Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1862-02-01


Gen. JOHNSTON at Bowling Green, stating that III,
remains of Gen. FELIX ( ZoLLCoEFER and Lieut.
BAILE PETToN will arrive in the city toNday by The
Bowling Green train. 1t is only necessary that the
citizens Of Nashville should be informed of this
fact, that they may en- nIaSse demonstrate thei1
profound respect for the ilIUstrious and heroic
dead We refer to the proclamation of the Mayor
EnIIssEsaents and ResEnIistments.
Men Of 1orethought and reflection row confess
that this is The question that should, more than any
other, engage the earnest attention and evoke the
highest energies Of every Southern patriot It is
not moment too soon tc begin working and pre-
pairing for filling up the ranks Of the army The
crisis Of cur fate will be reached in April, Nav
and June The North are making immense calcu-
lations on our failure to recruit men sufficient for
the emergency. The South's zeal in the great
csuse CT independence will row be subjected to the
seVerest test How can men, worthy of freedom,
fater fer one moment, when everything is at stake
homer, liberty property, existence itself? Let the
Legislature and the press and the people at once
take the subject up and insure the successful
accomplishment of the great object. Let it
be done in time,-even now.
The Memphis appeal has the following forcible
remarks On the subject:
TIE SUBJECT THAT MOST INVITES ATTENTION
we are surprised that the subject of re enlistng
for the spring campaign is treated by the grsster
portion OF the Ssuthern press as trivial matter.
which will regulate itself, aud frcm which need
have no aDprehensi0ns of danger. Il is well, per
haps, thRt al Of do cot sit n g state of dreamy
apathy aBd view this important and absorbing sub |
j3ct in s similar light, waiting for the government
to put bali in motion whose momentum is abso-
1f,-a1 II
the patriotic heavilgs Of the great popular heart
There is danger IN this matter which can Oaly be
avoided by being properly acknowledged aRd
promptly exposed Nothing that we can conceive
of will prove disastrous TO our as failure
to let the peope-they who originated and are car
ryiDg on this war-be fully advised of esacrfces
ard endurance that are TO ba expected of them be-
fore it is brought to successful termination. Chief
among other subjects full Of s0lcitude is that of
securing the punCtggI re-enlistment for the war,
of every available man who is now in the military
service of the Confederacy-a COnsumm2tiou which,
if attained, will render the conflict comparatively
short and decisive when otherwise it might be pro-
trRcted and pregnant with frequent defe8t.
It is not the part of true wisdom for US to under
estimate the importance of this m8tter-better by
far exaggeTste it, and thus on the side of safe
ty. We observe that the Northern press are plsc
ing great hopes upon inability to pass this Or
deal and are urging increased vigor on the part Of
the Federal Government with the view of dscour-
aging re>enistments a late copy of the Chicago
Tribune, which we have before ia, ventilstes this
subject in long and elaborate leader, dwelling
upon it with ChuckIe of the grmmest satisfac.
ton. ItVenures the Boosting assertion that if t.e
Washington dsrpotism will press its alleged advsn.
tages gained in the TepUse of Crittenden with pro
per vlgor the rebellion is dead" The givings out
from Washington, too, are quite similar il their
character and rprit. We are informed by E late
dispatch that ''ah tie intelligence which the Qov-
ernment receives is to the effect that the rebels
viii have grest difficulty in inducing their twelve
months soldiers 80 remain in service after their De-
Rod OF enlistment expires" and that tine march
homeWaTd Is likely to begin coon, unless circum>
stances unforeseen prevent itfgWe caa here plains
II see what the enemy regards IS cur greatest
weakness, and that he relies upon il as the sole
soUEce of triumph upon fields where his arm;es
have been overwhelmed with continuous disaster
and defeat. FCrewarned therefore. We shOuld be
IIeUthls subject of re~enlistraenk
be taken up by sTery SouthernLegislsture every
newspaper press, and be ventilated until it il
brought fully before the public eye. Particularly
should this be the in the States of the Misas
sippi valley whoee people must in the future
arouse themselves to better appreciation Of their
situation. With SydHey Johnat0n and Beauregard
as leaders IN the next campaign in the West VS.
cannot believe that much difficulty will be exDeri. ,
eDced in organizing large and powerful army.
sufficiently effective for all purposes provided the
work is undertaken in time