Washington telegraph., 1863-07-29

were both Union men in Feb. 1861, and |
strongIyopposed to secession. Mr.. Trimblo
even favored coercion by blockade and
commercial restriction.
When the fail of Fort Sumter was an
nounced, and the public convulsed with
excitement, Mr.. Houston, IN conjunction
with many others, issued card "urging
the people not to act hastily, suggesting
that Lincoln could not mean invasion or
conquest, and pledging himself IN the
event of his mistake, to resist him to the
utmost Of his power" Mr. Trimble was
moody and dissatisfied, but secuted the
idea that he could abandon his native
State in her day of trial, or aid in her op-
preston. They were both treated with
distinguished kindness and forbearance by
Southern men, no oaths or tests Of allegi-
ance required, and their social relations
not even interrupted.
When Nashville was evacuated by
Southern troops, they both remained, and
it was understood would be quiet and re-
signed, only using such influence as their
| former pos ton might have gwen in modi-
| fying the horrors of invasion and protect>
| iug others.
They did for some time carry out
this purpose. Mr.. Trimb!e reluctantly
aud hesitatingly accepted the office Of
Attorney General Of the State, more for
the purpose Of preventing its occupation
by some malicious person than for his
own personal interest. Mr.. Houston was
very kind in opposing the too great licence
of Federal soldiers. Both Of these men
disliked Lincoln and detested Andrew
johnson. B 9th, personally and politically,
regarding him a. leveller and a brigand
; The Nashville Union was established soon
after the appointment of johnson as Mill
tary Goyernor Of our Safe, and it has
drlfted from a decided Union sheet 10 {
malignant, fanatical, abolition paper,
>pitiin. forth ID its progress continuous
stream Of low, filthy venom, unequallel
IL tile South, and which has even disgust
ed the editors of the Louisville Journal.
We have i,tened from month to mOntl
with painful interest to ascertain the de
velopments of Messrs. Trimble and Hous
; tou. and what were their utterances, aDC
now there j. no longer room to doubt thei
complete afiiliation with the brutal, rapa
cious, sensual horde Of Yankees, and thei
baser, drunken companions, JohLsons
smith, Briens, Lindsey and Shane
We learn from undoubted sources that
they aud their families have fraternizeC
aud associated with the Yankees VIII,
were robbins and stealing the propert,
of their nearest friends and neighbors.-
,, They have insiduously piled their down
trodden and oppressed Southern friend
with Union oaths aud pledges cheated
) and eutrapped the unwary alternatel,
piled the screws of torture in the darl
and seemingly begged in the front; beel
the tools of the infamous Truesdale il
, bagging his game heard the screams o
; exiled neighbors and turned a deaf ear &c
/ their sufferings seen with patience the
{ houses aud beautiful grounds of their once
D true friends desolated and ruined withou:
t an effort to save them, whilst their own
are protected by their UNpoUBTED 10y
! Atty God save the mark .
| Nashville, once beautiful Nashville
the birthplace Of one and the home Of the
other, with their approval has been con-
verted into a hog sty and made den Of
thieves and robbers, thus turning Para.
disc into Pandemnnium.
There is only one sin they have NO,
committed and that the only bold and
manly guilt they could have incurred
They have never exposed their preciou.
persons or those of their families on the
field Of battle. The glorious Union is Of
untold value but ''their lives are still more
inestimable."
We think these men have not faithfully
read history or even done justice to their
pledges aud convictions, in the earlier
stages of the contest, or they would not
have thus sold their birthright for a mess
Of pottage.
If we read Alright there is no instance
in the records Of the past, where one who
has proved hostile aud unfaithful to his
native land in her day Of trial, has eve r
yet received the need Of applause from
rosterity. The wrongs of Coriolanus, the
sufferings Of the French nobility, the
brilliant heroism of the VendeaL Chief
and pure, unspotted lives of Dickinson
and others in our revolution, could only
ameliora;e, but not change the verdie.
of mankind.