The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-12


great people.
The government stretches out it's
strong arm for your protection. II does
not ask you 70 come back on your knees,
begging pardon Though you have wan
dered of like prodigal children, yet, the
government does not require you to come
back as penitents, and TO say we have
sinned against Heaven, aud are not wor-
thy, to be made equal with other sovcr-
eign free citizens, no. But il asks you
with accents of kindness to come back,
10 the old home and tender your obedi-
ence 10 the mild sway Of the laws and
inherit the common blessings Of good
and kind government. The fatted calf
win be killed, and we will make merry.
Many others are union IN sentiment,
but fear that the government will not be
able TO protect them from the army of
the COME derates in the event they de-
clare their allegiance. To such persons I
wish to say, you need have 0 fear. Al
most the entire millions of the North are
ready to rise en- masse, and go to your
aid. 1t is now seriously urged that a
million Of additional men ought to be
raised to 20 and make short work of it,
Rest assured that whatever is needed will
be forthcoming-you certainly ought to
trust the government Many of you are
still nom inally secessionists to save your
property, believing that in the event Of
the success Of the Confederate rebellion
you will lose it. 1t is certainly a duty
! every man owes 10 his family, 90 pro
vide a comfortable living-nor would |
ask you TO lose your property; your mo-
| tivcs may be good but your reasoning is
wrong. You are looking to a weak pow
er for safety, where you have the chance
of one immense power and that power is
now about TO be made manifest. Should
you continue to identify yourself with
secession, could you expect this govern
ment TO protect your property? Suppose
that one million more men should
be called out and sent South TO subsist
upon the substance of the country your
property must go to its support, and being
a Secessionist, you will receive no COM
pcnsation for it. This is the certain and
inevitable result. You are preiudiced
\ against President LINCOLN Let me as
sure you that he is your friend, and it is
[ he who stands between you and those
who would utterly destroy you and the
Hast vestige Of your property, There is
party North that is ready to sacrifice
everything the Union itself-to get
clear of slavery. The President has thus
far commended against such fanaticism,
and has only yielded sufficient to get
money and men. This party gains
strength every day that the war is pro-
tracted; and the only hope for slavery is.
an early return to loyalty This is my
| firm conviction, and | would not do JUS
tice to myself nor TO you were to dis
guise it. And what have said and
published a thousand times ! now re-
peat" There Is no safety to SLAVERY ercept
under the Constitution" Under it's pro-
lection you have always held it securely
Withdraw from il, and it is gone.
Suppose the Southern Confederacy was
established, and its independence ac-
knowledged, what would then pro-
tcct slavery? If one slave then runs
North, how would you get him
back ? You would then, when alas too
late, discover that your Constitution and
Fugitive Slave Law were gone. It was
the poloer Of a strong Government that
made slavery secure; withdraw that
power, and surround slavery on all sides
with free territory, and slavery is gone
You have lived under the government of
| the United States, and know what il is;
you have had little experience un-
der a new experiment of a Government,
! you must feel and know the difference.
Many of those near and dear to you have
fallen to rise no more. Others are follow
ing; and many thousands more will soon
follow; and, finally, after exhausting the
wealth, after spreading utter ruin and
desoaltion upon the fairest and most
lovely country in the world, and after
having made every house home of
mourning, and suffered all the horrors in
the catalogue Of human suffering, you
must fail, Even success would be ever
lasting ruin Take these thoughts as an
| honest appeal from one who feels as ar
IDENTIFY for the prosperity Of Tennessee
as any man within her border, can
have no other Feeling. l am by birth,
by education, and by a lifetime residence,
a Tennesseean. am fully identified
with the State, and have interests common
to all. l love Tennessee "With all
her faults love her still"
.'''s thr-c man with soHI so dead,
Who never O. hm- o. hath slid,
This ls my uWui my nat ye land.
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