The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-03
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advent with joy aud delight. The in
cipient characteristics Of the rebellion In
Kentucky, as given by the writer, are
vivid and life like The class of men
described by Kentucky Soldier" as
aiding and abctting in this Internal work,
are truly and most emphatically por-
trayed by him. They were aud are a
precious compound f taier-demalian
onstrosiiies-mos1 bankrupis in for
tune and in character, political adven-
turers of the Don Quixotic type, and
generally deIooralized and exscinded
members Of the Christian Church, and
the peculiar property Of the devil Al
general These bad and corrupt men,
had nothing to gain, while society or the
State was in peace, but were retrogra'
ding in a moral sense, and had become
the bane of all respectable men and
women. They were in a'word, "cankers
upon calm world" and cultivators Of
a restless and polluted nature, that gem
orally evinces itself In striving to over
turn well established principles, and the
destruction Of all that is excellent AS
a proof that the above is correct, ! ask If
any good or even moral man, could Tor
moment desire tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT and,
consequently, the destruction OF the
American government Aud the answer
comes back in more than thunder tones
Nol For illustration Of the characters
concerned toriginally in Kentucky in
developing the present rebellion, l need
not mention a single ono By whom the
whole class could be known. This would
lie labor lost; for in describing the body
I particalarize each individual member,
and identify the constituents of the
whole. The writer had q fair opportu-
nifty of Watching the movements aud OF
beholding the evolutions of character as
exhibited by these honor lost blotckes upon
the fair escutcheon of bis native State
and he afiirms, from absolute knowledge,
the above picmre drawn by himself, aud
the better one drawn by Kentucky
Soldier" are as real as life. Fen gentlemen
could be found amongst us, who were so
abandoned az TO lift their hands against
our national flag. There were, indeed,
a portion of our citizens, who ranked as
Goldfish aristocracy and n'qcFeret No ., who
readily embraced the opportunity OF
attaching their wretched fortunes to the
crowd of genteel loafers, and hangers on
of tayerns and beer-houses, gamblers and
atheists, slgve-pen keepers, and respecta-
| bic iailors, who were ever ready to receive
the body Of ''chattel, and to open, ride
door for his reception--especislIy when
the prospect of receiviog a remunerating
fee was evident, together with receiving
ing the thinks of tie - Southern gem
tlemen' who clained the chattels,
and from whom the wicked "con-
trabead hAd lid Inis last made our
iailcr bless his stars that there was such
place as Dixie, aad ia the warmth Of his
highly idtlamed zeal be swore that"nigger-
ism war bin!e christianity, and pledged
himself 10 fight for the oppressed South
whenever called upon. Their cry was
"Southern Rights" and one could do
enough talking for fiity sound minded
men. Night and day did they pirate and
rant their dismal discord. Mean whisky
was destroyed by the barrel, and "bolo-
ma sausages by the ton. Thier men
aces and threatenings they thought were
most formidable, and they appeared to
the eyes of the transient beholder as
terrible as an army of banners" They
evinced, from the very initiation of the
rebellion, o most warlike and bloc l.
thirsty disposition. They were brave
| beyond all doubt, at least in their own
imagination. One of them could slay, in
single combat, whole company of blue
bellied Yankees as they termed all I'm
| ion-loving citizens, and a small regiment
of them could annihilate the universal
Yankee nation. They swore terribly
and in their wrath they said most yehe-
mently that no Northern troops should
ever set foot upon, or pass the neutra
territory of Kentucky, to fight their often
insulted Southern brethren." Aud when
the horoic Rousseau and his noble associ.
ates commenced raising troops for the
defence Of the Nation, they said then
should be hung. One of them, formerly al
accidental governor Of the State, said In
the thawing of the winter, that "if the
ab0litiontst Rousseau ever marched his
ragamuilins into the State, he would as.
sist in cutting his black heart out Of
him ;" and yet this same redoubtabl,
ex-governor, in an hour of weakness NJ
doubt, was led by bis wife, like meel
and gentle lamb, to the headquarters o.
General Rousseau, and there Inundated
himself, and begged permission TO tax,
the "Oath at the hands Of the mar
whose heart he was desirOus Of seeing il
the street detached from his body. Thil
mighty Chief of secession folly also sale
that before Rousseau should march hii
thieves across Muldrough's Hill, he woulc
send his slaves and make them burn th,
trestlework of the railroad Brave ma
before had talked of proud achievements
but had failed TO accomplish anything
marvellous, owing, doubtless, TO the fOro'
of circumstances, and our herO--loould. b
assi'i-triaDphontly failed. In the pres.
enoe of the brave Rousseau, be was docilt
and pliGble and young undedged dov,
was a lion la comparison with him. III,
was willing to take the oath he did, and
| in taking IL, damned himself in eterna
infamy in the estimation of all hon.
orable men. Like thousands of his
misguided brethren, be took the oath
not with any intention Of keeping
IL, but for the above purpose of saving
bis chattels, The abolitionists had
come in a mighty phalanx, and the "sa.
cred institution" was imperilled Sla-
very, with our friend and his delude d
followers, was Bible-tAught truth
though many Of them were skep,ieal
IN regard 10 every other tenet but the re
vealed theol' Ry, they heartily embraced
this one, aud thereupon built an altar, and
dedicated il TO the MolOoh of the nine
tenth century. They became most de-
vout worsbippers at their shrine Of dark
ness, and accommodated all who would
not partake of their horrid sacrifice