Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-04

Facts which have TRANSFERRED before the
people OF Texas for the last twenty nine
years would offer me vindic alton much
stronger than any which | shall
! ever attempt, were the parties cognizant of
! them still living, but most of them have been
! gathered to their fathers. | might refer to
/ them without Boosting, although have not
| had personal participation in the war nor
| have yet perceived necessity for so doing.
| NV only son above the years of childhood
and he is only STRIPPING of eighteen, attach
ed himself to the first company that was
| raised in the neighborhood. has been muster
/ ed into service for during the war, and Is dis
| charging the duties of a soldier equipped to
meet the enemies of the Southern COntedera-
cy; and in addition TO this no less than four
nephews have enlisted for during the war,
! and are now on their march to Virginia. L
might cite these as evidences in vlndicatIon
\ of myself if l choose so TO do. but such is
not the object. it being merely done for the
| qualification of boasting little, and to let
those who were most forward in secession see
| whether they have done more than / have
| and am willing TO do for the Southern Con-
| federacy. And more than this. have three
| other nephews who have been in Virginia
| from the commencement of the war with the
| other Southern troops. There are those who,
| In the outset of secession, were the most elO-
| quent exhorters and sensItiouists who de-
clared that if war was the consequence Of
secession they would be found in the van of
battle, but who have retired and are securely
| ensconced in their seclusion and ..cooiug
| gently as sucking doves"
The time has been when there was pow
| ertul Union sentiment in Texas, and will
| lingness on the part of many true patriots TO
| give Mr.. Lincoln fair trial in the admins
tration of the Federal Government. There
| was also time when many of the best men
in the country hoped that by an energetic
| demonstration they might bring about a re-
construction of the Government upon such
| principles as might guarantee the rights of
the South. These times have passed by,
/ while Union and reconstruction have become
| obsolete terms, or If ever mentioned 1t Is only
| in reference to past events. II there Is any
| Union sentiment in Texas. / am not apprised
| of it. When the millions of Persia Invaded
| Greece, the Spartans were not more united
| in defence of their country and liberties
| than is Texas united in support Of the South
ern Confederacy. All the fallaeies Of news
papers with all arts which can be devised
will never be able TO cOntrovert one OF these
| statements. The reasons are obvious The
people of the United States had been born
| and reared under the 9gis of the Union,
| that Union was dependent on the COnstltu-
ton, the adoption of it gave it life and dis,
| regard of it has led to its destruction.
Mr.. LincOlu and his cabinet have uSurped
| the powers of Congress and have waged war
| against the Sovereign States, and have there
| By not only absolved the States, but all the
people of the several States from their allie
| glance to his government, the Federal Gov
eminent having ceased to exist by his acts
| of usurpation. He has through his officers
| suspended the writ of habeas corpus the
bulwark of American liberty, and proclaim
ed martial law in sovereign States. If l am
| TO rely on the current intelligence of the
| day he has through his Major-General, Mr..
John G. Fremont, proclaimed martial law in
| Missouri and assumed the civil administra-
ton of the affairs of that State, thereby ig-
| nOring the Constitution and setting at nought
| the sovereignty of the people, and has in
| fact, with more than Vandalic malignity and
G0thic hate, sought to incite servile iusui-
rection in that Stat. Ii the last feather had
been wanting to break the camel's back this
act of atrocity would have supplied it. His
acts and feelings are such as have never
| failed to characterize the heart of renegade
If Mr.. Lincoln, as he was the aggressOr, by
invading the soil of a sovereign State and
causing the blood of her sons to be shed,
even in the neighborhood of the sacred re-
mains Of Washington, after having become
President upon sectional sue, in deroga-
ton of the teaching of his farewell address,
wishes to make reparatiou for the wrongs in
HlcIeG. ne mas Out one course lelJ ana IN my
opinion, that course is to propose an armiS-
tice that shall withdraw all the Federal
troops from Virginia, suspend the action of
the Federal forces in all of the Southern
States, and the Confederate authorities at
the sane time guaranteeing that they will
not advance their troops into any territory
not occupied by them until the meeting of
the Confederate and Federal Congresses at
their next session. Should this course be
pursued, there is little doubt but that the
good sense and patriotism of the two sections
would adopt such measures as would restore
peace, arrest the further destruction of hu-
man life, and restore to a great extent the
prosperity of the two sections, for il cannot
be imagined that vain hope of restoring
the Union can ever be realized.
The South can never reunite with the
North, nor can the North entertain any "a
tional hope of her subjugation. The sooner
war is ended, the greater will be the proba-
bility of establishing friendly relations be-
tween the sections, and this cannot fail to
promote the mutual prosperity of BOTH
Should this be disregarded, a terrific respOn-
sibility must rest upon the heads of those
who interpose power or authority to its con-
summation.
Trusting that no further Misrepresentation
of my opinions and feelings may be enter
tanned by any one, have been thus explicit,
and submit them for what they are worth to
the world.
Very truly, your friend,
SAM HOUSTON