The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-26

even prove successful, and you men who
are so fond of travel, should ever cross
the line, and set foot upon the soil of The
loyal States, that moment retritYtior
would overtake you; for an army OF
avengers, full of undying hate, would
track your footsteps forever and wreak
their vengeance upon you.
Once more l have come TO your city
You have made faithful effort 10 bring
your guerrilla friends back, but all r
vain. Our faithful Governor has proveo
that you were correct in your estimat,
of his character of bis firmness and self
| reliance, which wayered not in the pres
ence of imminent peril. He was no cow
ard to desert you like that poltroon
Harris. He has remained with you
through the darkest and apparently hope
less hours and, let me tell you, he will
4 be with you TO the eud. / hear il said
That some Federal soldiers have com
mitted excuses in foraging. Well
remember that you invited war =
you invoked il, you defled it. yor
laughed it TO scorn, when IL cam,
with infant tread, last March You wer,
not satisfied with that, and wanted more
and to bring il on yourselves again, you
stirred up mischief There is verse
which says;
Tho Mills Of the Gods grind slowly,
But they grind exceeding small "
And you rebels viii be the griS. Unless
this war be stopped, and these armies be
simportuned to leave, you may as well
depart from the country, and leave it as
unoccupied land, TO be repeopled, by
other inhabitants. You have acted the
part not only Of knaves but of fools, fol
you sre the dupes of men more cunning
than yourselves Why did you not Keen
this war away from your soil ? Why
did you not force it to be confined TO the
place where it originated-in the Cotton
States? Oh no, you wanted TO crush out
Union men in Tennessee, and so yor
started an avalanche which will grinC
you TO powder. These are awful times
1t is as though the wrath of God was lie,
loose upon our nation. You madly un.
bolted the caverns of his thunder and n
not astonished that you are the first vic
tins of lis power | intend that you
shall look the consequences full in the
face. You shall not be weeping over
plundered corn field, or lament.
ing a slaughtered deer, while the
State groans with your own villainies
There is no hope you--your fate is sealed
hide yourselves--ny from the country
You who have brought these curses upon
the country have no hope Of pardon
Your deluded followers, impulsive youths
and giddy girls, will be forgiven and re-
ceived back into society, but as for you
conspirators in the rebellion, take youI
liight-make it long-and make it pre-
cipitately. There is no use in mincing
words at an hour like the present. One
side or the other has to 90 under-the
Nation must survive or perish. To ex-
terminate traitors is to destroy treason;
TO punish the criminal is to protect honest
men. The punishment OF malignant and
leading rebels is the salvation of our
country and her free institutions. ut
ter these words in no spirit of idle men
ace, | only admonish you of facts, and
what will soon be facts, unless this re-
belliOn ceases. We can parley no longer
with treason; its fate must be made a
terrible warning for all time to come
IL required long struggle 10 bring these
convictions TO me, but they are the de-
liberate and solemn admonitions of nv
duty TO my countrymen, and the cause Of
freedom.