, 1862-07-03

From the Nashville uuionJ
The Trojan horse, which, wearing the sem
blance of 8 harmless wooden figure, has an
armed force hidden in its belly, is always q
dangerous Intruder into the army OF the STATE.
Its external form Is attractive, and We'll adapt
ed to throw spectators off their guard Why
be En5plc1ous OF an image 80 ingenious, SO ma
jrstfc and harmless? So said tue foolish Tro-
jans as they dragged the wooden image within
their walls. They closed their gates, aud
deeming that all was secure, joined in 9
drunken Fevel. At midnight the amhuscade
opened the door in the side Of the horse, and
sanyiDg out, unlocked the gates, and the enc
ny rushed into the city, and Troy, which had
1or niue years 3, Wlthstood tue combined armies
Of Greece, fel1 By the deception Of the wooden
;horse. The loyal men Of the South who are
struggling to stay in the Union, are in peril
from wooden horse. Il is treason concealed
under tie mask Of conditional Unionism. We
are N NOR. danger from some who profess to
DC the trends Of the Union than We are from
aFoHed enemies. These creatures who wear
an everlasting sunifk aud smile upon their
1aees, are sWarmipg around every loTal federal
officer IN the South They are whispering
peass p When m there Is no peace. They profess
at the came time whisper In dn1cet tones and
mellitlnous phrases in the ear of the officers
OF. Justice: "Hod of. Don't strike or Won
VIII offend. Conciiate, conciliate. We are
sure Of the loyal men already, aud policy re-
CURES t9at ne gho1ld win over the rebels by
The eympath1zers with the rebellion seeing
tha inevitable failure attending 3 contest Of
arms, are applying all their energies to con-
trolling the policy: Of the goVernmenf.: They
+ eannot resist, 50 they seek to advise; To our
thafthe government mnst be IN the hands Of
ats. friends exclusively, and reward its friends
I: exclusively. Loyalty cannot eomurom;se
with treason The leasr touch Of treason is
H9ison9us: and Communicating, We cannot
rebuild the fallen portions Of our constitu-
t:honal7 edi6ce By attempting I'd cement the
wen hewn stones of patriotism with the III
! tempered mortar of tre1son- II we take
among rs fh1s wooden horse ct conditional
aud temporlzing uniontsm, we shall sobn fns
T. that daggsf is ready: to stab the nation to
all its fuIy, and with more effect than 1t first,
II We stop Ehcrt 6f cutting it up root and
| branch and sowing it's place With salt: Better
night Tor twenty years.. better aWeep every
rebel from theso1 Of The republic, and have
the great work OF restoration ssdone when lis
| done, thnn to cover up the IiYs Goals OF dis.
affection and allow them to burst forth into q
hotter and more consuming flame. Beware
! Of these counsellora then who advise yascil-
lating tenporiziBg, aIf-Way policy TO yards
those meg e who have plunged the land in the
| God for the murder Of 10000 meu, who
| have already perished in battle, and for
the blood OF many thousand more who will
pass through the horrors Of the battle ne.d to
an untinelJ grave. Oh, thou hea7en5oru
Republic, baptized with martyr blood in early
| infancy, and daily commended to the keeping
Of Divine Mercy By many millions Of agoniz
ing hearts, not only in the New, but in the
| Old World awake from thy slun1be1! Awake
to sense Of thy peril from many false Il ssam
mer friends y On the fields Of thy iezeest
con1icts-awake, and with the sword, achieve
al immortal and glorious destiny!