The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-26
FRANKLn, TIM, July
For theNsshvillc Union.

Old bachelors and old maids are pro-
verbally philosophic and eccentric till
they reach a certain age, when the dis
appointments Of life sours their better
nature and taints their words and acts
with an acidity very distAsteful 10
young folks. ! am no exception TO the
rule, as all my acquaintsnces of the
silken sex can bear testimony TO.
Whether love Of fame, of country, or of
'greenbacks," drove me to the war, is
nobody's business but my own; that I
am in the army is certain, and that /
would like to be home again, is equally
and beyond question true. Whether a
love of deviltry or desire to see others
share my hardships and "hard- tack"
or, what is better and holier still, an
earnest anxiousness to see this war
rightly ended, and peace and happiness
restored to my country-whether inn
PEELED by the baser or better of these
motives, need not say--the opinion
forces itself upon me that every good
and true young man should be up and
doing to put down this rebellion. If he
be ala1,if his soul be of that material
which honor prompts to deeds of daring
and of good, he will stand in defence Of
his native land. Those only begat in
cOwardice and raised in effeminacy and
corruption, will look with indifference
upon the present struggle, There is in
this town scores of professional Union
men--young, healthy and unmarried
who should show an earnest of their sin
cerity by joining one or other of your
loyal Tennessee Regiments, formed and
forming, and have the honor in days 10
come of being amongst the saviors Of
the Republic. Nashville, too, ~ crowded
with such. They are peaceable and CAB
Reconstruction" now. Men are not al
ways employed in doing mischief they
think, even midst the clash of battle and
of empire, of the acquisition of wealth.
They seem to be apt judges of human
character; they know that popular obi
um-the odium of being even traitor
and rebel-is fleeting and transitory,
and the influence of wealth will outliye
censure. They are supporting their
existence by drinking our blood and de-
vouring our hesh. Like class of tra-
ders and trafioers who run saloons
and corner groceries in your city, they
seem to fatten upon idleness, usury and
spoils.
Let them join their gallant country
men of East Tennessee, and rid the soil
of their fathers of the vandals who are
making it wilderness. If am SEEM
ingly severe, they must attribute il TO a
national bachelordom.
This village should be properly de-
nominated Wido10rile, the town Of tears.
There is mourning and weeping in every
house for as the resistless tornado OF
rebellion swept by, every roof cOnribu-
ted its offering. l pity these poor peo-
pie, for influenced by patriotic delu-
sion, they fancied themselves defending
their homes and families These homes
are now desolate; the wives of their
affection live to mourn the fate reserved
for themselves and their orphans while
the maiden sheds silent tears over The
fall Of him whose heart and love was her
world and heaven. A place of taste and
refinement was this town of Franklin
The women, old and young, are not only
well educated, but in many Instance
highly accomplished. AS IpAss by then
j piously repeat in my bachelor heart
"Deliveg me from temptation, o Lorar'
Since the ubiquitous John Morgan wen
to Ohio TO "stump the State" for Yallan
digham and the X, q, O.'s, we are enjoy
ing comparative ease snd growing fai
If we could only get our mail regularly
we would be happy; but the ignorance
or wilful neglect of some post office clerl
or the mail agent deprives us of ou
usual literary ration. Thrice in weel
have one or the other sent us the wronI
mail, so that not only we, but other
whose mai came here, were disappoint
ed. Captain Temple Clark for the SAX
and in memory Of our redaetelr. ial days
see that this yexatous evil is corrected
am in a condition to enjoy feV
hours of graceful ease, having borrowe,
a chair, table and glass. II any Q
the sanitary commissioners or surgeon
can forego the pleasure Of taking thei
brandy and water regularly, let then
dispatch me bottle or two and
box Of prime segars. Like tru
Southron or Turk, have a splendid an
easily developed talent for laziness an
who oan find ease and pleasure separa
ted from his pipe and his bottleg Il