The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-12-04
AashrilIe Aniulr.
Published By an Association Of Printers.
office on Printers Alley, between
Union and Deaderick streets.
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 4, 1862.
To the Young Men of East Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2, 1862

AZ bnO unCnOA AJobb
NASHVILLE, TENN, Dec. 2, 1862,
The reasons that prompt me to address
you, will appear in the reading of this
card
Our section of the State has assumed
position in the progress of the present
civil war that makes it the pride and
boast Of true patriots everywhere; and
especially do the loyal of our own native
mountains feel proud that they were born
and raised, and can of right, claim to be
citizens of patriotic, Union-loving East
Tennessee.
The most momentous issue ever pre-
sented to the world, save one, is now
before the American people They are
acting upon it in the course of this ter
rible civil struggle! Section is arrayed
against section in many instances house
holds are divided The nature of the
struggle is such that no one can be in
different. All have a preference. The
choice made by the great body of the
people of our part of the State was a wise
one. They chose to adhere to the Gov
ernment given them by the Divine guild
ance of their fathers. For their devotion
to this Government, they have been forced
to submit to wrongs and outrages, the
extent of which may be imagined, but
neither tongue, pen nor pencil can por-
tray. Once they roamed as free as the
God of Liberty created them! But now
they are attempted to be made slaves by
a military despotism, to a little circum-
scribed, joint snake, cotton Confederacy,
presided over by the evil genius of JEFF.
DAVIS, the chief of modern thieves
The treatment our people have received
at the hands of this counterfeit Govern
ment need not be dwelt upon. You have
experienced something of its cruelties.
The world knows its excessive wicked
ness, and thousands have treasured up
its wrongs. Heaven has scarce reserved
in store shaft of punishment sufficient
} to avenge The wrongs inflicted upon ou
people. All this being fact, and not fan.
3 cy, it is but just to suppose that, after
this state of things shall have passed
, away, and the military power of the grea
, Southern mob that now rules over ou
friends with bloody hands, shall b,
crushed and destroyed, as il certainly
} will, the people, with one accord, will
= hold us all responsible for the part w
# took in accomplishing this most desirabl
e result, the consequence of which wa
their emancipation from the most infer
nal bondage ever known since civiliza
tion first dawned!
1t is our duty; it is the duty of ever,
~ East Tennesseean, to contribute all hi
80 energies to the redemption of his home
% and friends there. If he is a young mar
20 able-bodied, he should not hesitate
% moment, but join the army at once. Els
pecially should he enter the service, whe
he has been driven from home by tina
internal despotism that has usurped al
90 thority in the South!
90 Young man; you who have fled throug
90 the defiles Of the mountains, and stol
o. your way over craggy bluffs, to avoid th
~ hellish grasp of usurpers and tyrants,
20 is your duty to join the Federal army
90 If you would be respected hereafte
70 hasten to enrol your name, and buck
10 on the armor of the patriot soldier
a. a. What! refugee? driven from home
-, exiled and not willing to help igl
your way back? Think of il and f
K, your own and your country's sake, entC
IN the army without further delay. If yo
are young, and able to stand the seryic
it is certainly your first duty, and futuI
bo generations will tell you so! Don't con
into the Federal lines, and keep up a
eternal cry about " forward moves, III
90 less you first take upon yourselves Il
90 duty and obligation Of soldiers Thel
are great number of young men, fro
is, different portions Of the South, now
the Federal lines idling away their tim
meditating, l presume, when they wi
"o ,o return homo and boast how A" We crush
the rebellion 4"
Now, gentle reader, l have not write
single word to offend any one, and &c