Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-18
ReuniOn and observation-disclosures from
Gen, sam. Houston.

Gen Sam. Houston of Texas, reading in the lie
York Herald paragraph purpOrting TO be q WASH
ington dispatch, dated the oh ult., in which 1t
was int n ties that there was an inCre asing Union
sentiment in Texas, and that Gen. e. did not gym
pathizs with 'rebeliOa" but was living IN quiet
secluslon, awaiting events" has come out with
lsttsr, in which h. declares that his name has been
unwarrantably referred to aud his present stntude
most egreglously misapprehended o. w2ntOuly mis-
Represented.
The gs5 of this letter, and all of it with which
people of the Confederate St41es cut of Texas can
hsve any SPECIAL concern contained in the follow
ing pregnant paragraphs, perusal of which will
we think, leave no doubts the mind of the reader
as TO the position now occupied b. 'Old SIEJA-
cintO:7
Mr.. Lincoluand his cAbin,t have usurped the pow
era Of Congress, and have wage1 war against the
sovereign States, ald have thereby net only sbsolv-
ed the Ststesb but all the people Of the several Sates
from their allegiance TO his Government, the Fed
cal Government having ceased to exist by his act
Of usuTpation lie has, through his Oflcers, sus-
pended the writ of hGEeGs corpus, the DQlw&rk of
American liberty AM proclaimed martial / w in the
sovereign STATES. If | am to rely on the currsns
intelligence of the day he has, through his Nsj3r
General. Dir. John c. Fremont. proclaimed martial
law in Missouri ami ASSUMED the Standardization Of
the affairs OF that state, thereby Ignoring the Con
stitutOn and setting at nougkt the sovereignty of
the people, and bias, in fact with move than Van
dsiie mrlignity sRd Gothic haze, sought to incite
ervle iaVlVseC,tOl ip that State II the last feS-
Their had been waiting to breI< the canals gsck,
this act Of atrocity would have supplied it. His
acts and feelings are sSeh as have never failed TO
characterize the heart of a renegade
II Mr.. Lincoln, as he was the aZgressor, By IN
ysding the coil Of sovereign State and causing the
blood of he< sOnI u be shed, in the neIghbor
hood OF the sacred rantS.ng De- Washington, altar
having become President upon sectional issue, in
derogatOn of the teaching Of his farewell address,
wishes t. make reparation for the wrongs inflicted,
ne has but one course left and, my opinion, that
course ia to propose Ermjstice that shall with
draw ali the Fed raj troops from Virginia, suspend
the OF the Federal forces in all of the South
sPl States, aTl ia; Confederate authorities at the
same time ggArap5eeing that they will not advance
their troops into any l0ry not occupied by them
until The meeting o. the Confederate Congress at
their ne x session. should this course be pursued,
there Is htte doabt bat that the good and pa
trlotsm of the two sections would adopt such meas
ures as would restore peace, arrest the further
destruction Of human life sad restore, to a great
extent, the prosperity of the two sections for can
mont se Imagined that vain hope o. restoring the
Union can eYeP BE- Tesi!4ea
The South can never pe-unite With the sjJrth, Ior
can the North entertain any rational hope of her
suhJugAtlOn. The sooner war is ended the greater
will be the probability Of establishing friendly re
IatIOns between the two sections, ard this cannot
tail to promote the mutual prosperity Of both
ShQ1id this BE- disregarded terrific responsibility
must rest upon Il heads Of those who either inter
pose power or sufl )rity to its CcnsgQmation.
This last paragraph COUt4iIs words Of truth ang
so6erness calmly put and would carry conviction
TO the mind OF any zane man. 1.-The South can never
re-unte with the North, the North entertain
sny fauoEal hoge Of the subjugation of the South"