The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-21

Here again are men Of every State he
they have congregated, linked in the d
tense of most sacred cause. Tn,
have battled, they have bled, upon 20
soil, and IL is now consecrated by bio,
which cries for vengeance against 4
insensate foe of religion as well as
humanity, of the altar as well as of
hearthstone.
vALoa OF THE REBEL SOLDIERS WHO FIG
THE "oFFsooURINGs OF THE KARTH."
You have shown yourselves in no r,
pect to be degenerate sons Of your fat
ers. You have fought mighty BATH
and your deeds of valOr will live amo
the richest spoils Of Times ample pal
IL is true, you have cause which bin
you together more firmly than your fat
ers were. They tonight TO be free Fl,
the usurpations Of the British Grow
but they fought against a manly &
lou Ggh against The Q6ScoVings Of
earth. Applause.
Men who were bound TO you by
compact which their fathers and thei
selves had entered into, to secure to Y
the rights and principles not only gus
anteed by the Declaration Of Indepen
ence, but rights which Virginia wiss
and plainly reserved in her recognisi
Of the Government in which she tool
part, now come TO you with their han
stepped in blood, robbing the widow,
stroying homes, seizing the gray -hail
father, and inoarcerating him in prie
because he will not be a traitor 10
principles of his fathers and the la
which gave him birth.
GREAT VICTORY Ar MURFREEs BoRo,
ln the West, at Murfreesb0ro, you ha
gained victory over hosts vastly sui
rior to our own in number. You las
achieved result there as important,
brilliant as that. which occurred on (
soil Of Virginia and cotemporaneously
Vicksburg, where they were struggle
TO get possession Of the great artery, 1
control of the Mississippi River, TO a
swer the demands of the Northwest.
every combat they have been beaten, o.
] trust they will be beaten in futu
Out of this victory is TO come that di
satisfaction in the North west viii
will rive the power Of that section; al
thus we see in the future the dawn-flr
separation of the North west from II
Eastern States, the discord among the
which will paralize the power Of bol
then for US future peace and prosperii
THE YANKEES BURN TOWNS AND STE
SPOONS.
Every crime which could characteril
the conduct of demons has marked Il
course of the invaders. The northei
portion of Virginia has been ruthless
desolated-the people not only depriv
of the Eeans of subsistence, but Tia
household property destroyed, and evel
indignity which the base Imagination
a merciless foe could suggest, inAict
without regard TO age, sex or conditio
In like manner their step las bee
marked in every portion of the Confed,
racy they have invaded, They ha'
murdered prisoners of war; they ha'
destroyed the means of subsistence
families; they have p,undered the d,
fenseless, and exerted their most MALI
nant ingenuity TO bring to the deepeI
restitution those whose only oflense
that their husbands and sons are fghtir
for their homes and their liberties.
In one instance, in the northern part
Mississippi, ] have heard Of their pluI
dering the home of poor widow, takiI
her only COW, and then offering her Il
oath Of allegiance as the terms upo
which they would furnish her ration
Worthy & be a matron Of the Southe
Confederacy she refused il, and when
last heard of her, which was before Il
enemy were driven from her home, 81
was living upon parched corn. Nj
God bless her. She is worthy 20 be
mairOD Of the Southern Confederate
Applause. EUery crime conceivable fro
tie burning Of defsnSeless toms, b ge stea
ing Of silUer Jorks and spoons, has uarkt
their career.
YANKEES vs., HYESAs.
They have come to disturb your soci
organizations on the plea that Il is mi
itary necessity. For what are they wa
ing war? They say to preserve I
Union. Can they preserve the Union
destroying the social existence Of pc
tion Of The South ? Do they hope to r
construct the Union by striking at eve
thing which is dear 10 men? BY shoV
ing themselves so utterly disgrsced tn
il the question was proposed 70 y,
whether you would combine with ny
mas or Yankees, trust every Virgini
would say.giYe inc the hysnas. Cri
Of Good goOdW and applause.
THE PROSPECT GHrR0vIGG.
Compare COR condition TO day wi
that which existed one year ago. s
the increasing power Of the enemy, b
mark that our own has been propOrtiO
ably greater, until we see in the futr