Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-12-12
prensIce ra LInaoln.

One of the oldest Inconsistencies Of the contest In
Kentucky il the denunciation Of LEcoIs's recon
meadsfen TO eccEacipsse the siayes, by the Louis
vile Journal, which we reproduce ia our columns
LNOax has gone step too far, to suIt the PLANS Of
the Kentucky LnoOISirEs. Those who have notice
their tactics will rem ember that they have beer
Arttully devised to draw the unsuspectisg psO-
pie into their net gradually, slowly and gently
but by no means to flush the game. For this
purpose and with this end they united In support
ing the Legislature last spring, in pledging Ken
lucky to resistance Of any attempted coercion Of
the Confederate States BY The LRooLs Government
And afterwards when that coercion was openly
add boldly resolved on and attempted. they propos
ed and pledged themselves to the deeeitfll doc
trine of Leutrslity. By allow degrees, however
they encouraged the smuggling Of arms Ano
the organization of LINCOLN camps in tht
State, until the time arrived for throwing
of the DISCUSSES and appearing as full fedged cOer
ciOuists. But the JONI Bows party continues u
travel rather too fsat for their schemes, and Ln-
CoLN has startled the good peoplen their INTEREST,",
by verifying all that has ever been believed anc
Charged in the South of the ultimate intentions o.
the Black Republicans. He throws Of the mAsE
and fully exposes his hideOus featureA
PRENrIOE, good, easy, honest y soul feels out
ragged, indignant, Aston ished.
PRENTICE new err suspected such design before
He has been imposed on and deceived he Il 81
injured individual He Ia not at all sahshed. b,
raves and rants and calls on the conservative PEG
pie to arouse the peril of the hour and to Arrss
the movement. of the President, In whose cAus.
81. a., 4bar,
brethren (HeAven save the mArk0
But stop! Didn't PREATIcE support the anti
coerc ion resolutions with all the wordy and oily
eloquence of his iaeile penf Didn't PARTIc d,
nounce a NcoISs war proclamation with all tb,
hypocri ticsl ardor for which he is distinguished
Didn't PRE MICE thus deceive the people and grso
usly lead them into the net in which they are O.
most if not sltogeth caught, by thus stimulating
feelings " hich he has abundanty antagonized b,
hls fervens and lndef atieAb!e support Of the WaI
by repudlAting neutrality and cheering on the dog
OF war?
Don't flush your game Mr.. LISOOLs This Il s.
that Prentice means by his severe dennnciation =,
you. Let the Louis Journal perform . fe,
soothing maHipulstions and quiet the GppreheI
sions Of his credulous followers, and he will sgai
Gubslde into your fast friend and supporter. New
or mind his structures. He only desires TO max
you fed his Pc wsr, and teach the people to submi
to any outrS &c you msy inhict, whenever the tim
comes
A ne Wspsper so full of sItines and strategy, snc
so interruptions in the Of It, cannot be spare
by you, Mr.. LINCOLN. Without the support Of th
Journal all your legi ons would soon varish ava.
in Kentucky.
You have no Bsstile' to which you can eonsiSl
the editor Of such q paper, YOu would do well 4
propittGts him.
He knows how to deal with your csTIes much
better than those Yankees who have not been play
ing the part Of Oily Cannon, Ia the South foI
thirty years. You may make . mistake. PRGSYrc
never can. He viii be certain 70 deceive you
game If they have not already taken the alarm ans
I,9,F- Aye, there's tho rub!