The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-27
COPPERHEAD MOVEMENT
AT THE NORTH.

" All Of which saw, and part Of which was 80
Thus wrote Cesar on memorable OecusiOn and
Edmund Wright has fully established his title ~
echo the sentiment on an occasion that will OCCUPY
a long and dark chapter IN the history OF our Gov
srnment.
Edmund Wright SAW what It is plelsanter to read
OF than witness, and WAS an involuntary parcipator
m scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than IS given to common men. What he di-
vulges regarding the causes and inner life Of the s-
cursed rebellion Of the South, Is the newest and by
far the most startling chapter yet written in the his
tory Of great and bloody crimes while the incidents
Of his own personal experience, connected with the
scenes he describes, and the astounding hcts he IL
Yuiges, are OF strangely exciting interest.
hundred novels have been produced anal raad
widely, oil Of which combined comprise less Of
startling incident than Is contained in this volume
while hundreds Of narratives Of personal adventure
have been gratefully received by the reading COM
munlty which seemed tame and life less when com
pared with this. II tells Of trials and sOrr0ws
abuses, mdignucs, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that We at the North
would never credit, were they not c.rcum-tautally
related and described By an active pauicipator and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work I'm a literary
view, ought not 70 be measured by ordinary stand
ards II Ii not too much 10 say that the literary char
acter Of this book will ab mdantly stand tine test Of
ordinary criticism. It's uueunces are the natural
signals Of new found freedom by q soul long tram
meled, and they are telegrlphed into our sympa-
thies like the eXultant br9r1. Of q Joyous victory
The popular heart throughout the great and glon-
some thrObHngs IN response 10 this reyeatiOui
We can scarcely comprehend that an organization
Of the fearful character this work describes exists IN
our very midst; in short, that 10 Influences the
politics, IN some degree Of every Northern State
yet Mr.. Wnghts disclosures most cOucusively
prove such to he the hct. That the reicis AGAINST
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers directing aud influencing the re-
cent State elections at the North and using their
best eXertons for the sue Of the Butternut
ticket, Is truly startling tact bf Il tncf M true
a the existence Of heayeHl That we have m our
midst, az our very doors, hundreds Of men who are
fully in sympathy and in secret communication
With the Southern rebels is demonstrated beyond q
co1l, and We are forced 20 believe a.
10 10 time that M order Of character 80 infamous
and destructive % every principle OF political nJrg-
rty be understood by the people, that ts machine
ions may be at once cOunteUcted, and It's very eX-
Istence crushed out Of every loyal State. No one
that reads this narrative will El 10 understand why
the Knights Of the Golden Circle were Organized |
and Why they have been kept in existence. No one
will fail to that they were the grand inst gators
Of the Rebellion and that the entire 0ai9ilg ii the
Southern treason and Northern COpperheadism 10 /
encouraged, lOstcred, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire pulling Of this wicked i
olgarchy Mr.. Wrights book proves III Of these
positions, beyond doubt
Tbs work Is produced in crcditabs style, on tine /
paper, with splendid illuminated covers, aud fOlly i
illustrated with