Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-06-15

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at Washington and almost everywhere
else that portion and probably the most
valuable portion of Beaureg ards army
recently at Corinth is now at Richmond
Circumstances are stated, which seem to
establish the fact.
We shouldn't be at all surprised TO learn
that at least thirty Or thirty-five thou
sand Of Beauregard's men have joined
the Richmond army. Whether the rebels
have or have not, as is generally stated,
two hundred thousand men in Richmond,
we consider very doubtful. The rebels
have uniformly been successful in setting
on foot exaggerated accounts of their
numbers at all points. But we deem il
likely that they have now gathered or
are gathering their whole available
strength into one grand army, with the
intention to stake every thing upon a sin
gle conflict in front of their capital, leaV-
ing in the meanwhile all the rest of their
Confederacy open to the advance of Fed
eral troops. And this, if it is their poll
cy, is no doubt wise one, for everybody
kno1os that oar troops, 90 10here they may a0iU
be guilty Of no interference toiH Southern
property, or Southern rights of any kind. For
the sake of a tremendous victory at
Richmond, followed as it would be by
long train of highly important results,
the rebels could well afford to have our
armies occupy nearly the whole of the
area of their Confederacy for twelve
months.-L0uiSUiHe Journal
We call the attention of every patriot
who desires TO see this atrocious rebellion
speedily repressed and crushed out to
the statements of the above paragraph,
and particularly to the passage which we
have italicised. It is nc doubt true, ev-
cry word of il, and should arouse us to a
most serious consideration of the policy
which our Generals have been pursuing.
The Journal declares, and with truth, that
every officer and soldier in the rebel army
feels that his "riglts Of EVERY KIND"
will not be interfered with in any way
by our forces, and feeling assured of this
he readily leaves his property, his crops,
his horses, his cattle and slaves to the
protection of the Federal Government in
one quarter, while he goes off with gun
on shoulder 10 strike a death blow TO it
in another Was ever such a monstrous
absurdity committed by any Government
before as TO protect rebels and aid them
in their efforts to destroy il? Did ever
Congressman and editors speak and write
month after month amid the roar of can
non and the clash of sabres to prove that
we must not modest the Constitutional
rights of traitors, or touch the sacred
property of rebels? Did ever Govern
ment say to insurgents, concentrate
your forces in one body, if you deem it
necessary, in order to strike us a death
blow; and we assure you that your pro-
perty and rights shall be scrupulously
respected% If such folly ever was COM
mitted, history has mercifully drawn the
pail of fOrgetfulness over such imbecility
and infatuation. The Administration
owes it TO the nation and to posterity to
let its blows fall so thickly and heavily
on the rebels and on their property, in all
quarters, that they will have no oppor-
tunity to concentrate their armies at any
point IL ever we expect to quell this
rebellion we must change our policy, aud
cease to be allies Of the rebels.