The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-02
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hOulu tne military powers IN our must
put down the rebellion? Then let them
go forward and fight il and whip it. To
fight it and whip it, should be their FIRST
and only vocation. 1t can only be put
down in this way. II cannot be done by
administering oaths, or taking bonds.
This has been tried long enough, and its
signal failure ought long since to have
satisfied men Of common sense. As I
have intimated the true vocation of mil
itary men is to fight the enemies of
government aud not regulate its munich.
pal affairs. Let our military men Their
meet the armed enemies Of our govern
ment, and destroy them Let them de-
feat and dispense the rebellious hosts
in arms, and then let the law, stern, Just,
civil, law, assert its power, and assume
its sway-and leave its officers to admin
lister oaths, and take bonds of any indis-
posed TO keep the peace. Speaking of
taking bonds, reminds me of a most in
famous proposition which appeared in a
city paper a few days ago, professedly
by authority, (but which profession was
not true,) to the effect that all residents,
peaceable, as well as turbulent, should
come forward and enter into bonds to
keep the peace. The reputed author of
this insulting proposition, so far as good
men are concerned, had the impudence to
say to me, that the peaceable and loyal,
ought to set the example to the disloyal
and rebelliOus of coming forward and
entering into bonds to keep the peace
they had never broken, and never intend
ed to break. During the past eighteen
months, have witnessed instances of
impudence by rebel men and worhen,
which l have thought might cause his
Satanic majesty TO blush in the darkest
corners of his dominions, but the propo-
sition referred to surpasses them ALL Blu.
| will not notice it further, as it has been
pronounced ridiculous by the highest
authority.
repeat it, if military men would de-
stroy the rebellion, they must whip it,
and then it will be destroyed. Kill it,
by whipping it to death, and then it will
be dead 1t is nonsense to talk about
conciliating rebellion, or rebels. Was
ever vice conciliated so as to make it be-
come virtue? Between vice and virtue
there is no neutrality-no middle ground.
No policy of Cancellation can unite them.
They cannot dwell together in peace. So
of rebellion and loyalty, Would you
then subdue rebels meet their armies
and whip them-destroy them, and you
then will have subdued the rebels. Why
waste your time then administering oaths,
and taking bonds? Secession, and its
natural offspring, rebellion, know no law,
recognise no rule of right. They are
exhibitions of brute force, and by that
force, they must be put down, destroyed,
if at all. Words and arguments have
been tried, and the failure has been COM
plete, Cancellation, oaths, bonds taking
have equally failed Why try either or
all of these any longer? Arise in mill
tary power, and in the name, and inspired
by the spirits of patriotism and justice,
and to the tread of martial music, on to
the fight and to victory. If you will do
this, you will have put down and destroy
ed the rebellion. The military power of
our glorious government triumphant, our
people will become loyal by compulsion,
the civil magistrate will resume his func-
tions, and the guilty disturbers of the
peace will be punished by the stern in
flicGons Of the civil law.
MORE ANON.