Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-18
NASHVILLE, TENN. WEDNESDAY. JUNE IS. 1862
Onesllons Annvrnrnsl.



notice In this Monday mornings edi.
ton Of your Journal letter from Washing.
tonian, signed "The Right Kind of Union
MAN. In which he asks the following ques-
tions:
81. Shonld Charleston be captured. do
you propose to barn the placed II not, do
you propose to seize property without leave
or license
-. Do you approve Of The course already
adopted by the Federal army upon entering
q captured city TO rinsack It, steal oil the
pianos and other articles Of value, aud ship
them NORTH
90. By what authority have The Federal
officers at Alexandria. Va, Newbern, NJ c.,
and Port Royal, S. O., taken pianos from
bousee, bad them boxed up, and shipped to
their families at the North?
"a. BY what authority did Gen. Burnsides
take two horses at Newborn, aud ship them
10 Rhode Islandl
"5 i fhis ,gor for the restoration Of our
cnce glorious Union, or is it war OF rob
berry and pillage Of the Southern peopltw
Now, sirs, l am Virginian, and a witness
OF many Of the noble and philanthropic ac-
tions OF his demi. gods--J. DAVIS 4 CO--can
answer some OF his questions by making com
Parsons for which many of our noblest cti-
zens can vOuoh. As to bis first question,
would ask him il be would be willing that
Boston should burn, provided that Satan
showed bis love for his Southern sons by as
sisting them to reach and capture that city2
IL mistake not the tenor and spirit of his
letter, should think that his hand would be
the lirst to apply the torch. 'DO we Intend
TO burn Charleston" Can he calmly view
the merciiul and too magnanimous conduct
OF our Government in the past and present
in ia inrro ftb a..
such a question? No, sir, we will not burn
Charleston, for treason turks not in wood.
brick and mortar But even admit that we
should, would we not have the undoubted
right to deal with conquered territory as we
saw htp-Do not the rules of war-War
forced upon us-guarantee to the conqueror
the sole privilege OF the disposal OF the con-
q1ereaf We think 80. Or would we not be-
but lending assistance to the fire tends Of
the South who have inaugurated burning
epochG AS to his second question. would
say that thieves never take the precaution to
| place armed aud trustworthy guards al ouud
| the property Of the rebellious, as our Union
| Generals have done, and as the Rebel Gene
rails have not done. Does common sense not
teach him that in the best regulated armies
| it is impossible to hinder all misdemeauors?
| II 9 few articles Of luxury have been appro
pIlAAeu ny bOlllt VI OuI bOlultIS, SUCH articles
| having been thrown away or left by the fee.
ing owners, who have not returned to claim
them, and who, by their flight, treason aud
desgrtiUn forfeit ali right, can they compare
in enormily with the wholesale stealing of
| large stocks Ct merchandise from men not
in arms, BIT lovers Of the Union? Many OF
the meichante Of Berkeley county, Va, nave
lost all they possessed 10 this way, the steal.
ing being sanctioned and applauded blythe
commanders of the Rebel armies Does our
"Union men" uphold such acts2
His third and fourth questions may indeed
be easily answer eddy what authorityp'
BY the same authority that JEFF Davis and
Co. inaugurated when they appropriated the
natiou's property to individual and Wild
uses. BY the authority that gives lin their
estimatiun) the Rebel Generals the right to
take the property and lives Of the Uuonists
BY the same authority that the Rebel lead.
ers exercise when they burn by wholesale
the sustenance OF the starving masses Of the
South. And then-"Is this a war for the
restoration Of the UnionW BY his weak and
childish argument he wishes us to learn that
destruction" and Restoration" are autag-
oDistc Who have been the destroyers Ia
this strife? Did no. the traitors cannon
first destroy our domestic peace, and stag
nate her commerce by the cowardly assault
upon fort Sumpter? BY whose hand Is tho
faggot now applied to the wealth Of the
South, and by whose command do burning
villages aud hsmlets mark the stoppages oil
the Rebel army, as at Corinth aud other
places? Yes false Unionsts, we will restore
the Union, but strangle Secession. We vii
reldke aud reoccupy our nations stronghold
on our Southern coast, even Il by 80 doing
we smash a few pianos and appropriate teH
"hand organe." Let Secession sympathissr
groan to see the death throes OF their imp
Tor we are bound to make Southern ohiyalrl
DIG his grave, Burnside horses" draw
tue hearse, aud "Secesh" pianos groan th
requiem: Is be answered. Q.
Washington, June 8, 1862.