The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-19
Iho naly q our People.


both le7oof ef he people, They origina-
ted aud COMMUNICATED and ratified them.
Secession on the contrary was Che device
Of corrnpt and aspiring oilice-holdeFs,
Kho.a efudl The people to have
anYi.i6g Ia ID vlth the plot, except to
lsebey eolnnsn The leaders Of secession
f7d rieidly Guided the people from
a being present At oongentions and
lslatufes when the vote was taken on
sslon More than this, they have
nrudcnce to ~ 10 force She people
eopacripi law 70 flight for a rebellion,
they profess to regard as voIunta-
ne part Of the people. The loyal
ea of the loyal States beholding the
ppnssed condition " their brethren in
soulhcFn Coafederacy have magnan-
#pps'5 brought them relief--a relief as
s. lia origin asst Is glorious and
'oyerpheieing in iis power II has all
ths elemehis Of moral and physical SUI
periority, while the rebellion is physi-
cally weak and morally corrupt and
loaihsome. The issue of the contest is
certain But what is the duty of the
( people Of the insurgent States? Shall
we lie supinely and give only timid and
doubtful encouragement to our own Gov
ernment, and say, ave want the Govern
ment TO win, but we are SO pressed with
business that we can't take sides in this
matter ~ Oh no, this is neither manly
nor patriotic. What matters it if your
business be important Eery mans
business is important, but woe to the
man who neglects and loses his soul or
his country for the sake Of a few paliry
dollars Will you weigh your constitu-
ton and laws and the strength and unity
Of the nation in tho scales with The dross
Of trader Suppose you gain the for
'DuaeArf GrRARD or an AsroR and loose
9nment which makes your life
perty secure, is not your frotune a
In the sea Of anarchy will you
4 poSbe high mark for the rudest waves to
beat and buffet? In losing your country
you lose everything. Without law and
order nothing laeafe. Il would be safer
FOX you to be a beggar than q millionaire
~ fcue duty then Y i0Y ~
Into the noble work of restoration. tits
your work it is for your good and that
Of your children: If the Government
could perish you would be the first suf-
fer. Throw aside then all morbid and
false sympathy with rebels Tell them
y that you cheese your own path, and that
you are an uncoNpromising supporter of
the Government Plead earnestly and
often with the deluded. Boldly sustain
all measures that are needful to crush out
the rebellion. Don't stand off aud en-
courage rebels BY carping at the course
Of public officers, and condemning this
measure and that. Whenever troops are
rReeaed, If you can, take up arms yourself
~ and If you cannot then induce
6thera, who can, to enlist You must
leave nothing honorable undone, which
will advance the good Of the country.
Bear in mind always that you have
direct and personal interest in the per-
anetuation Of the Government and that
No one under greater obligation
70 labor earnestly for its
advocates Of seces-
y to secede from the
gade and commercial
No Cotton -ssstrs.
addressed to
sd and Ken
Now compare
70 States The
are wiped out,
led while Ken
sst Of gold for
), tobacco and
ID business men
tiful in Southern
tate than Il has
inia is bankrupt,
and IN prosperous, Virginia
bonds are d5Ss SassJut 40 cents on tho
dollar, while Kentucky bonds are sSftug
81 81 and o. While Maryland was
with the blight Of secession
uied.t fell TO nothing, but
is secured beyond doubt
her credit is excellent And
~ might onumeraie State after State
MID South whose credit IS good just in
proportion to The likelihood Of her early
etuFn to the Union. Secession like all
ther vices don't ray in the end
Pie rebels crowned Cotton King some
10 ago, but she loyalists took it into
u heads that they would have a coro-
pnof their own, as he old despot
too exacting. Sc they pummelled
atbeauiort until he was a-ehiHg; they
mbarded him az Fort Donelson until