The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-05
s. c. BERGER. EditOr.
EdIlorIaI Correspondence.
WAsH1EGToy, Nov. 26, 1868


The city for several days has been
gloriously exultAnt. Grant and Thomas,
eTwO scipiOs, twla thasderbOlis Of war"
with their iIIustrious companions, Gran
ger, Hooker, Sherman, Palmer, and others,
touched an electric chord, around noun
ttin-walled Chattanooga, whose fires kim
died the hearts OF the loyal with brighter
glow. The faces around ae beam with
delight eyes sparkle with rapture voices
seem more cheerful and clear; and feet
move along the streets with more elastic
spring. Every conservative has ceased
TO hiss FOX q moment, in our ears, that
Mcclellan and Buell., and Porter must be
restored 10 command before we can cope
with the rebel armies. In the name of
PiiriOts everywhere, l say, God bless the
Amy OF the Cumberland, the patient
tOilinF, suffering, bleeding, yet ever
daring and fearless soldiers, and their
leaders, for the victories before Chatta-
noogs. Missionary Ridge has become
sanctuary for the Missionaries of Free
dom, and Lookout Mountain hencefor-
ward shall be illustrious in history, look
ing out upon the long enslavsd South as
. great PromontOry of Liberty, made
green and fragrant forever in our memoir
les for the holy crimson rain which has
wAtered its slopes, and the purifying
thunderstorm of battle which has swept
over its PERCEPTIONS rocks. 1t is by the
b.9od shed in freedoms cause, that
helds are invested with a glory which
snail never fade, nor die away. Chick
anauga and Chattanooga! how precious
to Tennessee and the Federal Union shall
your cOnsecrated names be forever.
Again l say, thanks, thanks, from the
depths of grateful heart to the heroic
soldiers and officers of the Army of the
Cumberland for the great deliyerance
which they have given rs.
And what shall we citizens dc. to i'm.
prove these victories Rer .l.thedamned
and damniDg code which establishes the
power to buS whip, chain, prostitute and
sell women, 10 tear children from their
mothers arms, sell them to the cotton
planters of Mississippi and the sugar
planters of Louisiana, to separate hus-
band and wife, and deny more than one
nth OF our population the privilege of
learning to read and write Strange to
say the revival of this worse than savage
system is advocated in Tennessee by men
who profess 10 love the Union. Surely
public opinion has advanced too far, has
become too enlightened, too well in
strueted IN the spirit and genius of our
Consultation TO tolerate the revival of any
such relic of bArbarism. The nation
cannot must not, ought not, will not
tolerate such fragrant insult TO the
moral sentiment of the day. The Fed
eral Union must be all free. The people
now have this feeling incorporated into
their very souls; it has become part of
their being; it viii brook no opposition.
Net solitary State will vote for slavery
in 1864. g
The city exhibits evidences of rapid
growth on all sides. A gentleman in
formed me that over two hundred build
iDgs, many Of them substantial and ele-
CANT, are going up this season. The
abominably muddy streets are being
paved with bOulders. and will eventually
present clearly appearance. There are
no signs Of decay in the Capitol, except
the decay Of Southern snobb4ry, which
locks ragged, ssedy, and detected. The
President and bis Cabinet are immersed
in official business, giving the finishing
touches to the Message and various Re-
ports, which will in q few days be laid
before Congress. The finances of the
country viii look much better than is
generally expected, the expenses being
smaller and the income larger than they
are popularity supposed to be. The Gov
eminent is going to'work with somewhat
alarming vigor upon sWindling contract
ors in this region. One patriotic fellow
has been fined $4,000 and sentenced six
months to the county Jail; another has
had a berth provided for him in the Peni-
tertiary for five years and other inyes-
legations are going on. II is said that
Nashville and the Department of the
Cumberland will be rigidly examined in
short time, but why I am at loss to
comprehend, There no secessionists or
rebel sympathizers ever get contracts ;
there the standard of honesty is set 90
high that ordinary mortals have to tip
Toe to reach il with their walking sticks;
u'ee contractors scOrn filthy gold and
gFeenbaoks, aud work so cheSply that it |
Is to be feared some of them may event
ually come to the poer house. There corn
contracts, wood contracts, whiskey con-
tracts, etc. etc, are never let out without
being advertised for weeks before hand,
50 as to prevent favorites from making
$4,000 and 100000 at a clip. Nay,
m0re' have not uogOdly soldiers who havs
attempted to amssS fortunes, by selling
Two or three dozen of newspapers in their
camps, been justly and promptly pun
i'aed by having their papers cOnfiscated,
80 nat the profits Of monopoly might 90
% TIE saints2 Why then Investigate at
NAshTilie Let the business be confined
70 Washington, where one syinpathiser
hAs cleared S3OoOo0 on. a mistress
contract. SolE
WASHINGTON, Nov. rs, 1863.
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