The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-10
HARTFORD, July 30, 1862.

HARTFORD, July 30, 1862.
DEAR SIR: Your obliging favor of the
29th inst. has been received and read
with pleasure. Though you state that
you are stranger to me. / feel myself
already introduced TO you by the friendly
words breathed through your letter.
Since the appearance of letter of mine,
to which you so kindly allude, l have
had the satisfaction of learning from
quite q number of persons at home and
abroad that they approve of its contents
Among those who have given me this
proof Of their confidence and regard are
men of as pure morals, high intelligence
and lofty patriotism as any of the boaated
champions of the war party in church
or State Others in more humble life, but
Of warm hearts and noble impulses, have
not been backward in responding to the
sentiments which have only, fear, but
feebly expressed.
Your allusion to constitutional lib
erty" suggests painful reflections. Since
the Inauguration of this war, the men in
power at Washington have been robbing
us Of our rights. The great safeguards
of the citizen, protecting him against
illegal arrests and false imprisonments,
have been struck down by ignorant or
wicked rulers.
The press, where we used to look for
light and truth, has been turned TO dark
ness or given over to blood Free speech
silenced, aud the very thoughts of men
crushed within their bosoms. And all
this has bctn done to sustain the tv-ant
plea that there has been State necessity
for such atrOcious dOings. The conse-
quence is that, instead OF shortening the
war, these measures of the Adminislra.
ton, or Of fanatic Congress, have great.
| ly prolonged it and he lped to fiji The
land with mourners. FE
/ abhor the whole scheme Of Southern
invasion, with ali its horrible cunse auen.
ces Of rapine and plumber. You canno
help but see, Sir, what thousands Of III
are beginning to zee, that there can n,
Union be got in this way. The wa
might have been avoided and the Unior
saved. This is getting to be the prevail
ing opinion. And it would have beer
avoided but for fanatic set of men be
seiging the President, and who wantet
blood and plumber. They have got both
and humanity weeps over the wrecks o
body and soul. Those who drive the ca
of war at this time have no more ide
of saving the Union by their bloody sac
ri6ces of this sort than they have o
changing the course of nature. Still
they 30 on. 49,.
In presence OF the appalling fact, whic
should haunt them like a ghost Of Oh
damned, that we are losing our youn
men at the rate of 900, 600 q month, asid
from those who fall in battle; in pre-
sence Of all this, they demand new lie
vies for the hospitals, the marshes, IN
bitches and the gunboat shambles.
Depend on it, Heaven will frown o
such a course as this; it cannot an
will not come to good Where YOU fn
me, in lamenliug or exposing this iniqui
", you win find me TO the end of IN
chapter. ! would rather have the goo
opinion of fellow citizens who, like your
self, have given me their sympathy in
time Of some considerable trial of one
faith. than TO be hrst among the SLAYER
Of kindred or wear The bloody laurel
they may gather in fratricidAl war.
doubt if the Union can be restored at
things have gone 80 far now that II
only possible chance will be by III
adoption of Christian policy very dill
trent from that which prevails at Wash
ingtOn at TIE present time,
Though l only know you, Sir, by you
very kind letter ! shall not soon forg,
that twas written, or by whom,
Accept | pray you, my best wishe
and believe me, dear Sir, respectful
yours.
A contemporary calls attention TO q
fact that the date Of tho above letter /
two months prior to President LIScoLE
premonitory Proclamation Of Freedom
and when Gen. HUNTERS Order f7seir
the slaves ia his Department had ju
been annulled from the White Hous
The Government had thus tar done (
utmost to conserve Slavery.
Now j. il not The height Of impuden,
for the Louisville Journal and Cinciuna
EqQtsre TO assert that the publication
the proclamation caused division
the North, aud opposition TO tho AdmiI