The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-05-09
Despotism An Nashville.


his associates as it ever was to the ancient
Romans.
A gentleman called on US Tuesday, on
his way from Nashville to Cincinnati !
with his family. He was raised IN Cincin
natl, but for the last three years had been
a resident of Nashville. He gave US most
sickening account of the condition of affairs |
in that city. There, as at almost every |
town of any prominence in the South, an |
Infatuated mob, composed ofdrunken, worth
less men, and impudent, lawless boys, have |
completely subjugated the better portion of
community, and tyrannize over them in the |
most offensive and oppressive manner. I'm |
der the specious pretext of battling for |
Southern rights" the mob Institutes the
most odious tests of fealty to the South, and
which, if any one refuses to submit, are
used as the means of driving him from his
home, while his prosecutors quietly pocket
the little property he may leave behind.
In many cases, men Of standing, in order
to get rid of paying their just liabilities, file
complaints before an irresponsible vigilance
Committee, who forthwith take steps to
drive out Of the city the unfortunate credi-
tor, whose only crime is that he trusted in
the honor of men who were totally desti-
tute of all honor.
Our informant says although he was
raised in the North and all of his relatives
reside in that portion of the country, he
was strongly Southern in his feelings and
had designed making Nashville his perma-
nent home. But, because he was a firm
Union man, and would not announce him
self willing to take up arms against the
Stars and Stripes, he became an object for
the petty malice of the Inob-rulers, and was
compelled to endure all kinds of indigni-
ties and insults. He announced himself as
being perfectly willing to join the Home
Guards, to protect their hearthstones from
invasion and to suppress negro insurrec-
tions whenever and wherever they might
occur, but this was not sufficient he must
denounce the land of his nativity and take
up arms against his dearest friends to an=
seII-constltuted con-
servators of Southern rights. His attach
object of suspicion, those who were owing
him money availed themselves of the pre-
text for not paying Heightened, chival-
rous, and wealthy citizens of Nashville re-
fused to pay their just debts because the
man to whom they were due loved the Ma
tional flag better than the Rattle-Snake-
Pelican banner of the Seeded States
Hemmed in by spies, who caught up
and distorted every thing he said-daily in
suited and compelled TO submt-he finally
determined to leave. He experienced no
little trouble in doing this. He was COM
PEELED to abandon his furniture and gently
steal down back street in order to avoid
notice and arousing a mob
The Union men of Nashville are neither
few nor destitute of courage; but the mob
spirit is so perfectly furious that they bend
before the storm, and profess themselves
willing to stand by the South against the
Federal Government. But, our informant
tells US, the Union men are careful, in or
ganizing military companies, to get togeth-
er; and whenever they are arrayed in battle
under the Confederate flag and against the
Stars and Stripes they will quickly demon
strate to which flag they owe allegiance
Not only have the Union men a secret I'M
derstanding among themselves as to their
future action, but they have concealed the
State arms which had hitherto been in their
possession, so that Gov. Harris is unable to
get possession of them for the purpose of
using them against the Federal Govern
ment. He says he knows of great MANY
magnificent Mimic rifles buried in the cellars
of strong Union men; and there they will
be likely to remain until they can be used
in the manner designed by the General
Government when it had them manufac-
tured.
The negroes. he tells US, are restless and
disafected. The masters are fooIisblv in
structing many of their slaves in the use of
arms, and drilling them daily. Yet the
negroes, when they get together, by signi6-
cant looks and words indicate that the drill
ing is likely to profit their masters but lit
tie. If hostilities should ever be carried
into Tennessee, the suppression of negro in
surrection, will not be the least of her
troubles.
The infatuation that prevents the leading
men Of that State from seeing the terrible
consequences of their present proceedings
cannot be accounted for That they
should ruin their State and endanger the
lives of their families when they have
nothing to contend for, is mystery abso-
lutely unsolvable
The officers OF the first regiment, which
has been in quarters several DAYS. waiting
marching orders LEARNING, thn nttininl -