The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-08

thusiasm, for whether defeat or victory
has attended their arms in this or that
battle, il alike nerved their soldiery with
fresh courage and sent a new thrill Of
patriotic ardor through their own hearts;
and Il is now too wen settled for any one
60 be in doubt that peace will not come
but with the maintenance Of the COnst-
tuition in it's supremacy, and the restora-
ton Of the Union TO its former integrity. |
But the superior vaior Of Southern |
men more than counterbalanced, in the |
opinions Of the leaders and conspirators, 1
this marked disparity in numbers, 1t |
| was deemed quite moderate estimate |
that one Southern man could whip five |
Yankees or Northern men and il was |
| neither clever nor LOYAL in any gentle
man of Southern birth TO controvert or
doubt its truth. Noble young men flock
! ed TO the rebel standard under the belief
i that the war would be a holiday Of frolic
! and fun and fathers and mothers cheer
/ fully gave up their sons and in many in
stances, virtually coerced them into the
service, expecting their speedy return
with honor and fame cheaply won. Sad
and fatal delusionl The holiday has
turned out 70 be carnival Of blood and
death, and the weeds Of mourning come
in the place Of chaplets Of laurel. Who
are these men Of the North, stigmatized
as towards aud Hessians and what have
they done memorable in the annals Of the
world? However it may gall the crest
ed lip and imperial brow of the South
crn chiyalry, they are bone Of onr bone
and flesh of our flesh our equals in con-
licls OF war and our equals in the arts of
peace. They are descendants of that
noble band which bled freely and brave
w. in the war Of the Revolution; they
trace back their pedigree TO the Anglo
Saxon race, that great family of nations,
whose blood has watered more battle
fields for the rights Of man and whose
genius and energy have contributed
more to the march Of civilization than any
: other race on earth; they have sprang
from the memorable line Of enthusiasts,
8 which has given 20 human liberty the
names and memories of a Sidney, a
|, Hampden, a Warren, and a Hayne, and
: to Protestant Christianity its brightest
examples of martyrdom; and they who
think that these men, any more than
! the same great race in the South, are
= timid towards and poltroons, mistake
3 the rich heritage Of the blood that runs
in their veins and forget the brave deeds
that made their ancestors illustriOus in
y the pages of history. Who will say
that they have not maintained the pres
ent war for the preservation of Cons
i titutional Liberty, the honor and re-
y nown of the race, and more than vindi-
: Gated their rightful inheritance of the
= classic glories of Lexington and Bunker
= Hill? They have suffered several hu.
. initiating defeats, but they have gained
many brilliant victories; they have ex-
} hibited instances Of individual cowar.
|" dice and wild spread panic, but they hav,
given TO the glory and renown Of arms
many heroic names and battle fields o
~ unlinching courage and coOlness; th,
~ victories of Pea Ridge, Roanoke lslanC
~ and Fort Donelson, countervail the dis
~ astrous defeats of Balls Bluff, Oak Hill
" and Bull RIM; and the stream Of blood
II that crimson the hills and plains o
Shiloh and the walls of death that com
~ from the valley Of the ChickahOminy, fal
- with crushing weight on the traitorou
~ leaders aud their false aspcrsions o
," Northern courage. Give 10 the South In
." same unanimity and enthusiasm of sen
800 timent and purpose, give her the sam
80 arms and equipments, an equal navy
"a and equal resources, and, above all, Civ
nv her the old national airs and the old fla
" of the Union to cheer her brave sons am
~ point them in the right way, and the bril-
liant pages of Grecian and Roman yalo
~ would not surpass her deeds and achieve
as ments.
.as The stereotyped remark that Cotto
~, was King, was the grandcst cheat th
IS, IS, sublimest humbug in this branch Of th
y" scheme Of dclusion and fraud. Cotto
NJ was the Aladdins lamp that would con
~ vert every thing il touched into ingots {
IA gold and precious metals; it was the Il
Nv yer of Archmides with the fulCrum tn;
w the great philosopher sighed for but nevC
4 found, with which the world could
!" turned backwards and forwards az pleas
~ urc. II was TO render Confederate bono
pl and notes equal TO gold aud silver,
IN tlothe, feed and equip in fine style III
~ whole army TO break the blockade an
w. keep open the Southern ports, TO star
~ the Government of the United States il
ny 10 terms satisfactory 20 the Coniedera
nv States. to force from England and Fran,
49, a speedy recognition Of the rebel dyna
~ ty, and, if need be, 10 bring over, in dl
M time, the navies and armies Of QucC
wy Victoria and Emperor Napoleon, and a
A. the war should be over aud CONNER
g., and trade opened with the North al
- other foreign countries, IL was TO POI
- swollen and overlooking streams of q
- precious metals into every mock and co
ner of the Southern Conlederacy. IN
!, Prime Ministers Of his Fibrous Males
VI were not content with these encomiuu
,,.5 on the dignity and power of their ma
'' ter He regulated the commerce aud a
'u" iustcd tho balances Of trade between
I't. nations; he provided food aud raime
,.5 for the laboring millions OF the worl
~ lac employed and kept busy the mercha
.'J marine of all commercial countries;
~" prepared the way for the footprints
Ill.,, the schoolmastor and the steady striC
n,a of civilization; he graded the road a
,i,,, laid down the track into distant lands
-. pagan and heathcnish harbarism for
burning wheels of the Sion of God a
No., though last, not least, he conferred
,7 some few of the FIRST families in his Xii
,oc5 dom the imperial brow and males
49, strut Of nobility. Wonderful king i,
.no tunate aud happy subjects IL is or
~ indeed TO disrobo the king and un,
vset ceiye the subject, bat truth like THUR,
4 or spear of celestial temper, must unm
',it, tho wicked cheat and humbug W
and ever cotton may be-, in times of pes
has and beyond doubt Is an article Of pr
,EeJ necessity and immense value, il is
49,, kiRg in war between the Federal Tn
"a and an armed robcilien OF its dolu
subjects. Ancient Kingdoms rose, 40