The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-28
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This place suiIered betetety ifon i''0 az
KEGS last year They burned the South side
Or tho public square, and number of houses
On one Of the Streets. Several citizsns were
sent awsy from thsir.heues and theF iailsi-
lies. because they refused to take the oath OF
allegiance to the Lincoln government The
lddies OF Pulaski were remarkable for their
devotion r. csuse, They acted with pm
dence and Dissection. yet with noble irrnness
The$ were not rude aud insulting to the er :
emy,s but they utterly refused to recognize (
them socially, or to receive attentions nen
the gentlemen were sent away for refusing TO
take the oath. the ladies' came out in the
r.trsets. waved their hankerchiefs, babe them
good bye. and said -God bless you Tell our
brave boys not to comeback except With
victorious army. We row working ipf
them. aud hope to see them soon returning "a
triumph to their homes" The enemy them
selves must have had more respect for ladies
ike these than il they. had been of different
characters. They.kn they had come as elh
emies and not friends, as invaders OF the coun-
try, and they did not expect to ind wet
come among those whom they had come TO
conquer and 'huaiIiate. A man Of pr per
feelings in the Yankee army had more re-
spect for those who stood by their country
III its dark and trying hour than for those
who. to gain favor. we're ready to saerifffee
/ principle. L A.
+ I will here mention an occurrences which
took place in one Of the towns of Tennessee
some months ago. highly educated. afE
complished and beautiful young lady, wli9
withai was truly Southern. had been to sevEF
ral parties At last she ces.ed TO attend N
Some Confe derate officers. oa one occasion,
remarked they had not seen her at the lasf
two parties and asked her the reason. SHE
replied that she had not gone and did not ifF
tend to go TO any parties where those who
wcre friends to the Yankees, and who ASST
ciated with them were invited; that she dl'l
not recognize IS them as associates. and hiie
could not go4o parties with them Mhlie H
may moi be advisable to punish those NiiP
have sided with the enemy, and may be tle
part of wisdom and magnanimity to leok oyeF
to certain extent. their errors udlperhaIs
crimes. yet cert ainly no true Soutlierner can
he expected to regard and treat as friends
those who have taken sides with the enemy
were 10 do so. that my friends who had fallen
in this war would appear before me, as did
the ghost Of Banquo before The guilty Mc
beth. and .would not fall down at rny bid
ding"
Here let me remark, lest be msundersioeedI. seI .
that there il clear distinction betweeA those
Who acted under coerciou and false motives Of
policy. aud thpse who acted with the enemy
voIunfariiv and treated them as intimate
friends The latter class are tho ones 10 whom
have alluded and to whom M remarks ap-
ply. You have heard Of the noble reply ot
the wife of a distinguished Senator in Colun-
>bia. to Cen. Negly when he had her husband
under arrest She told him that her husband
did not intend TO take the oath. and she would
rather lie would remain prisoner all his life
than to do so. This was the truo Southern
spirit. could give many instances iIlustfat-
ing the devotion OF the ladies Of Tennessee
to the Confederate cause. ] never heart Of 4
lady refusing Confederate money They are
willing to risk all on our cause. They do not
prize money more than they do the blood OF
then children wish could say as mucl
for all the men in the country. must in these
letters, which are Intended 10 give faithful
account of the condition Of things. say that no
people in The v hole Confederscy are manifest
ing more whole-souled hospitality than are
the people OF Tennessee at this time Every
mans house almost is the home OF the soldier
They are sharing with them the bread and the
meat they need to feed their own families.
They make no distinction between soldiers
from different States. The Texian The Missis-
sippian. the Alabamian aud the Tennessean.
alike Hospitality entertained. often I with
out money and without price, they do not
return railing for railing. but good for evil.
and feel thai ali soldiers who4 are fighting to
defend their homes are their friends. The
gaantry Of Tennessee soldiers in the Geld. is
only excelled by the hospitality of Tenl,essee
citizens at home. Here | Will take occasion
10 says that often reports to what was done
last year in Tennessre. are erroneous. and caI
culated 70 produce false impressions. Ii was
stated for instance. that one Of the ablest and
.nost dating uished lawyers in columhia who
is now private, in our army. was MAXIM
union speeches How this report origfuatsd!
know not. ] SUPPOSE II was stated BY some
union man who wished TO shield himself by
creating the impression that this truly South
ern man. who rather than take the oath Of all
ieeiance to the Lincoln Government. was han