Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-22

The Richmond Dispatch of q late date
says:
In Nashville, in Alexandra, aud in
other cities and villages occupied by the
enemy, there is a spirit evinced worthy
Of the best days Of the human race, and
giving the brightest augury Of the future
The people Of these cities not only refuse
to periuFe themselves by taking an oath
of allegiance which they do not mean to
keep. but they exhibit a studied reserve
and dignity in their intercourse with the
invaders which has already convinced
them that the alleged Union sentiment of
the South is a myth-a thing which, it
itever existed, exists no longer.
On the 10Th Of this month Union
Convention met in the Capitol, and it
was attended by near two thousand per-
sons hundreds and hundreds being unable
TO get admittance into the large Hall where
it assembled. It was an enthusiastic,
unconditional, straighout, Federal Union
meeting, and passed off amid the widest
demonstrations of approval. Hundreds
of delegates came in from distant cOun-
ties, who attended at the risk. Of losing
their property and their lives, and who
had tOdodge the guerrilla bands on their
journey.
The DispatcR says also
They discover at once that Andy John
son, brutal politician and adventurer,
one of the ten thousand Dalgettys in
politics who have no principle but pro
want and pay, is no type Of the people of
Tennessee and of the South. John Bell
so long known as an inhexible friend Of
the old Union, is the representative of
his whole party in Tennessee, and, we
may add, of his whole country; and with
such men blended heart and soul with
original secessiOnists in the war OF indie
pendence, we do not wonder that the
Yankees are not satisfied with the acqui-
sition of such cattle as Parson Brownlow
and Andy Johnson.
Governor johnson has been identified
with the history of Tennessee ever since
he reached the years of manhood. He
never appeared before the people as
candidate for an office but what he was
elected triumphaDGy. He is a true type
of the people from whom he sprung and
whom be faithfully and boldly represents.
He has been elected member of the Le-
gislature, of Congress, Governor and L..
S. Senator over the most able and popu-
/ lar men of the State, and has now the
public confidence not only of Tennessee,
but of loyal men throughout the Union.
Like Webster, Clay, and Jackson, he has
fought his way upward TO his present
high position in the face of pinching
poverty, aided by no influential or veal
thy relations, and opposed by adversaries
who employed all the aid which fortune
could bestow.S
I JOHN BELL, on the other hand, never
had any sympathy with the masses and
never had any influence with the people.
He is as reserved and frigid as the ice
berg which floats in the Polar waters
He is a man Of accident, destitute Of
moral courage aud firmness, and repre-
sents nobody. Like a cypher in arith-
metic, his whole value depends on his
relative position to some significant
figure.
Let our readers fix for hearty gufiaw
over the next remark of the Dispatch
The ministers Of the gospel in Nash
vile, Alexandria, and elsewhere, have set
an example in patriotism, as in religion,
which deserves the universal gratitude
and admiration Of their cOuntrymen.-
They have been dragged from their pulDits
and Threatened NTH deah if they would not
pray for the President of the United
States; but these Pious, venerable men have
preferred outrage and death to such treason
TO their country, and have resOlutely and
successfully resisted the demands of the
tyrants. Their churches hare been closed,
their 1Ocks deprived Of the ministrations
of religion, and Themselves driven ont as
wanderers upon he face Of he earth Bat their
pure and lgfty spirits are l1'omqaerei
Ha ma ha Ho!! no y hot He'll
he'll! he'll! Plus and venerable clergy
Of the Methodist Publishing House,
that exclusively religious institution"
who urged the application Of lynch
law, and said il would be entertaining"
to see a Union man dance in the air"
Pious Episcopal rector iolo IN violation Of
his solemn ordination oah and v9ss refuses
toPay Gor those in authority. Did Arranged
don Baldwin wait to be dragged from
his pulpit or did he skedaddle like a
wild goose before a hurricane Did FL
der Graves ever set an example to his
flock Of either patriotism or religion?