The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-10

Gan Of which saw, and part Of which was p
Thus wrote Caesar on memorable occasion, and
Edmund Wright hes fully established his title to
echo the sentiment, on an occasion that will occupy
long and dark chapter In the history Of our Gov
ernmept.
Edmund Wright saw what it is pleasanter 10 read
Of than Witness and an involuntary particpatOr
in scenes and events that would freeze stronger
blood than IL given to common men. What he di-
ylges regarding the causes and inner life Of the SC
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 facts he d.
vulges, are Of strangely exciting interest.
hundred novels have teen produced and read
widely, ali 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
munity which seemed tame and lifeless when COM
pared with this. 1t tells OF trials and sorrows.
abuses, indimtes, and crimes, trusts betrayed,
and condolences outraged, that we at the North
would never credit, were they not crcumstantially
related and described BY an active paruclpatOr aud
eye witness.
While the merit Of such work, in a literary
view, ought not 70 be measured by ordinary stand
srds il is not too much say that the literary char
scter Of this book will abundanty stand the test Of
ordinary criticism. Its utterances the natural
signals Of found freedom by a soul long tram
meled, and they are telegrsphed into our sympa-
thies like the eXuIant brduds Of Joyous victory.
The popular heart throughout the great and gloTi-
Gus North will indulge in miraculous and whole
some thrObbings IN response TO this revolatOul
We can scRneey comprehend that organization
Of the fearful character this work describes exists in
our very midst; in short, that il influences the
politics, in some degree, Of every Northern State :;
yet Mr. Wnght's disclosures most conclusively
prove such TO be the fact. That the rebels against
our free institutions and the glorious Government
Of our fathers directing and influencing the
cent State elections at the North, and using their
best eXertiOns for the success Of the Buttenut
ticket Is truly startling fact Bat Is fact, as true
as the existence of he1yeni That we have our
midst at our very doors, hundreds Of men who are
fully in sympathy and IN secret communication
with the Southern rebels, is demonstrated beyond
caVl, and we are forced to believe it.
Il j. time that an order Of character so infamous
and destructive to every principle OF political nteC
rty be understood by the people, that its machina
tons may be at once counteracted and It's very eX-
istence crushed out Of every loyal state. No one
that reads this narrative viii l to 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 nstigatOfs
Of the Rebellion, and that the entire GEfs Of the
Southern treason and Northern COppeTheadsm is
encouraged fostered, and sustained by the secret
springs and organized wire pulling Of this wicked
olgaTchy. Mr.. Wrght's book proves all Of these
positions, beyond a doubt.
The work is produced in credltabe style, on fine
paper with splendid Illuminated covers, and fully
illustrated with