Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-25
9asbSiIs gEnian alS 9mrritan
.tThe Romances and Realities of the
RebeIs,0

Rebe1s,n
Under this caption the New York Herald has tn
following seriOcOmic production the latter portion
being fair sample Of the many sensation srticle
which appear in that and other Northern journals
We noticed that the Confederstes do not ley g
much stress upon Baltimore, imagining as WI
probably be the case, that Fort McHenry wan LAY
Baltimore in ashes, to the air Of inc star Hpangec
Banner - before their arrival They dismiH5 Baili
more then yyith simple "ibis accomplished, and
resolve 10 eniarCh upon Philadelphia ard remain
there until the winter" On, PhIladelphus. City
of brothery love, little red brick houses, handsome
women, right angles and Paramount What bright
visions of transcendent enjoyment fash before Con
federate eyes in those few words, ''Femain there
until the winteri2 Think Of the Philadelphia mar.
kets of the Philadelphia nints Of the Continental
of the comforts, Injuries and abundance which Will
be found there! For Gen. Patterson's sake, Phila'
delpha will be unframed, and the rebels will only
''remain there"-and what that means tae hosplta-
Bile Virginians and susceptible Tennessesns can tell
you. "Theu lin the winter) they will take New
York city" But stop moment. Is Jersey to es-
cane entirely and is nothing to be done for herr
Ia the Camden and AmbOy Railroad tn be allowed
to make money cut Of the transportation of the
Confederate as well from the Federal troops
Viii jeff Davis allow 4 railroad despOtism under
his very nose? Has Thomas Dunn English and his
peace meetings dsgusted the South, and is Jersey
never to be noticed? Poor Jersey is left ont in the
cold Her foreign soil is TO be respected. The Cen
federate war cry is Onward 10 New York
sTbey will take New York city, but they will
not harm it. 1t would destroy their pleasure as
well as our comfort, If they disturbed us very
much. Our amusements will go on as usual, but
under Southern censorship. Fancy Mrs. Wood
compelled TO introduce Southern melodies in her
burlesque, and Laura Keene forced to make the
South in the right in her "Seven Sons" and the
Bryants singing Dixie's Land" at the point Of the
bayonet and Herman essaying the MarseilaiseN
and teaching Floyd and Cobb presti digitation and
the New BoWery folk ordered to play "Bull Rum
with a new finale, until further notice. Imagine
the Tribune suppressed and the Times denied the
mails; the Day Boos itself again and the Daily
Meas revived; the Journal Of Commerce with its old
editor returned, and the Express demonstrating
daily that 1t had always advocated Davis Fancy
the banks guaranteeing the Confederate popular
loan, and the shoddy manufacturers putting in bids
for the rebel clothing contracts Imagine the forts
in our harboF all Fort Sumtered and Commodore
VGnderbilts feet transformed into privateers. Of
the shoes, the clothing, the good iced OF Philadel
phia the rebels think with gusto; but who can de.
scribe their ecstacies at the idea Of winter in
New York!
"And then they will burn Boston, but no other
CITY," Why no other city? Is Cincinnati siness
Is Chicago, the home of Els worth, Innocent? Is
Springfield, the residence Of Old Abe, to be unhred?
But Boston must not be burned before ToOmbs keepS
his promise, and calls the roll of his slaves on Bun
ker Hill The rebels have kept all their promises
SO lar WIN suCn consistency lnaL TINS one must De
observed also. Then Boston nay be burned, and
then we lose all trace Of the rebel army, and are
left in doubt whether it returns to New 1ork or
fDds its Moscow in Boston, IS lost in the turnngs
ef that cowpathed city, rUshes further north to
level the Green Mountains or goes South again. its
revenge stated. Alas! thas this romance ends so
suddenly in a blaze Of red fire, like bad melo>
drama. We have exhausted the romances of the
rebels and turn to their realities, depicted in
our columns of yesterday.
A. had oF
arc not surprised to find that these brght romances
are based upon sad realities Indeed, such is the
condition of the rebel army, and so eager they
TO conceal It. that our csptives at Richmond are
fred upon if they even venture to look out at the
prison or hospital windows The Nashville journals
complain bitterly of the inactivity Of the Southern
army, and call it military necessity" that Ken
tucky should be captured for the sake of "is rich
supplies" The Savannah Republican says that sick
ness is very prevalent in the army at Manassas and
that in a certain Mississippi regiment two thirds
of the men are the sick LIST, and the deaths have
been many as nine in one day" The Charleston
Mercury reiterstes these statements and adds, "the
frightul condition Of the camp Is a subject Of uni
Versal interest and alarm" The Richmond EnqRi
TeT states that every effort viii be made to raise
supply of pork but it doubts whether enough cal
be raised Ito prevent, during another year, the
Inconvenience to which they are at present sub
jected" The Richmond EcITEilsr recommends the
discharge of sheemakers from the army, to manu-
mend Dpdtch says that the War Department has
already detailed from the army operatives to be
employed in cloth factories and remarks that "the
policy of impressing the cotton mills and wooden
manufacturers is not q remote one" Such state
mems as these explain themselves, and, taken to-
gether with the condition of things in the large
cities, such as New Orleans, amply account for
these mirages of Philadelphia and New York which
allure and mock the rebel leaders.
Besides all this there is great cry of dissatsfaC
tIOn the r. hpl DpDDfp chasing the
attack on Washington, in the Richmond papers; ard
well may JEFF. Davis say
do notKnow the man should avciI
Sc son as this spare Cassius.
The lies OF the rebel leaders are beginning to re
coil upon themselves, rs we long since predicted.
Thus they have told that the Northerners are COW
ards, and Beauregard releases our surgeons with
the remark they might have got off il they had
initiated their fellow-C tficeIs." In every skrmish
the rebels proclaim themselves successful and af-
ter they beaten at Townsville, their official re-
ports announced q crest victory and theic general
orders congratulated officers and men upon their
bravery and success. Even at Carnifax Ferry
the South claim victory and their reports say I'VE
did not lose a single man killed" compliments Floyd
upon ''generalship seldom displayed aDyw here"
(hesven save the mark y and state that both the
fight and the fall back to this side of the river are
among the most remarkable incidents in the history
of war" Thus running away is termed I" heroic
bravery" AID a scampering general as a great
strategist" Is it any wonder, then that the people,
thus hUmbugged, demand that their invncible army,
never yet defeated, should capture Washington,
take New York and burn Boston?
What change there will be when the real facts
Of the case become known to the Southern public,
and what terrible revenge will await these rebel
Munchau.ens. Instead Of taking New York. they
will have to defend themselves st Richmond and
what with ehoeess, halfclOthed, ill-fed and dis
eased army and al overNexcited and deluded peo-
pie, should not be surprised If the rebel leaders
had hotter work home than burning Boston before
long.
ReneE OF Planters.