The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-13
roHad feaLharl. ono of our arllolea.


rOwed feathers. One Of our articles,
which We took considerable pains With,
was entitled Substantially: "The South
ern Rebellion a war against Democratic
Institutions" Thinking IL was pretty
good production, we sent IL 'OiA a sigma
t,gre, 70 be published as a communication,
and wete not alittle surprised and anus
ed 70 sec IL an some two coldmna Of The
Louisville Journal, few days aftprwnrd,
90 As leading EDITORIAL Butthis was not
the worst of Il. The article originally
concluded with the declaration hat the
loyal people Of KeitucEy 'OOuH not hesitate 70
sacrifice slavery 70 savs The U1ion, and 0af
dsy Would not hesitate 70 destroy that 'Tst'-
tuition, wleneuer Il might come IN The '0ay Of
he Government.
Strange 20 say, THAT PARAGRAPH WAS
SUPPRESSED IN THE EDrToHrALl This we
declare to be true; so help us heaven.
The Journal would not say that the
Union was worth the sacrifice Of slavery!
It believed that il wasa vital institu-
ton Of the country" and that slave
States "were necessary 70 keep IN cheek he
ua5ndlsd Radical Democracy Of tho NortE,"
shch was the disgusting, servile and
IRRESPONSIBLE heresy which i sought to
promnlgate In Nashville. NJ gai.atg
In reference 70 the Joapadps brutal at
tack on our local editor, we need
hardly say that no man stands
higher in this community, as quiet, ir-
reproachable citizen. He was associated
in the editorship Of the Patr1ot during
the reign of the rebellion in this city,
but never wrote or approved any article
of the character alluded to by the
Journal On the contrary, his
intimate personal friends, both union
and rebel know that he made use
Of his position and influence to shield
neutrals and Union men, and to modify
the tone of the paper, An advocate Of
the freedom of opinion and of speech, he
never cherished q wish 10 deny IL to
others. His Unionism is Of higher
type, and more TO be trusted than that Of
the editor of the journal, whose pesti-
lent course lie doing more to encourage
treason than all the newspapers in rebel
dom. When we add that he has q
large family, and that, like most printers,
no possesses little of this worlds goods,
the public will know how to sym
pathize with his situation, and how TO
estimate the demo MAC brutality and
malice of the Journals wanton calumny
against him. The publishers of the
UNION are all printers and poor men, de-
pending on their daily labor for a lives
lihood. No one has ever bresthed anght
against their character. Several Of them
are as decided anti slavery men as the
editor of the USIoN, and all Of them
are abundantly qualified to instruct Mr..
Prentice in the department Of q gentle-
man and the duties Of patriot. f.
| we ask pardon of the public for
noticing an attack which none but q con-
sammate scoundrel and pOltroon would
have made. We care IS little for II
personally as we do for the whistling
Of the wind, but the attack has been
made in hopes that il might crush out
THE PRI NcIfLEs which are taught in the
NAsHvILLE UnIoN; and which now agi-
tate the loyal people Of Tennessee as
the slOrm-wind agitates the ocean, Il
is an attack by the demon Of pro-
slaveryism upon tho genius Of free dis
cussion, and the weapons Of that demon
are detrastion, defamation and mOb.law.
We expected opposition when We un-
furled the nag Of FREEDoH AND MARION
Atty in tho Capital Of Tennessee, and
are not surprised that it has burst upon
us with the combined rage shd splutter
Of Bedlam and Billingsgate. Let il
come; yes, let it GOMEZ We are pre-
pared 70 meetit in whatever shape ii
may assume, for the issue of such con-
test cannot be doubtful seg y W.