The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-11


barcraccd falsehood, which all men can
refute for themselves
a brutal and mercenary sOldiery
have been quartered upon you while the
bullet and the bayonet have been pres
cnt 20 enforce submission to these start
ling and unparalleled outrages."
We wonder whether this man, who
talks Of -loathsome prisons" believes
that the horrid slave-pens Of Mobile and
Tuscaloosa or the stemmeries Of Rich
mond in which our Union friends are
chained, are more agreeable than Camp
Chase or Fort Mackinaw? It's a ques-
ton of taste, and we will give Harms
his choice.
You arc brave and enlightened pco-
pie, amongst whom, | trust, there is none
so base as TO submit tamely TO the yoke
Of a tyrant, and the deep degradation Of
subiugatOn.
The alternative presented TO you is
! Constitutional Liberty, with the rights
of conscience, person and property secure
/ ed on the one Handwriting penury
| and political slavery, on the other.
lie is unworthy of the blessings Of free
government who will not resist tyranny
and usurpation; unworthy Of indcpen-
dencc, who will not defend il with his
| life.
The invader must be expelled. the ty-
rant crushed freedom restored to an OPP
pressed people, and the supremacy Of
your government and your laws vndi-
Gated.
Does this defamation apply to East
Tennessee, and arc her people to reap the
benefits tits Aigh-sounding words No!
For her heroic children, ne has nothing
but dungeons, military law, CONSUMPTION
and subiugatioI lie offers them no
terms but submission, on the one hand,
and Punishment, confscation, or death on
the other.
For this purpose the gallant and vic
torious legions of the Confederate Army
are here; for' this purpose your brave
sons and brothers of that army are on
the homeward march, appealing TO you
to rally to their standard, take position
by their side, fill their ranks which have
been thinned by the casual les Of glori-
Gus fields, and march with them to victo-
ries which shall secure independence TO
an oppressed and outraged people"
A good many persons think that the
gallant and victorious legions Of the
Confederate Army are roaming over
Middle Tennessee to get supplies Of
bread and meat.
"Strike for your rights, your indepen-
dence, your affairs and your homes
strike, like men who deeply feel the gross
wrongs they have endured strike, like
men who value honor more than life
like men who had rather die freemen
than 10 live az slaves"
We have in this country, over twenty
millions of freemen who are striking TO
preserve the government, and less than
five millions who are striking with HAIR
Rls to destroy it. Which have the bet
ter prospect of success We offer union,
HAERts offers anarchy; we offer tried
government based ,on the rights of man,
HARRIs offers an untried chimera, engen-
dcred in visionary brains and bad hears,
based on negro slavery rs its chief COR
ncr- stone. Take your choice.
"T.et none doubt OF hesitate, il is only
question Of time. The independence
Of the Confederate States is as certain as
that Just God rules the universe. Nyou !
act promptly and vigorously, the strug- |
gle may be ended az once If you hest |
tate, il may be prolonged. Then rally |
to the aid Of yOur gallant brothers in |
the field, I'll tho Tennessee regiments TO |
the maximum, 20 forward in the dis |
charge Of the most high and sacred du-
ties, and secure independence % your |
country--pcace and prosperity To your
homes
Thccsscans, this appeal which closes
the proclamation is made by the man
who dragged you from the Union into
the present civil war who deprecated
your currency; who impaired the credit
Of your banks and State who plundered
the poor children Of the State Of the
School Fund provided for their educa-
ton; who nined the agriculture Of the
State and the commerce of Memphis,
and Nashville whose hands are red with
the blood Of hundreds OF our young mon:
who has filed our borders with the
wailings of widows and orphans whom
he has made; whose myrmidons have
fired hundreds Of homes, and driven their
| inmates out TO tho mercics Of approaching
winter rs this cStaioTIr of crime quail
Ges him TO be your deliycrcr in your
opinion, chen enlist mdcr his Gas, and
search for happiness, where SO many