The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-08
TdLtorIaI OorFe.Pondence.



There are over thirty-fiFe Tennessee Of
fcsss among the prisoners, among them
Lisut. Col Nortbcott, formly of the
MurfreesbOfo Telegraph, Col Kendrick
OF wsghss5ero, and Lieut. Williams,
fornIS editor Of tbe Southern CEsshgille)
Homestead, Gll staarch loyalists. The
cup Of Tennessps'S sffliciion is full and
running over, the soil is stepped With the
blood and ieaFs Of her children and every
breezs is laden with their grOAns.
ssEaat ssBsfss Tor psijury
ta' hats GsTx monarchy an4ad' frs s4f
Der false and corrupt politicians who
sacrificed her pescs 10 their frantic am
biton? Yet better FAR lie in Libby
Prison with her martyr patriots, than be
such things As Harris, Bell, Henry, Bar
row, Polk aud Obestham, whose names
viii be infamous FOREVER in the history
OF Tennessee.
The public were both surprised and
amused At The leading article Of the very
constructive Journal the National Intel
hseaesr Of this city, on yesterday morn
ing. The Inteligencer, whose sole
capital is Anti-radicalism--yery unprO-
duoiive stock, at prcsent-ssys;
GO conservative denies that slavery
IL going 10 general wreck as fast as
tine AID the rush Of events ia Gods
Providence can carry it."
And il, therefore, with great simplic-
ity asks; "Why should our radical
friends give themselves 50 much trouble
to hasten It's progress st faster pace
than time" and Gods providence" are
visibly making for its exit p Il also
adds: The constitutional conservatives
are now perfectly willing, AID always
have been since the war for the Union
began, TO see slavery recsde before the
progress Of our arms, just as the laws Of
nature and Of war, and Of Gods provi-
dence were nOminally working to de-
siroy e."
Isit not refreshing and encouraging to
radicals" to hear even the National In
telligencer declare that no conservative
denies that slavery is going 10 8 general
wreck ss fast Is time end the rush Of
events can destroy il! We had been as,
sured by the conservatives organs, here
tOfore, that slavery was vital institu-
ton Of The nation" that il was nsedful
TO hold in cheek the unbridled radical
democracy Of the free States and that
it was stranger to-day than ever, and
established and protected By the laws.
The Intelligencer now cohfesses that
the Institution ia dying as rapidly as
possible. When any system is going to
wreck as fast as time and events can de-
strOy u galloppiDg consumption has
certainly fastened upOns lis vitals, and
if its friends are conyiRced of the fact,
they will quickly begin to nail the
plsnks Of its c1ffin together, and 10 sew
its shroud, Nobody but a quacF, who
wishes TO pocket . fee, will insist on
6rOgging it with nOslrums while the
dsath-rattlo is in its throat, its eyes are
glazing space, and @ a.
a aae asany works upon rs brow"
40 radical ia the land, not Wendell
Phillips himself wants to see slavery
destroyed faster than the laws of ma
ture, and Of war aad of God will de-
slroy Il. Yet Che. Intelligencer AfIirms
that the constitutional conservatives are
and always have been perfectly will
ling" 10 sec this obstruction brought upon
The sacred Institution Of the South.
This means immediate emancipation
without compensation If "the laws of
nature prevail, every man will be fsee,
for slavery is in fragrant violation Of the
laws Of nature. IL exists only By the
law Ct force, even as it originated in
violence. II lhe laws Of war" prevail,
ID 10 rebel can hold . slave, for the
property of ali saeh men falls into the
power Of theccrqusrins Federal Govern
Den', and ,he slaves 60 free. The much
abused higher law Of The abOlitiOnists
Is nothing bat the Iatelligencer's "law
Of nature" Whenever men sscur to first
principles, all The props Of slavery tumble
y TIE ground. Let the claws Of nature
aud OF war" in reference TO slavery, be
carried out, The rssult will be immediate
emaneiPatioa. We are delighted TO hear
ifen 90 high sathoriiy as the Intelli- |
gencsr that The conservatives are "psr- /
ieeiiy willing" II radicals and con-
sef'Aiives viii join banda on this point
re shall soon have peace. II is q car
einai principle in our creed that nature, |
war and God are "working Normally to
Destroy slavery" They never work any
other way. The great mistake Of the
conservatives has been that they have
ioosht against the laws OF
nature and Of war; in this rebellion.
they have attempted 70 supsrceds them
ey the infamous aud absurd slavs-cOdes
Of the southern States. They have
Claimed greater authority for the slave
CODE than for the laws of nature and Of
wal" Nature exclains. aAu men ara
born free snd equal" "Let the on.
pressed go frsep No, said the OOpserv-
A'ivesi the black code which snslsves four
millions Of immortal Beings, must be
enforced Such ia tbewsak and wicked
position Of the Tennessee ner,o.vor-
shippers to-day. They ignore the law.
Of war and The laws Of nature. and
elauos Tor The recognition Of the slave
code.
The lnteiligencer cannot refrain from
giving rhetorical version Of a poor and
throsdbars accusation against radical
ism. II says.