The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-06
The Fact-rraters.

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Unhappily for our poor, distracted
country, there are many of her people
who may be styled Fact Haters. They
will theorize, they will speculate, they
will argue, and dwell on what they call
Iogic--a kind of speech usually distin-
guished byits lack of common sense--by
the hour; in Cine, they will do anything,
or say nything, in reference to our civil
troubles, save look at facts. They lay
down what they call their principles and
their platforms, and befog you with their
distractions and hypothesis, but they
reject facts as stontly as though they liv-
ed in the cloud-land and dreams Of Uto-
pia. These men are particularly hostile
TO facts regarding slavery; nor do they
allow the Almighty to establish fact
respecting slavery, without upbraiding
His wisdom and challenging the counsels
of the Eternal. Let us imagine ono of
these Fact Haters conversing with his
plain spoken neighbor, who does not un-
derstand any logic save that of facts and
events Your Fact Halter, be it remem-
bered, is almost always a rebel, while
plain men are usually loyal. The loyal
man begins by saying "Neighbor |
fear this rebellion will lose us all our
slaves: l hear that nearly one hundred
thousand have already left their mas
ters."
FAoT-HATER. - Why, you must be
turning Aboltionist.
LOYAL MAN.--No have always
fought the Abolitionists. But / must
confess that while they never took my
negroes, guerrilla party carried off two
of my best servants yesterday.
FACT ATER,--Why you must be an
Abolitionists do you dare to say that
the secessionssts will take off peaple's
negroes?
LOYAL MANI don't know what you
call them. only know that thief is a
thief. This rebellion has made my me-
gro property worthless.
Fact HATER.-You are an Abolitionist.
The rebellion is the work of good South
ern men.
LOYAL MANI care not whose work
it is; il has lost us more already than all
our negroes are worth. The slaves are
valued at S4,0000O0,00O, and we have
already spent $4,000, 100000.
FACT HATER.-You are an Abolitionist.
A mans no man at all who won't fight for
his rights.
LOYAL MAN. think there is fully as
little manliness in bankrupting the South
and numbering her people in a war that
seems to be bringing about the very re-
verse of what was intended.
FACT HATER-You are the worst Alb
olitioEist ever heard talk, wait until
England interfores, she'll settle the mat
ter.
LOYAL MAN,-The very moment she
does, the Government will offer their
liberty to the slave Of every rebel who
will fight in the Federal army. We will
bring certain ruin on our heads.
FACT HArEB,-What horrid Adolf
ZIONIST you are You arc in favor of in
surrection
LOYAL MAN. No more than you would
be the murderer of your child if you
should warn him not to sport with gum
powder or play with vipers.
FACT HArER. Well, then, you must not
talk Of these thingc, or hint that they
can possibly occur. You must never
whisper of these things again.
LOYAL MAN, { is a crime then, toy me !
10 talk q tie very deeds you are DONG You |
are, by your folly, setting free my ne
groes, and melting them to cut my throat |
and the throats Of my family but if / |
dare to reprovo you for it, you denounce
me as an Abolitionist Sir, let me tell
you, you are a base hypocrite and an i'm.
pudent liar You are a traitor and a
'ebel, You are filling the land with the
blood of her people You are destroying
by millions, You are bowling
Town the heads Of thirty millions Of peo-
Die with sorrow, and yet you walk the
treets as the model Of a law abiding
.itizen, and abuse as villains all who
Protest against your hellish plots