The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-10

"Would 10 God that Kentucky hal her
once glorious men, and her high courage,
and she would have resisted the foul in
suit offered to her at her Capital, in the
hearing Of her Legislature, by that scoun-
drel, Colonel Gilbert. He deserves the
contempt of the world. Gen. Wheeler
has been ordered to this department, aud
ranks General Morgan. He is one OF
Bragg's pets There will be awful row
if it is so. Morgan will resign.
Cores ondcuce u the Easnylu, Union + om the
Army in virgin1.
Soldiers VS.. But.erDut-.
BERRYvHLE, YIEdNM,l
March 81, 1863 {
FRIEND MERCER: Your loyal and val.
liable journal was received by me yostcr-
day evening. l welcomed it as an old
friend, hailing from the Slate of my ma
tiveity Two copies came at once, the
issues of the 25th and 26th instants.
had not seen your paper since dis
mounted the tripod and donned the ha-
biliments Of Mars. have read both
copies carefully, not emitting the ad-
vertisements, looking among the latter
for the names of old acquintances. But
alas found but few whom had
known in former days. The men who
in days of yore transacted business in
the City of Rocks, have disappeared and
others have taken their places. A great
change has come over Nashville Her
former glory has departed and will not
return until the war is ended and Yankee
enterprise builds it.
sat out with the intention of telling
you how soldiers generally regard the
"Butternuts." have no doubt you
frequently see statements in the "butter-
nut" organs concerning the disaffec-
ton that exists among the soldiers on
account of the Presidents proclamation
and the policy of the administration
generally. No,o you may set all these
statements dOt0n as .fa'se Soldiers ,olo hare
been rebel hunting for months can hare but IT.
Tie regard for the safety Of rebel Prope, ty,
especially such property as can be made Di-
cient IN the prosecution of the rebellion. My
experience for the last eight months, has
been among officers and soldiers from
New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, and / have
nster heard an o6icer or soldier cypress any
thing Ike determination to quit Me SerVice
on account ofhe policy eftle Admins tration.
1t is true l have heard men in the army
say that they doubted the policy of the
emancipation proclamation, and that they
feared it was inefficient as a war meas
ure, but at the same time they would OBJ
serve, that as soldiers they had nothing
to do with the policy of the Admins
tration, but that their duty was to fight
the war to a successful termination. So
far as my experience goes, find uniyer-
sal content in the army. No soldier
that have heard express himself but
has evinced determination TO spend the
last drop of his blood in the crushing of
the rebellion, if necessary.
We belong here to the Middle Depart
ment or Eighth Army Corps, commanded
by General Schenck, whose headquart-
ers are at Baltimore, There are but few
Of what may be styled "aJolti@aists' in
this army, but l hear many say that
"the rebels were not content with the in
stitution of slavery with the safeguards
which our fathers, in framing consttu-
ton gave il, but that they endeavored to
overthrow the government whenever they
failed in being the predominant power,
or rather section in the government, and
that as they have thus thrown down the
glove upon mere pretext that slavery
was encroache upon, let them abide the
consequences, and should slavery be
swept from every inch Of our soil, let it
80, but let there be a unity of govern
mentv-let us have one government and
one constitution. Let US rather fight un-
ill both parties are eEterminated, and if
the government must fall, lei ps all be
buried beneath its ruins,
You do not like long letters, so | will
close, promising to keep you advised, if
any interesting event transpires on this
n..t 81 a.. Naaorod soil
A TENNKssEAN.