Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-06-05

Daily Journal, I'd inst.
Assemblage of Traitors.
They held in Nashville, Tennessee, on the 18th ult.,
what they called Union Convention and Mass Meet
Ing to take preliminary steps for the readmsson of the
State of Tennessee into the Federal Union. The At
lana Southern Cor ederaey gives extracts from
the proceedings and short sketch of of the most
prominent actors, among whom were VIM. B. Camp
BELL former Governor of the State Baylie Peyon, for
mer Member OF Congress, VIM. Fl. Polk, brother of the
late President Polk, Andy johnson, Lincons military
Governor of Tennessee and Others, among whom John
occupies the most respectable position that
u.s. johnson is paragon of honor, compared with the
rest of the crew. He has not deceived any one by
King professions of loyalty to the of the South,
and then betrayng any who induced to believe
him. johnson is hated for joining the enemies of the
country but be has not done after soemny espous
ing cause the Others like base, per6dous hypo
critics have DONE All of them had pretended to abide
the decision of their State-had given in their adhesion
to her action, and not few of them had been loud in
their professions but somehow the unerring instinct of
the people always suspected them of being ursound.-
VIM H. Polk ran for Governor of Tennessee last sum-
mer, against Governor Harris. His fidelity
He travelled all over the State in which he Indignantly
denounced foul calumny this imputation upon his
fidelity He freely avowed that though he had opposed
secession he was unaerably and forever opposed to
anything like reconstruction upon any terms. Another
of these traitors, ex Governor Vim. B. Campbell had
been honored by Tennessee as few have been hon
ored by any State He, though opposed to secession
before it was accomplished, made such earnest profes
sons of friendship and sympathy for our cause and de-
voon to the South that be believed by the people
and the government. He unhestatngly avowed our
cause to be his, and two occasions expressed will
ingness and desire to take the field in defence of the
South, and all this he has put to paper with his
hand, and the proof be produced. He greatly dis
tnguished himself in the Mexican war, where President
Davis then Colonel, cognzant of his services and
knew his military Abilities hence the tender to him of
a Brigadiers commission, after it was known to the
President that he had given the most soem pledges of
honor to adhere to cause and that he had expressed
desire to enter the military service OF the Confederate
States
Baye PeytOn is cratic politician of the bitterest
character He too made professions of devotion to the
South. With this gang of arch-traitors allied
some l20 refugee tories pretending to represent IL olt
Of the 80 counties in Tennessee such for instance
III. Hood formerly editor in Chattanooga, bat long
sirca forced suddenly to leave by the people Edward
H. East another editor, who was run away from Nash
vle and dared not show his face there till the Federal
army came. VIM. Spence, OF Rutherford, who has
swindlcd the country out of enough money to make him.
self rich, with rotten irresponsible bank is another Of
these precious delegates many of whom pretend to rep
resent counties in which they have not shown their faces
for long time, and dare not now show them, while
even of counties in the military occupancy of the Fed
erals many unrepresented citizen of Tennessee
residing in them, or hailing from them, being mean
enough to herd with the crew of renegade trcksters
native and Yankee traitors and cowardly muddehead
who to rerocede the State of Tennessee to the
Federal government. 1t is little remarkable that al
the prominent characters in this mean concave were
suspected from the first. The natural good and
honest instincts of the people could not conde in them
and these instincts frequently in advance Of thu
wisdom of the keenest and most sagacious statesman
They not to be sighted, whether in Tennessee
elsewhere
As Convention it was q complete fzze, and III
expressed the opinions feelings of any respeca
bic portion of the people Of Tennessee than the Marbl
! Nash Taylor Convention at Hatteras expressed tn
feelings of North Carolina. In view of the oversaugb
ing of Governor Taylor" by Governor StanIy
we were about to excaim that republics is migrate
full p bat we question whether the Lincoln desposr
can now be called republic.
The noble and patriotic stand taken by Mr.. Stanly
relations at and near Washington although it canno
him, atone for his treason, is yet sufficient
rescue an honored name from the reprOach which b
course would otherwise tend to affix to it.
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