Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-05

one Of o, Corn, - noIitjca CORES pondepts this cir
cular letter We of Nashville VINO intend to vote
against secession at the rapidly approaching elec~
ton. must not be misunderstood IN regard to the
mot;ves which actuate US in our course. We be-
hold with dismay intimate friends and relatives
ha;ng rnshed INTO the ranks of standing army with
ont due consideration of the grave responsibility
incurred BY such precipitate action. They are plac
inc themselves under the command of Governor
IN whose patriotism many even of themselves have
no confidence and by him transferred without con-
stitutona authority to the command of the chief of
a revolution which has been condemned as unjusti-
fable by majority of our people. The rash intol
Grant and violently unlawful course pursued By the
leaders of this unprecedented movement, has en-
Uttered the relations existing among fellow-cit-
liens, and will inevitably bring upon our State If
persisted in al the horrors of civil if not partzan
neighborhood war. Our institutions, our lives our
liberties and all we hold dear in this world are
about to be set al at upon tempest tossed sea of
revolution. 1t is unnecessary to go into the discus
sion of the questions involved in the sch tme of
breaking up the government of our fathers and the
establishment in its stead of such government as the
result of revolution may entail upon US. All the
solid arguments against Secession remain yet in full
force. Many of US cannot accept it as necessity
or as a wis conclusion.
As to the plunging of our State into war against
the General Government, to sustain revolution we
have condemned, whatever may be held as to the
right of majority to commit the lives fortunes and
entire interests of the whole people of Tennessee
to revolutionary policy, it certainly true that
majority, If it will may vote against revolution and
that our State shall go into the If the State
is sovereign DO yer to make war, surely it has an
equal right to make peace or to keep the peace.
For one, then, land there are many among us
of like mind-cannot vote TO impel the breasts of
my fellow -countrymen upon the points OF Federal
bayOnets in support of cause which my conscience
never did approve, and never can. The infatuation
is wonderful which can lead portion of our fell
n W. q n directly hp
of this, and tell that to vote against sep
aration Tor secesson) is 10 vote against our brave
soldiers, who have rushed t. arms to defend as
they think our rights. Surely nothing can be more
absurd. If the cause was good one. we ought to
have gone into it long ago-if bad one, we ought
to keep out of it now; and it is horrible TO thirk
that by a vote of ours-it may perchance be a sin
Ole vote-we may force these generous and patriotic
young men, needlessy, into the jaws of terrible
DEATH subject them to all the horrors and privaons
of war, and impoverish and ruin people, and
destroy or libePti, s. A chief consideration with
those who vote against Separation and Representa-
ton will be, that if jority should so vote, those
authority will feel bound to withdraw troops
from the field and cease to array our State against
the Federal Government. They had no authority
to declare war, nor to enter into military league
with power which is either foreign or in rebel
hon. The most vital point involved IN the momen-
| tous movements now being carried on is the plac.
ing of our State in an attitude of The people
had right to be consulted before these movements
were initiated; they have not been, but they have
been assured, upon the honor of men in whom they
have heretofore had confidence, that the United
States Government Tor they express it the North
was coming down upon US with a horde of meTcen-
airy troops, TO wage against our people war of ex-
termination contscaton and rapne, TO liberate our
slaves, &c. This very incendiary language ought not
to be used in the hearing of servile population,
upon the authority of less than dozen inteT-
| perate and atrociOus Northern newspapers. l have
myaplf q N of
even Northern editors taking opposite view of
| the contest But these things carefully con-
| cealed from cur people. The proclamatons of the
President and Major Generals Butler and McClel-
| land contradict these assumptions. The latter,
in his recent proclamation to the people of Nir-
gina. says
I" Your homes, your families, and your property
are safe under our protection All you rights shall
be religiously protected. Notwithstanding all that
| has been said to induce you to believe that our
advent among you will be slgnalzed by an inter-
ference with your slaves, understand one thing
clearly: not only will abstain from all such in
reference but we will, the contrary, with an
iron hand, crush any attempt at insurrection on
THAR part F"
Even the Massachusetts, troops have so far
promptly arrested and returned all fugitves reach
ing their lines, and Gen. Butler goes into Virginia
with orders TO pursue that honorable course. Any
attempt to embitter this unfortunate contest by
Misrepresentation ia wicked atrocity. Tennessee
people will vote to remain in the Union Not one
of our citizens need be placed before the guns of
an enemy. If Tennessee should place herself by
the side OF Kentucky, the two States together can
maintain their position SO far at least as to keep out
of az tive participation in war which threatens 10
prove in any event most disastrous.
Advices which we have received from various
parts of the State, encourage the hope that possibly
we may succeed in a manly effort TO maintain our
position. An enormous vote will be polled against
in EgSf Tennessee
the Middle and West.
This circular will doubtless fall into the hands of
many who cannot concur with the views herein ex-
pressed but trust it will be received in the spirit
Respectfully, JOHN LELLYETT.
NASHVILLE, May 81 1861.
P. S.-To obviate the difficulty of procuring tick
cts in some places would suggest TINT our friends
purchase sufficient quantity of the secession tick
cts and alter them BY prefXng "Nu" 10 both the
Separation and Representation" Be sure to
have enough tickets at the polls Since writing the
above above have received further information
from the country which encourages me to hope
that with manly effort we might yet succeed.
The Way the ADMINISTRATORS Treats
WOrEIngmen-B.y OneIS 10 silence Conn
The military agents of the Administration have
had large number of carpenters and laborers in
their employment at Camp Dennison at Cincinnati
These workrngmen say, that they had been promis-
ed 81 10 day for their services and notwthsand-
ing the denial of the Quartermsser, says the LOUIS
vile Courier, believe they claimed that amount
properly.
The other day it was announced that these work
men would be paid off on Thursday; but to their
amazement, wheA they presented their claims, they
were coolly informed that they would be allowed
81 % a day, and no more-that they should take
that nothing They felt utraged they realized
that an attempt was being made to swiode them !;
they protested in bitter and strong terms against
such treatment But their complaints were unheed-
ed their protests were laughed at and finally
detachment of soldiers, with fixed bayonets, and
guns loaded with Mimic balls, was ordered out 10
dispense the mob
The troops kept the wrOnged laborers, at 4 re-
spectful distance from Paymaster SCHMIDT - and at
last nearly all the compliments were compelled to
submit to the fraud and give receipts in full at the
rate of fifty cents day less than they felt that they
were entitled to.
The unarmed workiDgmen could not enforce JUS
tice against an army, and they were compelled to
submit to the wrong, and take whatever they could
get.
The following account of the transaction we copy
inst:
A DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE WoRKINGMEN AND
OGARTERMAsTER DICKERsoN-TRooPs CALLED OUT TO
QUIET THE BEILIGLRENTs.-A few days since NOTICES
were posted up at Camp Dennison and advertised
that the Quartermaster John II. Dickersoh, would
pay eff the carpenters and laborers in the employ
of the Government, at the camp on Thur sday, and
at 81 Broadway on Friday. On Thursday they 1oere
called up and only n consented to receive 81 Is per
day. the amount 'chich the Gouennent qrould pay,
claiming that the contractor had agreed to give Them
81 IS per day, and that they must haze all none.
Yesterday morning the number of carpenters and
laborers at No. "a Broadway was about one thou
sand persons The demand for the 81 Is was uni
versal and leud and threats made upon the
Quartermaster if that amount not paid. A
DETACHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES REG.
ULARS, UNDER LIEUT. WADDY. WERE OR
DERED TO THE QUARTERMASTER'S ASSIST
ANCE. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THEY WERE
ORDERED TO LOAD, WHICH THEY DID
PROMPTLY, AND WITH A WILL. EACH RIFLE
RECEIVING A MINNIE BALL. The riotous de
monstration Immediately C -ased, and the crowd
IN a large hall on Third and aDnointad