Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-08
RICHMOND VA SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH s. 1852


cy of the occsson Il is to be doubted whether the
history of the OODederacy will at the close Of the var
aTJrd parael'to tho self.sacrheng devotion which
has been manifested by ell classes Of the citizens Of
Nlshye 20 our brave soldiers who have allon victims
to the hardships and dangers incident to their noble
calling.
When the calamity befel tho citizens OF Nashville,
where we're her own sonss Where the glaut hosts Of
Tennessee, WHO might have successfully resisted ald
driven 6ac, the Invaders of their CApi;al'
Dspersed through their sister States, from Fort.
Doaesol the Atlantic coast! while thousands, among
the baves and the beat defending the soil of that
Virginia from whose Capital s hurled back upon thei.
fathers and mothers and sisters The bitter Of reach
cry and oOwardice.
With the entire armies of the Confedersey routed and
re;reang before the overwhelming numbers of the in
vAders or prisoners of war ia tho hands of the enemy
after their heroic bu. hopeless defence of the last strong
holdswhch defended the approrch 70 the city, where
The with which the remnant of the male in.
habluts could have defended themselves sngle.ha
and alone agdast forces greater than both the oppo.
sirg armies which fought the battle Of Manassas
AL literally ALL had b,en delivered up BY tie impera.
tive orders of the Government be placed in the hands
Of the organized regiments which lad been already d,
spItched TO the field of action. If every avaih ble gun
which ha been left in the bands OF the citizens had been
Collected together they would not lave been sufficient
TO one captains company.
Slch was the position cf flirs in Nashville upon that
fatal Sunday when the inhabitants, With hearts made
Lopefu by the apparent of the previous day
assembled in the churches only to hear announced from
ali, Irg. I'D of,
Coafejeracy nterposed between them and the in
vaders of their homes. He mus, have been lees
than man who 6ouli have witnessed uumoved the srcpe
which followed or who could have responded by taunis
aud ,ers to the demonstrations OF modification and
grei which followed the announcement 1t is true that
grsyhared fathers tembed and that the cheeks OF the
braves banched l. that the suppressed sObs Of
mothers and the frightened looks OF tmd girls Il Id OF
tho anguish which filed their breasts It is true that
upon every srest and from many dwellings there
exhibited crdercss OF almost akin to despair but
feel proud that before turning my back upon my home,
and the homes OF those to whom | am bound by go
many ties had myself witnessed the demonstration Of
the truth tha. the citizens Of Nashvs regarded the
greatest calaHiy which could befAl them the surrender
OF their city to the enemies of the South.
in conclusion would say, that the editor Of the EI.
aminer may be brave and patriotic but il hs Influence
fO7 evil is as great his seeming disposition 10
ploy it, uo all the towards aud traitors within the Con
federacy likely to iuct much injury the
of tie South he, by his unjust impuatots agaius.
those who his sppsrors in the sacrifices they have
made for their country who at least bic equals 10 that
patriotism and COURAGE nf shi"h n. - li---" q
be the embodiment aud exponent, aud whose misfor'
tunes constitute still higher claim upon the sympathy
and the respect of th,ir fellow countrYmen.
have An abiding faith that the ctzans of Nashville
an OF that portion OF Tennessee, who, from their eI
posed posi- on have been among the st to be overrun
by the hireling hordcs OF the hated Norhmen, will
no:her yield to the Establishments the threats Of the
IL saders norto the auns and nsults of the uconsid
er,e ana the unjus, among their fellow countrymen.-
trust that they will await, with hopeful hearts the
hour Of their deverance aud that the brave spirits OF
the South regardless OF all efforts TO aisna'e them fom
those to whom they uaed, by tho bonds of COM
mon brotherhood wi! lay down their arms until
the flag OF the COnfedelacy in triumph over the
Cptal OF Tennessee, aud upon the demanded walls of
Fort Done'sou.