The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-06-25

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will thinkwhat is hintcd al is all fancy
BE not deceiyod-tc ray eut is true.
And yet here we must remain and wait
for other things TO be done, and not be-
permitted to walk over little mountain
aud fight the devils, and whip them or
die in the attempt and thereby erect in
our mountain passes another Thcrmopy-
La; monument which shall speak to ru-
ture generations the tale Of our devotion,
if not to our country, at least to our
wives and little ones at home.
II the facts were known to the civilized
nations Of the earth in reference to the
coduct Of the Rebels in East Tennessee, |
believe there would be a general outburst
Of just indignation at the laggardness Of
the Government And there has been no
good policy in it so far as wee can dis.
cover; for East Tennessee is, and has
been ever since the fall of Donelson, the
only grain and bacon country to which
secession could 60 for provisions. And to
think that our loyal people were saving
corn and bacon in great abundance on
purpose to sell to the Union army when
it should come along, and now to be con-
fined here, and not permitted to partici-
pate In the great struggle for the preser-
walton Of the Government, except so far
as to guard few gaps in the mountains,
is too bad. True we are sometimes per-
mitted to ascend the mountain heights,
and look over, as MosEs did Of old, upon
the promised land.
All! if you could be with us sometimes
on an excursion Of this sort when our
boys have climbed the steep mountain to
some high point from whence they can
view their own sweet valleys, and hear
them as they point out to each other the
particular valley, or glen, or dale where
all their beloved ones reside, and then,
when they have feasted themselves sufIi-
GENTLY with view of the land, and the
order is g'ven 10 retreat, to 60 back to camp,
it would melt heart Of stone to see the
tears trickling down the bronzed faces of
our poor fellows.
The theme is too sickening. And yet
to read the papers, one would thinl. the
whole Government was ready TO pitch in
with all its mighty energy to relieve
East Tennessee. What is Congress do
ing in the meantime? Quarrellipg about
what must be done with accwsed woolly-
headed niger. The white sons and
daughters all lost sight of in their pri-
sons and loathsome cells, while Congress-
men spin out their -gotten-up, pre-
pared tO-order speeches about the mig
ger. Is it not enough to put us all to
shame and confusion when we reflect
that the present indications from Con-
gross are that the negro is of more con-
sequence than the loyal white sons aud
daughters Of the South
But bark it is midnight, our pickets
are on the mountain and in tho gaps, our
men were just now sleeping quietly and
dreaming perhaps Of home, sweet home;
but all at once every thing is hustle and
confusion the lights and fires are burn
ing brightly; l inquire what's up And
the response is a dispatch has just arriv-
ed from Head quarters ordering us away
go good bye.
May 30th.--Sure enough we started
and after going ten miles and getting a
good drenching, and passing one night
on wet ground without tents another dis
patch met us, giving us permission to
come back to the old camping ground
where we arrived last night in sad plight,
but after one nights sleep our men were
up aud in high spirits this evening when
the drums beat to arms and battle-line
was formed on a very suspicious false
alarm. Even the sick were no longer
dropping and unable for duty-eUeyy man
had his g,m. And what now? Why sir,
we are again ordered to march. Where
to, you say. Perhaps somebody will
knew in a few days. At any rate the
writer Of this, although worked nearly to
death, is in better spirits than when he
wrote the first part of this scroll.
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