The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-23
self-Exs mination Of secessionist

Self-Exs mination Of secessionist
None are so violent in condemning the
waste and destruction Of property, which
are Che inevitable consequences of war,
rs the enemies Of the Federal Govern
ment, and the supporters Of the usurpation
Of Harris and JEFF Davis It would
probably be we'll for such persons to ask
themselves the following questions:
Who lie responsible for bringing about
The OCCASION of these depredaiions
Did exert myself in upholding that
Government which heretofore protected
my property
Did / not assist in promoting the cause
of secession, and involving the country
In civil war?
Is not secession the cause Of the pres
ence Of Federal and Confederate troops
in Tennessee?
When the Federal troops were here,
and feeding themselves on provisicas paid
Jor by the Government did not encour-
age and countenance the interruption of
their supplies by railroad by the lorays
of guerrilla parties
Are not these guerrilla bands now
lowering about the city, and preventing
farmers from bringing in the products Of
their farms for sale?
Have / not been doing my utmost to
Htarve out the Federal soldiers, and bring
the utmost restitution upon the people of
Nashville?
Have not Bragg and Smith been plum
dering the property of loyal citizens in
Kentucky, and robbing their stores of
all kinds of supplies, and their farms of
cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses, tender
ing worthless confederate money in pay
ment?
Did not StOnewall Jackson commit the
same depredations upon the people of
Maryland?
Are not FORREST, BENNETT, BTFFLE, and
other Confederate officers, plundering the
people in like manner, in the vicinity OF
Nashville?
Are not these rebel leaders also forcing
Union men into the rebel army, cOmpell-
ing them TO bear arms, in support of
government which they regard as an I'M
Just and damnable usurpation?
Who are they that have burned bridges,
sunk ferry boats, torn up railroad tracks,
and filed up railroad tunnels-Federal
or Confederate soldiers
Is it not by my words, mig actions, o'y
encouragement and example, and Of 9TH
ers Ike myself that rebellion has silenced
the courts, interrupted civil government
ruined trade, and given broad license TO
rapine and anarchy?
Has not every State suffered these evils
just in proportion as it has been under
Che blighting influence Of that treason
and rebellion whose flames / have kindl-
ed, and fed, and famed?
Is not Nastvi5le to-day mlof Union reft-
gees tcho hare been driven fran their homes By
Confederate troops ?
Ia it consistent Or reasonable in me,
while remain an active or passive seces-
sionist, TO reproach others for the calami-
ties which are the Legitimate and certain
results of my own misconduct?
We appeal TO all candid supporters of
the Southern Conlederacy, in Nashville,
10 answer these questions honestly and
frankly. The ravages and desolation of
civil war are indeed to be deplored, but
let not the guilty authors and abettors
Of treason lay the crime of these disas-
ters at the door of the Union army.
Chou cau'st not say did IT,"
an these evils which scourge our Com
monwealth, are the direct or indirect re-
suits Of rebellion; of that fearful
"fIst disobelencs, and the fruits
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