Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-17
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE
CEN TRIAL COMMIT TEE.
r. B. CHEATHAM.
W. HY SMITH.
c. (. WINSTON.
G. FOGG.
J. L FINLEY.
The southern Keeling in BaItImore.

ne SOutnern EeeiluS IN BHitAuhoIe'
Maryland has been sunjugated by the arms Of
the North not in fair conflict but by tie advantage
of sending hordes like locusts to prevent the up>
rising of the people and the arming of her sol
diers, to defend their homes. The following
grophic and melancholy pi,tdre of the state of
things in the monumental city, will be read
with pain and sorrow by every true son and
daughter Of the South.
Ii should admonsh Tennesseeaus to see to it
that no foreign Yankee mercensries are permitted
TO desecrate our soil. This letter was written in
the confidence of social correspondence by a lady
of Baltimore to friend IN this city;
MANY families are already talking of melting up
their silver. 1t will be great trial to
give mine up; for l know we will not
realize one half of its value and we will
never be able to replace it again. The Federal
Government are venting their spite upon Baltimore
in every possible way, and as they cannot, at pre-
sent. find an excuse for laying it in aches lit is
determined to crush US In every other way. We
are subjugated St4te, and, through the perfdy
of our Governor are betrayed into the hands Of
our enemies, and are helpless and at their mercy:
We are living under military law, and scarcely
dare call our souls our own. The secession feeling
is predominant in Maryland but it would be a sui
cidal act to make any resistance at present. Yet
am constantly in dread that some of our hot-heads
will, by some imprudent act bring down upon US
those vandal hOrdes of the North who seem to feel
the bitterest hatred to Baltimore, and anxious
for the slightest pretext to do all the injury they
can The people here seem to feel the greatest CON
dence in the success of the South and rejoice over
the idea that, when the Goths are driven back
over the Potomac, Baltimore viii be rea>
dy to give the routed army q warm
reception. The gentlemen here writhe under
their situation and many making their arrange
ments TO remove South, and many others have
already left, saying they could not live in subju-
gated State. try to keep F. as cool as can, but
he is very bitter against the North ana the Govern
ment. As for II. j. he is 50 violent q secessionist
that would not be surprised to hear of his being
arrested at any time. Even eoolheaded men here
think the time is swiftly coming when we will be
deprived of tho freedom of speech. Several gen
tlemen have already received warning as regards
expressing their sentiments. No one here thinks
that LIScoLS's troops will ever get through Vr-
GINA No troops here will ever be enlisted TO fight
against the South but foreigners, ard they in
starving condition. and the bait of $50 a month to
LDeu ih very AclAltliss "A u1dJOTHg VI
the Northern troops are Dutchmen, and the
poorest and most miserable men the eye ever look
ed upon. There are fourteen hundred troops sta
toned at the Relsy near IS. Our citizens have
gone great deal among them, and they seem TO
have idea that fighting is expected from them,
and they do not want TO fight the South. All they
want s to the Capitol and the stars and stripes
The first day after their arrival there, one Of
the men, that happened to belong to the regiment
that was assaied here. stuffed himself with rhuosrb
pics ginger bread, stale lager beer Sc, and became
very ILL., and they said he had been poisoned, and al
though physician on the spot convinced General
BUTLER that it was attack Of collie yet the Gene
raj was determined TO make capital Of it in the
North against the South, and issued bis procalma-
icn, which send you to see how diabolical and
Infamous civilized being can be, under the iLhu
ence Of base passions. What are we to expect from
such men?
The boys went fishing at the Relay yes
terday, and they went as the camp
as they were allow ed to, and heard. Captain
JONES addressing his men, (the same that Jared so
badly here) The boys said they could only hear
occasionally but two or three times he repeated to
the troops Remember your treatment in Bald-
more" Ii shows what dreadful hatred they are
Installing into their men against the Baltimoreans,
no doubt hoping some day they will have an eH-
cuse for coming down upon In fact, feel as
if I were living over powder magazine and
drunken fool had torch in his hand, ready at any
moment to apply it,
To such degradation and misery, as is described
in this extract reduced the proud and sovereign
State of Maryland-the home of CHARLES CARROLL,
of Carrolton-by the bayonets of miserable, be-
sotted despot. whose little brief authority has
tn us far been used to de troy the Constitution and
subjugste the people of the South. The day of re
tribution is near at hand!