The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-04-19

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The North knows nothing Of loyalty.
hey have always enjoyed the blessing
f a free Government, homes unmolested
nd IL is easy for such a people to be
oval. But he that is loyal, when home
las been reduced, and all that makes a
dear to man has been destroyed,
hat man is a patriot, "indeed and in
beyond the reach Of treason.
Another, sending a club. of f%orty-six
says:
GHad not my time been limited, i
could have procured many more subseri-
hers for your excellent journal. assure
YOU that your firm and unswerving ad-
herence 10 our glorious cause, makes you
dear 20 the hearts Of our loyal sOldiery.
When the gloomy clouds OF war were
darkest, and its pall-like shadow al
most shut out every cheering CLEAN OF
hone from the national heart, in that
hour you stood nobly by the old nag, and
we honor you for il. Assured your
WEEKLY UNION will be a welcome visitor
at our homes beyond the La Belle Ohio;
we cbeerfully send it a greeting from Che
loyal Of Tennessee"
Another writes from Louisville:
Honor to your courage, Mr.. s. G. MER-
GER. You have " hung the banner on the
| outer wall" Hold on and up, resolutely
! still. for human goodl This is the
greeting Of q we'll wisher and a friend"
Another writes:
Editor Nashville Union:
SIR Last Monday a few copies of
your weekly issue strayed into our
camp-the first that we bad seen-and
it comes up fully to our expectations
Like the daily, its principles suit us, and
we recognize it as an uncOmpromising
defender of the Union, even now in lis
infancy. Scarcely yet four weeks old, 1t
will compare favorably with any North
Elm Journal of twenty, thirty, or even
forty years; and if the little compli-
ment Of ten subscribers will be any en-
enlargement to you, we say go OF We
hope that every soldier in the army OF
the Cumberland will send home a copy
we are proud to introduce il at our ire
sides, and we are assured that its circu'
latiOn through the North and West viii
do good. IL will show our friends a.
home that there are yet many true and
noble men in the SOuth-men who have
suffered much, and who are suffering
> still. May God speed the day when WI
) will be permitted to release them from
) the t~yrant's clutches. May the time
/ speedily come when the banner of free
dom shall wave over every portion of GU
Republic, and peace once more restored
the Army of the Cumberland returning
/, to their Northern homes and i~iresidcs, b
greeted by their old aAd true friend, ia
f Nashville UNION.
y Another writes:
"Your excellent paper is read wit
much interest by the members of the 2
" Minnesota Volunteers. We love tn
Union for its fearless and uncompromi
h sing Union sentiments, and for the with
"a ering contempt it shows for those seees
sion journals which have not the cour
age TO openly avow their secession prin
ciples, but secretly sympathize with tn
rebels of the South, and the traitors an
Copperheads of the North. Long ma
vt you live 20 WELD the pen in defence {
le truth, justice, and the best government
hat has ever existed"
Another writes
"Your paper is very highly priced i
our regiment for its truly loyal sent
ments. The way traitors are handles
and their acts and plans shown fort
claims the admiration and praise of all,
+ Another says:
h al feel that the Union is indispenss
BILE TO me, and being a man of family,
have but little that | can spare for luxJ
ries, but will endeavor TO patrOnize yo
to the best of my abilities, In the Unic
c l find all that | desire, and my views Al
a better expressed than l ever hope to do
d Another, sending a club Of thirty fou
Q DAT the request Of a few members Of GU
n company, | announced thatI would receiV
r subscriptions for the Weekly Union. In
a few minutes l obtainedtLe club Isend yol
. Some have subscribed TO have it sent
friends and relatives others have ordere
: it TO some "copperheads," thinking ths
. a perusal of the columns of the UniC
. will do them good. 1t seemed to m
{ that you should feel quite lattered i
receiving so large a subscription from tE
soldiers-the gallant "Army of the Cum
= berland."
q Another writes
o l think If every one who takes an in
I terest in the welfare of his country, an
t is DESTROYS of spreading Unionism of Ii
right stamp, would just circulate a fe'
copies of the Union in those parts of th
North most afflicted with the malaria
Secession and Comprehension, for / con
slider them TO be one and the same thin.
If it would cause a perfect revolution
e public sentiment.
It Another writes:
p The Union is the paper for the soldie
whether coming late or early-and Z
; wonder. 1t always sheds light and ra
dance around by lite loyal sentiments, i
y news from other quarters, and its abun
y dance of wit and merriment. Truly,
is a useful organ TO the Union cause.
is always a welcome visitor in camp, an
, the post boy declares the larger numb,
he brings, the sooner they are dispose
of.
We might go on quoting from hundrtC
Of similar letters, but we must forbea
d We have produced ample evidence thi
e the army of tho Union is alive to Il
Q great revolution Of the age, and is thor
. oughly progressive in its spirit.
ROBERT SMALL, the colored pilot d
, reoted the movement Of the feet into h
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