The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-02-20

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alrsady, we have stood as living wall
between Won and this fate, and we may
have % do IL again. 'aa ftsr
IS Men Of Ohioi You know not what
this Western Army has suffered. You
know not now, the hardships and sui, r
ings Of your soldiers in their chill tents,
their shelterless bivouacs, their long,
weary marches, aud their battle thinhed
ranks, If there be honesty and purity
in human motives, II must be found
among your long enduring soldiers
Hear Us, and for your country's sake, If
not for ours, stop your Wild shameless,
political sfrlles, unite for the common
cause, and never think or speak Of peace
and compromise until the now empty
terms mean: The Republic as 1t was,
peacefully II IL may be, bat forcibly at
all events. II is said, war and force
cannot restore the Union! What can ?
Is there anything else that has been
left untried, short Of national dishonor
and shame Nothing. Purely physical
power has been invoked 60 destroy the
Government and physical force must
meet IL. Conquer the rebellious armies,
shut in by blockades aud victorious
armies the deludcd people of the rebel
ling States, and let no peace, no happi-
ness, no prosperity dwell in their land
or homes, until they rise against their
own tyrants, until popular opinion wit b
them overthrows their false Government
and dooms their despotic leaders. Whip
them and coDfine them, until "Actaon is
davorvrad hr hsa ox.r, Joc,
This all is that can be done, and il
must be done with the determined energy
Of a united people. Thus feel and think
the soldiers Of the grand army Of the
United States. Are you with us, or will
You now desert us, sell yuur national
birthright for mess of pottsge, and for
success in local politics, barter away
your country, crawl at the feet and lick
the hands Of the perfdious, cruel, and
devilish conspirators, who have organ
lied this rebellion, and who boast o6f
their success in destroying your Govern
ment, Staying your sons, and wasting
your treasure, condemned, derided, and
despised by them, while you are humbIy
craving their favor? Not waiting or even
hoping for returning loyalty in them, or
for terms of peace TO. be rendered by
them? Can you thus dishonor your
selves, your soldiers, and your State ? q
We ask you now to stay, support aud
uphold the hands Of your soldiers.
Give some of the wasted sympathy so
lily but freely bestowed upon the old
political hacks and demsgogues, who
SEEK blessed mArtyrdom in Lincoln's
Bastiles, TO the suffering but bravely en-
during soldiers who in the camp, the field
and the hospital, bear real hArdships un-
complainingly. IL treason must run riot
in the North, keep il there--insult not
your soldiers by sending 70 them the vile
carnations Of the traitors who are riding
into Office, place and power, over the
ruins Of the Government, and making
them their stepping Insult rs
not by letters speeches and papers, i0hich tell
rs that zoe are engaged as AireliRgs ia an lsn-
holy Abolition lgaT, Which make mob idol,
Of tie hour Of those icioso hWocritical dema-
| goguery takes shape IN o0Wardiy, covert trea-
s0n-l0hose constant vocdtioH IS denunciatioa
| Of their Govgnmat and its armed defenders
The Army of the West is in terrible
earnest-earnest to conquer and destroy
armed rebels-earnest to meet force will
force-earnest in its hearty detestation
of cowardly traitors at home-earnest il
will and power 10 overcome all who de.
sire the nations ruin.
Ohio's 100000 soldiers in the field, citi.
zens at home, potent in either capacity
ask their fathers, brethren and friends
by their fresides and in their peaceful
homes, to hear and heed this appeal, anc
TO put an end to covert treason at home
more dangerous now TO our national ex.
istence than the presence of the armed
hosts Of misguided rebels in the Geld.
On the hearing and adoption of thil
Address by the LIST Brigade, Sd Division
18th Army Corps, Col. Waller also re-
ported the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted;
Wherefore, Resoluel For ourselves, w,
are resolved TO maintain the honor anl
integrity Of our Government; from thu
st. Lawrence to the Gulf and between
the oceans there shall be but one suprem'
political power We are able TO defenC
our blrthright; the blood OF our sires il
not contaminated in our veins; we arr
neither 10 be insulted nor robbed with
impunity the Government we defenC
was formed for noble purposes; we arr
the executors Of living a dying tes
lament written in the blood Of our faith
ers, which we will re-writo in our own
TO preserve our Government Is 10 us
law unaltarahie in Oul. hearts "A fba de
rees Of Heaven; We stop not 10 now point
The finger Of scorn At petty traitors VIII
vainly seek 10 immortalize themselve
by acts Of ireasOn--tOO cowardly 90 sil
with an uplifted hand, TOO dastardly y
stake life for life, as more honorable frai
tors do--let them bear in mind that ther
is time coming, when tho honest indig
nation Of loyal people will hurl then
headloDg into an abyss as bottomless a
the pit"