The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-08
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30 a. mtmotADie pa the military tunhih
Of the American Union aa it already IL
in the political history Of toe people. 10 .
will be the anniversary Of double vic
tory for The Union arms 60 tbc most
critical ctniera of military activity 10
the East and The West On the Fourth
Of July Vicbaburg surrendered % The
Union forces Of General Grant, and iho
morning Of ,he same day saw the invad-
ing army of The Contcderatts, under
General Ltc, iu foil rctwa, toward The
Potomac 10 IS certainly o Singular and
sirikirg coincidence that 1n The same
day, and that, too, day 80 memorable
in American history, the great Coincide
rate stronghold of thu Nissiasippi
should have fl ieH, and the great Con-
f4derate iuvsai0u.oi the Nerth have been
Abandoned aa failure.
There IL no one 60 answer Tor them;
no one TO hold them 20 any compact;
no ono even 70 f0resee how interest or
opinion vii develop ia those regions
So, if Union Is 30 Hunger possible, disu-
MON, on The basis of two declarations, IS
40 least az much beyond The power VI
immediate Arrangement Such ig the
result Of ihose mighty prctenAona aud
that arrogant fp,it which bave been ell
avaicd into religion and virtue ~ the
United States, and which, iaiiug their
first object, fod nothing else 70 rest UP.
90 The idol 70 broken, end there the
| superstition eUdg. The fragments can
cijher be joined nor wcrshipped sCpa-
rately. end al We can do is 90 wait aud
zee what Heaven will 0gdain ont Il
carih8 failure.
The fell Of Vicksbuis is, however, a
las moro sori0us blow 30 tue South than
Tho failure Of General Lee Southern
6ritcrB and statesmen have from the
drst justly conaid red the possession Of
THO stronghold aud the command OF the
Mississippi, which /. secures, an essen
tlal nat only to the succcs8 bat 90 thc
very existence of The C0aloderacy. Mr.
| Jefferson Davis. the head of the Conled
erocy, is the man best able 20 judge OF
i've importance, aud we have on record
ais emphatic testimony on this head.
When President Lincoln solemnly
| called the people Of tde North to render
| thanks to Heaven on the great anniver-
s7ry Of inc nations history, his sum
mons was noithor irrsveTopt nor prema-
lure; while all who understand and
sympathize with the higher interests
IT humanity q stake in this great con-
lict viii be disposed TO Join with Gen.
Meade in returning t6eLks JOd that
ia the gobdnces Of Ri. pros. ence He
has seen ht 10 give Sac 4o.o., % the
cause Of tho just." a
SENSIBLE AND FRIENDLY vaw,
From the Loudcn STAG ru'y 20
With deep, deyouL and grateful ioy,
we publish TO- day the news OF Victories
that are the herald5 of happy peace.
Seldom, il ever. has 30 been the lot of
the journalist 10 announce on the same
sheet two events OF such Importance
as the fell of Vicksburg and the retreat
Of Lee The glorious Fourth of july
has indeed received a glorious celebra.
ton In tens Of thousands Of Northern
homes the birthday Of American free
dom was being kept with Mingled hope
end fsar-with blended memories OF iov
and sadness, of pride end humiliation.
! Throughout New England and the pop
ulous Middle States, aud the vast
Northwest; in cities that date back
from our own heroic seventeenth
century, and in cities that have
sprung up within the memory Of living
men upon the sight Of w0rld-old forests
and on virgin pcairies; around the Pill
grim's Rock, and on the gold -sown
strand Of the Pacific, citizens of the
Great Republic spake with tremulous
lips, as beneath the shade of laurols
twined with cypress, of their fathers le-
| gacy Of freedom, aud of the deadly
struggle in which their own brothers
and sons were wrestling for the preser-
walton Of that glorious helitage--the
Union, sacred alike TO liberty aud law.
lhey knew not that on that very dav
he God Of their country and of their
81 es the God oijuotice and of mercy
| had vOuchssied to the Commonwealth
q great deliverancc. Their broken rail
ways and telegraph nos delayed TIE
happy udngs that on taat same Fourth
OF July the flag of tho Union had been
! exalted over the obstinate 8trorghold OF
| REBELLION slave masters aud the sun had
risen upon the greatest Of their hosta ia
| dire retreat. Whatever remains 10 be
done or Buiisred-whatever bait es 10 be
foughtor fortresses TO kesiege--tho ar
mics and people of tho Uuion may al
least rtjOioe, With u0uiterablo pladness
and Thanksgiving, thsL tho boasuess
progress of the enemy has been turned
back, and the very ohiofest Of his delon-
ses broken down,
On the surrender OF Vicksbure. we
have no details. Not even thenumber Of
the garrison and guns is given. Bot the
floto of unconOi i0nal sui render is oillciI-
| ~ reported both by Admiral Porter and
/ General Grant, and has been the sukiect
OF speeches from Che President and al.
Mimeters, an reply 70 addresse8of con-
| graduation. Confident as We have been
that the event could not muca lone4g be-
delayed, we confess a. its uuexpccied
arrival. a.a
The moral and politiosl effect Of the
! double victory ia PenHsyiyania and on.
tho Mississippi can hardly be exaEper-
! ated The reduction of the premium on
! gold from 40 per cent. 10 81 "a. ia but q
/ aymptom OF the confidence inspired bv
these events in the ability Of the Federal
Government ocsIry ,hrougnth ir qipeh-
! tic undertaking. The lew of three
hundred thousand consciptl a { the mo-
ment OF enthusiasm, 10 measure of the
| highest policy. Nothing sueoeeda like
/ success. The people of America ave
not superior to the universal feeling Of
readiness 20 help che winning cause
There will now be rush upon the South
from an parts Of tue North. Even "Cop-
perhesds" wiil be willing TO participate
ia the Capture OF Richmond Few oil ma