Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-16

; coins proclamation let every ma
!, who is able 10 fght buckle on IA
J armor, and, without.awaiting th
5 slow, and tedious process OF col
scYiptien, at once voiunteerto AID /
the struggle a.aiiistihini. The rae
is not always TO the. swift nor til
battle tothe strong, and it canno
: in the atnre Of things, be possibl
that a just Ged viii prosper th
effofts ol a nan cr a government
which has hypocritlcally pretendet
to wage war ip behalf of the Con
stitation, but now throws off Tx
masi, and SITS it utteily at defiance
30 despot III Europe would dare t.
exercise the. powers which Mr.. Lin
coin, in less than two brief years
has ,f.oidly usurped He has sus
pended the writ Of httb.as cerpu,
in regard to all persons who have
been or may be imprisoned by mil
itary authority, and thus destroyed
q rightessentiai t. the l'berties Of
the citizen, ar:ght which the mailed
barons of England 4 wrest, d by
force from King JOAN. and inserted
On the great charter Of. British
freedom: g right which it carsj d
centuries Of contest to engraft up
on the British constitution; a right
fJr which OR Fl, thers sternly strug-
g!ed, ef.d " hich is incarporated d in
every Asnericail constitution. lie
has called armies ipto the held, with
out authority, according t. bis own
aclsnow .odglnellt, and hes become
a military Dictator. He now
claims the prerogative to abolish
slavery without our consent, aud,
if he can thus take cur negroes,
why may be not take cur lands
and every thing else we passess,
and reduce us t. state of vassal-
age 10 which In narAllel e- cam be
found save in the history of the
Middle Ages. $50
THos. 4. r. Nelson.
Knoxville, I'd October, 1862.
The R ported "Uaioa" Ssntime'a
in the HouM.-At tie great war
meeting in Boston, John {. Ere
mcst made a speech, in which he
said:
The Unionists of the North had
made sacrifice in giving their lives
and those whom they hold most
dear to them, Such losses could
rever he repaid. So he believed
ihe Unionist OF the South would
be ready to make sacrifices. 1t
was his belief, however, that there
were not SO many Unionists at the
South as had been supposed, and
the number is decreasing.
The dangers of tht1f position
and the uiicertainty OF the .sac-
cess Of the Government had pro-
duced tilis. unaninity.l III the
whole valley of Virginia there
was not Uniun man, and he was
certain, not a Union wo:nan.-
With >tliem it was only a ques
ton as to the manner of separa-
ion.
The Ncrthen people did rot re-
alizc how long the Southern people
ave been prs pairing Tor dlsunIon.
I2eserance was apade- to di.-anicn
checked by Gen, jackson, and Cal
houn u, ing q defeated Rebel ieav-
ing behi1l him legions Of Young
mcn edu, ated to the same views,
and In the bgli {. tha! they were
fighting for their liberties.
T;Feetling Me Eter',a'a.--Cen,
futile, the Federal commander at
Cairo, addressed to the u ar Depart
uneut, stating that large numbssi'
Of negroes had arrived at that
Joint from Gen. Curtis army; that
they would sfarve unless some
oodv fed them, and asking what
should be done in the matter.-
Secretary Stanton, in reply, di-
reeted Gen. futile TO issue the
necessary supplies for these negroes,
and to put to work such of them
rs are capable, g~.e-
-<>.%.
Gen, Chalmers, Of Miss, has
been placed under arr ST by Gen.
Bragg TO- making Il premature at
tack, with infantry alone, upon