Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-05-16

BUNDLED in the dust before our Triumphant
iegions. and an army of fifty thousand mer
ravaging Virginia and laying Richmond in
ashes, they will begin 10 realize that we are
not only nation slow to avenge, but terri
BILE in exactiIlg from Traitors the punishment
due to their grimes. The punishment
of Treason liz death and the confiscation o.
the property of the Traitor. The death pen
atty may be evaded; but not so the confisca.
ton. Aud when the Army of the Republic
marches into, Virginia, let the property Of
every Rebel he at once confscated by Procla
nation. A part of this property will Of
course be negroes. What is to be done with
them. Nobody can suppose that our Gov.
eminent would consent to traffic in human
ehatlels; and therefore, while land aud per-
sonai property belonging to The Rebels must
be sold and the funds paid into the public
treasury, the human chattels confiscated to
the Government. must be permitted to go
free and unquestioned.
Every Rebel then, in Virginia and Mary
land, and elsew here, will readily read their
fate. The Union men in the Slave States,
will feel doubly secure in the ability and the
desire of the General Government TO protect
them; but wee be unto The Rebels. No sooner
will conquering army take up its march to
Richmond than the shackles which now bind
the slaves belonging to Traitors in rebellion,
will fall from their limbs, and their freedom
become secure. By Proclamation the Free
dom OF the Rebels slaves will every " here
be made notorious.
From the Philadelphia North American and Gazette ]
John Brown, jr., the son of old Ossa-
watomie Brown, of Harper's Ferry notoriety.
is gathering at Beaver creek, IN Pennsylva-
MIA, force OF negroes to invade the South
and free the slaves. There can be no doubt
of this. Four hundred were gather at the
last accounts, and were in camp undergoing
military instruction. They were expecting
fifteen hundred blacks additional in few
days, and had received large supply of
provisions from Pittsburg. They are within
days march of the Virginia line, are well
dressed and armed, principally come from
Canada, and therefore are escaped fugitives
eager to wreak their vengeance on the South
ern whites. Led by the son of John Brown,
they will be dangerous indeed. In the
Mobile Register we find an account of another
projected raid. which that paper says is ac-
companied by the name of the writer, with
request that it should not be published lest it
bring him to punishment. He says that
gang of eleven or twelve hmndred desperate
men is organizing in Northern Illinois and
Southern Wisconsin, to set out about the
10th of May for Texas to stir up the Indians
to hostilities. plumber the country, aud, of
course, free the slaves. The leader is a man
named johnson, expelled from Arkansas as
an AbolitiOnist and eager for revenge. An-
other branch of the expedition is TO sail from
Boston in vessel laden with ice, bound for
Florida, and is to operate on tue Guif-coast
east OF Texas.
Ii a servile instruction becomes formidable
what is to keep 1t down ali over
the South 1t is well known that the whole
four millions of slaves are in ferment, and
expect their speedy liberation. Already we
find Northern journals earnestly advocating
the policy of encouraging fugitive slaves. Ii
may be that when the Instruction happens,
as happen it must, there will be generals and
men In our army generously disposed to
carry out the idea of General butler, and
turn aside from the duty before them TO sup
press the revolt. But 1t is time We should
decide what We are 10 do. We are embark
ing in a war to vindicdte the authority of
the Government aud to suppress rebellion.
If the Shareholders are insane enough to war
against US, let them with their own power
take care of their slaves. We do not per.
ceiYe that they are capable of understanding
the obligation they would be under TO us for
such services, and in a military point OF
view it is not difficult to conceive which way
our advantage lies"
From the New York Heraldl
THE CHARACTER OF THE COMING CAM
have i'll the Northern cities at
least three hundred thousand of the most
reckless, desperate men on the face OF the
Earth. The Goths and Vandals who de-
scended upon Rome and ensanguined the
Iiber with patrician blood, were angels COM
pared to these fellows, who are known by
The generic name of "roughs." OF course
hey are all in for the war, and the spoils
particularly the spoils. They
IA Ep in fn
future. they will fight like demons for
present enjoyment, and where one is killed
twenty more will spring up In his place. II
s OF such rough material that all inyincible
troops are made. That we are To have a
light, that Virginia and Nary land will form
Inc battle ground, and that the Northern
coughs will sweep those States wi III hte and
sword, Is beyond peradventare. They have
already been excited 40 the boiling point by
he rich prospect of plumber held cut by
some of their leaders, and will not be salts
led unless they have a farm and a niger
Zach. There is no sort of exaggeraIlou
about these statements, as the people OF the
border States will shortly ascertain to their
cost. The character of the coming campaign
will be vindlctive, fierce, bloody and mer-
,iless beyond parallel i'll ancient or modern
history"
In addition to this the Westchester Demo
rat reminds the Pennsylvania volunteers
hat Baltimore "has always been celebrated
or the beauty of it's women" that 1.-The fair
we're ever the reward of the brave;" and,
hat "Beauty and Booty was the watchword
1t New Orleans"
These fiendish feelings are backed up and
sustained by the whole people of the North,
70 far as we are able to judge from the cur
ent publications from that section. They
wen talk of displacing Mr.. LINCOLN for his
supposed want of energy in carrying out the
anatical and terrible behests of an inflamed
md maddened people. The New York Times
ays:-
''The spirit evoked within the last fortnight
las no parallel since the day of Peter the |
Hermit. In the last ten days 100000 men
ave sprung to their feet, and, arming and |
themselves, are rushing to con- |
est which can never be quelied till they have |
riumphed. A holy zeal inspires every loyal |
eart. To sacrifice comfort, property and |
life even, is nothing, because if we fall, we |
must give up these for our children, for hu- |
nanity, and for ourselves. Where is the |
eader of this sublime passion? Can the AID |
furnish him? We do not ques-
ion the entire patriotism of every member of |
t, nor their zeal for the public welfare. The |
President, iii the selection of his Cabinet, |
'ery properly regarded the long and efficient |
ervices of men in the advocacy of the prin- |
iples that triumphed in his election. To him |
he future YVES seen in the past. But in the
ew weeks OF his official life all past political
have been completely effaced.-
from a dream of profound peace we awake
With our enemy at our throat. Who shall
yrapple with this foe: Men that can match
lis activity, quick instincts and physical
orce. A warrior--not philosopher; Crom-
gell-not a Bacon or a Locke"
The New York Tribune says:
1.-THE people will no longer be content with
the Federal. Capital. By The end
If this week, patriotism will have planted
&, 900 troops in Washington. The stream is
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