The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-03-19
All Must Share the Burdens Of the
LAX tlV War.

All Must Share the Burdens Of the
lSS " War.
There is no class of our population
which can justly expect to be exempted
from the burdens and dangers Of the war
now pending. The poor and rich, the
old and young alike are involved in its
trials, and they mast be endured. We
have been not little diverted as well as
astonished at the sympathy expressed
by the conservative organs for the poor
refugee slaves, when speaking Of the des-
titution, disease, and mortality which
have afflicted them in their various places
of rendezvous within our lines. They
preach loudly against the cruelty of thus
allowing negroesto suffer and perish, and
profess to be shocked at the inhumanity
Of anti-slaVery men. rr.. Iaa.i. N
Now, waving the sincerity of this
sudden sympathy for the negroes, which
comes from very unexpected quarter
we. ask, if any one expects the negro
population of this country to be exempt
from The caiamilies of the war; while the
white popul alton is suffering 80 many
evils? What tighthave we 10 expect that
the slaves, who constitute ouer e.t.ird
Of the inhabitants of the seeded States,
shall be unscathed in this great conyul-
sion None whateyer The slave popu-
"a
lstion is distributed through that portion
of the country which has been and will
be the theatre of the war, until the cur
tain Of subjugation shall descend over
the last act Of the bloody drama they
are placed, four millions of them, be-
tween the fierce fires of two conten ding
parties, and they cannot avoid feeling the
waves of the rebellion, as keenly as the
actual parties in the contest. II is a
painful thing TO hear that negroes are
ntarving in our country, but this is no
moro painful than to hear Of white
men, women and children perishing OF
famine. Il is distressing TO hear that
slaves are dying of smallpox, but it is
certainly not more distressing than to
see our gallant soldiers yield to the raw
ages of disease. II is shocking TO hear
of slaves being butchered by guerrillas,
but not more shocking, surely, than 10
read that white loyal men have been
hung up like dogs, by traitors, and thai
delicate white women have been chased
and torn to pieces by bloodhounds. The
air is filed with the groans and piercing
cries of prosecuted loyal men and wo-
men, driven forth from their home "a
wander and die in mid-winter in The
forest, and the soil of the South is drunk
with the blood of the martyrs Of patriot
ism, And still, while cur blood is chilled
with horror at the contemplation of tho
sufferings of our fellow citizens, we heal
some miserable peace armistice an com.
promise man crying out "You mus
stop this, cruel war; only lock how tn,
poor negroes sufier1pIs Conservative
COpperheadl or whatever else may b,
your name, can you think Of nothing bu
negroes Have you no feeling for any
being but negroes? If our white citi
Gems suffer, pray tell us why the negroes
should not suffer also. All, but here il
the secret Of the Copperhead's wonder
fulsympathy for the poor slave, Just a
this juEcture. We say at this juncture
for, strange to say, these same conserva
tives have for fifty years seen negroes
kidnapped, whipped, tortured, separated
the wife from the husband, and the chill.
dren from their parents, and sold int
bondage, without Che faintest hope of eve
meeting again on earth, without showing
the least touch Of pity. The secret o
their presentsympathy is that The Stare
are The property Of rebel oioners, and thel
really sympathize for the master and no
for his slaves. Free negroes in the Nortl
may be killed by mObs, and they ear
not, but when the negro is chattel, the
are shocked at any act of this "radlca
Administration which has tendency
to impair his pecuniary value And thes
conservatives VINO think that every act 0
Congress, or Of State Legislature, i
unconstitutional, unless il expressly pro
videS that no mans negro property shall
be impaired by its operation are the fool
ish creatures who say that the friend
Of the Administration are afflicted will
"niggOr on the BRAIN They ignor
the interests and happiness of tn,
millions Of people who own N
slaves, and wish TO sacrifice our ma
tiOnal unity and honor to negro prop
srty. If their purpose was not so infa
nous, their Absurdity would be them
for infinite laughter We intend TO pre-
serve the Union Il it cost the whole sys
tenn Of slavery.
The conservative newspapers occupy
their columns almost exclusively in Cad
Ing fault with the President and Cabi
net, or with abusing some officer VIII,
has derived some rebels OF their neyrncs