The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-22
Gen. Maxey an Author.


near Battle creek" which is superla-
tive production in the way Of bluster,
gasconade, bombast, Dragging and rhodo-
montade. He out Buckners BUcKNER,
and out -Braggs BRAGG, and has certain
" won a name among the authors of re-
bel proclamations. This document is
addressed TO the citizens Of Marion
county, Tennessee, and jackson county,
Alabamba" Our Brigadier is not salts
fed to conGne his attention, to one State
merely, but like a mighty Colossus he
plants one foot in Tennessee and the 9TH
or in Alabama, and invites, in words Of
burning and coruscant eloquence, the
Southern chvalry to trot between his dis
tended legs, mounted on burr-tailed
mules, and scrawney bog-trotters. IL
ihe Brigadicr were cehtipede he would
doubtless branch out his legs into every
country in the globe and call on the peo
pie TO hoist the black flag Of Dixie.
Wherever he found a king dom, or re-
public, or dukedom, he would be sure TO
put his foot in it. He always does. The
proclamation opens
"A few days ago your beautiful county
was oyerrun by the hireling hosts of an
ignorant, fanatical despotism.
They have employed poor, miserable,
cowardly sycophants, Who bend the
suppliant hinges of the knee, that thrift
may follow fawning' so hunt down good
and true men, Woe be to the cowardly,
dirty traitors and tories Thank God a
better day is dawning. The enemy has
been swept from your midst like chaii
before the wind"
The idea of calling the Union soldiers
hireling hosts" is cunning artiiice,
as well as elegant rehetOric. A hireling
is one who receives pay for his labor.
Now although the rebel government
promises large wages to its ragged sol
diers, ii never pays anything, or if it does,
pays them in Confederate rags. The rebel
soldiers knowing that the Union soldiers
are we'll clothed, well-fed, and well-paid,
would probably grow very discontinued
At their own condition, unless something
were done to satisfy them; so this cum
ming Brigadier tells them Friends, it
is true that you are getting no pay, but
remember, if you get no pay, that you
are not hiYelings II is disgraceiul to be
= hireling. We have placed you in the
exalted position occupied by our slaves,
who are also not hirelings, as they gel
nothing for their labor; and as tho slave
is so honorable person, wO have actu-
ally made him the chief cornerstone Of
the Southern COnfederRcy.' Be patient,
and you will likewise be made corner
stones, my dear friendR."
The Dixie soldiers, Of course, will all
applaud these views rApturOusly; but
what the Brigadier would reply we're one
of them 10 ask what he himself got for !
his services, we know not. Probably the
Brigadier would court-msEtiAl him for d
disFespect.
The charge, too, that the Union sol \
diers are Ignorant" ~ we'll IS hire j
lingo, is very crushing, considering that /
the rank aud file of the rebel army are 80
highly educated and accomplished. The 7
ShakspereAn quotation is, no doubt, ex- I
cellent, but incOmprehensible, as we 4
don't exactly see how Thrift" is going !
70 follow fawning to hunt down good +
and true men" II looks TO us as if IL 8
would be q hard job. t
The contemptuOus remark that the
Union soldiers are "cowArdly, dirty trail .
tors" is whitening, the rebels never run J
ming away, Isnd being noted for clean 4
linen and loyalty. But the BrigAdier
thanks God that the aforesaid cowArdly
traitors have been swept away "like
chat before the wind" The rhetoric ia
tine, grand, charming but the BrigAdier !.
ought 10 have waited little longer, as 8
there lie a strong probability that in v
few days the wind may be spitoful s.
enough to change, and dash a storm
Of chat into his eyes. Don't brag 80 "
soon, Brigadier. The BrigAdier closes a
with this marrow melting, sOul-convuls- u
ing invocation "Never let the Yankees =,
a wall Of adamAnt Of your d
stout hearts, strong arms, and lrusty "
rusty , guns, and bid them defiance ~
ollow them up in their retreat. !,
Ioin any company and regiment engaged 81
a the holy cause. VIII Won have Il said Is