The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-21
A ChlyaIric Brute.

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From tho Independent
It has been frequently remarked that
the principle and spirit Of slavery are
essentially intolerant They viii bear
no opposition, nor allow OF any freedom
Of opinion or liberty Of speech Give
the advocate of slaveholdng the power,
and he will subjugate ali who differ
from him on that subject to the control
of physical and mental despotism. ii
his slave Is q black man, he will chain
him, and torture and mangle his body
with whip and sc0urge; and the white
man or woman who questions the right
or justice of his course, however res
pectiUlly, he Will fine, imprison, lynch.
or bowie-kuife These are the natural
and necessary tendencies OF slavery :;
and whenever these developments are
absent, 1t is owing TO other causes, which
modify and prevent the manifestation
OF the natural tendencies Of the thing
itself Whoever becomes imbued with
slavery becomes tyrant and his ty-
ranny IS not confined 90 the slave he
owns and drives, but VIII be manifested
IN savage forms toward the weak and
defenseless everywhere
A pointed illustration Of these truths
occurred a few days ago, meta thousand
miles from where / write. A prominent
supporter OF slayeiy-the Franklin, as
l understand, Of the slave organs at
Louisville and Nashviile-made a VIC
lent personal assault upon q highly re
spectacle young lady for the respectful
expression Of her opinion He assault
ed her with his cleuched fist, striking
her repeated blows in the face and upon
the head, leaving one eye black and
swollen and three large contusions Oh
her head, the effects OF which VII re
main Tor months. The man who aid
this savage and brutal deed is OF the
highest respectabilIty, and has a wide
reputation Tor intelligence and pr0fcs-
siOna. skill; and the young lady Is bis
niece, p years old She is IS devoted O
Union girl as lives, and has ever been
bold and defiant, even in the presence
Of rebel soldiers, not one Of whom was
ever cOwardly enough to raise the hand
Of violence against her. The case has
been examined before q military tribu-
nal, and the uHimpCached testimony on
record exhibits 10 as one OF bar0Iritv
scarcely equaled in the annals Of civil
lied society A highsOuled, pure
daughter Of Tennessee carries on her
person the marks Of brute violence, in
liCted by her own father brother, vino
ought to have been her protector, and
vino would have been, but for tho spirit
Of slavery that possessed him And IL
is not only the injury to her person from
which she suffers, but the painful lace
ration OF feeling caused by the SANDER
ous epithets he heaped upon her name,
while he was beating her ike a coward
This affair occurred In Smith county,
Tennessee, on the evening of the l0th
Of March, 1864, and the facts are all on
record, including names Of parties 1t
is presented here to show the flnati-
cism and intolerance Of the spirit Of
slavery, and what the poor people Of
the South may expect, should the slave
ocracy regain It's power. This man, who
beat his niece for a decent expression
Of opinion, but exhibits the spirit Of
a system, and it is a natural exhibition.
Slavery bewildegs and maddens its de-
votees. 1t blinds them to reason, as
well as to right and justice they know
how to use nothing but brute force, and
no other kind Of force can reach them,
for they are susceptible of feeling no
other If they would tolerate others
in their opinions, they might be safely
tolerated, but-thi5 they viii not do
Men are here in Tennessee see threatening
others with the penitentiary, and with
suits for damages, on account Of their
opinions Oh the subject Of slavery
They are advocating the restoration Of
civil government on this ground. There F.
IS nothing IN these inaue threats, except 1
so far as they show the spirit that in
spires them for the nation can never +
be so unjust as 10 give its friends over /
again 10 the power Of these slaYc0crats. !
We trust in the right, and we know It /
is mighty, and viii prevail The people /
that determine % be free can never be +
more enslaved The freedom Of the .
negro race IS q iCregOHe conclusion, and /
the freedom Of the white race follows, .
as the day the night The battle CRY,
B DoTS WITH TIE AEfs-OCEECE, AND u /
WITH THE PE0PIEI is already ringing
through the land; and such incidents .
rs that narrated above may cause 10 20 (
risein terror from every hilltop high and
valley low History Is not barren OF
such events aud their consequence
The del.yerance Of Rome from the ty-
-anny Of tho TarqUns followed as
the dishOnor Of Lucretia.
An insult offered the daughter Of g
in the I4,h century, ult- I
81 in a popular tumult which led 10 the (
.bol.tion OF personal slavery in England .
Thc slavelords ought to have proGted
~ these examples. Blinded by their
,as.ions and pTcjudices, their cupidity
md love Of dominion, they are deter
mined TO lay the last feather on the
amels back, and, by acts Of violence
nd insult 70 the weak and apparently
invoke popu'a storm. If
his sho1id be the case, they. will have
ayited and sought their own destruction
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