Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-22

NO. lou are mere, boys, because you ad-
here to the flag and the constitution OF our
country. [Oheersl / am here with you for
no other offence than that and, es God is
my judge, boys | lock upon this 9th day of
December as the pToudest day of my life
[Gfeat applausel Aad here ! Intend 70 stay
gntil ] die nf old Gge or gGtil they choose 30
hang me. / viii never renounce my princi-
ples.N [Cheers.l Before | was confined I'm
the jail their officers were accustom d to visit
the iail every day and Offer them their liber.
ty, If they would take The oath of allegiance
to the Southern ConfederaCy, and volunteer
10 go into the service aud they would guar
any them safety and protection. They were
accustomed TO volunteer, n dozen ut a time
60 great was their horror OF imprisonment
and the bad treatment they received in thar
miserable Jail. After got into The idil--and
they dad me IN cltsa confinement for three
dreadful winter months-all this volunteer.
ing and taking the cath ceased, and the lead
ers swore did il, [Great cheerMg.l
shall never forget while my head is above
ground, the scenes ! passed through In that
Jail | recolleot there were two venerable
Baplist clergymeu there Mr. Pope and Mr.
Gate. Mr.. Cate was very low indeed, pros
trated from the fever, and unable TO eat the
miserable food sent there by the corrupt Jail.
or aud deputy mirshai--a man whom had
denounced in my paper as guilty Of forgery
time and tiVe again--a suitable representa-.
tive Of the thieves and scouudrels that head
this rebellion in the South. Applause The
0uly favor they extended TO me vas 30 ali0w
my family to send me three meals day by
my son, who brought the provisions in bls-
ket | requested my wife t) send also enough
for The two old clergYmen. One Of them was
put In jill for Offering prayers for the Presi
dent OF the United States, and the other was
confined for throwing up his hat and cheer
ing the Stars and Stripes a3 they passed hi9
house. horne by company Of Union volun
teers. When the basket Of provisions came
in the morning they examined it at the door,
would look between the pie and the bread to
see if there was any billet or paper concealed
there communicating treason from any out.
side Unionist to the old scoundrel they had
in Jail and when the basket went out again
the same ceremony was repeated, to discover
whether | had slipped any paper in in any
way.
The old man Cate had three sons in Jail.
Oae of them, James Madison Cate, most
exemplary and worthy member Of the Bap-
tist church, who was there for having COM
mittel no other crime than that of refusing
to volunteer, lay stretched at leugth upon
the floor, with one thickness Of piece of
carpet under him and an old overcoat doub-
led upf)r pillow, in the very agonies of
DEATH unable to turn over, only from one
side to the other. His wife came to visit
him, bringing her youngest child with her,
which was but babe, but they refused her
admttance. put my head out Of the jail
window, and eutreated them, for God sake,
to let the poor woman come in, as her hus-
band was dyiug. They at last consented
that she might see him for the limited time
Of fifteen mihutes As she came 10, and
looked upon her husbands wan and enact
Gted lace and saw how rapidly he was sink
ing, she gave evident signs OF flaming, aud
would have fallen to the floor with the babe
in her arms bad / not rushed up to her and
cried, "Let me have the babe" and then she
sank down upon the breast OF her dying bus
band, unable at first to speak single word.
/ sat by and held The babe until the fifteen
minutes had expired, when the officer came
10, and in an Insulting aud pertmptory man
uer notified her that the interview was to
close. | hope l may never see such scene
again; and yet such cases we're common ell
over East Tennessee.
NORTHERN SYiIPATHzEIS WITH REBELLION.
Such actions as these show the spirit of
secession in the South. l. is the spri of
murder and aFsassination--it is the spirit OF
hell And yet you have men Ut the North
who sympathiza with these internal murder
ers. [Applausel II / owed the devil a
debt TO be discharged, and it was TO be dis
charged by the rendering up to him OF a doz
en- Of the meanest, most revolving aud God
iCrsaken Wretches that ever could b. Culled
from the ranks Of depraved human society,
and l wanted to pay that debt and get a
premium upon the payment, | would make n
tender TO his satanic majesty Of twelve north
Crn men who sympathized with this internal
rebellion. [Great cheeringl If / am 5e.
we're and bitter IN my remarks [Cres Of
"No, no; not bit Of IL If / am, gentle
men, you must consider that we la the South
make personal matter Ofthis thing. Laugh
teri We have no respect or confidence in
any northern man who sympalhiZes with this
Internal rebellion Cries Of Good good"l
nor should any be tolerated 10 walking
Broydway at any time. Such men ought %
be ridden upon % rail aud ridden out Of the
North, ['G0od goot."l They should either
be for or against The "mill dam;' and /
would make them shOg their hluds. Laugh
ter and gpplause.l
Why. gentlemen. after the battle Of Ma.
nassas aad Bull Ran the officers and priva'es
of lhe Confederate AMY passed through our
town on thei, way 20 Dixie, cyulting over
the victory they had achieved, and some OF
thgm mad what they called iuuhee hyad-, or
the entire heads OF federal soldiers, some OF
them wlth long boards and goatees, by which
they would tlk BE them up and say "See
here Is tae head Of damned soldier captured
at Ball Run That is tle sp'r, of s.cesi on
att South. II is The spirit oi murder o.,
the vile uuutored savage; 10 IA the -pil' VI
hell, aud be who apologies igr them }, no
batter ban uo.s who p.rpe.r'H thed '.-.-
LCheers
THE FEELAG lN TENNlasaE.
4 In Audg JolMDI' t1Wl-l ltiree cheers
4 for johnson were here g.yc1l and Will.
nJ 5hns5l's utm, is ON my lips [ VIII make