Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-06

Working luem "a the neld, under negr0 over
seers, and the hanging of the Union leaders
here Justice at the hands OF su;h a set OF
men is the last thing would expect. Iudeed,
there is more glory ia being put to death by
such men than in being acquitted, after 20
ing through the forms Of a trial.
Ii is known 10 many Of you that bad left
home to avoid personal violence, and was
out of the reach Of the mob, who could not
fnd me, after repeated efforts by squads sent
out, armed, by thar arch.bypGcrit aud would.
be murderer, w. d. Wood Ct Alabama In
my cOncealment / was Informed by a letter
from Major-General Crittenden, ia command
at this place, that he was instructed by the
Secretary Of War at Richmond, Mr. Benil-
min 10 give me passports and military
etoort to conduct me out OF this bogus Gov
trhuent into the Federal Governments; and
| was Invited to appear at his headquarters
in "a. hours, where be promised me that
l should be furnished With said passports. |
was there within the time specified accom-
panied by Col. Baxter; he arrangement was
made, and the company OF Capt. Gillespie
designated as my escort. But that evening,
just before sundown, | was arrested upon a
warrant isued by that disgraeeiul specimen
of our nature, Commissioner Reynolds, upon
the false oath of Attorney Ramsay, cor.
rupt man, for whom no decent Sece,sionist
entertaus any respect The charge against
me was reason founded upon editorials, one
If which bias been Published, in part, by,
Ramsey, Ia The HR0TUhe Register and al
though the miserable man swore that the
editorial was published since he tenth Of June,
at which time the State voted out, my files
will show that it was published on the 25lh
f May. III. -...-.r
Thus / was taken out of the hands of
Mejor General and of bis secretary OF war
by petty little Confederate lawyer, aud
thrown into the common jill of this county;
refused bail, when tbs best the county af
! fords was offered and, up to this eventfll
hour, / have been denied a Trial, and an 'op.
portunity to defend myself before the court
condemnipg me to an ignominious death.
The proof of all that is here charged will be
| found 10 the correspondence cited. which l
have placed in the hands of friend for
| publication, 1t will show that these parties,
one aud all, have acted a treacherous part
towards me, and have violated their pledges
and faith. Their perfidy and treochery are
| absolutely disgraCeiul TO their bogus govern.
mentj if indeed such government can be
| disgraced.
| Some hostile "reminiscences of the past as
between other cowardy, mean, and murder
Gus men OF this city AMI myself, will appear
! in the documents / leave behind and re-
| quest my sons to publish them, even at the
! cost OF heir lives. desire to bear my testi
| mony, even ia dying h our, to the perGidy
double.dealing, and cowadiy course towards
me, of that Prince Of hypQcrtes, aud great
embodiment of deceit Campbell Wallace,
the President of the railroad, and one Ct the
great lights of secession. | warn all men
present, and all who may hear Of this state
ment, reveI to confde in that man. He is
supremely selfish VIGOROUSLY insncere, and
would sell his interest in his G,d which
fear Is nos.a very large One-for money!
/ must also bear witness to the treaehery
aud insiacelity of VIM. G.. McAdoo, who
! while meeting me with smile and profess
ing I, iendshp, stated to john Black that /
ought to be kept 10 prison during he war.
| This man was on the verge Of starvation,
and without credit, when l took IL upon my.
self to attend the sitting Of our Legisla ure
some years ago, and help make him District
! Attorney. He siuce lost one wife, and mar
ried a second owning gang Of negroes and
n rice plantation in Georgia, and has turned
over 10 Secession | warn my family and
friends never to cOndde in him
Fellow countcymen, | am shortly to be
executed--not for any crime punishable
with death, but for my devotion to my conn
tIy, her laws and Constitution. die for re
fusing TO spouse the cause Of this wicked
n b ilion; and glory in it, strange as YOU
may think it. / could have lived If bad
taken an GA h OF allegiance TO this so called
Conlrderacy. Rather than stultify myself
aud disgrace my family by such an oath.
agree to die! never could sanction this
Government aud | trust that no child Of
mine will ever DO il. Look al the past his
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| rebellion. Taere is not a man Of unstaiued
character to DE found among them. Yaucey
| is a cOnvjGted murderer, who killed his
uncle Or. Earl Of South Caroliua), and in
stead OF going to England 10 intrigue against
! this Government, he would have b en- in
! prison had he not been pardOned by The Gov
eruor Of that State.
Wiehll, a Confederate Senator and Gen.
eral, q "a from his native State OF South
! Carolina 20 Texas to escape The horrors of
| assassination, became"a collectiBF' attorney
! Tor large amounts, and then tNnded his
! employers out OF their dues numbering as
many as two men In Texas. Floyd, while
! Governor dfmy native State, was guilty OF
/ swiEdling The State oll OF some $50 900 Of
! the Washington Monument Fund intrustsd
| TO bis care ; while in Buchanau's Cabinet.
! In violation Of bis oath. he stole, beside
| large amounts Vi b1uds the guns, forla, and
ammunition Of the Federal Government Ia
aid IN carrying on this infamous rebellion.
SlideH, another iniriguer, WHO never bad an
honest emotion oil soul In bis lie, assisted
while in the u. s. Senate. TO pass through
! Congress that great sw.ndlu Of the age. he
"Houman's Land Grantr-a swIndle SO ri
gAntc, aud cheat 70 enormous, that The
next Congress revoked The graui. Benia.
min, your Srcrttary of War. and one OF be
men eng aged ln deceiving me, was ex elled
IRON a New England college for stealing
money ana wtlrg ont OF ne trucks OF biz
ie4o" sudelis be Afterwards got toto tH.
senate from Lfu.silua by ml1isg from IA
Wing 10 % Democrat, aud became Me part.
Ter Of rddel boz toe Houman's swindie
Ihonp.ou ,he Mis- isipri memJr OF Bu.
clanau's tah.uet. While Secretary OF ths lu-
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