Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-01

preparing arms with which to save our lives. And
although seeing that we were in pinch without
arms, with an invading enemy approaching rapidly,
tne southern States might have come and by taking
advantage Of our condition. might have imposed ma
ny exactons and obligations upon US in order to the
procurement of their aid yet al that was waived by
tnem and they came in the person ofthe warm heart
ed H. W. Hiliard whom they sent with shoulder
load Of guns and purse in his hand and only asked
the privilege of extending their aid to US by fur
nsnng US arms,a;d men to stand by our side in the
use OF those arms and also to defray all expenses
incident to the whole movement. Then lets come
up and drop all prejudices against them and link
our destiny with theirs You do not have 70 COM
nit yourselves either one way or the other upon
tue doctrine OF secession; it Is revolution or self
defense. Lets not stop discuss the mode of going
out, for we certainly have right to cut loose from
Lincoln In some manner, and we call II separation
which is broad and comprehensive. Lincoln de-
MES the right of secession the part of State
full of white men, and yet his friends insist that
negro slave has right and ought to secede from
his master at any time. Does be mean to insist that
are worse than saves to him aud his Admins
trationf We certainly have right similar to that
by which our forefathers left the British Govern
ment and we should not stop TO quarrel about
names or terms denotng that right Ii IS high time
that Tennessee was acting and throwing herself up
on her inherent rights, for if we continue to halt
between opinions, Lincoln will soon have US in
| the same condition that he holds Mary land, by
marching his troops upon our soil md overawing
| the people with armed soldiers. We must not per-
nit that Hence our volunteers are being marched
| into the field to prevent il Ard now gentlemen.
appeal to YOU in behalf of those gallant volunteers
and ask you whether not you are gong to vote
Tennessee back into Loncoln's Government, and
thereby render the volunteers liable TO be executed
| as traitors, if Lincoln should ever take them
prisoners or will you not vote them out and then
/ vote them into Government dgactO, which would
entite them to the treatment of prisoners of war
| in case of capture. My dear fellow-citiZens, l
beg YOU not to go to the bsllot>box on the Sth of
| June and stab the soldier in the back, by voting
| against the cause in behalf of which he goes to
/ fght Remember that by so doing you will make
| an issue not only with the volunteers, but with all
| who symphathlze with them-an issue too, that
may be serious in the future was the issue be-
| tween our revolutionary fathers and the tories.
Let nae appeal to you in behalf of the volunteers.
and in behalf of our rights, and our dignity, and
honor to up TO the Importance of the impend-
| ing crisis. Let's be determined to vndicate our
| rights at Cairo and other places. Let's vindicate
the rights of the old soldier, whose blood painted
| the flag of the revolution Let those of who
cannot go to the battles send our hearts there with
Il burning sympathy fer the soldier, and
/ thus sustain and fend the fires of freedom
| and give energy and success to the cause
| Let us duly appreciate and realize the fact that
tue Union is gone and that its reconstruction is i'm
possible For the tide of revolution never goes
| backward, but rolls onward with an irresistible
| impetuosity. The people of the North are simply
united as powerful mob Infatuated with all their
long cherished and deep seated pre- udices against
our institutions; while the gallant of the South
animated by the fires of the revolution are deter
mined that their bones shall whten q thousand bat
tlefelds and their blood crimson every and evey
lake, rather than submit in dshonor. Nor is there
| a man in Tennessee but that would suffer the last
drop of blood leak from his before the sister
| States of the South should be brought back into
Lincoln's corrupt government in strings. and held
| under military despotism. s. S. STANTON.