Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-04-28
Am Occasional letter from Washington.


WASHINGTON CITY, April p, 1861.
Edaors Union and american: 1 wrote you from
this city about two months ago, and the events
then foreshadowed having TRANSFERRED, have con-
cluded to write oyou few lines again.
The Government is virtually broken up, LINCOLN
and his advisers do not know this, but they will
wake up some fine morning and find that 1t is so.
This city is infested with armed men, and pickets
are stationed all sides, but beyond these picket
guards there is a reused and exasperated popula-
ton rushing to arms and in a short time the fool
hardy men from the Northern States who have
rushed hither with superservicabe zeal, will find
their supplies cut off, and it will require force OF
20 900 men to keep up communication with their
friends in the Northern States This state of affairs
will soon bring general battle, and let 1t result
as it may the end wlibe settlement of the contro
versy now going on between the North and South,
and separation of the sections of the country
The Administration is controlled by the abolition
ists nave expected that this would be so, and now
know it from actual observation. Youmaylrely upon
this information being positively accurate. We're
YOU here to witness the movements and listen to the
conversation of the government supporters you
could net doubt this for a moment. The call for
several States to suppress Instructions" &C., was
instgateed by the aboltionsts who argued that the
Introduction of Northern army into the Southern
States would throw the slave population into
fermant which would break out into servile
war; and that this fear operating upon the people OF
the Southern States would so alarm them that they
would instantly comply with the Presidents procla-
nation, and gladly accept any terms that would
keep peace at home. regard this call as nothing
more or less than legalizaton OF the JOHN BROWN
raid" 1t cannot be viewed in any other light
Brown expected that as soon as he took the pubhc
arms at Harper's Ferry the slaves would rush en-
dsse to that point for them, and would break loose
upon the country and murder every man, woman
ard child within their reach. The advisers OF the
President deem that sending expedition from the
North into the slave States will produce the same re-
suit and that the people frightened at the evil to be
arprehepaed in their midst from outbreak of their
slaves will suddenly pray for peace and beg the pre-
lection of the General Government. Was ever a
more hellish piece of rapacity and murder designed
to operate upon the homes and happiness OF free
people? A parallel cannot be pointed out on the
page of history.
Fifty and odd Government clerks resigned here
today-refusing to take the oath which had been
prescribed for them to take binding them to support
the Government, and even take up arms against
the citizens of their own States. The Administra-
ton is now, with scarcely an exception, throughout
all its branches naval military, departmental, and
otherwise in the hands of Northern men, and as va
cauces occur men from the North put into them,
and usually of the solid abolition type. The South
stands Inundated, spit upon despised, and trodden
down. Let me give you an instance:
Old Virginia-the proud, the peerless, the glorious
Old Dominon-is controlled so far as Its Executive
patronage is concerned, by two Abclitionists, Mr.
n ,RDEMAN and Dr. GET, the former of which, in
1856 was driven from her soil by her indignant
neonle There is not post Office, mail agent, or
auv appointment whatever of Federal character,
either local or general, coming from Virginia but
what is or may be controlled by or the other of
these two worthless who could not be elected to any
Office within the gift of the people of Virginia, even
of the most insignificant character. And yet "Old
Virginia" has been brought to this. No wonder
that the hot and indignant blood of the proud old
other of States and statesmen bois with resistance
to such state of things.
And the same is true of other States. The South
is to be abolitionzed without doubt, or they must
go out of the Union Some people think that the
call Tor troops Is merely 10 re-IaAe no AVI anu
blockade the ports Of the seeded States Not so.
1t IS to institute John Brown raids in legal maa-
ner. If Tennesseans do not know this noD they
had better be finding 1t out, and that very soon
Let me ask even fool if he ever heard of the mi
lila being called out to blockade port, and march
them into the sea, to intercept the shps And as the
forts are near the ports, and it utter impos
sibiIity to approach them by land, they must, per
force, be approached by The idea is ridiculous,
Tae militia is called out to throw into ferment the
slave popnlation-then to excite and aid their insur
rection. until the slave States sue for peace, and
aerree to any terms dictated by the Abotonists who
control the Government. ! know whereof l writei
and writing to wise men, judge ye what say and be
uD and acting in the discharge of your duty.
Yours, truly, 70