Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-08-02
ssnalch from the ashes Of your s,res
The embers Of their former fires,
And be Who in this strife expires
Will Add 70 theirs 4 name Of far
That tyranny shall quake 70 hear "
The women-NOrrh and south.

Among the signs Of the times, the preparations Of
the Lincoln party for their Excursion to klch-
mondn deserve serious notice. Between Manassas
Junction and the Potomac we're srrayed two armies,
commanded BY leaders of reputation resolved TO
decide $50 far one battle could deelde) whether
One-haf of gres. nation, calling Itself free, should
subjugate the other, or whether each hall should
separately enjoy its liberties. Such was the scene.
such the actors such the great argument Of the
drama!
As spectators-as Rmateur4-just as they would
90 to an opera, or any other amusement, whether
approved by habit, recommended by novelty
came from the city OF Washington, ana iurther
North members of Congress and other Cfkee-hold-
ers: prominent members of the learned and sacred
professions; fashionable and shJwy women, con
nected with the men by blood, marriage, or other
wise rich luxurious, and self lfndulgent-such were
the Camp followers who came in the rear Of Nc
Dowells grand army" to enjoy the spectacle Of a
bloody fight the sensation Of fsts ehGmpsTs upon
the battle ground, and the experiences Of DI7ouac
among their dead, dying, and wounded fello"-erea-
lures en- route for the triumph and pleasure Of an
entry into Richmond Could the heroine OF Span
ish bull fight, or one Of those who looked down
upon the gladiator in the Ampitheatre,
'sBatehsrel 70 make Roman hOliIayi-
cou,pare. in cold and brutal inhumanity-in reck-
less defiance of every instinct native TO the pure
heart of woman-with these perfect and cOnsum-
mate flowers of Yankee civilization:
What a contrast to the women o. the South For
weeks anu mOQLls Uley uhfc ultb Lu8CkntE Eit ot1I
churches eUerg DAY. On working days they have
been making clothing and tents for their fathers
and sons and brothers, their defenders from the
ruthless invaders and ravishers Of the North On
Sundays they haye resoFted thtAer to unite in the
worship of that God in whom they trusted, and IN
prayer for the safety Of the absent and dearly
loved-aye, at the very hour when many Of those
who had fallen in the arms Of Victory,
Looked proudly Heaven death bed Of Fame,
their names were murmured in supplicatiOns that
will not miss their way to the fOotstool Of Mercy
At that very hour the terrified Jezebels Of Mellow
ellis army, like the women Of BelshazzaF or SardH-
napalus, were hurrying along the roads to WASH
ingtOn forgeuul Of champagne and pate dc Jo's gTGs'
Of ices and confectionery what is more, Tor
getful of the poor wretches behind torn with shot
hacked with steel, begging for drop OF HAsel,
and begging in vain from the wanton and unIeSLlus
tyrsnts, male and female clerical and aIc a. WosS
command they had gone forth to slay' OurH' Anu
pillage!
The tree is known by its fruits. H9en "s ~
such products as these from Northern holoeas IS u
Piety Morality and Science, aud compare IelI -,
with the growth of Southern nsntu1ons, We Aeel
that the separation of our fortunes mas 1os come
too soon and can never be too dearly purChaseo.-
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