The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-13

Captain in she Army of,tbe ,Potomsel
which sse published ID TIC sprinefidIa
(Msss3 Rste5Ecui We viii say, by tIe
waysthat the Army,of the oumberlandb
and the Army Of the Mississippi do a
little better firing than the rebels. or
"Any other man." Still somebody may
profit by the suggestion. The iPotomacg
Captain writes
Shall tell you how one of our lines
Of battle engages2 They 70 in in fine
style, steadily, In a good line and with.
out any fiinching, halt at what is held
to be desirable point and Of the COM
mand comDence firing, standing, kneel-
ing OF lying down, as may be ordered.
Then, as in all their previous training
they have been taught to load and FIRE as
rapidly IS possible, three or four times A
minute, they go into the business with all
fury, every man vieing with his neigh
Dor as to the number of cartridges he
can ram into his piece and spit out of IT,
The smoke rises in a minute or two so
you can see nothing where TO aim. The
noise is deafening and confusing TO the
last degree. The impression gets around
of tremendous conflict going on. The
trees in the vicinity suffer aorely, and
the clouds good deal.
By-and.by the guns get heated and
won't 60 off, and the cartridges begin 10
give out The men have become tired
with their furious exertions and the ex-
citement and din Of their own firing, and
without knowing anything about the
effect produced upon the enemy, very
likely having scarcely had one glimpse
of the enemy at all begin to think they
have fought about enough aud it is nearly
time Co retire. Meanwhile the enemy,
lying quietly hundred or two yards In
front, erouching on the ground or behind
trees, answer our fire very leisurely, as
they get chance for q good aim, about
one shot TO our three hundred, hitting
about as many as we do, and waiting for
the wild tornado of ammunition 10 pass
over their heads, and when our burst of
fighting is pretty much over they have
only commenced.
They probably rise and advance upon
US with one of their unearthly wells "a
they see our fire slackens. Our boys,
finding that the enemy has survived such
an avalanche of fire as we have rolled in
upon him, conclude no must be invincible,
and being pretty much out of ammuni-
ton, retire. Now, il had charge of
regiment or brigade, I'd put every man
in the guard house who could be proven
to have fred more than twenty rounds in
any one battle wouldn't let them carry
more than their cartridge box full (forty
rounds), and have them understand that
that was meant TO last them pretty much
through a campaign, and in every possi-
BILE way would endeavor TO Danish the
Chinese style of fighting, with big noise
and smoke, and initiate rather the back
woods style of our opponents. raAF TE{t
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| The Savannah ReppJAcap contains an
interesting letter from aHERsoHEL "
JOHNSON, Senator from Georgia in the
rebel Congress, in defence Of q bill,
which he'fhiFOducsd last Winter, pro-
viding an amendment 70 the Constitution
of the Confederate States. The amend
ment proposed to Incorporate the doc
trine of secession into the Constitution,
so that there could be no mistake about
itin the future. It provided that when
any State being sggrieved by any act of
Congress shall by convention declare the
act 60 be unconstitutional, Congress
shall call a convention Of the States, and
il the act is not approved by two thirds
of the States, it shall be void but if it
is affirmed and no adjustment can be
made satisfactory to the complaining
State, that State shall, ifit choose, be
allowed to secedo in peace. Surely this
seems very reasonable, il the secession
doctrine is adopted. IL was objected
that the amendment was unnecessary.
But Mr.. Johnson says that the right Of
secession is not in so many words recog-
hized iA'the Constitutions, and he fears
that in the future trouble may arise on
this question. He fears that Congress
may exceed its delegated poweFs He
thinks that convention OF States fur
nishes much better arhiter between q
disconnected State and the Confederate
Government than Supreme Court. He
days that the Supreme Court Of the
United States had, at the time of seces-
sion, become so imbued with the party
spirit of the day, that il was an unsafe
umpire between the States aud the
United States" .A
1 Another consideration which, Mr..
leJoHSsoN thinks oOmmends his amend
ment, is that IL would put an end TO all
Congressional compromises. He says
that the various compromises were a can
leer upon the United States Government
down 10 the day Of disruption, and that
they were submitted to by the South,
because resistance promised war and
biOOdshed. In the closing paragraph of
his letter he says;nu vaAtesaa
l. " Independence gained, want good
| government, stable government, enduring
| government Without it independence
| is worth but little, whatever il NAV
cost Of blood and treasure" a.a j.. ,
Notice 60 sutlors. "a .-
just received and for sale a. reduced
rates. a
1860 barrels dried Apples.
i, 100 do do Peaches.
T. 100 boxes Cheese.
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