The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-11-13
THURSDAY MORNING, nov. IS 1862

IA king, when asked by his son, whs
persons he should punish, of number
who had been engaged in an insurrec'
zion, made no reply, but taking the mes
senger who had brought the message, in
10 garden, beat down, with his staff
the tsllest peoples. This story conveys
a lessen which should be needed by oul
Generals who have just re-entercd this
State with a splendid army, and indi.
Gates clearly the proper policy to be
pursued by them in suppressing the re-
bellion.
Strife do,0n the tall poPpies
The tallest poppy is the rebel army
The first duty our generals have to exc
cute is to whip the armed soldiers OF
4reason. Blood letting is the first reme-
dy to be administered TO the raging fe-
yer of rebellion. Neither laws, nor
proclamations, nor military orders, nor
powerful newspaper articles, nor even
immense Ievies of troops, and vast fleets
will cure the disease which afIlicts the
nation, without vigorous campaigns and
hard fighting. Beautiful military theories,
and mastery plans of unfought battles
upon paper will avail nothing unless
our officers and soldiers whom we have
armed in the name of our country and
the God Of battles, beard the hydra OF
rebellion in his den, and slay him 1t
must be conquered by the sword.
The next peoples in stature are active
and inhuentiol ebels who are not in the
army, but whose whole influence is per-
Ferted to the ruin of their country, and
the encouragement Of treason. With the
deepest pain have we often seen this class
of rebels remain unframed by our militia
ry authorities, while obscure persons, who
were but the deluded agents, the mere pup
pets of the former, were prosecuted with
unrelenting severity. We have even seen
prominent men, occupying high social
nositiop. courted and fawned upon by
Federal oihcers, 40 .l-~-s-
priceless favor for a luxurious aristocrat
who seeks the ruin of the Government, to
honor Federal officer, by treating him
rs an equal socially. To come South, at
the expense of the Government in suit
of splendid uniform, and be invited to sit
at the table and drink the wines of a
wealthy rebel merchant or planter, seems,
an too many instances, to have heen the
height of the aspiration of many of our
officers. 1t was perfectly natural that
such officers should turn their backs upon
poor loyal men and women with sneer,
who dared to petition their majes-
ties, for protection from rebel out
RACES, or the plundering of commits
stoned scoundrels in the Federal SER
vice. 1t was natural also that such
officers should neglect the discipline,
morals and health of their soldiers, and
that lawless soldiers, following the ex-
ample of their superiors should steal,
rob, destroy, and burn everything they
could lay their hands on-provided al
ways that their depredatiOns were not
committed upon some rich rebel who
might be favorite with their officers
The impunity which wealthy traitors
have enjoyed and the wonderful assidu.
ity and eagerness with which their poor
have been hunted down by
men who pretended to be suppressing
he rebellion, has excited the universal
lerision and contempt of the disloy al, and !
he just indignation of the loyal Com '
non sense dictates that TO effectually ex- '
erminate the rebellion, treason must BE- q
aade oiiSls and traitors impoverished. The 4
Government must protect its friends a
and punish its foes severely;
ut in furnishing foes, let us not pass by
he powerful and intelligent, and seize o
pom the feeble and ignorant. u