The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-04

nent, have published 81 their peopie At
home and others having an interest In
showing iheir views upon the great, ques-
ionsn now involved and for which they Are
doing battle, it lie but sheer justice 10 the
East Tennessean, now in arms, that they
should bepetmiued 10. sbeak, Out ,likdfI
wise VI tttl NkL w tIAAtstiU
back thru ugh. a pariod ,ofeigll--
teen months, the East Tennesseans who
compose this brigade, ! have ,baeH exihd
from tlfeitA h6hIer, their wives,6 eifldren
and all dear TO them, for no offence, save
the fact, that they were loyal TO the Gov
eminent transmitted 10 the by an,ilinsl'
trious ancestry. For this, and this alone,
hey were compelled 10 forsak O. al the
blissful ties Of soeiahrelatiDnslw hichlhaa
surrounded. them. aud have proEed. thsuns..
selves true patriots and worthy sons of
the founders Of the Republict y They
have undergone all the priva,ions incl
dent to civil warfare, They have it.
messed vita pAih t}eh fa,6tfs, iB8tiers,
brothers and sisters murdered by the
,rullian Rebele executing mandates eina-.
mating fkoin fhe Rebel CapilaATs6tR
documents having been found at Cum
borland Gap and other points their
wives and daughters persons have been
violated. These things they have seen
aud known to be done in the private
dwellings and upen.the public highways.
They have been hunted dowa byafhned
mobs, imprisoned and tortured, They
. view on one hand the Government Of
the United States, as the best Govern
ment ever devised by the wisdom of man.
securing TO them every blessing, civil
and religious, that the heart or imagina.
ginatien Of any honest man could desire.
On the other hand, they behold it's des &.
truction contemplated and openly avow
ed BY those banded together in Teiines
see, and q Government soush bit to beerect-
ed by base men, which would be one OF
consolidation. and Capitalization, as I'M
erring history of nations, revolutions and
pe6ple'teach as, A government suBver
sive Of civil and religious, liberty. ID, Al,
They see and know the great National
struggle is now upon The American peo-
pie. The great question, which has been
the theme, 50 long,of discussion between
the crowned heads aud representative
Democracies, is now TO be finally settled
The proud fabric of this once happy and
powerful nation Of law and liberty mus
tumble into ruin, and the monarohs of the
Ord World sit nHjudgment thereon, or
the great principles of Republican Gov
ernments triumph, and the question for
ever put TO rest; that man is capable Of
self-gOvernment. t,-.s5 2
They behold in this hour 0fstheil
bleeding country's trial, an evil enemy
powerful aud strong, waglng a desperate
warfare, with no law, organic, civil, .ol
municipal, controlling their action
The Government is endangered, and, in
order to meetAthat danger, military ne
cessities force resort TO higher anC
more speedy power, for the lime being, thar
are furnished by the Constitution and
Laws, and the sluggish administration o.
them. .a' % ia,. toi5 ts4 .ss-a,s.slaa tiAa
Our mission and highest duty, il pos
sible, is to save the Government of our
fathers, restore her, Constitution and
laws: and, in order TO do so, the East
Tennesseans are not capiiOus about the
means to be- adopted They desire moi
TO lstop Ito debate Constitutional tech.
nicalities. They are for the Govern
ment, right or wrong. The stand poin
with them is one Government, one Ter
rItorial boundary, one Union, and on,
people. The Government should not b.
very particular about the means to bt
adopted or employed to crush treason anC
preserve the Government. Some means
necessary to be adopted we might no
cherish in tho balmy hours of peac,
as we used to have, but we are nov
blowing the surging waves of a mighty
Revolution, and, like great vessels pillow,
log the large river, we should not stop L
enquire whether the streams and rivuletr
we pass, contributing 70 the main chan
mel, flow with pure or impure wafer; sul.
flee it TO know, that by aAgreat law q
nature, all impurities thereto, wifi, Ii
rapid succession, in due time, bereno we'd
aud then all will be we'll i,abU $40
They care not for any, fancied Objec,
tions to the Emancipation Proel amalien
or negro regiments. They are Tor put.
ting this rebellion down, and restoring
the Constitution, law and order--and fol
such means as may be necessary 10 &C.
coinplish that object Compared to Iht
blessings, secured TO us, under the Gov.
ment, we desire, to sustaip, lhe negro il
nuisance, aud away With him if nee.
essary to preserve the Government. i
necessary, use the negro TO scourge thC
enemy of the Government at such times
places, aud in such manner, as may b.
necessary to accomplish the great AnC
holy object for which we are struggling
Those 10 rebellion deny all law, organic
and munioipqb Fbey insist upon Revou,
ton, with all its horrors. They have M
right 10 question the acts of our Govern
mentor az W col der lHefeiu. TAeyghAs,
PICTURED themse Ives before God and man
They have forfeited aH ri Int 90 life, lib !
erry, or property Of any kind. II is 4
be wondered that the President except,
ed Tennessee Out of the Emancipation
Proclamaiop, and bot be did pobsgjkC
down the Institution Of slavery Itself in
f Be- !6sb 5 Bl9 fo''Y Gee Tg l
rental tenderness iof' our Government
that she hears injuries, until (orbe9rApes
ceases % be viftnei 8 - 4 - II
So far as the East Tennesseans are
copoepsdl they are fosi the GOveTRmenl
in this Struggle, without condition, They
are for s1bjogaHon, DETERMINATION, and Il
necessary. eplsneipeti0b apdacoloSiza-
ton as we 80. Those who bate the
United STATES Government, ought to leay,
it; if they will not force them from its
soil, and let There be Tsised up in their
room and siead, Union-l0ying people.
This brigade is now perhaps the largest
brigade 10 be found tile officers aud mer
are in fine spirits, aud eager TO meet s1y
emerge ncy. They have unbounded con
fdence in Major General RosrcRAgs--