The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-06-25
NO 66
a southern setter.
oorespondeu'o Of The Knoxville Register. sts
MERIDIAN. Miss. Iupe q loR4


Correspondent OF tho Knoxville Register, s,a.
MERiDIAN, Miss, June 2, 1908
The proclamations of Gov. Pettua and
Gen Johnston, urging the people of Mia-
sissippi, en- masse, 90 take IN arms. ,eiY
add bit httls strength 10 Southern armies.
by some agency the people we're induced
to misconceive the possible results Of a
revolution in which, with unparalleled
| ztal, they embarked their lives and for
tunes An invasion OF their own state
was not anticipated. They believed
that kentucky and Tennessee would fur.
nish all the battl,iields, to become mem-
oraose through all time, and that the &C.
tnal presence Of invading armies was
wholly impossible. They succumb 10
Unforeseen circumstA Ances while the cour-
age of Tennessee has risen with increased
pressure and magnitude. The very bar
barities praciised by Rosecrans have
augmented our armies. Thus will it be
even here, when the people have recov-
cred from the shock which has tempora.
rily paralyz zed their energies. A
few counties will respond bly, to the
call for volunteers. The whole militia
force will move TO Jackson; bR from al
indications I w'N b found impossibls to
arouse The population
No feature OF the legislation of our
Congress has operated more detrimenAlly
among this people than that enactment
which enables men Go furnish substitutes.
| was wont TO inveigh against IL months
ago, but now the effects Of the measure
are everywhere apparent. Mea who have
secured substitutes by heavy expendi-
lures conceive themselves under no obli-
cations to do more. IL happegs, too,
that most Of those who have sold their
services desert as soon as they reached
tue army. Richmond and NJ bile are
the great markets in which substitutes
are bought and sold. The subjects of
these bargains, in most instances, join
our army with the original purpose Of
deserting the service. They not only
weaken our forces in the field, but
convey all conceivable informa-
tion to our enemies The number of
substitutes employed by the ciizens OF
Mississippi is enormous, aud the eff ct
of the system is every where percep,ible.
SO disastrous has this law
proven, that many of the officers refuse
TO receive substitutes in their COM
mands, and IL seems to me that the
practical abrogaion Of the act becomes
a matter of necessity. It's effects upon
the army are not worse than those de-
veloped here among the people.
Mi'sissippians, in many instances, deem
Vicksbwg already lost, and when the possible
results Of dis eUem are c0nte mplated we
nsoy i0eH deplore aiem. How long can Gen.
! johnston maintain his nosi.l.a ~ :hs
vicinity OF jackson? Ii Grant holds
Vicksburg, reinforced from POrter's feet
aud Bank4, how IDng can he arnlv fohi 4
IS nolo TAO snla 10 cross hs Bic Bia.k and
asSGiS Grants rear, hold Jackspng IL mas
been believed that Banks would not be
permitted to join Grant but we have no
news indicating any movement Of john
ston TO prevent the combin alton Of the
two armies. Kirby smith, it was ru-
mored, had crossed the MIssi.-ip.i from
Louisiana, but this story lacks oonhr-
maiion In very truth the news from
| jackson is conflicting and unsatisiac-
tory. | am not inclined 10 be-
lieve that the garrison will be surrendered
nor the place lost. i this must
occur, the first stand made by our forces
will be on the Big Black, anout fifteen or
/ NWtnAN AllAth AAbuA NANhnhMfkg NnN ~
jackson, which is now being fortified,
fifty miles.
Flank IN vements from Port Hudson
below, and four different points along the
YazpO above will force our troops TO e.
treat toward Meridian aud Mobile, and
thus we will be driven from the Missis-
sippi. From Memphis aud other points
above and below VIcksburg, Federal
troops wilt advance. into the interior.
Johnston's position will be turned, and
he must again retreat Then we shall be
compelled TO retire from the river, and
thus the Federal Government hopes to re-
open trade with New Orleaus. Thus
Cincinnati, St Louis, and Chicago, aud
the whole Northwest are 10 be appes-ed.
Tnus the Vslandigham patty is 10 bo
shorn Of It's power Very truthfully did
Gen Thomas assert, when he induced
Grant 10 return TO the assault Of VIcks-
burg, that there were political considers
tions which made the capture OF Yicks-
burg an inevitable necessity.
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