The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-23

Charleston Traitors
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Late Southern
papers are at hand.
The Mobile Advertiser says. "The
C~onfederacy has seen darker days and
emerged from them. II is not dark
enough TO Justify the prudence Of those
who are ready to submit and anxious for
peace and the security of their property
on the basis of submission. There have
been some signs of this white feather
luitering during the few past gloomy
days. Let us warn them that IL is base
to feel 80, and dangerous TO be premature
in the advance of such sentiments. The
land has made too many sacrifices for its
freedom to falter Of the last hour.
THE timid and faithless must no, Re
allowed 20 fetter the footsteps Of rebel
lion. 1t must roll on 10 triumph, al
though the wheels have to roll over them
and their fortunes"
The Richmond Examiner, the organ Of
jeff. Davis, shows Its alarm in a long
editorial, in which it says '1'he only
salvation OF the Southern C%Onfederacy Ia
in calling ont q levy IN mosSe, the appli-
cation Of martial law 10 the whole
country, absolute control OF all trading,
| the abolition OF substitution, exemption,
and foreign protection, the material en-
largement of the Presidents power TO
revise elections OF officers, to make ap-
pointments, and get rid Of incompetent
officers"
The Columbia, S. G., Gazete says
"The people Of the Confederate States
will soon be called upon 10 undergo a
grayer trial-one that will fully test the
sincerity OF professions heretofore made.
We cannot escape the ordeal. The time
for trying mems souls is not far in the
future. Many, we fear, will be weighed
in the balance and found wanting on the
dreadful day. Many will be the articles
and subterfuges resorted to in order 10
shield cowardly skulks and chicken
hearted patriots. Already do we begin
to hear murmuring, gloomy predictions,
and visionary speculations."
A proclamation by JEFF. Davis appears
in the Enquirer, calling out, under the
Confederate conscFiption act, all white
men between the ages Of eighteen and
forty-ive, to serve for three years, under
the penalty of being held for desertion
in case Of d~isobedience to the appeal.
They are offered the privilege Of forming
volunteer organizations before The ENROLL
ment.
The Enquirer says al official dispatch
from Charleston received yesterday
morning states "all was quiet The
enemy are throwing up works on the
south corner of Morris Island
The Charleston Mercury of the 10th has
the following "It appears 10 us TO be
useless TO disguise from ourselves the
situation. by whose fault we got into il
is vain now TO inquire the Yankees have
possession of the southern half of Morris
Island. There is but one way to save
the city of Charleston, and that is the
sturdy and untlinching use of the bayo-
net. If the fight on Morris Island is 10
be now a fight by engineering contriVan-
ces and cannon, surely the advantage is
now on the side of the enemy.
"With their iron-clads on the water
and their men in occupation of the land,
it is likely to be a mere question of time.
The fate Of Fort Wagner ends in the fall
of Charleston. Fort Sumpter, like Wag-
ner, will then be assaulted by land, and so
will end. The fate of Fort Pulaski will
be that Of Sumpter. Gen. Gilmore.
commander Of the department, was the
man who reduced Fort Pulaski. Charles
ton must be saved as Richmond was.
The greater part Of the soldiers who
achieved a triumph by the bsyonet had
never before been in a charge.
"The Yankees have as yet few or nc
formidable works; they have but a few
thousand troops. If our soldiers and
officers here are not used 10 the kind OF
fighting fought by the army in Virginia
} and tried by the Yankees against such
works as Fort Wagner and Grasseville
then Charleston falls. This, it appears
to us, is the only course of safety, and
we may add, too, for economy of lives
Other means may protraoi the fighting
for days and weeks, and postpone tbs
termination Of the struggle. No other
means, in our opinion, viii save ths
city. We believe IL can be easily saved
, with promptnesa, energy, and dash. II
is too late for engineering alone. Specu.
lation and delay are fatal.
Lees army is moving slowly down
, the valley towards Richmond. lie il
evidently either confident that he has
the advantage in his route, and that he
can move his forces on the south side o.
! the mountains unmolested, or he has as
suranoe Of cooperating with the fore,
advancing TO meet him, or his army II
so worn out and exhausted that il can
move rapidly