The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-02
Down with the Foou

Down with the FOou
Months and months ago-has it been
twelve month?-the President told his |
countr ymen that he intended as the Ex-
ecutiye Of the Republic "to PIT his foot
doiCn firmly" It was not to be the deli
cate pat of the dancers foot as he glides
along with ETHEREAL and noiscless motion.
but rather the solid and pondrous stroke
Of the elephants foot, which, would
make the very ground tremble under its
weight. Months have glided by-thero
bellion still rages--the deadly smell Of
battle is in the air, and blood and gun
powder faint every breeze--and thous-
ands Of true hearts have become strange
ly still and cold on the field of carnage.
Never, oh never more shall we look upon
The faces Of Baker and Lyon and Win
throp, whose eyes darkened with the Elm
of death while they fought for the glori-
Gus old flag. They offered up their lives
TO save The lives and li.crties of others
many Of whom, we fear, are not worth the
precious sacrifice. And treason RACES,
and traitors are insolent, and loyal men
are insulted, plundcred and exiled, and
the land groans in anguish. 1t is the
darkest night of time. Never was such
a nation racked with such agony. Mr.,
President, do you still hesitate TO strike
our enemies? Do you still dream Of the
possibility Of conciliating men who tell
you with sneers and furious imprecations
that they will not be conciliated ? Ban
ish the idle dream, and grid your loins
for action. The rebels are making vigor-
Gus, determined, earnest war, and we are
hesitating and undecided If we trinc
thus much longer the nation is lost be-
yond redemption, the Stars and Bars will
float indeed from the dome Of the Fede-
raj Capital" as Secretary Walker boosted,
and Toombs will call the roll of his slaves
in the shadow Of Bunker Hill Monument.
If we falter now, at what point of degra-
dation and dshonor may we hope TO
stop? Why may not the Northwest, the
great Middle States and New England
bow to the unresisted guerriilas of jeff
Davis, who will ride over the whole coun-
try as triumphantly as the army Of Ma
homet The Eastern papers announce
that there will be no complaint hence
forward of lack of vigor in prosecuting
the war; the President has so declared.
We hope the declaration may be verified.
Let the president put his foot down
firmly" II is ungraceful as well
as fatguing TO stand for months at a
time, with one leg poised in mid air, like
n shivering rooster on cold day. 1t
would be bad attitude for historical
portrait, for the President to be skotched
with his legs forming figure four, or
the outljne-of little h, with the fore
leg truncated. II would be a bad atti-
Jude, we say, and we hope the President
won't adopt il himself, nor allow any Of
rather see the Cabinet, and all the Ma
jor and Brigadier Generals, and soldiers
in the army, represented as movable
statuary, working their feet up and down
vigorously to the music Of the Union.
St. Nitus dance, would be preferable 10
the stand still policy. Timid men who
at the beginning Of the rebellion, said
that it would never do to coercc, and that
we must eXpostulate with the traitors
who were seeking to Stay us, are now
demonstrating against the adoption of
more vigorous policy. They insist that
things are going on exactly right that
this is a constitutional war and that the
President must still continue TO balance
himself ON one leg then if all this fail,
that we must acknowledge the Southern
Conredcracy. Disregard all such coun-
sellers Mr. President Mover in the his
tory of any great revolution did you
read of the success Of yascllating COM
promising policy. Compromises and
Revolutions are incompatible; they will |
not mix you can no more combine them
than you can combine oil and water
Down with your foot Mr., LINcoLNl We |
wait anXiously to see it descend like a
gigantic trip-hammer upon the head Of |
that treason which is robbing us Of peace
safety, freedom, property aud life. Are
we slayes-dastards, craycn-hearted be-
ings-scrls who are doomed to crouch in
abject servitudc to DAVIS, and BEAuRr- /
GARD, and NALLANnIGu,u, and VonurFs .
and IsHAM G, IIARuIs, and JESSE d. |
BmaHT? Shame ON the wretch whose
mind ever harbored the thought for a .
moment Let him be driven from among
freemcn, whose companion he is unfit to
be, Again we say "down with the foot
firmly"
An UNcLE on HIS NEpuEw.-In the