The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-24
AT THE NORTH.

"AII Of which saw, AMI part Of which I was !"
Thus wrote Caesar memorable occasion, sud
Edmund Wright has fully established his title "a
echo the sentiment, occasion that Will occupy
long and dark chapter IN the history Of coy
eminent.
Edmund Wright saw what it il plea-snter to read
Of than witness, and was involuntary participation
IN scenes and events thIt would freeze stronger
blood than IL given to common men. What he d.
Yulges regarding the case- and inner life Of the tc-
cursed rebellion OF the South, u the newest and by
far the most startling chapter yet written ia the his
tory Of great and bloody crimes while the incidents
Of hls own personal experience, connected with the
scenes he describes, AMI the astounding tct- he Ill
yulges, are Of a strangely exciting interest
hundred novels have beeu produced and read
widely, all Of which combined comprise less 81
startling incident than Is contained IN this volume
while hundreds Of narratives Of personal adventure
have hreu gratefully received by the reading COM
munIty which seemed tame ami hi,ies- when COM
pared with this. 10 tells Of trials and ~orroW-,
abuses, indignites, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that We 20 the North
would never credit, were they NOT circunsiantiaIy
related and described by an scuse participation and
eye witness.
While the merit Of such a work, In q literary
view, ought not 20 be measured by ordinary stand
arts Il Is not too much TO say That the literary char
acter Of this book will abundanty stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterauees are the E.tturd
signals of q new found freedom uy "a soul lpUE tuug-
melsd, and they are telegraphed into our SyInpt-
thIes like the eXitant bfTrJy Of % Joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and glpsI-
Gus NOIlu VIII lltl4c l llli;tltlDllH ali'l hole
some thTJbJng, m response tU tins reycl1tOui
We can scarcely comprehend that au organization
Of the fearful character this work deScrez exists 40
our very midst in short, that % influences the
politics, in some degree, Of every Northern State
yet Mr.. Wnght's disclosures most cOnclusiycly
prove such to be the ftct That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
OF our fathers were directing and influencing the re-
cent State elections at the North, and using their
best cXertiOnS tor the success Of the Buttcmut
ticket, is truly startling fact butf g. Il tIo a- true
a. the existence Of heaven, That We have iu our
midst, our very doors, hundreds %: men who 1r,
fully IN sympathy and in secret communication
with the Southern retel> is demonstrated iry Oui a
caYil, and are forced % believe TO-
10 is time that au order Of q character so infamous
and destructive 90 every principle of political nteg-
ry te understood by the people, that Irs uarhu1-
tuus may BE- 10 once cOuuterurtei and is very "a
istenre crushed out Of every luyal state. 10 one
that reads this narrative viii tai % understand why
The Knights Of the Golden Circle were organized,
and why they have been kept u eXI-tcurr. No one
Will 1iil "a see that they were the grand u-t gators
of the Rebellion, and that the entire 0sfg OF the
Southern treason and Northern C0ppcrhradi-m il
encouraged, fO-tCrei an,- sustained IS the secret
springs and org,n'z-d wire-puiling OF this wicked
81 ganhy. Mr. Wught's hopi, proves ali Di these
positions, beyond a doubt.
The work is produced In creitliIe STYLE on fine
paper with splendid Illuminated covers, ami fully
illustrated with