The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-08-16

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Pray do not resign and thus give up a
position which may give essential ad.
vantage hereafter. just the same demon
stration can be made it you please by
refusing to sit after March 3D.; that
Toombs and others make by resigning,
to take effect then. If you resign you
leave the way open for some one by some
intrigue TO get into the Senate. By
holding on you are master Of the situation.
No one wants a resignation from you as
q proof of your devotion. Healer men
may haze TO giue sign. None is required
from you.
Yours, respectfully,
JNo. d. McPHERsoN.
jeff acted as Mcpherson desired him
he held on to his seat, and drew his pay
as United States Senator under oath,
while he was plotting to overthrow the
Government So did all the other Con-
gressmen from the revolted States, in
Guiding John G. Breckenridge. Yet these
perjured hypocrites are the great types,
of cotton chivalry--the master-men" of
America!
The next letter is peculiarly rich one
from Mr.. Anderson, of Ann Arbor
Michigan, who seems versed in Butternut
literature Anderson, II will be seen,
learned his political ideas from the New
York Journal Of Commerce, and another
newspaper called the Constitution. We
would have suspected as much without
his testimony;
LETTER FROM wM ANDERSON, OF MICHIGAN
ANN A. Dor, Michigan, Jan IL, '61.
Hon. JEFFERsoN DAVIS: DR.. S. Petit
ons are now in circulation in this State
without distinction of parties requesting
lutions hoping that it might induce the
abilitianist republicans 10 yield to the
South their constitutional rights think
il will require few more details added
to the Crittanden resolutions TO make
them acceptable TO the South The line
30 80 should be run through TO the Pa
cific and the Northern States should be
compelled to prohibit negro mobs inter-
fearing with rendition of runaway slaves.
I But ] need not advise as you know much
better than myself what measures should
be adopted for the security of the South.
The democra here stand up manfully
for the rights of the South we have many
frey arguments in our humble way aud
and sometimes blows and bloody noses
The abolitianests are all abalitianists
in prinsipal all pulling the same rope
negro but they are cooling down we tell
them of the sins they have committed in
arraying the North against the South
disruptiDg the Union dividing churche:
&c. They now plainly if this negro
ques ion should be sittled their party
would be split {, pieces aud powerless in
future,
The Surman by Reyd Mr.. Van Dyke
of Brookline N Y has done a great good
it has been published in nearly ali our
Democratic papers and published in pam
phlet form and distributed among the
people of both parties.
take the New York Journal of Com
merce some weekly constitution au
formerly from Grange Co n Y 90 mile,
above the city.
/ thank you for Mr.. Tones speech il
was a good one
Very Truly Yours,
WIN ANDERSON.
Lamar, a constitutional, fire eating
Democratic Congressman from Mississip
ri. and brother Of the slave trader, says
upon the whole you have great cause
for qualification in the action of your
State.
The submissionists are routed, horse
foot and dragons and any concession b
The NORTH i0iR fail 10 restore that sacred at
tachme19 10 he Onion aglici ,0aS 50 deeply
radicqted IN de hearts Of our people Wna
they want now is wise aud sober leading
| think hat there might be more of dig.
nifty and prudent foresight in the actor
of our State than have marked the pro-
ceedings of South Carolina"
Simon Oliver Of fernando, Miss,
town some twenty miles from Memphis
writes a doleful story of his bad luck il
taking vote on disunion at a militiI
muster in his town. de writes:
On my return home learned that the
whole militia OF the country we're order
ed 20 parade at this place Ga this day
| thought i, the best opportunity thu
would occur between now and the 2Qtn
One day fixed for the election OF dele.
gates 10 the Oonvention,) 20 inf1rm them
OF the proceedings OF the Legislature a
the ex re- session just closed. A, my re-
quest the Colonel drew up the regiment
six or eight hundred strong, in solid COL
umu. | took position in the center o
the column. After giving them the in
formation proposed TO give, accompan
led by some remarks urging the right o
secession and the duty of ississipp
aud the other Southern States TO seced
as the only sure means of escape iron
ruin and degradation. was listened L
} with great attention and perfect sileno
, to the close Of my address al which
: tine some person in the ranks proposed
I "All Ia favor Of secession hold up you
l hands" Scarcely more than one thir'
Z done so. Gen. Boone then proposed
! "All those who are for the UAion wal
, raise their hands" and large majority
done 90, whirling their bats IA the ali
? and giving three hearty cheers for Ger
Z Boone: upon which he announced
Union meeting, 10 take place here on th
d Ion, q nominate Onion candidates 70