The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-02-24
Lnionisn in the South.

Union men at one place, and stated that
out Of the whole number only one
could be found to buy his release by
taking the oath of allegiance to the JEFF
DAVIS government. To the dangers,
privations, suffering and death, endured
by thousands of devoted worshippers OF
the cid flag and of the Union, it is terri
BILE to listen. Of the prosecutions, as
sassinations, and tortures, Of the Union
men Of East Tennessee, we have to some
extent been informed by BRowNLow. OF
The inhuman treatment Of others, in var
ious sections, we have had an inklng
through the reports Of HAMILTON, Of Tex
as, MONTGOMERY, Of Mississippi, and 9TH
ers. There have been shootings, and
hangings, and huntings with blood
hounds-there have been the terrors OF
fire and sword-visited with fendsh Sc
verify upon all who, within the reach of
JEFF DAVIS minlons, dared to declare
their devotion to the legitimate govern.
ment of the country. Three hundred Tn
ion men in one pris, II in North Carolina !
Hundreds of others scattered through.
out the prisons of the South Thou.
sands more dragged, by the memorable
hand of conscriptive power, into the
armed ranks of rebellion This is the
freedom of the JEFF DAVIS government
this is liberation and regard for civil
rights, pracliced by those who talk of
the tyranny OF the LINCOLN admiuislra
ton
And yet, reader, did you ever hear a
Copperhead -blalant in his denunciaton
Of the Federal Government-bitera and
constant in his inveclives against the
"inhuman tyranny" of Mr. LINCOLN
did you ever heara Corperhead denoun-
cling JEFF DAVIS for his tyranny? Did
you ever know Copperheal 10 look be,
yond the Old Capitol Prison, and over
| the gentle barrier Of an oath Of allegi-
ance, and permit his vision TO rest upon
the barbariies aud the murders perpe-
trated by those who are seeking, with
hellish hate, to overthrow the Union =?
Did you ever know a Northern Tory,
who, no matter how loud his protested
devotion 10 the Union, who could stop
babbling of LFNC2lN's tyranny long
enough TO say a word of sympathy to the
martyrs OF the Union at the South? Il
so, you are more fortunate than we.
1t is undeniable that darker reign OF
terrorism has never existed than that
resting over the infamous Confederacy
Of JEFF DAVIS. AT the commencemen
Of The war he proclaimed to all who were
favorable TO the old government that
they must leave his dominions. Vali
Gus examples, brought home to us even
here, show that the attempt to take ad
vantage Of The license of this tyrannical
edict, was but the signal for persecution,
confscatlon of property, and assassina-
ton. We know that men in East Tenn.
essee were taken by scores, and impris-
oned, and finally hung, not for fighting
against the rebel government, but for
simply declaring their fealty to the flag
they had SO long loved and honored We
know thar the conscriptlon-an the state
Of public opinion at the South, that would
brook no word of opposition to the VIC.
ence OF treason-we know that these
have repressed, and we had almost be.
ieved entirely crushed ont, Unionism
within the limits of the Coniederacy
But it seems that this was not the case,
but that there are still Union men left in
the very heart of secessia, 10 suffer the
burdens and pains of a still more rigor-
GUS policy. Driven from their homes
and from their families, these men are
constantly coming into our lines, in all
stages Of desiituiion and misery. And.
forced to fight. they enlist under the old
banner Of the Union. Recent Memphis
dispatches give some particulars OF the
movements Of some of these people, and
some account Of the infamous tyranny Ia
which they are subjected. Let those
who talk Of the hardship Of IN oath OF
allegiance 10 the government, ponder
over the suiIerings endured By these
martyrs for the Union. The dispatches
are dated the Ilth inst, and say:
When jeff Davis undertook to enforce con.
/ serption in East Tennessee, about four fifths OF
| the loyal Union men of that section escaped
through the mountains TO Kentucky, where III ey
Joined the Union army. Similar attempts In
/ North Alabama and Mississippi are now driv-
1 ing Union men away from their families and
forcing them to take up arms against the king
dom OF jefferson. Their is perfect reign oi
terror in North Alabama and North Mlssiss-
! iPpi, and daily the Union armies are receiving
recruits who gladly enlist TO support the Tn.
ion and the Constitution.
i A party of sixty loyal Tcunesseeans orri y ed