Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-03-12
The Government De EactO.


The Government De FactO.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 2, 1861.
Ed. DEMOCRAT L may be coerced to obey,
but WI never acknowledge or recognize
the Government de .fdcto of the seeding
States. will never cease to honor and love
the old Stars and Stripes; and no hostile pow
er on earth can absolve me from allegiance
thereto. Yet hope the incoming Admins
tration will not countenance or recommend
war against the erring people of the South.
If let alone / think the Union men, at the
ballot-bon, will effectually put down the revo-
luton, now that compromise measures salts
factory to the Border Slave States have been
agreed upon.
The Union men of the seeding States
have this to say to Mr.. Lincoln: Just let
us alone. Attempt no coercion. Collect no
revenue at our ports Give the seceders
peaceful opportunity to test their Utopian
and visionary schemes, and trust to us at
the ballot-box, and on the stump. to fight the
battles for the preservation of the Union,
and we will achieve peaceful and perma-
nent victory without the expenditure of
treasure, or the shedding of blood
hope old party lines will be forever ig-
nored. Union men should henceforth know no
party, except the Union party, in opposition to
Observation-Disclosures and SOuth-to abolition
fanatics North, and aristocracy, monarchy,
aud despotism South.
The military preparations in this Cover
ment de fdcto appear, to my mind, like a
stupendous farce. The seizure of forts and
arsenals is simply ridiculous. as no war has
been waged against the South by the Gene
raj Government, nor does any man OF sense
for moment believe that Lincoln ever con-
templated the invasion of the Cotton States.
From circumstances which have fallen un-
der my observation, 1 am led to believe that
II ., nd Shar mill onf1
tions have had in view the coercion of Union
men into the support OF their revolution, and
that such was and is their chief object. In
confirmation, can cite to r. Toomb's threat,
| with sword in hand, to put Georgia out of the
Union against the voice of the people.
Yours truly,
Now, we have nothing personally against
this man Stewart. We have only the good
of our Government at heart. and as senti-
mel placed upon the watch-tower, it is our
duty to guard the dearest rights and inter-
ests of the Government under which we live.
| So far as Mr.. Stewart is personally concerned,
we believe him to be an honest man; but a
more dangerous man never lived in slave
| holding community than he is. Since the
secession of the Cotton States, and the forma-
| ton of our present Government, this man
| has Illuminated through the columns of the
NASHVILLE DtBl0CfQt, aIllCleS Will
| treason against this Government. Mark his
| language:
II may be coerced to obey. Tut ,cW never
acknowledge or recognize the Government de facto
of the Seeding States" II sOiU neUer cease to
honor and lore the old Stars and stripes; and no
hostile porer on earth can absolpe me from oHegi-
ance thereto"
What think our people of such sentiments
| as these? Is this man Stewart, a fit man to
] live in this community? Ii so, then we must
| prepare for revolution in our very midst.
If such vile and reasonable sentiments should
| 60 unpublished, then our Government is a
| failure, and will soon be overthrown. We
| pronounce the sentiments of Stewart, as ut
| tered in this letter, as incendiary and treas
enable against the Government of the Con-
| federate States of America, and we unheei-
tatingly pronounce the author q traitor and in
e.pdiary.
| Suppose that war should break out be-
| tween Lincoln and his black cohorts at the
North, and the Government under which we
| live, what flag would Mr.. Stewart fight IN
| der? Would be fight under the ''Stars and
! Stripes" or would he fight under the flag of
| the Confederate States of America? Judging
| from bis letter, he would be obliged to fight
under the "Stars and Stripes" and against
| us.
| The fact of it is this, all such men as this
man Stewart is, must leave this community,
.'peaceably if they may, forciby if we must"
We are law abiding people. We appeal to
the strong arm of the law to protect Us against
traitors and midnight assassins. j. A. Stew
art, must be expelled from this community,
provided he does not leave US peaceably and
| of his own accord. His presence is highly
dangerous. He is traitor in our camp. He
not only writes treason in our midst, and
furnishes weapons to our enemies; but be dis
seminates treason, and scatters incendiary
documents, in the shape of Nashville Demo-
Gratis among our population. We have done
our duty, in this mans case, unpleasant,
though it may be. We now call upon the
| proper authorities to do their duty, and that
promptly. Let treason and traitors be ex-
PEELED from our community, now. or we will
soon be ruined and servile people.
| Downright Reputation.
| The State of Louisiana has taken posses