Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-28

r,,s,.- +,re hearted friend Of the South has been
- ,.;.,, admiration at the unanimity which
,,-svsiIs in all the South except the small por-
influenced by the Louisville Journal and An
Dvv-v JOHNSON. All former divisions have been
,,o,rrletely swept away. The one, all perTading.
nj controlling sentiment is Resistance TO TYRANTs
!. oRrp1ENcE TO Con- But while we are thus unan-
;uous in the struggle for Southern independence we
should not forget that there is like unanimty among
the creatures of Northern despotism. Every uubl;c
man, every paper in the North has been compelled
by unrelenting fanaticism to join in the war apaip.
the South. PIERCE, BUCHANAN, DICKINSON. Crsurra
DOUGLAS, FILLMORE, all all have Joined to swell the
vengeful CRY Of despotism. few evening. .;noo
Mr.. DICKINSON, whom the South has 50 much lovod
and would have delighted to honor made 8 sneecb
in New York City, in which he said:
He would have no half way measures No conn
promises. Let us settle this thing speedily and
surely may ruin this generdtion but zoe oqos 4 h
the merit that they should haze such troubles as aoe
haze hqa. ne lSO'd strike Doao IN our mig, and i
necessary acps the South from the face of The earth
He knew they would have civil war, and what was
far worse, serUile war, and he would make proph--
ecy that by the time this matter settled the
culiar institution of the South would be swept
away. Let us flush things while we are about It
and leave nothing behind us"
Such is the reign of terror in the North. that
LINCOLN is threatened with deposition if he hest
tates to carry out the viii Of his people The New
York Times, aluding to the report that he had
ordered some of the Pennsylvania troops to turn
back from Cockeysville, thirteen miles from
Baltimore and encamp in. Pennsylvania, believes the
81 startling rSport untrue" and adds:
Under this belief we abstain from such comments
as such an agreement on the part of the President
would naturally provoke We will simply remark
that the President sslall risk of being super
ceded in his Office if he undertakes to thwart the
clear and manifest determination of the people to
maintain the Authority of the Government of the
United States and to protect its honor. We are in
the midst of revolution, and IN such emergencies
the people very apt to find some Representative
leader, if the forms of law do not happen to give
them one 1t would be well for Mr.. Lincoln TO bear
In mind the possibility Of such an event.
The New York Herald which has hitherto, in ths
main, been true to tine South has given way to the
torrent of Northern aggression. All of its editorials
are now devoted to the cause of tyranny. On Wed
nesday, speaking ofthe Southern States itsays:
The North is unit against themand our Gov
! eminent lags far behind our public sentiment
| Five hundred thousand men are ready to answer
at once to the call of the Government, not for de-
| fensive but offensive operations The plan OF the
/ keep our W buS VI
the Potomac. The reason is obvious. But the Gov
| eminent should push an overwhelming force upon
| Richmond, for the recovery OF the Government
property there, and extingush those hostile cannon
| foundries The next point of occupation should be
| Raleigh North Carolina, and thence to Columbia
South Carolina, and thence to Montgomery, Alaba
ma the capital of the Confederate States. This ex
| petition, with cooperating squadron along the
| seaboard and another down the Mississippi, would
| soon crush out this formidable Southern revolt
Al. Dral dat
should issue his proclamation guaranteeing the
complete protection of all loyal men and their pro-
| perty but warning the enemies of the Government
| of the dangers of coufscation, negroes included
This would sft out the wheat from the chat in al
| the invaded States.
Again itsays
"Who knows but that the state of things may de
mand another Louis Napoleon at the head of affairs
There never was in the history of the country q
parallel for the present phase which popular enthu
| siasm has assumed all over the North. 1t is no
confined to one point or enc class. In every city
reigns paramount to all other sentiments Through
out every class the fire of warlike feeling burn:
with equal ardor. AL political parties, all religi
GUS sects, all professions and trades are alik'
! aroused; even the parsons are in the heat of the
thing, and high has the spirit run that we should
not be at all surprised to tee regiment of clergy
men organized and marshalled for the field before
long"
In another editorial it says:
1t is the determination of the Administration tt
| retake the places and properties belonging to tht
| federal government and to employ any amount o.
force that may be requisite for that purpose. Eve
nv fortifcation, arsenal, navy yard, custom house
and post Office of which possession has been usurp
ed must be wrested from the possession of the re
VOTED States, at the cost if need be, of hundreds o.
of millions of money, and of five hundred
! thousand men, From Baltimore to New Orleans
| therefore. no choice will be left to the Southern
people. excepting between resistance and uncondl
| ton submission 10 the laws.
II thus warns Tennnesse and Kentucky of the
wrath to come:
Tennessee as well as Kentucky, has everything to
| lose by initiating perncious an example. Mel
Their can they with impunty permit their secession
citizens to reinforce the armies Iof Jefferson Davis
without detrimcnt TO their interests. The people Of
the great Northwest-of Indiana, Ohio Illinois, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Iowa and Michlgan-wIll not al
| low an aggressive border war to be carried on
without pouring down such hordes of troops into
the valley of the Mississippi shall eat up and de-
strOy everything that opposes them. They are not
| of class to wait for legal summons; but with
pioneer instincts of resistance, will strike without
notice and without waiting for a formal requIsl-
| ton. It would be easy for them 10 concentrate a
| hundred and fifty thousand men in a single month;
and before the approach Ofthe slcky season. to the
| crevasses around New Orleans; extend an aiding
| hand to the fleet in the Gulf of Mexico. already
\ desolate; and, with single blow, put an end to
Southwestern prosperity, if not to the institution OF
slavery in the Southwestern States.
Let our people thus forewarned prepare them
selves for the great struggle which is now upon US
That it will be bloody and terrible we cannot doubt
but relying upon the justice and wisdom of God we
cannot doubt the result. Let us hasten to be ready
but the magnitude of the work warns US to hasten
slowly. Let every in the South capable Of
bearing arms feel that he must sooner or later
take a part in the combat and let him begin
to prepare himself therefor Let our military
companies patiently and willingly undergo the
drudgery of military drill. Think not of the
..pomp and circumstance" of war, but be ready tc
do all, dare all in defence of your homes ard your
independence Let the whole South be united IN
der one government that her concentrated energies
may be the more effective in the maintenance of a
common cause UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL
With one government, and one in co uneil, though
| the ordeal be terrible we cannot fail.