The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-09-06
no the Rebels Of NashviIle.

To the Rebels Of Nashville.
Do You falier yourselves, secessionists,
that the Republic viii much longer in
dulge you in your disbolical and bigotted !
opposition II you do, you will in few
months wake up to find yourselves the
victims of sad delusion. Remember
Che Government has The power 70 sweep
the last one Of you from the precincts Of
Nashville and from Tennessee. Il has
not done so, because loyal people are
humane and long-sphering, and our gov
eminent is az magnanimous, as ~ is
strong We intend 10 hold Nashville,
ana hold II as loyal city. Weare de-
iermined that ita trade, its commerce, and
its wealth shall be in the hands Of law
abiding citizens, and not Of self-consti-
tuted Vigilance Committees, who viii
connscate at pleasure, and drive of FROM
their homes, men whose only sin is loy-
atty. You men who gather your squads
Of rebel companions around you At gro
Gerry doors and in your counting-rooms,
and cxult in the hope that you may soon
be able to rule the Union men OF this
city with scourge Of scorpions, and IN
augurate q second French Resolution, in
which innocent blood shall flow along
your streets We warn you TO desist.
Again and again has this warning been
given you in a friendly and aAcotionate
voice, and you have laughed At il as idle
words. DO you suppose the loyal men
are simpletons, and craven hearted things
TO tamely submit TO such a miserable
clique as you are DO you suppose a
vast majority can be bullicd and hec-
tored into silence by feeble minority =?
Your WIoFALIs and KErrTs have infatu-
ated you, and you dream that you can
rule lively flour millions Of loyal people
as easily as you do few hundred thou
sand slaves. You stand on a magazine
Of powder-on yolcano--on a broken,
lettering bridge--on a topping tower
on the verge of n beetling ocean clifton
a slipping avalanche-at the mouth of a
lions den--yes, az the very gates OF
death, and in the yawning jaws of hell
Have you no Judgment no discretion
no reflection, no pity for your neighbors
and no affection for your families, that
you will madIy persist in a hopeless
struggle You are exasperating the mat.
ter to the highest pitch Of frenzy, and
invoking on your heads a storm, which
once unclaimed will never be lulled until
there is nothing left for it to destroy
This is as certain as destiny itself In
few months more, you will not be allow.
ed TO plead loyalty Your property viii
all be swept away by coniscation, ant
you will have 20 fly. Treason will no
be tolerated Il is an offence and an in
suit to God and man. II is infamous i
is disgraceful, and we are resolved to re
move il out of sight. This State is
part of the Federal Union. Her soil is
part OF the inheritance OF our people
The Federal Government Representing
millions, East, West, and North, bough
and peopled, and protected Tennessee
and made her a noble Commonwealth
and you rebels can never take her out o
the Union, until you utterly destroy
the Union and the Federal Government
and if you are mad enough to make tina
desperate venture you will soon destroy
yourselves. The Government don wan
trailors--it can spare you oasily-but j
docs not intend TO spare the soil Of Ten
nessee. II viii reserve that as the homt
Of freedom; of men who love free govern
mont more than the tyranny Of Few
rse-proud cotton-arisiocrats of Nash
vile. Takeyo choice--loyalty and pa
iriotism, or disloyalty and ruin.