The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-13

SATURDAY MORNING sapr IS, 1852

with the rabies OF treason That IL braWls
and raves with an utter disregard Of cv-
cry principle and sentiment which should
actuate a gentleman. In an article cx-
tracted FROM lie columns, now before US,
iturgcs the rebel government to discard
all pity and mercy towards Union sol
diers and officers who may fail into ils
hands, and 70 employ against them NE
dungeon, he rope ond 6ref
The Coiria, coupling falsehood with
cruelty, prctends to charge the United
States Government with committing out
RACES and "%polluiing every section with
deeds Of barbariiy.p But perhaps SOM
Of our readers would like 10 see some
extracts from The article Of The Coat5cy
referred to. II says
They Che North have already done
enough 10 make their name a thing Of in
fanny forever. Before Butler issued his
order and Pope his proclamation, their
Government had ~oxtinguished liberty OF
speech, trampled upon the Constitution,
imprisoned men under arms who had
regularly enlisted in the service of the
Confederaoy, loaded them with chains,
and subjected them to the most merciless
treatment, aud cast women AVID private
citizens and children into dungeons and
their soldicry had polluted every section
they had invaded with deeds Of barbara
~. But il remained for these slaves Of
tyranny 10 ayow the demouiac spirit Of
their people in threats and deeds which
have shocked and outraged the civilized
world.
We would be untrue 10 the cause in
which we are engaged, did we continue
to practice forbearance and mercy toward
such a people. They aim not 10 accom-
plish the restoration OF the Union, but 90
crafty their avarice by getting possess
sion Of our fair heritage, their lust by vi
olaiing our women, their hatred and ma
lice by wholesale and indiscriminate
slaughter.
They have no bowels Of mercy, no
sense Of justice, no sentiment Of honor,
no instinct Of humanity, no quality Of
manhood TO which we can appeal. Pity
shown them would be considered fear;
forbearance they would interpret to mean
cowardice. Mercy TO such a foe would
be the greatest cruelty to those who arc
exposed TO their hatred and fury.
We must make use of the same wea-
pons he has formed against us. We must
enforce exact and erfectretribution. An
eve for an eye, aud a tooth for a tooth,
must be The rule Of conduct toward this
mean and barbarous adversary. The
dungeon, the rope, the fire, are the in
strumcnts we must make use Of 20 turn
him from the evil course upon which he
has entered.
II may look like humoring an absurd
ity rather too FAR, bet we viii oondosccnd
60 examine some Of the insertions Oi
the Courier gravely. The charge llni
the Government " cxtinguished liberty oil
speech is an unexpected one from a
rebel source. We appeal TO the scccs-
sionists Of this city, extreme and bitter
as they are, TO say whether, long before
the Federal authority was re-established
here, liberty Of speech was not eXtin'
guished by themselves? Ex~Gov BRowS
will be accepted as good authority OF
this point, and we heard him allcge, in
public speech, hat he desistcd from adj,
yocating the Union cause, because b,
saw that 70 persist in It's advocacy would
lead TO street brawls and bloodshcd
Was not DR.. HURLEY compelled by 9
mob 70 suspend The publication Of th,
Democrat a Union paper? Did not III,
Vigilance Committee, both here and in
Memphis, prohibit The circulation of tn,
louisville Journal and other Union pa
pers Does any man believe that a news
paper advocating the restoration of the
Union would be tolerated in this city.
were it to come again underrebcl author
ity
But Government " imprisoned private
citizens" Are there not now upwards
of two hundred private citizens lying in
a loathsomc dungeon in Tuscaloosa, foI
the crime Of holding Union opinions
The charge hat rebels have been SUBJ
iected TO mercilcss treatment is an
Infamous lie, proven TO be SO
by the testimony Of every rebo.
prisoner who has been released from
Northern camps. They have been treat
ed with all possible kindness and indul-
gence, But what shall we reply to the
charge that our soldiers have polluted
every section where they have marched
or have violated the persons Of women
They are calumnics which their author
does not attempt 20 substantiate aud d
these charges be investigated they will
recoil with terrible force upon the rebels
Look at Bowling Green, Kentucky, whily
IL was held by Gen. Sidney Johnson's
command, That beautiful city was laid
waste, and the country around made de.
ISOLATE. Houses were burned, fence.
torn down, the yilest refuse and filth o
an army scattered over IFS streets, unit
the heart sickcncd al the contemplation
Was not a young woman shot a few
weeks ago by the rebels during their al.
tacl on Tompkinsyillo, Kentucky Wa.
not another young woman murdered by
the guerrillas, a few weeks aso, on th,
Chattanooga Railroad Was not SPUR,
Garrison, an aged and beloved Union
citizen Of DeKalb county, murdered Ie-
Gently by the guerrillas who had jus.
partakcn Of his hospitality Were no,