The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-09


10 reply to the weak charge that The
raising of black troops is introducing
negro equality, the Address pointedly
says:
Then General Washington in the revo-
luton, and General Jackson, at New Or
leans, introduced negro equality, and the
precedent resulted in no harm there, aud
we may from that feel assured IL will not
now. More than one hundred thousand
of our fellow citizens have fallen in sick
ness and in battle from this war. The
blood of those fallen in battle yet stains
the field. Tens of thousands more must
undoubtedly fall. Are we 30 lost TO
sympathy for our patriot volunteers, as
TO be unwilling for a negro 10 stand In
their places and fall in their stead
Oar farms aud workshops are requir-
ing labor. Cannot the negro be placed
in the field to permit our men 10 return
home 2 The d,mands of the war re-
quired draft to equalize the drain for
the service and supply the void Of the
| expired term Of service. While the out
cry goes forth that New England, the
Eastern States, have not furnished their
proper quotas, the conscript law is con-
demned, although il squali2es the quotas.
While the conscript law is resisted, Die
organisatjon Gf negro regiments 10 spare Us
erecHion IS bitterly eoRdemnei
An overwhelming love Of Constitution
and law is proiessed, and the law t. ill
the ranks of the army resisted TO the mur
der Of officers appointed 10 enroll under il.
The laws Of the land must be exuecuted.
We required the same Of the fugitive slave
law, overriding the "higher law" doc
trine of saint and sinner.--Wo reLuked
with bitterness and tramplsd under foot
a secret society tending 10 deprive the
the foreign born and Roman Catholic Of
the rights given by Law. We anathemS-
tizod all secret political societies. HIS
tory jutified us. They had been the bane
of mocratio republics and regnlAied
civil liberty from the illuminate Of Ger
many. the Jaoobins Of France, the Car.
bonari OF Italy, TO the Know Nothing or
Native American Societies Of the United
States of America.
Yet, while the echo Of this deaunoia-
tion has scarce died upon our lips, a se-
cret political organization TO encourage
and protect deserters from the army, re-
aist the draft, conscription and the laws,
has been disseminated by sympAthizers
with treason, 10 the delusion and betrAy-
al of many Democrats Of honest and
patriotic intentions, until our citizens
and officers Of the law have been shot
down in the discharge of their duty.
Those secret societies have gathered
| arms and ammunition 20 execute the
higher law" of their midnight councils.
They infused the poison Of their organi-
cation into the Legislature Of our State
TO PROSTATE it's military energies. Or
| ganized under the name Of the Knights
Of the Golden Circle, In Riiiliation with
| kindred societies of the South, they have
deluded the loyal aud betrayed the citi-
zen into acts Of sympathy with rebellion,
and upon exposure, change names, pass
words and signs, 20 break The laws Of
their country. II any secret political
organization exists among Union men,
we oppose il. II 10 anti-republiean and
anti democratic wherever found, and,
however honest in profession, forbodos
evil 20 the country Is this Democracy ?
Is IL loyalty 10 our country? ls II nOt
the direct road 10 treason
We Adiure all wLo claim the name OF
Democrats, by our duty TO country and
its beacon light Of civil liberty, to cast
aside all sympathy and aid 10 this treA-
son. Come what may, "through eyil re-
port and through good report" touching
us and ours, we stand by the country
| and its Democratic institutions.
Remember that Che eyer-liying Princi-
pies Of Democracy teach that the citizen
owes no allegiance 10 aay party, TO the
peril Of his country.
The yirtuous assertions Of the rights Of