Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-04

positioH4thereisno 'sacrificeofhe ReErI
Of interest, or Of principle, in abandoning
the insane idea Of separate independence
and Southern rights, They are safe only
under the Constitution Of the United
States and within the Federal Union, and
he alone is the true friend of Southern
rights who is true to the government
We lost neither our riohts nor our indie
pendence while faithful to our allegiance
We are losing all by our unfaithfulness to
our country. We are overwhelmed with
present evils and terror stricken by
dreadful anticipations of the future
And what is our remedy? There may
be none for the past. But what shall
we do for the future? We can suggest
but one course, and that is to return to
the protection of that government under
which we were so happy and so pros
porous, That is our only safety. THERE'S
no virtue in perseverance in error.
We cannot benefit or relieve our
kindred and friends who are in the
Southern army, by giving further encou-
ragement to this rebellion. BY con-
trary course, we may do them much SER
vice. The impending battles will not
end this war, and we may do much to
relieve the Tennesseeans who are in the
Confederate army. They are in a false
position. Their State is deserted, and
forever fixed as a member of the Federal
Union. Many of their parents and
friends encouraged their enlistment in
this war, and it is their imperative duty
to repair that injury to the extent of
their power. Call your sons home, then,
and exert yourselves to get them back as
their only security. Il is their only es-
cape from the infamous tyranny of con-
scription. Get them out of its clutches.
This monster Confederacy has enlisted
them in its army, and has passed law
by which it can compel them to remain
until they are thirty-6ve years of age,
should the government last that long,
This Union movement is not a war upon
your sons, but a measure for their relief,
and for the safety of our State; and this
is the mission to which we invite you
this is the enterprise in which we. would
have you enlist .... :
But if perseyere you must in this fra
tricidal strife, we look upon the South
as ruined beyond relief If this war
is to continue, we can but look upon
this sunny land of ours, which a year
ago had every tree, and plant, and
| flower in its proper place, with not a
twig broken or a leaf missing, desolated--
| its youth, its enegy, its talent its
promise sacrificed in a fruitless effort to
break up the Government Of our fathers,
and to supply its place by a military
despotism or petty oligarchy mering
and receiving the contempt of all nations
Whatever may be the hopes of the
ardent and enthusiastic in regard to
their ultimate success, they are doomed
to disappointment Guerilla warfare, the
curse of all countries where it has pre-
vailed, viii avail nothing. It's votaries
must live, and in the South they must
live, upon their friends. There is no
other alternative. Under the name of
guerillas, our country will be overrun by
unlicensed plunderers, and before this
kind of warfare shall have existed six
months, you will pray the government of
the United States to relieve you from
their robberies
There is no hope for you but the one
of loyalty to the Union. There can be
but one government within the boundaries
of the United States The geography
Of the country fixes this fact The hand
Of tho Almighty has established it, The
owners of the sources and tributaries of
the Mississippi river, and the owners of
its mouths, must be joint owners of the
whsle, and the valley of the great
Father Of Waters" must be occupied
only by one people -
The leaders in the South see and rea-
lie this fact. It is shown in their Con-
gressional proceedings and in their mill
tary proelamations. Such proclamation
as the one lately issued by the Com
mander-in Chief of the Southern army
at Corinth, based as it is upon Con-