Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-19
To the People of Tennessee.
Your Homes are in Danger! Rouse you TO the Great Confetti

THE UNDERSIGNED REPRESENTATIVES OF
He PRESS, secular and religious, at Nashville, aware
the great importance of the hour beg leave to speak to
citizens of Tennessee. Eschewng all names and ar
mens of the past and uniting our voice in one com
on accent desire to utter only such words as shall
use the people of Tennessee realize their danger and
necessity of concurrent united action Confident that
any of our citizens are not aware of the magnitude OF
operations going on at the North to subjugate the
uth, duty, patriotism, humanity and the interest oil TINS
ommonwealth all impel us to speak to you
FELLOW CoUNTRYMEN Weare in the midst of great
Evolution. The election of sectional administration IN
ovember last gave all of apprehension for our
sttutions in the South. The country waited with pa
nee for the words of the Chief Magistrate They came
d TO the hopeful promised peace Ihe country was
lied into comparative repose The people OF Tennessee
ved the Union, and they were willing to peril life and
tune to preserve its integrity Four weeks ago all of
were looking daily for the evacuation OF Sumter. The
VS. few on every wire that such the determination
Mr.. Lincoln What surprise and hesurprse of
whole country to find that far from peaceful
on secret means had been used all along for its rein
cement At this open perfdy the whole land
ocked- Attention was fixed Mr. Lincoln from that
ur.
Sumter has fallen. What then? The Abolition Ad-
nistraton at Washington contrary to the Constitution,
by purely yrannic power, calls out $4,000 men and
boo of them from State to repossess the Federal
operty and put down the rebellion. call has
made in the past week of 600 men, all of which, with
regular army constitute force little short of l8OOOO
en-. These men mastering and arming to-day. But
not of those getting ready for this unhoy
lr on Southern men, The North is at bloodheat from
nd ptE &c in
One continuous roll of drums sweeps the land They
tnumber the South than two to one They boost of
told millions of wealth. and exhaustles provisions at
md They armed and equipped; they have monopo-
ed always the manufacture of this continent and,
sides this while they protesting peace two months
to the South, they had an agent in Europe buying
OOOO more of the most approved pattern. These
3 being received by every steamer.
And what is the spirit that the vast North? Re-
nge and hate stream through every column of their
FINALS. Cancellation, peace and mercy are banished
Drds. War to the knife" determination of the reb
!" crush the traitors the forms of their
presCns. The South to be and crushed for
err her proud spirit broken her property conscated,
families scattered and slaughtered, and then to remain
rough all time dependency the free and sovereign"
orth Powerful armies of fanatics and plunderers to
.
Eating laws the point of the bayonet, and the
be turned loose with than savage atrocy
lpless women and children.
Every friend had in the North senced the entire
es is against us, and the ministers of religion without
stincton praying for the holy cause the utter
ducton of the rebels At the bottom of all this lies the
idea held by many of the leaders, that it is their
ligiou8 duty to exterminate slavery, and make the
rrepressible conflict" doctrine universal The who
We acted with and for the SOuth-Pierce, Buchanan,
lmore, Cass, Everett, and Dickinson-al have bowed
fore the torrent of fanaticism-a have left us and
me their voices in the fearful chorus Of Northern ndg
aton Aged ministers of the gospel presidents of Col
ges and editors of religious newspapers, all without ex-
ption, so far as we know, urge the maddened and
cody populace The north staggers under its load
wrath waiting only for orders from the usurper Lin
In to overwhelm the South with blood and chains
Cop7tzn,ea of Tennessee! We say these sad things
excite vou We have no interest in this matter except
citizens of State we love, and threatened with
ercest foes and the most fatal overthrow recorded in
story Baltimore is to submit be laid in ashes tits
eved by military that Virginia is to be attacked
I two powerful armies-one from New York, from
ennsvlvania and Oho-and Richmond laid waste, with
manufactures of arms. 10000 men quartered
Washington, 5000 Cairo, and already they have
opped the and provisions quietly coming to our
ate 1t is threatened that powerful army to march
own the Mississippi destroy Memphis and rendezvous at
ew Orleans while another marches Montgomery and
obile
The horrors of scribe to be added to the merc-
butchery and plumber to be carried the South
the vandal hordes of the Northern cities
People of TENNESSEE If you could sit here in offices
ID read all the journals of the North do this letter
YOU would be useless. But you cannot do this. Allow
therefore, to present you extracts from leading
orthern journals showing you the state of feeling there
e barbarous work they anticipate, and the idea of
etc subsection of the South which runs through the entire
ind of the North. Read and prepare!