Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-26
The LouIsrIIIe courier.

For months the Louisville Courier has been the
able and unwavering advocate of the rights of the
South and its weldirected blows have told with ter
rible effect upon the usurper at Washington where
ever that paper has been read. Its bold and manly
exposures of the usurpatons and corruptions of the
LINCOLN Administration did mach to stimulate the
people Of Kentucky and Missouri to resist The usur
pations of the LINCOLN Government. As matter
of course it fell under the ban of the despet, and
whenever his minions dared to do it. they suppress
ed it. First it was interdicted by the military au-
thority from circulating in ST. Louis. Then on the
18th inst, order issued from the Post Office
Department at Washington, /" that the Louisville
Courier, found to be an advocate of treason and
hostility to the Government and authority of the
+" United States, be excluded from the mails and
post Offices of the United States until further
orders Not content with this the GROWING act
of infamy was accomplished sat late hour" of the
night of the 18th, when the publication of the pa
per was suppressed by the United States MarahaI,
who, at the same time served an official notice on
the operatives in the Office, prohibiting them from
assisting in its publication 1t meet that the man
tie of night should elsthe such an act This
act Of the LINCOLN Despotism did not surprise the
people of the South, who sympathized with and
of their rights and the position they have assumed
as sovereign and independent republic for it is the
punishment inflicted upon every independent paper
at the North. The freedom of the press no longer
exists there-Gvery paper being compelled to sup
port the LINCOLN Government in their outrageous
usurpstiOns of power and in their war of suBjuga-
ton against the South or cease to exist-and when
the minions of LINCOLN found themselves backed by
hireng sOldiery ia Louisville the imperial edict
was put in force against the Courier.
The editor, Col. ROBERT MCKEE, having removed
South the last chapter in the sad part of the histo-
~ Of the Louisville Courier is written by the prn
cipal proprietor of the establishment in the follow
ing card which appears in the Louisville Journal of
the 2lst init:
THE LOUISVILLE COURIER. r
The introduction against the publication of the
Courier having been modified, deem it proper to
make the following statement
As my readers are generally aware, the Courier
is joint stock concern, and has been working un-
der an act Of incorporation granted by the Ken
lucky Legislature. / am owner of stock equal
TO that of all the other stockholders and since De-
eember last have been exclusively the business
manager of the office, and have devoted all my tine
unremittngly and sssiduousy to the duties of that
position. Hereafter, the responsibility for the
tire editorial Management Of the paper will devolve
upon myself and while have control Of the Courier
it win entirely ignore politics and be devoted ex
clusivsly to the publication of local and general
news and miscellany. OF course, shall stndiousy
avoid the publication of any matter that will either
directly or indirectly be prejudical to the Federal
Government or to the interests which are placed In
Gen. Anderson's keeping here; and as long as Ken
lucky is member of the Federal Union Will be
loyal to her and the Union.
In the publication of the paper, will have the
assistance of several gentlemen In whose discretion
and pradence / have every confidence. Indeed,
until succeed in perfectihg all the arrangements
necessary, ! will have to intrust the conduct of the
paper mainly to them. W. N. HALDEMAN.