Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-07-18
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The Excitement on Sunday-Union-
ism X RAMPANT.

The western portion of this county was IN
a terrible state of excitement on Saturday
and Sunday night last. As we gather from
the various rumors in circulation the facts
were as follows: On Saturday night a rumor
got afioat in the upper end nj Hamilton
county that body oil confederate troops
had eneamped at '.Swafford's Spring." two
miles from Georgetown. The NUMBER of the
troops were yariOusly estimated at from one
to four hundred men, and the objects OF their
encampment were as variOusly stated, as the
fancies of individuals might suggest. The
point at which they were said to have en-
canned is the centre of d large Union COM
Notwithstanding of the lower end OF Melgs,
the upper end of Hamilton and the western
portion of Bradley, numbering not less 'nah
thousand voters On Thursday bafore the
absurd rumor was put in circulation in re-
gard TO the Southern troops, nearly all OF
these thousand Union voters had had meet
ing at GEORGETOWN, where their regularly Or
ganized companies, comprising not less IMAM
i've or sig hundred armed men, had been
mustered and drilled under the old Union
flags, and had been addressed by Dan Trew-
, hit. Mitch Edwards, and fellow by the
name of Matthews. in most infammatory
and rebeIious style. The assemblage we
understand went home wild with excitement,
MED ging. no doubt, to stand by each other
with their arms, under any and all emergen-
cies Forty eight hours after this meeting
the ridiculous rumor referred to was put IN
circulation, for what object can only De lett
10 conjecture. 1t is suspected that it was
done for the purpose of testing the strength
of their forces and their promptness to act
upon a sudden emergency. The signal was
given. and in twelve TO fourteen hours, VIZ
bv Ia O'Clock on the morning of Sunday, as
many as eight or nine hundred men, are n.y.
80 towards the enca,apnae5t Of the Coyederates,
80 Numbers of whom were armed with
r;ass shot guns, knives, and few with seyt'.e
badss az we are told. The prompt ooedi'
once To the call, we have no DOUBT, more
than satisfied the leaders, and al once ais
neIIed any doubt upon that point. Ihe men,
| however, were wholly unorgahized, sviue
| along in squads, without any regular pIan
| but IS they said, bound to have hghs.-e
! Finding no enemy they dispersed In the a.
| ternoon to their homes.
The above, we believe, are the facts OF the
ease-but what is the moral to be. learned
| from the facts? In the first place it is very
i evident that large class OF the Union men
of the section of country referred TO
have been most wofully blinded, deeeiyed
and misled by few of their unprincipled
| leaders. They have evidently been taugh'
to believe by these leaders that the ConIeae'
| rate States or the State OF Tennessee are
meditating some invasion OF their rights Oh
some encroachment upon their liberties, ano
that they must fly to arms to protect them
selves. We believe that the people in thai
region have been more wilfully imposed upor
| and misled than any other people in The
whole country. They have been urged and
implored during the whole summer, to read
nothing, to hear nothing, to listen to nothing
coming from papers or speeches not biindly
advocating the union. They have beef
urqed to arm themselves, TO muster at al
| convenient times and places, and keep them
selves well drilled-tbey have been haraa