tyranny. He was
seized the 18th of September, at midnight, hur>
ried from his family without warning or an oppor-
tunity of arranging his affairs, dragged first to one
fortress, then to another, and is prisoner in
the Bastile; snd this without warrant without form
Oflzw without charge-smpy on the ipse dirt Of
irresponsible officer; and there is no redress.
The right of habeGs corpus is suspended-no trial is
allowed, and he must lie there prisoner until il
may suit the caprice the convenience of the die
tRtoF to release him.
In the same military fortress there are numbers
- - Of our best citizens, the first gentlemen in the State
treated in the same illegal wsy-hudded together
thirty cf them N single room, and with accommo-
dstons 10 use the Language Of one of his fellow
prisoners) I" like those Of dog in kennel" Mr.
Is offence that he member of has
State Legislature, which was too independent to en-
dorse Mr. Lincon's unconstitutional acts, but pro-
tested against them. give you this single instance
BECAUSE you and both know the man and his exr
allied ehsFsGter.