The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-12

announced 10 MS. subjects, to be rigidlY
enforced every where in the district; and
all persons are informed that all viola
tions Of this order will be met with pun
ishment commensurate with the oiIense."
These prices, by General Order No. IA,
he is empowered to regulate from time 20
time, at bis discretion.
BY The third paragraph OF the same
General Order, martial law Is declared
throughout the ,County of Pulaski, and
Colonel Ben. F. Danley, Commandment Of
the Post and Provost Marshal, Is charged
with the maintenance of order and disci-
pline, and the suppressiog Of vice, disor-
der and immortality, within that unfor-
tunate county. And the power is also
given him to prescribe and inilict penal
ties for All offenses coming within bis iu-
risdiction, and TO establish such regula-
tons in regard to trade and traffic and
the punishment for violation of orders in
respect thereof AS HE MAY DEEM PROPER.
When. Lieutenant Colonel Scion Bor-
land, little more than a year ago, pro-
hibited the expectation of provisions and
other articles necessary for the, public
forces, from Arkansas, by way of White
and Black Rivers, The Governor Of the
State asserted the superior majesty of
the law, and q superior officer promptly
rescinded the order, relieved the offender
Of his command, and ordered him to
headquarters, / have heard, but do not
know, that he was tried for the offense.
The distance on the road TO slavery tray-
eled since then is immeasurable.a 80 ss1
The Chief Provost Marshal possesses all
the powers, the concentration of which
in the hands of one man constitutes the
most intolerable despotism. Surely this
ought to recommend us to the favorable
consideration of those legitimate mon
archs of Europe who have been suppos-,
ed heretofore to favor, as most absolute
and legitimate, the cause of Abraham the
First. He is the legislator-for he de-
fines the ofienses and prescribes the PEN
alties, in his discretion, taking care that
by some means known only 10 himself il
shall in every case be Commensurate
with the ofTenses." He is the Judge, be-
cause he tries the accused, renders the
verdict and pronounces the sentence.
And he is the executioner, because il is
he who is to inhict the punishment. He
may whip, hang, brand, drown or quarter,
for there is no limit TO his powers but
he is simply an incarnate, monstrous and
hideous despotism. Like triple head
ed deity, he wears the robe of the Sena-
tor and the eramine of the Judge, and
wields the bloody faces of the Lictor at
once.
By an order of the Major General, da-
ted the 3D. of June, all cotton in the
TransM Mississippi District, except in the
Choctaw country, is seized, for account
of the Confederate States, and placed
under the control of single person, who
is to make whatever disposition Of il "as
will 'effectually prevent it from falling
into the hands of the enemy" BY sub
seqaent order, vast powers are vested in
this officer, to command sheriffs, officers,
cOnscripts and citizens, impress wagons,
teams and hands, and to give away to
necessitous persons, ten pounds of cot
ton for each white person and slave. II
any person should secrete cotton, and re-
fuse to point out, the offense is cunstitu-
ted treason, and he is to be tried as 3
traitor, as also are not only persons re.
sisting the execution of the order, but oil.
so those who fail to give the captain aiC
when called upon.
Thus by one stroke Of the pen, the it'll
TO property worth millions, belonging Il
thousand loyal citizens of loyal sOye
reign State, is declared TO be diverted
and vested, in one breath, in the Confed
crate States, in utter contempt of tina
provision of the solemn agreement betwee
the States, which declares that no ma
shall be deprived Of life, liberty or pro
perty, without due process of law.
II is only owing TO the forbearance o
the regnant military power, that lands
horses and cattle, books and furniture
are not also "seized for and on account Q
the Confederate States" Our enemies
the Northern States, set at naught th
provision of the old Constitution, b.
which they have agreed 10 deliver up Tia
fugitivcs from labor or service, and for tina
as one cause, we held the compact dis
solved, and secession rightful remedy
But, now General, seizing in one han
the fortunes, and in the other the lives, Q
loyal men, declares II treason for loys
citizen TO conceal his own lawful property
10 prevent its unnecessary and wanto
destruction, and stamps with both hi
feet on the whole Constitution and all III
law at once, and men sneak about an
and emily dare to speak of il in whisper
lest the Provost Marshal should arres
imprison and punish them for disaflectio
10 the Confederacy. f
In as loyal town as any in the SOuil
neither man nor woman is allowed 10 b
out of doors after nine o'clock these sun
mer nights. For precedent Of this rud
invasion of personal freedom, which make
every man and woman a slave requirin
pass from a master, recourse must b
had TO the age when the curfew bell tolleI
and warned all Saxons TO retire With
their doors, after the Norman soldier
had set their feet on the neck Of prosira
England.
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