Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-30
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 80, 1862.

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Oheered by the lingering hope that the
rebel armywiIl eventually return to Ten
nesseo and wrest it from the grasp Of
the Union forces Though il seems that
Hope, for ssason, bsds tbe South farewell,
And treason shrek 'd--as Fort Henry,
Bowling Srten, Port Donelfon, Columbus,
Is'And No. 10, Kew Orleans, and many
Othsr plae, too nuuserous b. oeniinn-5sL
YET, upon a general survey Of the pres
ent condition Of things, we see no cause
Why ihis tFnnsitory hope should not give
place 10 settled despair We speak
calmly, without reprOaeh, and without
passion.
We have an unlimited supply Of arms
Of all sizes and descriptions, with ample
facilities for making and importing any
number which the heaviest demand might
acquire. Letters left in the State Capitol,
written by jeff Davis prior to, or imme
diately after the battle of Manassas, show
that he regarded tioeIve hundred stands of
small arms as valuable and difficult of
sbtainmeRt as so many horse shoes were
TO PizarrO and his followers in Peru.
Since then, notwithstanding the large
numerical increase of the Southern army,
their opportunities for the importation of
arms have become impossible by the gi-
gantic increase of The United States
navy. And the sporadic cases Of yes
Sols running the blockade have not even
been dew to the drought. Houses have
been stripped of their shot guns and flint
8Ssk rifles, and no mandatory for small
arms has been established in the South
ern States
The United States have an abundant
supply Of ammunition. The Southern
Confederacy" has been compelled to
rely upon saltpeter, manufactured in
caves, for their powder. At one blow
4hey have been deprived of all the caves
of Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.
In addition to this, remember their loss
of ammunition, arms etc, in places sur
rendered TO the United States. Yet, at
this time, they have more need for all the
munitions Of war, than ever before.
The United States are amply provided
with Quartermaster and commissary
stores. While the fact is notorious that
Abe Southern troops arc poorly clothed, and
so enormously high has the price Of pro-
visions become in the South, that they
have been compelled TO resort for reliefto
Rmptuary laws universally acknowl-
edged to be an abridgement of liberty
and odious under any form Of govern
ment Even the meat which was carried !
away from here in green, uncured |
state, has rOtted in the hands Of the |
soldiers, while its baleful effect has bred |
pestilence in their ranks,
By the fall of Fort Henry, we have the |
control Of the Tennessee river; Of Donel-
son, the control Of the Cumberland; the |
Missouri, the Ohio and the Mississippi are
open to the unobstructed navigation of
our boats, from their sources TO the
mouths Of the first and second and |
nearly to Memphis Of the third. While |
the vessels Of our navy ply their wheels
and spread their sail in every Southern
harbor. This navy, with our immense
national resources, can be indefinitely |
increased, in numbers and efficiency.
Our already large army can be swollen,
by recruits from our crowded cities and
densely populated districts, to the di-
mensions Of that Of Xerxes.
The dark cloud Of their gloom seemed
70 be silvered over by the sunshine Of the
French Court, which, however resolved
itself into an inquiry, by the French
agent, OF the price of Tobacco. Now
their final hope embraces
All msladios,
OK ghusts ala sm, or racsmg torture, quslms
OF hearlsiek agony ~ JegertsA kiBa,
conyuls,ous, optepsiss, fierce ca,arrhs
Intosiuo stono and ulcers osolle pangs,
Demoniac phrenFy, raoping melancholy,
And mocnstuck madness piainr alrop6y
Msrasmur, and Wido-wasting ptstilenoe
DTopscs and osihmss, and Joint ing rbsuma'--
a. means Of the destruction Of our army, I
while theirs will remain as exempt as the
children OF Israel on the night Of the Pass
ever. Granting them more Injured 10 this
climate than our soldiers will not the
difference in diet, in clothes, in tents, in
medicines and in all the comforts Of camp
Ere moro than equal the difference of ac- |