The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-27
Joseph Holt on the Wharf.-The Lam
guage Of a Patriot.

hhaN NAht DUlhtI Didtt OUlOH-
: ist II was written to Collector Barney,
! of New York, in reply to an invitation
d to address meeting in that city, and
bears date Oct. 25th. We annex some of
! the more striking passages, and commend
. them to our readers: fts.
TUE ToRP0R OF OUR ARMY-NEw GENER-
AIS MUST BE HAD IF OLD ONES WILL NOT
z MOVE.
There will doubtless be present with
} You on the occasion referred TO those ca
f pable by their eloquence of efIecting all
the good that popular addresses can now
accomplish. | must be frank, however.
and say that to me it seems that what il
at this moment needed is not words.
4 however glowing, but heroic deeds The
tongue of an archangel could scarcely
comfort and animate the popular spirit
In the presence of the inaction of our
armies. After an unparalleled expendi- |
ture OF treasure, and the marshalinp Of
such armies as the world has never seen.
and after sacrifices which are clothing
the land in mourning, at the expiration of
eighteen months from the commencement
OF the rebellion, we find it more defiant
and determined, and more successful in
ITS lnyasions and spoliations. than at
any moment since the struggle began.
rms from no lack of devotion ON tho
part OF the people, who have poured ONT
Their blood and treasure like wafer
nor yet from any lack of COURAGE ON ,
the part of our brave volunteers :
Our soldiers have been everywhere nant- !
ing tor sight OF the enemy, while the :
great heart OF the country, in its solemn !
and earnest soicitudes, is like a ground r
swell OF the ocean, pressing on our forces b
toward the battlefield. A saddened he "a
lief is rapidly spreading that. unless the |;
present condition of things is speedily !,
changed, our cause will be lost An inn. =
mediate, bold and aggressive movement q
upon the enemy-fOllowing up every blow !,
struck, and gathering the fruits of every =
victory gained-is what is required for :;
our deliverance. To the accomplishment y,
OF this single object the thoughts, efforts n,
and the prayers of the whole country -
should be directed. # those vlo are IN a. a.
NE front acW not go .f0rOqrd, HE puJEc NJ
'atety wtH demand that they be ASSUMED no. h,
atloaS an the rear What are the sensi- n
)illties, what the reputation, or what tba Il,
cherished schemes of any General in tho 70
ield, as compared with the life of sucb a A.,
government and country as ours IF tn
With the cloudless skies, and bracino airs W
md fine roads of the Autumn. our voof
ma completely appointed army cannot do
Is work, when will it be able to do SO
Lee, jackson and Longstreet can move be
'lth promptitude and dashing CELEBRITY COZ
q the cause OF treason and barbaric van
ahsm, why cannot our chieftains move cir
S promptly and as fast in the cause of ST,
onor and of loyalty? How much LONGER TAI
Ill the nation endure that all its sacri. Ca
ces be fruitless? It's conviction that II ~
assesses, twice told the power to sinh. On
ue this rebellion, is not more c,mnlnto II
ian, in my judgment, will be its de- Ter
rmlnation that neither the follies nor cor
lie crimes of men shall render that power A.
lavailing. Ko,
1t is this torpor of our armies-tbie Fir
,pe deferred for the hundredth time dis
hich has unfurled that party bannar wit
hose shadow is now resting on so manv pay
the loyal States. IL is not disIovaIty Iaal
lich has prompted the deplOrable move moi
INT, but WEAKNESS and DISCOURAGE. JUL
mt consequent upon the losses bumiI- tax,
ions and delays we have suffered; vet ply
is the most farming sign of the times. leav
q can only be arrested by decided ner
lltary success. 1t is the law of the A.
y existence of such political organiza- sent
ms to seek strength by assaults upon Tay
Administration in whose hands. for by o
al or woe, is the direction of those dish
Vements upon which necessarily de- here
Id the preservation of the Union 81
ese assaults will grow in vigor and steal
terness as they progress, and while coas
IS indirectly afiording aid and comfort pass
The rebellion, will make continuously Britt
cit unconscious approaches toward an gon.
n utilization with it. M
If the vast army in whose terso
sence, as it were, a half beaten enemy dent
eisurely destroying one of the most kept
'ortant railroads Of the United States of ch
s not do its work speedily, European &c
'ernments must ere long yield TO the Loui
nor OF their Impoverished and starry I'll
populations, and then will come in unde
entioR with all its woes" eral
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UNION. -
Iy faith in all this matter is simple ditto
briefly stated. II is this: For All bV n
gs that are for the Union-against Gle
.hlngs that are against it. ] am for the q
Union as Internationally as am for fiona
Getting my own body, at every cost ing II
hazard from the knife Of the assas- the h
No human institution no earthly
rest shall ever by me be weighed in
scales against the life Of my country. " no
st OF all will | approach with unsan- com
ca feet, or permit TO be thus weighed. MI,
'st,tnt'on, The foundation Of wiose being VIM
Atf7cu Stare -tyade 49, me 0,0s Of nm 'iou
ny hare tor more than l1rty geays d., snouI'
eel as crime t005thy II aeaH-a crime we, ,,le =
against any particular code, or any . .'a' j
ocular form Of civilization. but 'i IONS
e against the very race to which we " ''ie
lg' Hosts h@mam geaai3 is the des- P'o''"
ION which the Christian legislation