Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-14


indignant uprising everywhere has by this
time eh'eotually undeceived the movers Of the
conspiracy, but nowhere, probably, have
they met with more bitter disappointment
than in their foolish reliance upon The sup
posed Willingness Of the great Northwest to
give In TO their absurd requirements and
preteneious. From every scene OF conflict In
the West, whether OF Fort DOnelson, where
the Iiiinoisans especially immortalizsd their
State for herOis n, or ct Pitisburg Landing,
or With Commodore Foote'S A. {, where the
lumbermen Of the sources Of the Father Of
Waters made for him new channel 20 cir
cumyent Rebedom, everywhere the same
story is told everywhere the same stern
purpose Is manifested to yindiCate their pre-
fcriptVe rights, 10 resist the dictaliou and
tyranny Of those who paid them so poor
compliment as to suppose they " uld remain
silent for fear some pecuuiary interss. might
be imperilled. IL was sUrdid expectation
on The part Of the deyotees OF King Cotton,
a disgrace 20 themselves, and dearly are
they paying for the criminal folly. They are
learning the nature Of shat Unborn love Of
free Institutions That ard0ns patriotism
which, 10 the face OF every danger, looks
only to the vindICaton Of our unity that
spirit OG nationality which. proud Of the
which COntemplllgs for moment a divided
country. In truth, until this conflict was
forced upon us, the world at large--leaying
out the little knot Of cotton wOrshippers--
never give our people credit tor that ardent
love OF country, thaI pride in our greatness
as Que nation, since demonstrated in 30
many fierce battles aud IL is satisfaction
to know that when the combat ends all false
calculate rs upou supposed lack Of real
patriotism will end with II, and none be
found 20 foolish hereafter as 10 stuluiy
themselves by calculating upon possible d.
visions here az basis % success against
us.
We have been led 10 these reflections and
remarks by glancing over an article in the
columns of the Richmond Wbig of about
year ago, an article which so well depicts
the expectations Of that date of the leaders
of the rebellion generally, that W. propose
to reproduce portion OF it. We quote:
I'VE would not mslead our people by any
Misrepresentation, nor inspire delusye
hope; but we cannot resist the belief that
the great Northwestern tates 90 not share
in the malignant spirit Of the Yunaees to,
wards the South. For The time being they
hate been acted upon by the excitement
which pervaded the North They were told |
that the South threatened them with inva-
sion, aud OF course they rushed 90 arms to
defend their rights. They already dad that |
they have been deceived--thcir experience
In camp life Is not encouraging, AUD the iurOr |
~ subslding. Tue loss Of their tgads with !
the ooulh, by which alone they have pros. |
pered, opens ther eyes ~ the truth that their |
ttur interests are with the Confedel ate |
States. Interest in the lOug run will control |
any people, And il it be, as We sincerely,
belI We il Is, the inteIest Of all the States on
the upper waters vi the Mississippi and Ohio |
to be- Ia close and friendly iHteroouls Sc with |
the Southern States, uu great length Of time |
will Clapse before the effects VI that interest |
will be developed We base 10 calculation /
on the TACT that Ohio, Indiana, and lllinoie |
are largely populated by Virginians or their
descendants nor tie other great fact that |
for he very soil ON which they live they are |
indebted TO Virginia, who Oy Der own uuas-
sisted means, conquered that whole territory
Ia The Revolution, aud bestowed IL 80 a free |
gift 10 the Union. We ARE considering only |
the question Ul interest. aud that cannot Lead |
them to permane nj 81 omissiou to Gov
ernment composed Of the ironmouges of |
Pennsylvania aud the manufacturers OF New |
England They have the Same inter- st that
we have ia low tariff; and tbey can only |
find market for their mules, horses, pork
corn, and Wheat among the planters OF The |
Lower Mississippi. Whsn the excitement OF
the moment l. over that great consideration
Of WtGtSt will exert ijs influence and tell
upon The action Of thosn States. Besides the
accounts which we see ia the papers Of the
abatement Of the military fever, we hear
from private sources that the mass OF those
people, oven now covld no! be toro.d 10 i0pads
the South"
OF all ,he foolish acts perpejra,ci by The
Southern politicians the attempt to coutrOl
The nayiguiDn from tha Northwest to The
Gulf WIS pre-emnently The most absurd; and
who that kueg the material composing the
population OF The great States there was
amazed oa bearing ol cannon planted az
the beginning Of these troubles,
10 dispute the passage downward, thus
throwing out u bold dpiiluc To the hardest
population known, The le.ul, has been just
what any one with grain Of acumeu or
common sense might have anticipated, and
when we glance over spacoIHtons OF that
late, from Secession sources, sucn rs We
have quoted from he Virginia paper what
4 signal condemnation do they prespn! u
hat rank folly which. 10 lue pursuit OF a
mere dgmcnt al The Lruin, ignored every
tradition OF tba past lha' should have been
respected
A Ioitor from, Fort Macon savg.--CnI