Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-16
cIarksvllle corresponaenss.


CIARKsvTILE May Q 1862.
EDrToRs NASHVILLE UNIoS.-Dsar Sir
In my last letter / attempted to ske'ch an
outline Of the condition Of our little city be-
fore the commencement Of this most causeless
and disastrous war, disastrous to both the
North aud the South, disastrous to every
great interest Of the whole country, and die
astrous in every aspect, except 10 develop
ing the military and naval proves and &C.
MUS Of the nation. Il hos tanned into
Game the martial spirit Of "a warlike people
which will not be allayed for years to come;
an evil Of no slight magnitude In this
letter propose to attempt like sketch Of
our present condition. The contrast will
furnish an instructive lesson for the study
OF secessionists. The Southern Empire is
not 50 vast in extent so boundless in pros
perityr inexhaustabe ia resources, and $50
mighty 10 military prowess as its early ad-
vocates predicted it would be. BY 10 means.
But still the signs OF the times are auspi-
cious, and, as ! understand and interpret
them, foreshadow the revival Of trade and
returning prosperity.
10 casting our eyes around u7, the circum-
stances which meet our observation, chal-
lenge our deepest regret. a little more
than year ago the South inaugurated a civ
il war for the maintenance Of her Constilu-
tional rights which we're said 10 be in peril.
Secession aud Southern Independence was
the remedy. The advocates for these meas
ures, assured US that they could be peace
fully accomplished. The North would not
fight. Oh ! no. The people Of the North
could plough and SOW, and reap, and invent
machines, and spin, and weave and web tie
world with their fabrics ; but as for fight
ing, pshaw the white.livered, cod fish eat
ing Yankees could not be kicked into that
business. That was gentlemanly pastime,
reserved for the spirits of the Sunny South.
The mud.sills Of northern society fight
t. which Tennessee committed herself
fully on the 9th day of last June !;
aad Clarksvil.e was loud in its pro
tastations that no man should open his
mouth in the city who doubted or denied its
truth. We have had now the experience Of
q twelve months civil war. Is the truth of
the theory verified! Let facts aud the re.
ccdiag limits Of the Cotton Empire answer.
Some Of Clarksville's noblest sons have fall
en-, the victims of this stupendous folly.
They have been destroyed in the prime Of
life and the full vigor Of manhood by the
insatate monster war, lost TO thier families,
friends, aud society forever. Others by the
| thousand have been torn from their homes
in Montgomery county, as prisoners Of war,
many of them fathers, whose families stand
sadly 10 need Of their sUccor aud protect.
ing care at home. What tongue can tell the
anguish of heart aud the ogonies Of mind
which this war has produced in this single
county ,And what are these to the throbs
and throes Of the great heart of this mighty
nation The strength and intensity Of its
bounding pulse who can measure? This Is
one aspect Of our present condition, end
surely it il no. particularly dattehog 10
Southern pride.
| This war has made widows, orphans, ana pau
pers by the thousand, but this is not all that
Il has done. The commerce Of Clarksyilleis
crippled aud its railroad facilities ruined,
it may be- for years to come. The coumoic e
of Clarksvlle is crippled by dt preciated
currency. This is one Of the evils which this
rebellion has inflicted upon The community.
A large proportion Of our circulation is
Southern money, which is llfy per cent be
low par, and nobody wants Il at that. Ten
ncssee money is not much better with The
exception Of that Of the-Planloc's and Uhon
Bauks Some roll up The white Of their eyes
aud affect to woud at his state Of things.
They cannot comprehend why Confederate
bouds are not jus; as good as Uaited States
scrip, aud the bills Of Southern backs as
those OF Kentucky. The why is very evi.
dent, but they shut their eyes TO the
light and their ears have waxed dull Of
hearing. Bat it practically makes no differ.
ence what the reason is. The fact coalronls
al every turn, and this state Of things greatly
embarTasses commerce.
Il is amusing to observe the shufLlss oil
ardent Southern men. They are loud 10
their protestations that Southern money il
just as good as any ; just as soon have IT,
70 admit that il is not, is an admission that
the southern Couiederacy is failure and
this is a pill hitter 70 swallow. Pat .ea-
der a Southern x at one Of their counters
aud 10 the soltesl, blandest manner imagina-
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