Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-10-08

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brutal soldiery, and we refuse to labor and
| fight for their protection? Let every able
| bodied man who loves his family or his home,
| join this Regiment or some other and start
| in the field. If he cannot go himself, let him
persuade or induce some young man to go in
| his place. We understand that not twenty
recruits from the Home Guard of this city are
| in this camp. The young men of the Home
Guard alone should fill it in three days.
What RELENTLESS despotismn is it that pre-
vents the '.young men of Louisville, Jefferson
| and the adjoining Counties" from volun-
teering Surely not that of the Confederate
forces
INDIANA TO THE REsCUE.-The Governor of
Indiana has issued the following appeal,
which the Journal says, is ''strong and pow
erful." adding:
This call of the patriotic Morton upon the
people of his State will endear him still more
deeply to the people of Kentucky who al
| ready appreciate the great obligation they
are under to him. He has been emphatically
Kentucky's guardian spirit from the very
commencement of the dangers that now
| darkly threaten her very existence, and she
knows it. Kentucky and the whole country
owe him large debt of gratitude.
Alas for Kentucky, when her dependence
is upon the ChiUalry of Indiana!
To the People of Indiana.
In the progress of events, this wicked and
unnatural rebellion, having for its object the
overthrow of our Government and the sub
version of our institutions, has extended into
our neighboring State of Kentucky. On sew
eral occasions within the last few months the
people of Kentucky, by overwhelming ma
jorities, have declared their loyalty to the
Union, and their determination to adhere to
the Constitution. There is however, within
her borders desperate and factious Einori-
ty who are determined, at all hazards, to
plunge the State into revolution and all the
horrors of civil war.
To this end they have inaugurated reign
of terror, aud, throwing off all restraints of
law, proclaim war OF destruction and des-
ISOLATION against the lives and property of all
loyal and Union-loving citizens.
In this atrocious attempt to coerce loyal
State into rebellion, they are aided by large
bodies of armed men fromTennessee and other
seeding States. These rebel troops have
entered the State from the southeast through
the Cumberland Gap, from the southwest oc-
cupying Columbus and other points, but
chiefly from the direction of Nashville, seiz-
ing and holding the Nashville and Louisville
Railroad up to within forty miles of Louis
vile. A glance at the map will show the
immense Importance of their position aud the
advantage they have gained. From their
camps south of Louisville they can commu-
nicate by railroad with every seeding State
but two; and can thus transport to their aid
in a few hours men and munitions of war
from every part of the South. 1t is the de-
termination of the invaders and cOnspiratOrs
to subugate the loyal people of Kentucky,
and seize for plumber and vengeance the
wealthy and populous cities on the border of
Ohio and Indiana.
1t should require no argument or appeal
now to rouse the people of Indiana to put
forth all their strength. When our State was
in her infancy, the brave men of Kentucky
came to the rescue of our people from the
scalping knife of the savage, and their blood
is mingled with our soil on many a field.
And shall we not stand by Kentucky now, in
this her hour of peril? Not to do so were base
ingratitude and criminal folly we can best
defend Indiana by repeliing the invader from
Kentucky, and carrying the war thence to
the heart of the rebelliogs States Zsns b. =
Indiana has already done asweH as any
other loyal State, and better than many.
Her troops are to be found in every camp
from the Potomac to the Missouri. and where
ever their valor has been put to the test they
have been found equal to the occasion. But
because other States have not done their
whole duty, it would be worse than madness
for us to refuse to do even more than ours to
crush out this rebellion and bring about the
speedy restoration of the Union, and peace
with all its blessings.
We have done much, but we can do more,
and the sooner it is done the quicker the cen
fiict will be ended. There is no curse like
that of a lingering war. II, with the i'm
mense superiority in wealth, population, and
resources of the loyal States, their power was
promptly exerted in anything like an equal
ratio with the efforts made in the seeding
States, this rebellion would be speedily eX-
tinguished. Let Indiana set the example of
doing her whole duty, and show to the world
how much can be accomplished by the brave
and loyal people of single State.
To this we are prompted by every consid-
Grafton of hope, interest, and affection. All
that we are, all that we hope to be, is in is
sue. Our cause is the hottest for which arms
were ever taken mp, involving, as it does, the
existence OF our Government, and all that is
valuable and dear to a free people.
If other considerations are required than
those of duty and devotion to our cause, they
may be found in the fact that the war has
reached our own borders, and that if the en-
ergy and insOlence of the rebels are not
promptly met and punished our own soil is
not secure from pollution by an army OF
traitors.
therefore call upou all men capable of
bearing arms, aud who can leave their homes,
to cast aside their ordinary pursuits and en-
roll themselves in the ranks of the army. Let
the farmer leave his plough, the merchant
his store, the mechanic his workshop, the
banker his exchange, and the professional
man his office, and devote themselves to their
country, aud by enrolling themselves either
in the service of the General Government or
under the military law of the State, be pre-
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homes. Every man in the State capable of
bearing arms should be in the service of the
General Government or the State. Let per-
sonal ease and private interests submit to the
overruling necessities of the hour, and let US
show to the world by thesacrifiee we are will
ing to make in person and property that we
are worthy of our sires, and deserve to retain
the inheritance they have bequeathed to u.s.
Upon those who remain at home, 1 would
urge the solemn duty of making provision
for the families of those who have or may
hereafter enter the army. The soldier in the
field should have the sweet assurance that his
wife and children, and all who are dependent
upon his labor for living, will be provided
with sufficient food and clothing. Such an
assurance would nerve his arm in the hour of
battle, and enable him to bear with cheerful
ness the hardships and privations ola soldiers
life. 1t would be lasting disgrace to our
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want for bread or raiment while our country
is full to overlooking with all the necessaries
of life.
In time like this, we should give freely
of oCr substance for the relief of those whose
husbands, fathers, and brothers are perilling
their lives in battle.
/, therefore, earnestly recommend that
every town, township. and neighborbood take
efficient and systematic steps for the accom-
plishment of this purpose.
O.P. MORTON,
Oct 2, 1861. Governor OF Indiana.
ARREsrs.-There were seven commitments
to the city prison yesterday ofpersons charg-
ed with aiding the Southern rebellion. OF
the number six, three of whom were white
and three black. were brought from General
Rousseau's camp on the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad.-Lol. Jour.