The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-16
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Resources.
/ That the rebels have almost exhsust
ed their resources, all must admit
When they--the chivalry Of Dixie
/ propose TO free their negroes and place
them in the army; when they thus pro
pose to knock ontthe corner stone"
on which their confederacy rests; it is
not difficult to imagine the straits to
which they are reduced
In our yesterdays issue. We published
the comments of the Richmond En-
quirer, on the late speeches Of JEFF
Davis; and no one who has perused it,
but must feel that the game is up with
the traitors-especialiy since the late
elections have gone against the Nc
Clellanites-and that the Confederacy
must dissolve, and that speedily. No
Copperbead paper in the north, can,
with any face, continue to assert that
the South is unit, in favor of indie
pendence, when the rebel President adj
mits that wothirds ofthe army have de
serted the cause of the rebellion, and re
turned to their homes, preferring all the
risks attendant upon desertion, rather
than to continue to uphold the despot-
ism of JEFF Davis Nor can they longer
contend that there is a reserve Of white
recruits to fall back upon, when the
proposition is seriously entertained, to
recruit negroes for the army; and were
it not that the papers Of that party have
lost all self-respect, as well as patrior-
ism, we should expect to hear no more
about the inyincibility, and unity of
the South, in the cause independence.
The Enquirer don't ike the speech,
and thinks that JEFF had better not ex-
pose the weakness of the Confederacy;
yet it admits that the pressure was
great; that dissatisfaction was deep
seated; ard hence nothing short Of the
truth could allay it.
" The serious depletion Of our army, \
says the Enquirer twill read badly at
the North, and in England and France.
Half the capital-indeed nearly all the |
capital of the Copperheads, will be lost !
sunk. 1t is not the small number to |
which the army is reduced, SO much as
the manner Of its reduction, that will |
affect the opinions of the North, and |
the people of the old world. Had the |
depletion been by death, the remaining
force, though small would be fornid- |
able. But if two thirds of the people |
have deserted the cause, are the remain
der well disposed toward the Confedera-
cy2 That question will be seriously |
considered by every candid observer,
and there are no two conclusions to
which the unprejudiced can arrive
There is, according to jeff Davis, no
longer a majority Of the people in favor
of continuing the rebellion; or at least
who prefer independence to peace; and
hence the plea that the Richmond gov
eminent represents the Southern peo-
pie loses all its force.
So much for JEFF Davis, and his adj
missions and the Richmond En-
quirer, in condemning him for his To-
quacity, makes other statements equal
ly damaging. ave lament" it says,
to perceive, in many particulars, in
dications that discomfort exists. The
change in Shermans tactics his invi-
tations for a conference-spurned, as
we are pleased to see, by the Governor |
of Georgia-his adroit civilities to in
dividuals, to counterfeit his wholesale |
exile of the people af Atlanta; his re-
wards and temptations to our men to
enlist under the flag of the United |
States-an these things show that the
enemy is aware of discomfort and con-
troversy among us. We have no word
of censure where either the parties or
the controversy are before us; but we
have a right to adiuTe those who parti-
cipate in the feeling to which we ad-
vert to remember the ground upon |
which they stand.
How great must be the feeling Of dis
content, how great the danger Of a
counter revolution in favor Of return
to the Union, which wrenched from the
Editor of the Enquirer, a confession
like this The Editor then goes on to
lecture the people, and uses all his elo-
quence to persuade them that they are
in duty bound to resist all offers of am
nesty all propositions for a return to
their allegiance; and it tells them that
any attempt at revolution, will be
treason against the Confederacy.
Under all the circumstances, it is not
wonderful, that the Editor, before he
concludes his article, says
We assure our readers Of the South
west that the paTtizan controversy TO
which we have alluded, gives us more
concern than all our military mishaps
put together
The fact can no longer be denied,
that there is a serious counter reyolu-
ton going on in the Southwest, and
extending as far East as Georgia;
counter revolution which threatens TO
break up the Confederacy and of its
extent, we may form correct judg
ment, when the Enquirer looks upon it
with more dread than all the late
successes to the Union arms, including
the capture Of Atlanta, the defeat of
Early, the occupation of the Weldon
Railroad, and the exploits of FArragut
in Mobile Bay
A SANDER en- Governor Curtin. or
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