The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-25
Thn oBlood. houndo Handbill.

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II has been already stated in our col
umns that Col. Frank McNairy Of the |
rebel army, who fell recently in battle,
vaa mot the author Of the blood hound
bill which appeared some months ago
under his signature. A letter from q
distinguished personal friend Of ours and
bis who knew him most intimately,
writes us that Col McNairy long and
maternity suffered the odium justly due
to such deed rather than expose the
real authors or seem TO shrink before his
enemies. The friend who writes to us
told him that hisreasoning was erroneous,
but he merely replied, you can correct 1t
Al ! fall" and at the same time declare d
that he did not know Of the existence OF
the publication for weeks after IL was
made, being on duty al the time in East
ern Kentucky. He is said to have been
a man Of generosity, gentleness, and ur-
banity. His only crime, so far as we can
learn, was rebellion, but that was so
frigh,ful a one that even the thick earth
curtains Of the grave, we fear, cannot
hide it--Lou. Journal.
The appearance of the above para
graph excited great surprise in this city
among those who are acquainted with
the fact of the case. The blood hound
BILL" fret appeared in the columns OF
the Nashville Union and ABlcricen, the in
famous rebel organ OF this city, and we
clipped it ourselves from the columns OF
that paper, and republished it in the
UNION, shortly after our arrival in Nash
vile. The "blood- hounds" which were
wanted by MoNAiRY and HARRIS TO hunt
down Tennessee Union men, were to be
delivered at the Livery Stable of Capt
HAMMER, where McNAIRY kept his blood
ed horses. II is due to Capt. HAMMER TO
say that he had nothing to do with the
atrociOus business, and that he himself
was overpowered by the rebel DULLES and
Vigilance Committees Of this city, who
were more cruel and blood thirsty than
blood hounds, or tigers. That an ad-
vertisement of such character could
have appeared, and been republished again
and again, without the sanction, and
against the wishes of the persons whose
names were appended TO it, is too absurd
for belief Isit likely that his numerous
relatives in this place would have suffer-
ed such publication 10 be paraded be-
fore the public again, and again, without
authority notindignantly denounce
itr No man can believe this. If Col
McNAEr BIO not cnlpahle, who, pray, arc
"the real authors 2? We demand their
nSmes. If they are not fictitious person
ages, let them be Immediately forthcom-
ing. Let us have the names of the
wr,tches, who not only stopped 10 the
degradation Of publishing an advertise
ment for dogs to h,mt doioa Isnnesseeans as
u they acre tOild beasts, but attempted 10
fAsten the odium of the deed upon others.
After all, however, this handbill was
not worse than many other things said
aud done by the leading rebels of Nash
ville and Of Tennessee, and of the South.
The spirit of this Southern rebellion is
essentially degrading, bruializing, and
demoralizing. II seems 70 deprive men
Of all refined and gentle feelings. 1t
transforms the spirit of man to that OF
q malignant ood-hound, remorseless,
savage, and piIiless. II respects neither
justice nor religion, nor the honor OF
man, nor the chastity Of woman. Better
had we surrender our Southern land to
the possession of the South Sea Cant
balls than to the mercies of rebel chiyalry