The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-17

which mustered only 1900 men, W
have to bleed as much as ;s Il he,
full quota of 1000. Their ranks \
be filled, humanity demanded IT, It
q time for patriots TO throw Off
shackles of private interest, fly to
rescue of those heroes whom the raw
of war had yet spared, and conseC
themselves TO the most sacred caus
earth.
THE REAL DANGER.
The President remarked that whe
arrived here he thought the enemy
pouring down upon us from the mort
borders Of our State, but when he ,
to Grenada he there learned that not.
could be seen of them but their L,
They were going back, perhaps wit,
intention OF reinforcing the heavy
umn that was now being thrown 4
the Mississippi river. The real poin
attack were at Yicksburg and Port
son and TO all who desired TO lei
helping hand to the country in her i
eDt exigency he would say, "6o to
Hudson and Vicksburg without del
HARMoNY-PERMANENr MILITARY sri
He spoke of the salutary effects of
monious action between the several S
and the Government at Richmond.
urged upon Legislators, both State
Confederate, the necessity of estab
ing a permanent military system
even after the present war was ende
might expect trouble from our enc
unless our military establishment W
such char acter as TO give them a W
some fear of precipitating a war upo
The true theory ,Oas to adopt a mihtarl
tenn 10jtich ,cOa'd be permanent and opel
IN times Of peace.
The issue involved in this war WI
ordinary one. The question is, will
be free, or will you be the slaves q
most depraved, and intolerant, anI
rannical, and hated people upon g,
This was the real question to be dec
Everything else was as dust in the
ance. A people who had demonst
their utter incapacity for self-go,
mcnt, who have destroyed their own
critics in the vain effort to deprive
ours, seek to be our masters, and i.
upon us such CALLING chains as hal
parallel in the annals Of tyranny.
sissippi is the object of their pc,
hrtred; upon her is to be visited
refined vengeance. But our cause is
and vengeance belongs to the Lord.
will resist the power of the enemy.
card all other considerations but
public defence, and victory win aga
ours.
Though the war had somewhal
ceeded his expectations, yet he
doubted our final success. and he
sidered it now as absolutely certa
The duration of the war was a que
OF time. He thought, however, il
not possible for a war waged upon
tremendous scale to be long protra
Be it long or short, however, we
not be the first to cry, "holdl enou
To the question of recognition an
tervention the President devoted o
few words. We had a right TO e
recognition long since, but it had
come, and his advice was "Pu
your faith in princess, nor rest your
upon foreign nations" II seemed
England still refused TO take any
toward either recognition or media
France had made a move that ID
friendly to us, and when she exte
the hand of friendship we woul
ready to grasp il.
Tho President took a brief retro.
tive view of the movements of our Al
since the fall Of New Orleans-an
as unexpected to him as it was 10
and showed that we had not retrogr
but had gathered largely in sire
Armies are not made up in a nun
only. We have now an army we
safely. rely on. We have stripped
boats Of their terrOrs. We have
proved in all those things which
made US invincible. Our prospect
much better than they were t
months ago.
There are two grand objects OF
enemy; first, to get possession d
river, and thus cut our Confederal
two and, second, to seize the Co
crate Capital, and hold il up to fo
nations as an evidence that the Co
eracy does not exist.
The President dwelt at some
upon the vast importance of thws
the enemy's designs upon this va
he considered its defence necessit
only to the people here, but to the
federacy itself.
Vicksburg and Port Hudson
points that must be defended, and
effort must be strained for this pur
Vicksburg, he said, would stand
Port Hudson would stand, if the
were true TO themselves. This
the Northwest would grow FESTIVE
cease to support a war ruinous 70
and beneficial only 10 New En-
contractors. From the Northwea
looked for the first CLEANS Of peacs
The President expressed his graf
tion that Gen. PembertOn, whom hi
sent here, believing bin eminently
10 this command, had sustained
signal manner the high character h
given him. lie also spoke Of Brig.
Lee, TO whom he had inirusted III
faugea of Niak ahurfr Ia ta.,,,e ~ A.