The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-20
FashionsbIe TraItor..

The following from the Baltimore Anc,f-
can will suit the longitude Of Kentucky
and Tennessee as well as of Maryland.
What is treason. red.handed, murdsrous.
guilty treason, IL il is not found 10 the per
sons Of some am0ugst MS fresh from She
slaughter Of the blst men in The nation and
gl0rying 10 it aud how can 10 be exp CT,
tbat when such are permitted % b. received
amongst Us. unmolestfd by The sword Of
ayenging justice, and more are h5norCd with
high consideration a 8 they walk cur streets
to be smiled upon by female sympah'z,rs
that The occurred cause Of which they so
proudly assume to be the representatives,
should appear Otherwise than as fomelhing
honorable Why only recently, two hun
dred as gallant men % ever stood 90 TO die
IN defence OF their couutry's flag were sac
rihced msrcilessly, exultanlly, by the 90
slaught OF traitors In the M5rrmac, ship
stolen from The nation, end yet no time
hardly elapsed hcreaIicr-accOrding 10 The
current news with reference 70 the casa--be-
fore here comes one Of The petty officers Of
the murderous cratt-une VINO had pointed
its gnns-tired, doubtless, Of The i.ks mud
hardships encountered In Dixie, to take the
"Oath Of allegiance and to walk about
among the fashionable imbecles who osten
tatiousy parade red and white roses in their
bOnnets as the emblems Of their reasonable
sympathizers, no one apparently considering
or caring, that the blood Of the poor fellows
at the bottom Of Hampton Roads is on his
skirts, and that in any other Government on
earth the public execuioner wonld have
marked out to him ere this The reward be
had taken 50 mudh pains to earn for him
self
And so IL goes on. Young men go down from
here to Richmond on jauut Of few months,
almost as a matter OF course, to try their hands
at Shooting the best men of tho lUyal
States, and with no more compuuctiou than
they would 60 down the Bay to shoot ducks.
Perhaps they make the trip speculative, aud
seek to pick up little plumber and weary
lug OF the hirdships OF The guilty business
return at their leisure not TO meet the fate
OF outlaws or spies, but to brush themselves
uy and become, IN certain prC,euti0us cir
Giles tho oracl,s thereof Aud 50 murders
multiply horrors VI Every kind multiply,
and the aIe OF Maryland, which should be
known to the word only as loyal is dis
graceu, humiliatgd, injured, whilst The putri.
otic, the nOblest men 10 it, are murdered
abroad aud comp lied ~ tolerate the gros est
insults at home, without the shadow Of pos
slbe redress,
The remedy for oil this is simple enough.
1t is to lay an iron hand on treason in ,o6at.
eUe shape Il mJHftsiS HsclE If it comes in the
guise OF kid gloves and white and red roses.
Wanting itself in cOEardy and brutal in.
suits to true men, let it be visited as prompt.
ly upon such offenders as it is wheu met
with in the person OF some bali drunken
wretch in a lager beer haunt. and exhibited
in cheers for jeff Davis and curses upon The
Union. There is no difficulty in getting
hold Of these last mentioned cases, No
scruple is felt in d ,monstradug zeal in the
cause Of loyalty by prompt arrests, even at
the rick Of a pistol shot or u knife thrust.
Aad ifa little ceremony was used in the
case OF treason, kid.gioyod and perlum-
ed-il some Of those patriotic fellows 80 OF
ten insu ted were promptly put on guard
as at ST, LJuis--bgIore the infected man
sions, letting toe loyal thereby know them.
IN al! time 10 cUHe as the hgHEts y treason Hey
are; it, 10 The more fragrant cases, the ia
mates wcr Treated to sQioulu in the fort,
or 10 "urmy ratiOus' ut home Ii they
had ceased to wax flg ami kick many
noble lite woull b. say to the c0uu-
t.y in the abridgm-nt Oi ,le contest.